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Carter Kring, a sophomore physics major,  checks simulations daily to read the symbols received from the detector in the Cream experiment. The detector will journey to the International Space Station next year.

Physics department collaborates with NASA

Ally Jasper, Contributor February 29, 2016

He fills a long thin balloon with helium so that only the bulb has expanded. The thin part of the balloon expands on its own during its journey into space. The balloon floats up into the sky and once it...

NKU police to carry naloxone by end of summer

NKU police to carry naloxone by end of summer

Abby Anstead, Managing Editor February 24, 2016

  Northern Kentucky University Police Department will be one of the first university law enforcement agencies in the region to carry naloxone, also known as Narcan, a drug that reverses heroin overdose.Officers...

An agent for change

An agent for change

Abby Anstead, Managing Editor February 9, 2016
Student advocates for life-saving drug to reverse heroin overdose.
In a press release from NKU on Jan. 28, Lot Y and parts of Lots A, G, K and L will be closing Feb. 1. The closure is due to the construction of the North Connector Road.

North Connector Road construction to begin next week

Mackenzie Manley and Nova Sinclare, Assistant News Editor and Contributor January 28, 2016

A state road project will result in increased traffic and parking times in the coming weeks, according to an NKU press release. All of Lot Y and parts of Lots A, G, K and L will be affected by the...

Provost Sue Ott Rowlands reviews her signed copy of Dreamland. She has been coordinating Quinones visit to campus since last summer.

Book Breaks the Silence

Abby Anstead, Managing Editor January 27, 2016
"Dreamland" author joins campus community in battling heroin crisis
Helping the world one charity at a time

Helping the world one charity at a time

Michaela Beechem, Reporter December 10, 2015

With the biggest smile and a boisterous laugh Drew Bamberger's love of life is contagious to anyone who meets him. Bamberger, a senior at NKU, is pursuing a degree in social work. He is involved in...

Campus on Alert

Campus on Alert

Abby Anstead & Carrie Crotzer, News Editor & Editor-in-Chief November 30, 2015

Melissa Bodner, a fourth- year law student, is an extern for the Innocence Project.

Chasing the truth: externship helps the innocent

Molly B. True, Reporter November 17, 2015

When Michael VonAllmen walked into a neighborhood bar for a cold beer on a Sunday night in Louisville in 1981, he had no idea he would be fighting for his freedom for the next three decades. VonAllmen...

President Mearns, Chief of Police Les Kachurek and other members of the executive board address safety concern at the town hall meeting on Monday, Nov. 2.

Town hall addresses campus safety

Abby Anstead, News Editor November 5, 2015

Students from a variety of backgrounds and affiliations gathered in the Student Union Monday evening for a town hall meeting. Despite their differences, the students expressed one common concern-- the...

Beyond NKU - NKU attempts to bridge gap between university and community

Beyond NKU – NKU attempts to bridge gap between university and community

November 3, 2015
NKU attempts to bridge gap between university and community. Click here to view how students are getting involved around the tri-state.
NKUs baseball team was one of three university organizations that participated Sept. 12 in The Buddy Walk

Baseball team’s ‘rock star’ makes Buddy Walk personal

Matt Sexton, Sports Editor November 2, 2015

While community service is a mandated part of being a student-athlete at Northern Kentucky University, it is much more than that for the baseball program. Thanks to Team Manager Ryan Mavriplis, one...

The haunting of Callahan Hall

Erica Bluford, Contributor November 1, 2015

Cobwebs were strung across the doorways of Callahan Hall. Creepy clowns lurked in the hallways and nurses clad in lab suits soaked in blood wandered around the basement. The normally quiet Callahan turned...

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