The purpose of the Board of Directors shall be to govern, under the provisions of the constitution and its bylaws, the official student newspaper of the University of Northern Iowa, the Northern Iowan. The board appoints the executive editor and managing editor for the Northern Iowan and other officers, as it deems advisable. The board also determines the payment of salaries and commissions to the staff members of the Northern Iowan.

Membership

The board consists of three student members (undergraduate or graduate) appointed by the Office of Student Affairs. None of the students may be a current Northern Iowa Student Government executive officer or member of the NISG Senate or a current staff member of the Northern Iowan. Four members are appointed by the president of the university. Three of the members shall be faculty and one member may be either faculty or staff. One of the four members shall be designated by the president of the university as executive secretary of the board. All four members, including the executive secretary, shall be voting members of the board.

Meetings

The board shall have the power to fix the date of its regular meetings. At least one regular meeting shall be held during each of the fall and spring semesters of the academic year. Special meetings may be called by the executive secretary or upon the written request of three members of the board other than the executive secretary.