Welcome to State of the N-Union, your weekly ASG Senate coverage. Today, we’re going over the start of the year for ASG, their plans for the rest of the year, and the U.S. midterm elections.
In a piece from North by Northwestern magazine, ASG leadership explained their plans for change in this coming year. ASG President John Sisco highlighted the need for student involvement in ASG, calling ASG’s main job “to be responsive to the demands of the student body.”
This follows an intense ASG campaign last year, where Noah Cohrs and Alan Hu ran on a platform that emphasized the disconnect between students and ASG. Cohrs now serves as the ASG director of community relations.
However, ASG has worked to engage students this year. Notably, they are responsible for returning the Winter Lights, a popular Northwestern staple, back to campus. They also created a vending machine in the Norris University Center that houses reproductive health products free for students.
According to the NBN piece, the new year is one that ASG is hoping will bring change. New president Mung Chiang, a new ASG Senate, and a record 117 committee applications have opened the door for this change.
Nationally, the U.S. midterms are tomorrow. The House and Senate races nationwide are largely seen as a referendum of the second Trump administration. Polls show many races extremely tight, with very competitive races between Texas’ Ken Paxton and James Talarico, as well as Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers for Senate.
These races will likely decide the fate of the Trump administration’s policy success for the rest of his term. If Democratic candidates control the House and Senate after Tuesday’s elections, it will likely be difficult for Republican legislation to become law.
That’s all for today’s State of the N-Union. Check in next Monday to see what ASG has been up to between now and then. For WNUR News, I’m Noah Mayer.
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