President Geoffery Mearns was challenged by NKU student Matt Hepner, reigning intramural ping pong champion on Dec. 2.The buzz began on Twitter after The Northerner published an article where Mearns said...
It costs roughly $4 million to reserve a 30-second advertising clip during the Super Bowl, according to Forbes. However, one NKU alumnus may get the opportunity to have his commercial aired through Doritos...
The men’s soccer team finished its season and the seniors that are leaving the team have plans for the future. While most of the team gets to practice in the spring for next season, these seniors will...
President Mearns announced the creation of the position of Senior Advisor to the President for Inclusive Excellence to fulfill a major recommendation of NKU’s diversity plan.
The university-wide diversity...
R.J. Bryant, Contributing Writer
• November 23, 2013
On Nov. 23, the Norse women’s basketball team fell 74-64 to Western Kentucky University making NKU’s record 2-3.
“Our opponent was very talented, we really had our hands full,” said NKU Women’s...
The tobacco task force’s policy statement was approved by NKU’s Board of Regents last Wednesday.
So far, only the policy statement has been approved, said NKU’s Dean of Students Jeffrey Waple. He...
“I think people don’t always understand my journey, the journey to be who I am,” Peter Gitau said. “It’s been a struggle, but a very determined struggle.”
Every morning for 40 minutes, he...
The Norse men’s basketball team fell to a 0-4 overall record on Nov. 19 in a 74-61 loss at the hands of in-state rival Morehead State University in front of 2,144 fans at The Bank of Kentucky Center.
“We...
NKU’s Board of Regents met Nov. 13 to discuss and vote on issues spanning across various parts of the campus community.
Ranging from topics such as the the tobacco ban, to tuition versus state revenues,...
Marc Kennedy, Contributing Writer
• November 19, 2013
If you’ve noticed a significant increase in NKUs international student body, it’s no coincidence. Several faculty members and administrators have made it their mission to make NKU home to hundreds...
Andrá Ward, the first black alumnus appointed to NKU’s Board of Regents, has lived quite a varied life, but has always given back to his school, both as a student and an alumnus.
Academics...
Updated plans for the new Campus Recreation Center were released at the Student Government Association meeting Monday, Nov. 11.
Matt Hackett, director of campus recreation, spoke to the organization,...
