Governing Documents

Associated Student Government Constitution

PREAMBLE

We, the students of Northwestern University, in order to elevate the undergraduate experience, establish a means for the representation of our interests, ensure student participation in the governance of this University, provide services and resources for students, and foster a more inclusive community, establish this Constitution for the undergraduate student body of Northwestern University.


LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Northwestern is a community of learners situated within a network of historical and contemporary relationships with Native American tribes, communities, parents, students, and alumni. It is also in close proximity to an urban Native American community in Chicago and near several tribes in the Midwest. The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa. It was also a site of trade, travel, gathering and healing for more than a dozen other Native tribes and is still home to over 100,000 tribal members in the state of Illinois.


ARTICLE I

Section I. All legislative power shall be vested in the Senate.   

Section II. The Senate shall be composed of forty Senators from stipulated constituent states, and each Senator shall have one vote.  The apportionment of such Senators shall be as follows: the Undergraduate Schools twenty, the Greek Councils two, the Student Athletic Advisory Committee one, and the Student Groups seventeen.

When vacancies happen in the representation from any constituent state, the executive authority thereof shall fill such vacancies in the manner prescribed by the legislature of that state, but the Senate may at any time by law make or alter such regulations.   

Only undergraduate students of Northwestern University shall be Senators.   

The Senate shall choose their Speaker and Parliamentarian, and shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of all Senators. 

Judgments in the case of impeachment shall not extend further than removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office of honor or trust under the Associated Student Government.

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Associated Student Government Code of Conduct

Title I. General Provisions 

Chapter 1. References, Abbreviations, and Definitions

Sec. 101. References

  1. Any usage of "undergraduate students" shall refer to full and part-time undergraduate students of Northwestern University;

  2. Any usage of “Senators" shall refer to those Senators present in the meeting of the Senate;

  3. Any usage of "the Senate" shall refer to the entire body of Senators listed on the roll of the Senate;

  4. Any usage of "Constitution" shall refer to the Constitution of the Associated Student Government;

  5. Any usage of "Code" shall refer to the Associated Student Government Code;

  6. Any usage of “Executive Board” shall refer to the Associated Student Government Executive Board, unless otherwise specified;

  7. Any usage of “the Judicial Board” shall refer to the Rules Committee.

Sec. 102. Abbreviations

  1. Any reference to "ASG" shall also refer to the Associated Student Government;

  2. Any reference to "SAF" shall also refer to the Student Activities Fee;

  3. Any reference to “AE” shall also refer to an Account Executive;

  4. Any reference to “GE” shall also refer to a Group Executive;

  5. Any reference to "ASGC" shall also refer to the Associated Student Government Code;

  6. Any reference to “SGAC” shall also refer to the Student Group Apportionment Committee;

  7. Any reference to "MGC" shall also refer to the Multicultural Greek Council;

  8. Any reference to "NPHC" shall also refer to the National Pan-Hellenic Council;

  9. Any reference to “RHA” shall also refer to the Residence Hall Association;

  10. Any reference to “RCB” shall also refer to the Residential College Board;

  11. Any reference to “USSEC” shall also refer to the Undergraduate School Senator Election Commission;

  12. Any reference to “SAFC” shall also refer to the Student Activities Finance Committee.

  13. Any reference to “EOJI” shall also refer to the Executive Officer of Justice and Inclusion…

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