The Associated Student Government Senate distributed the remaining money in its $30,000 budget for additional funding to student organizations on Tuesday. ASG allocated $28,906 in the first funding senate meeting May 24, but the rest of the funding process was postponed to allow for continued deliberation among senators. Tuesday’s meeting began with a cutting period,.
The Associated Student Government Senate allocated $28,906 of its $30,000 budget for additional funding to student organizations Wednesday. This number is significantly reduced from the more than $66,000 the body distributed in the Fall 2022 funding cycle. Twenty student groups received funding during the meeting, which lasted five hours. Senators voted to postpone the rest.
Northwestern extended its test-optional policy through the 2023-24 admission cycle, meaning applicants will not have to submit standardized test scores for the fourth year in a row. But, some NU students are advocating for the University to permanently eradicate score reporting. Standardized tests have long sparked debates about equitable college admissions, because resource disparities can.
The Associated Student Government Senate prepared for next week’s upcoming funding senate and discussed legislation demanding NU reaffirm its commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty in a Wednesday meeting. The Senate spent a majority of the time preparing for next week’s funding senate, a bi-annual event in which ASG Senate hears student groups’ appeals for funding and.
Associated Student Government froze funding for Northwestern College Republicans Wednesday night. The body passed the motion using emergency legislation. The vote, which went through with a large majority, came after NUCR and NU’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom hosted James Lindsay, an author, conspiracy theorist and anti-LGBTQ+ activist, on Tuesday for a speaker event. .