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The Associated Student Government presidential election began Thursday evening. Voting will continue until Saturday evening, allowing students to choose the next chief student ambassadors to the administration. This year, there are two tickets on the ballot. SESP sophomore Caleb Snead and Weinberg sophomore Ty’Shea Woods are running as co-presidents. Weinberg junior Nicole Aguilar-Medina is running...

Associated Student Government presidential candidates gathered in Harris Hall to talk structure, representation and funding at an annual debate on Sunday ahead of this week’s presidential election. SESP sophomore Caleb Snead and Weinberg sophomore Ty’Shea Woods are running as co-presidents. Weinberg junior Nicole Aguilar-Medina is running for president with SESP junior Anna Alava as her...

Five hundred seventy-seven students voted in ASG Senate elections over the weekend, with turnout approximately 35% higher than in last year’s elections. That was also more than triple the record-low turnout in ASG presidential elections last spring, when 175 students cast ballots. Weinberg senior Dylan Jost, ASG’s executive officer of democracy, said the heightened turnout...

57Associated Student Government elections for the 2023-24 academic year will take place Thursday through Sunday, offering students the opportunity to select who will represent them in ASG’s primary legislative body. Voting opens at 7 p.m. on Thursday and closes at 7 p.m. on Sunday. All undergraduate students are eligible to vote and can do so...

The Associated Student Government Senate unanimously elected SESP junior Leah Ryzenman as speaker of the Senate and Weinberg freshman Grace Houren as parliamentarian in the body’s annual leadership elections Monday.  Before senators deliberated and voted on candidates, students nominated their peers or themselves for positions in front of the body. Candidates left the room and...

The Associated Student Government discussed the open Senate leadership positions of Speaker of the Senate, Deputy Speaker of the Senate and Senate Parliamentarian at Wednesday’s meeting. The positions will be filled in the upcoming Senate elections on April 3. ASG members currently serving in the open positions briefed Senators on the responsibilities and expectations they...

The Associated Student Government Senate passed legislation Wednesday aiming to reduce bird collisions with Mudd Library. ASG Sustainability Committee members SESP freshman Louis Lee and McCormick freshman Lianne Kim co-authored the resolution, which calls on Northwestern to install stripe pattern film stickers on Mudd Library to limit these incidents.  “It’s important to repair the damage...

Student Organization Finance Office student supervisors held a financial training session Wednesday for the Associated Student Government, including several members who serve on the Student Activities Finance Committee. The student supervisors incorporated practice scenarios into their presentation, teaching ASG  senators and executive board members alike how to sign vouchers. Student organizations requesting funding or completing...

The Associated Student Government introduced two pieces of legislation Wednesday: one granting department status to two Council for Race and Ethnic Studies programs and the other on reforming Peer-Guided Study Group registration times. The first piece of legislation called on the University to grant department status to the Latinx Studies and Asian American Studies programs....

Associated Student Government leadership said the body plans to continue reforming finance distribution in Winter Quarter and will also hold social justice training workshops for all committee chairs and members through the 2022-23 academic year.  The organization allocated $66,609.27 in additional funding to student groups requesting increased financial support at the last ASG Senate meeting...