The Northerner

The New Site

Mark Payne, Mark Payne, and Mark Payne January 14, 2009

Here it finally is. The new northerner site. All this started over christmas break, when I had to train to learn this new site. I thought I had everything down and it was a piece of cake. This, however,...

Student, parent intimidate professor

Cassie Stone, Cassie Stone, and Cassie Stone January 14, 2009

Northern Kentucky University's Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Highland Heights police department were called Dec. 15, 2008 to back up a professor who felt 'uncomfortable' with a parent and student...

MLK day review

Cassie Stone, Cassie Stone, and Cassie Stone January 14, 2009

Talk radio host and civil rights activist Joe Madison will speak at Northern Kentucky University's Martin Luther King, Jr. commemoration program at 7 p.m. Jan. 15 in Otto Budig Theater. Madison, called...

NKU Covington campus closes

Cassie Stone, Cassie Stone, and Cassie Stone January 14, 2009

Breanna GaddieNorthern Kentucky University permanently closed its Covington campus at the end of December, citing the cost of needed repairs and the energy inefficiency of the building. Between 200 and...

Obama faces tough choices

Brandon Barb, Brandon Barb, and Brandon Barb January 14, 2009

Associated Press ' ' Inauguration day, using the same bible Abraham Lincoln was sworn in with, Obama will assume the presidency. Like so many before him, Barrack Obama will take the podium, look...

Go Green!

Jennifer Lantz, Jennifer Lantz, and Jennifer Lantz January 13, 2009

Happy New Year to all!' Cheers to a cleaner, greener year.' Last year at NKU was good for green.' This year can only be better with your individual participation to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.' In the...

Bank of Kentucky Center Events Preview

The Bank of Kentucky Center has plenty to offer Northern Kentucky University students for the 2009 Spring semester. From the Monster Truck Nationals to Sesame Street Live, there are plenty events to choose...

600!

Matt Birkholtz, Matt Birkholtz, and Matt Birkholtz January 13, 2009

Northern Kentucky University Women's Basketball Head Coach Nancy Winstel added another milestone to her illustrious career gaining her 600th career win Jan. 10. For Winstel, the achievement is just an...

Construction is continuing

Matt Birkholtz, Matt Birkholtz, and Matt Birkholtz January 13, 2009

The Northern Kentucky University community will begin to see new development around the campus in the coming months. The land where Thriftway and NKU Hermann Center use to stand will be in the works of...

City, NKU benefit from annexing

Mark Payne, Mark Payne, and Mark Payne January 13, 2009

Joe SzydlowskiWith the Bank of Kentucky Center complete and functioning, Northern Kentucky University sets its sights towards a soccer complex, made possible from the partial annexation of NKU to Highland...

Vortruba, SGA discuss credit hours, budget

Jenna Hunt, Jenna Hunt, and Jenna Hunt January 13, 2009

If misery loves company, then there is going to be a lot of company. That is how President James Votruba described the current budget situation to the Student Government Association Jan. 12. Votruba was...

Women hold top spot in rankings

Zac Collins, Zac Collins, and Zac Collins January 13, 2009

Tim DownerNow that the spring semester's first issue of The Northerner has hit the shelves, the new year has officially arrived; for myself and our staff at least. And with a new year comes some changes...

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