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The Board of Regents meeting was held on September 8. The board addressed several issues currently on the campus communitys minds.

In case you missed it: September Board of Regents’ meeting

Mackenzie Manley, News Editor September 9, 2016

Marking the third week of school, the Board of Regents discussed current issues on NKU’s campus, including budget cuts, sexual assault issues within the NKU community, increases in graduate enrollment...

Celebrating progress: Final beam laid for Health Innovation Center

Hannah Hagedorn, Contributor September 8, 2016

A long, steel, bright yellow beam sat before the NKU campus community. Signatures from students, faculty and staff were scribbled over the yellow paint before the beam was lifted atop the structure that...

WATCH: Student-led demonstration addresses racially-charged flyer

Abby Anstead, Cole Grecco, Editor-in-Chief, Asst. Arts & Life Editor September 6, 2016

At least fifty students stood together in a circle. Hand-in-hand, they held their arms up towards the sky and chanted:   “We will not be guided by fear or defeat.” “We will avoid the pitfalls.” “And...

The Midwest African Student Organization Conference brought together various groups to discuss cultural issues.

MASO Conference celebrates African culture

Cole Grecco, Asst. Arts & Life Editor September 5, 2016

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. -- Memory Ntakirutimana said she has felt lost before being an African American in a nation with very different beauty standards. The junior radiologic sciences major and vice president...

Professor Lin Sun, an NKU alum, was hired to teach Chinese after the program was without an instructor for a year.

PHOTOS: Chinese minor back at NKU after year hiatus

Leonard Ivey, Reporter September 4, 2016

Born in China, the NKU alumna has taught English at a Chinese university and Chinese at a local high school. Now, Professor Lin Sun — or, as her students call her, Sun-lǎoshī, meaning “Teacher Sun”...

WNKUs general manager, Sean OMealy.

‘Save WNKU’ petition fights station’s potential sale

Mackenzie Manley, Abby Anstead, News Editor, Editor-in-Chief September 3, 2016

  She thinks WNKU has been taken for granted, and now that the local radio station’s future is uncertain -- she’s fighting to save it.   Along with her staff, Courtney Phenicie, editor-in-chief...

UKs Memorial Hall.

EDITORIAL: We stand with UK’s Kentucky Kernel

Matt Sexton, Managing Editor September 2, 2016

The University of Kentucky, the largest public university in the Commonwealth, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against its own student newspaper. UK filed a lawsuit against its own students. Students who are...

What you missed at the SGA meeting

What you missed at the SGA meeting

Mackenzie Manley, News Editor August 29, 2016

This week’s SGA meeting covered topics ranging from a drop in summer enrollment rates, as well as a plan to improve enrollment in summer courses and reserved parking spaces for veterans who have received...

Crowded lots and blocked-in spots: Students’ parking woes

Crowded lots and blocked-in spots: Students’ parking woes

Hannah Hagedorn, Contributor August 29, 2016

Getting stuck in the parking lot may be every college student’s worst nightmare. But that is exactly what happened when junior Madelyn Neidhardt tried to leave campus the second day of class. The...

How Pokemon Go shapes the future of augmented reality

How Pokemon Go shapes the future of augmented reality

Dylan Tierney, Contributor August 29, 2016

The culmination of several factors helped make Pokemon Go the virtual phenomenon it has become. As a brand, Pokemon is steeped in millennial nostalgia while simultaneously  appealing to a younger demographic....

5 things to do this week

5 things to do this week

Emily Osterholz, Arts and Life Editor August 29, 2016

Monday, August 29Twinkle twinkle little starNeed some relaxation after a hectic morning? The Science Center’s Haile Digital Planetarium will be showing starry night features and galaxies far away at...

LGBTQ services provide support to everyone in the community. This student is feeling the love.

‘We are here’ LGBTQ program to support community

Emily Osterholz, Arts and Life Editor August 28, 2016

In the aftermath of the worst mass shooting incident in U.S. history, NKU LGBTQ Programs and Services welcomes everyone with comforting arms and supports those still feeling the shock from the Orlando...

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