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Senators must pass the bill through a series of procedures to make it an amendment.

Explainer: How an ASG proposal becomes an amendment

February 26, 2020

In the last month, Associated Student Government Senate worked on passing a new constitutional amendment, advancing from proposal to debates to the final vote. The amendment, which was adopted by a...

Data from ASG analytics committee.

ASG’s analytics survey answers questions about NU student community

February 16, 2020

How much of the population receives financial aid? How do students think about what the University should do to increase sustainability? What percentage of students use dating apps and which ones? Associated...

Speaker of the Associated Student Government’s Senate Matthew Wylie proposed an amendment to reduce Senate seats due to low attendance rates. At this Wednesday’s meeting, the Senate did not reach a vote on the amendment.

ASG leaves session without vote on constitutional amendment to reduce seats due to low attendance

February 13, 2020

After over an hour of discussion on an Associated Student Government constitutional amendment to reduce seats due to chronic low attendance of senators, Senate members were forced to head home into the...

Northwestern students protest the university’s fossil fuel investments in 2014. On Jan. 25, Northwestern’s Associated Student Government joined the governing bodies of 13 other Big Ten schools in supporting a resolution calling on their schools to divest from fossil fuels.

ASG signs Big Ten resolution in support of divestment

February 4, 2020

Northwestern’s Associated Student Government joined the 13 other schools in the Big Ten in passing a resolution on Jan. 25 in support of university divestment on fossil fuels at the Association of Big...

Soteria Reid, ASG’s executive officer of justice and inclusion, speaks during a Senate session. Reid said she asked the original poster to take down the offensive meme. She then checked in with executive board members of APIDA identities.

ASG releases statement on racist meme and inclusion initiatives

January 30, 2020

Associated Student Government Senate released a statement at this Wednesday’s session that a member of the Senate had posted a racist meme on its private communication channel on Jan. 24. “We do...

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