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NKU receives $2 million in grants for student success

Rachel Smith, News Editor August 20, 2020

NKU received approximately $2 million in federal grants to be distributed over the next five years, administration announced in an email earlier today. It is the largest amount of federal funding to be...

Parking lots across campus were at a moderate capacity on Tuesday.

GALLERY: What campus looks like during COVID-19

Billy Keeney, Photo Editor August 19, 2020

On Wednesday, students returned to campus for classes. See what campus looks like during the coronavirus pandemic, and what protocols NKU has implemented.

Students in masks attending their first day of in-person classes.

GALLERY: First day back on campus

Northerner Staff August 17, 2020

NKU resumed classes Monday. While most students are taking classes online, there are still some students on campus taking courses. These are the changes made to campus for the 2020 semester.

The Student Union from the plaza level.

SGA: parking citations will be waived for two weeks

Rachel Smith, News Editor August 17, 2020

SGA discussed parking citations, recruitment and goals for the semester at its meeting on Monday. Student officials were able to meet in person or convene virtually via Zoom for the first meeting of the...

The main thoroughfare students that live in Boothe Residential Village take to class.

Housing announces changes for 2020-21 academic year

Josh Kelly, Managing Editor July 10, 2020

Housing announced updates on dining, shuttle service, cleaning, room assignments and other changes due to COVID-19. Changes to Dining Norse Commons cafeteria will be the only residential dining open...

NKU Steely library.

NKU named safest campus in Greater Cincinnati

Natalie Hamren, Editor-in-Chief June 23, 2020

NKU has been named the safest college campus in the Greater Cincinnati region by YourLocalSecurity.com—a website aimed at providing security tools and information. Nationally, NKU ranked 23 on the...

File photo. Students walk through NKUs campus to celebrate Pride Week.

Chase Law professor’s brief helps guide Supreme Court decision

Rachel Smith, News Editor June 23, 2020

Before Jack Harrison was a professor at Chase College of Law, he worked as an attorney at a large law firm and handled product liability and employment litigation. Self-described as a “fairly visible...

NKUs Student Union.

Vaidya announces NKU will not rescind incoming student’s admission offer

Natalie Hamren, Editor-in-Chief June 11, 2020

Thursday afternoon, President Ashish Vaidya announced in a campus-wide video that NKU is not rescinding an incoming first-year student’s admission offer after they “explicitly stated racial superiority”...

Protestors in Chicago on May 30.

‘I would take a bullet’: NKU students tell their protesting stories

Natalie Hamren, Editor-in-Chief June 9, 2020

Content warning: This article describes acts of police brutality and violence.  Protestors were chanting in front of the Cincinnati Police Department’s headquarters. Police stood in a line, armed...

NKU Freedom Fund.

NKU students created bail fund to help Cincy protestors

Alyssa Weber, Arts & Life Editor June 5, 2020

NKU students Grace Wesson and Jessica Archer were together last Sunday when they first heard the news that two of their close friends, who are also NKU students, were arrested for peacefully protesting...

Griffin Hall at NKU.

NKU receives backlash after inclusion statement

Natalie Hamren and Josh Kelly June 5, 2020

NKU released a statement Thursday about discrimination and freedom of speech after screenshots circulated social media allegedly showing an incoming freshman using the hashtag #WhiteLivesMatterMore as...

A sign that, in black text, says NKU. Clouds are in the sky.

Letter from the editors: reporting on injustice

Natalie Hamren and Josh Kelly June 3, 2020

As journalists, it’s our job to report the truth.  We strive for objectivity, neutrality and unbiased reporting.  While the facts of our nation’s history may be uncomfortable and disheartening,...

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