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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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The SAFC’s budget deficit grew from about a $500,000 minimum to about a $1.1 million minimum this year.

The Daily Explains: How student groups receive funding from NU

April 4, 2024

Northwestern’s Associated Student Government, Student Organizations and Activities, and other organizations offer funding to student groups. The Daily broke down the funding sources for NU student groups. Student...

SESP senior Leah Ryzenman swears in Weinberg sophomore Grace Houren as speaker of the Senate.

ASG Senate elects new speaker and parliamentarian

April 3, 2024

The Associated Student Government Senate elected Weinberg sophomore Grace Houren as speaker of the Senate and McCormick sophomore James La Fayette Jr. as parliamentarian at its Wednesday meeting. Houren,...

The New Student Organization Support Fund allocates $5,000 to new student clubs each quarter.

ASG Senate distributes grants to new student organizations using $5,000 fund

February 29, 2024

The Associated Student Government Senate passed five resolutions and distributed $5,000 to 10 new student organizations at its Wednesday meeting. ASG’s New Student Organization Support Fund allocates...

Weinberg freshman and Senator Eliza Marcus proposed a resolution to introduce reusable to-go cups in Northwestern dining halls.

ASG Senate introduces legislation for reusable Ozzi cups and prepares to fund new student groups

February 22, 2024

The Associated Student Government Senate heard a new resolution on reusable to-go cups and discussed the New Student Organization Support Fund at its meeting Wednesday. Weinberg freshman and Senator...

Associated Student Government leaders, in collaboration with the Office of Student Affairs, are exploring ways to make the SOFO transaction process more accessible to student groups.

‘An incredible burden’: ASG leaders, NU administrators detail efforts to reform student group funding transaction process

February 16, 2024

Registered student organizations at Northwestern store their groups’ financial funds with the Student Organization Finance Office, also known as SOFO. But, several students and administrators have...

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