NKU freezes tuition rates for 2020-21
Rachel Smith, Assistant News Editor
April 21, 2020
A tuition freeze will be set for the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, according to a recent release by NKU administration officials. Current undergraduate in-state tuition totals $9,912 per year for full-time students with $413 charged per credit hour. This rate will remain the same for the f...
Loch Norse Magazine hosts digital open mic night
Corinne Byrne, Assistant Arts & Life Editor
April 18, 2020
Open mic nights usually conjure up images of quaint coffee shops, crowded with literature students and professors snapping their fingers after each brave soul dramatically reads a piece of their own poetry or prose. NKU’s Loch Norse Magazine has successfully recreated a similar experience with th...
Virtual ‘Take Back The Night’ focuses on sexual assault survivors during COVID-19
Corinne Byrne, Assistant Arts & Life Editor
April 16, 2020
A group of women dressed in black sheets armed with brooms marched across the University of Southern Florida’s campus in 1973. Just a few years prior in Belgium and England, women staged protests against how women couldn’t safely walk the streets alone. After a microbiologist was murdered near her home one ...
Applications for pass/fail grading now open
Kane Mitten, Arts & Life Editor
April 14, 2020
NKU’s pass/fail grading option is now available to students. Students who wish to apply can send an email to NKU’s Office of the Registrar. The option will remain available until May 1, the last day of classes before finals week begins. To switch to pass/fail grading, an email should be sent from stu...
The best TV shows to binge while stuck at home
Kane Mitten and Northerner Staff
April 13, 2020
The Northerner editors list the best shows to watch while we're all stuck inside.
How NKU is celebrating Pride Week digitally
Kane Mitten, Arts & Life Editor
April 13, 2020
Even though campus is closed, NKU’s Office of LGBTQ+ Programs and Services is still finding ways to celebrate Pride Week digitally with a series of online events. The director of LGBTQ+ Programs and Services and two student organization leaders shared their thoughts on an exclusively digital p...
NKU provost answers student questions
Kane Mitten, Arts & Life Editor
April 6, 2020
On Monday afternoon, Provost Sue Ott Rowlands sent out a campus-wide email clarifying many of the questions the administration has received about current and future plans for the university in the wake of the current global pandemic. Future graduation Four commencement ceremonies will be held in December...
Buried Child, Mamma Mia! moved to next year
Kane Mitten, Arts & Life Editor
April 3, 2020
The School of the Arts announced Friday that the previously canceled mainstage productions “Buried Child” and “Mamma Mia!” will now be performed next school year.
NKU allows students to opt-in pass/fail grading for semester
Billy Keeney, News Editor
March 31, 2020
All undergraduate and graduate students will have the option to request a change from a letter grade to pass/fail for full-semester, second 7-week or third five-week classes, according to an email from Provost Sue Ott Rowlands. An email will be sent from the Registrar's office on April 13 that gives ...
SOTA Stream keeps the music flowing despite campus closure
Alyssa Weber, Assistant Arts & Life Editor
March 28, 2020
In the midst of social distancing, SOTA faculty and staff began brainstorming ways to encourage others to stay creative. In addition to virtual open mics and virtual coffee hours, SOTA Stream, an ongoing collection of videos showcasing the deep talent throughout SOTA was launched according to Rick Endr...
Debate 2020: SGA candidates on SB1 & diversity, dating violence, more
Natalie Hamren, Kane Mitten, and Billy Keeney
March 26, 2020
On Wednesday, March 25, The Northerner hosted the annual Student Government Association Presidential Debate. This was the first time the debate was held online.
Some student fees to be refunded, Norse Commons to remain open
Natalie Hamren and Kane Mitten
March 25, 2020
President Ashish Vaidya announced in a campus-wide email that parking, dining and housing fees already paid will be pro-rated and refunded to students. Vaidya said refunds will be applied to outstanding balances first and will share more details soon on when students can receive refunds. Bec...
