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Finance board cuts SGA executive pay

March 29, 2012

SGA originally requested a total budget of $52,967 and the board released its decision Monday to allocate $23,616, with no money for stipends. Previously, 11 members of SGA received stipends. The president’s payroll was the largest, at $4,200 a year.

Editorial Column: SGA should just dissolve already

March 28, 2012

Don’t take this the wrong way, Student Government Association (SGA), but you are worthless. This isn’t really meant in a derogatory way – I mean that, as currently incorporated, you have zero worth to this university and its students. Negative worth, really, as Northeastern...

Editorial: SGA is right to cut personal paychecks out of their budget

March 28, 2012

The Student Government Association’s (SGA) reasoning for paying executive board members thousands of dollars – $29,351 total – every year is weak at best. Executive officers, the explanation goes, cannot find part-time jobs because of how many hours they put into SGA...

Q&As: Meet the SGA election candidates

March 22, 2012

The News sat down with SGA presidential and executive vice president candidates for a Q&A about their campaigns and the issues they feel strongly about.

SGA confirms ballot for student body elections

March 22, 2012

SGA members then evaluated the referenda proposed for this year’s voting ballot on fairness, wording, feasibility and adherence to university policy. Six referenda received enough student votes to be considered and SGA voted to approve all of them to appear on the ballot. This included referenda to increase the number of recycling bins on campus and add the opt-out renewable energy fee to the “I Am Here” registration. The fee is currently an opt-in choice on the tuition e-bill.

Letter: Courtney Rainey Backs Peter Petrin

March 22, 2012

We meet again, Student Government Association (SGA) presidential elections. Like many others, I appreciate the programs and events that SGA sponsors on campus, but I also have my reservations and criticisms. I am also sure that many of us, because of past complications, are fairly...

Letter: Ashley Caron backs Terry MacCormack

March 22, 2012

If there is one concern I’ve heard from students about the Student Government Association (SGA) throughout my four years at Northeastern, it is by far a concern about how confusing it is to understand, or a concern for how much work is done that is actually a benefit to...

SGA names President, Executive VP nominees

March 15, 2012

Although the Student Government Association (SGA) president and executive vice president campaigns kicked off Tuesday, one presidential candidate still hasn’t received enough student signatures to be officially nominated.

Husky Happenings

March 15, 2012

After deciding Chick-fil-A would not be an option for Northeastern, officials explored other possible food vendors for the Curry Student Center food court.

Chick-fil-A not coming to NU

March 1, 2012

“We are very pleased with the outcome of Monday night’s senate resolution to exclude Chick-fil-A from the group of vendors considered for a soon-to-be-renovated space at Northeastern’s Curry Student Center,” Director of Marketing and Communications Renata Nyul said in a statement Tuesday.

SGA approves 2012-2013 budget, stipend raises

March 1, 2012

As part of the new budget, SGA’s chief of staff and executive director of communications will each receive a $788 stipend increase, bringing the amount from $1,575 to $2,363 a year. The SAF, a fee of $116 per year mandatory for all undergraduate students, funds all SGA stipends. The president’s $4,200 stipend will remain the same. Sabo said the rationale for stipends is that serving on SGA’s executive board is so time consuming that members cannot hold a part-time job.

Editorial: Administration’s handling of financial aid needs clarity

March 1, 2012

President Joseph Aoun announced he is not in favor of tuition freezes – an idea that’s been thrown around in local and national politics lately – at a Student Government Association Senate meeting last Monday. Instead, he said he supports a financial aid increase to accompany...