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After bids are accepted, new members go through a pledging process to get a better understanding of the organization of their choice.

GALLERY: Fraternity bid day takes Science Center lawn

Mesa Serikali, Reporter September 18, 2017

The sound of music, mostly hip-hop, rang through the Science Center lawn as current fraternity members began placing large greek letters--symbols of their fraternity chapters--across the field. Members...

Muslim headdresses from left to right : burqa, niqab, hijab, and chador.

9/11 and Islam: One student’s perspective

Kiara Reece, Contributor September 17, 2017

September 11, 2001—10 members associated with extremist group Al-Qaeda attacked the World Trade Towers in New York City, NY marking 9/11 as a day that went down in American history. Each year, its anniversary...

Audience members watch on as speakers take the stage at Septembers Loch Norse Magazine open mic night.

Professor: open-mic nights ‘about a human connecting with another human’

Chris Robertson, Reporter September 12, 2017

Students gather, roasted espresso beans, steamed lattes and alcohol lingering in the air, joined by the cacophonous sound of clinking glasses and footsteps against hardwood floor. A medium-sized, well-lit...

And Then There Was Silence

And Then There Was Silence

Molly Patrick, Contributor September 11, 2017

September 11th: Some know where we were the minute the planes hit the towers or the look on our parents’ faces, but others only know the tragedy through the stories we’re told; on the anniversary of...

Freshman senate winners after results were announced. Left to right: Madison Jones, Roberto Amazendes, Jake Anderson and Paula Marie Gagné.

SGA freshman election fills 5 senate openings

Sam Rosenstiel, Reporter September 8, 2017

NKU Student Government Association announced the results of its freshman election for five open Senate seats at their Student Union offices Thursday night. The winners of the freshman Senate election...

Students gathered at Board of Regents in support of DACA.

NKU students show DACA support at Board of Regents meeting

Sam Rosenstiel, Reporter September 7, 2017

NKU students protested at the semester’s first Board of Regents meeting on Wednesday, carrying signs and banners showing support for government immigration program DACA. A Health Innovation Center progress...

Jake Anderson created JumpSeat with Rachel Clark with the hopes of bringing community together with a cleaner online interface than other platforms like OrgSync.

Student-coded ‘JumpSeat’ wants to bring community, connection to NKU

Mackenzie Manley, Editor-in-Chief September 6, 2017

Jake Anderson conceived JumpSeat--an interface with the goal of building a more natural community around NKU-- during Northern Exposure as an incoming freshman. Laid out in colored blocks--each notating...

Alex Arias and Tyler Isaacs make up both halves of the Fream Collective. Both said they could see themselves staying in the Greater Cincinnati area post-graduation, citing its growing art scene.

Students look to ‘50s slang for streetwear inspiration

Mackenzie Manley, Editor-in-Chief August 28, 2017

Tyler Isaacs turned a black ‘dad’ hat in his hands, running his thumb over the back strap, which is dipped in faded grayscale paint. It completes the otherwise simple design; fream--the name of the...

Welcome to Black Week kicked off with a tailgate behind the soccer complex.

Welcome Black Week tailgate cooks up community

Cole Grecco, Arts & Life Editor August 28, 2017

Smoke rose from a grill at the pavilion behind the soccer complex. The smell of meat curled in the air as students gathered for the kick-off tailgate to Welcome Black Week. Welcome Black Week, hosted...

The Center for Student Inclusiveness holds the mixer annually during Victorfest.

Dipping into inclusion: #nachoaveragemixer

Chris Robertson, Reporter August 26, 2017

The line to the nacho bar grew longer as more students piled into the ballroom. Those who didn’t head straight for the bar took a right to the photo booth. The beat of the music from the DJ’’s speakers...

Opinion: In absence of local radio, community is left more fragmented

Opinion: In absence of local radio, community is left more fragmented

Mackenzie Manley, Editor-in-Chief August 23, 2017

WNKU 89.7’s radio frequency went off-air last week.   The loss of local, independent radio is insurmountable not only for the Greater Cincinnati music scene but for voices in the community as well....

Total Eclipse of the heart: One professors astronomical passion

Total Eclipse of the heart: One professor’s astronomical passion

Christopher Decker & Jude Noel, Managing Editor & Social Media Editor August 20, 2017

Astronomy professor Nathan De Lee will cancel his classes on Monday and instead be in Nashville, anticipating an astronomical event he has waited nearly 20 years to witness. “I found out about it in...

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