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SGA President, Chief Justice respond to tweet about the constitution

Natalie Hamren, Editor-in-Chief

Earlier today, a tweet was posted that showed a photo of a portion of the SGA constitution document being locked for editing by Chief Justice TJ Cleary. “the chief justice being my boyfriend does...

How the SGA president, VP ran an online campaign

Abby Behrens and Natalie Hamren

Lauren Goodwin and Mia Derks were recently elected SGA president and vice president. Their campaign, along with the rest of the world, had to transition online mid-March. Check out to see what they did...

Goodwin and Derks named SGA president, VP

Northerner Staff

Lauren Goodwin and Mia Derks were announced as the 2020-21 SGA President and Vice President on April 2 with 379 votes. 996 votes came in during the two-day election. Their opponents, Jessica Archer...

Debate 2020: SGA candidates on SB1 & diversity, dating violence, more

Natalie Hamren, Kane Mitten, and Billy Keeney

On Wednesday, March 25, The Northerner hosted the annual Student Government Association Presidential Debate. This was the first time the debate was held online.

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Estes, Dichtl: restructure SGA, inclusive dining

Billy Keeney

SGA senators Katie Estes and Zach Dichtl want to be your student body president and vice president. Estes, entrepreneurship major, and Dichtl, triple major in web and database administration, media...

Goodwin and Derks: Transparency in Action

Noelle Horn, Assistant News Editor

On Monday, Feb. 24, the only all-female ticket of the election announced its candidacy with the slogan “Transparency in Action.” Student Government Association Justices Lauren Goodwin and Mia Derks...

Archer, Wilson: representing students, accountability

Rachel Smith, Assistant News Editor

Jessica Archer recently announced her bid for SGA president in the upcoming election. According to Archer, her platforms focus on communication and transparency to combat issues such as enrollment decline,...

Advising resolution passed, alcohol in housing discussed at SGA

Josh Kelly, Managing Editor

Academic Affairs Chairman Alan Millward and Senator Hannah Miller opened Monday’s meeting reading the changes in their resolution, which had its first reading last week. The resolution now allows students to submit evaluations of their academic advisors, in hopes to improve advising meetings and sessions students have.

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All Card design, advising evaluations discussed at SGA

Billy Keeney, News Editor

A new resolution proposed by Academic Excellence Senator Hannah Miller and Committee Chairman of Academic Affairs Alan Millward endorsing the universal implementation of online academic advisor evaluations...

SGA gets visit from state representative nominee, update on enrollment strategy

Billy Keeney, News Editor

On Monday, SGA had an update on the Strategic Enrollment Management Plan (SEMP) for the 2020 to 2024 school years and got a visit from Rachel Roberts, the Democratic candidate for the Kentucky District...

Library improvements, accreditation solutions discussed at SGA

Josh Kelly, Managing Editor

Comments on library improvement Dean of Steely Library Andrea Falcone joined SGA’s open session for members to voice concerns and pitch ideas to improve Steely Library. Committee Chairwoman of...

SGA discuss diversity, new senators sworn in

Elizabeth Cates, Reporter

On Monday, 11 new senate candidates were presented for appointment. Each candidate was given the floor to introduce themselves. After sharing their name, major, year and reasons for wanting to join SGA,...