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GALLERY: Millennium Falcon touches down at BB&T Arena

Owen Treolo, Reporter April 27, 2018

In a galaxy not-so-far away, Han Solo’s famous Millennium Falcon landed at BB&T Arena this weekend, featuring a recreation of the interior of the famous freighter. The "Millennium Falcon Experience"...

Art by Chloe Collins

SOTA seniors’ art comes from introspection.

Chelsea Livers-Gowdy, Reporter April 27, 2018

  The School of the Arts is a place on campus where students discover their passions and turn them into art. Senior Chloe Collins, who is pursuing a BFA in art, took a gender studies class that...

Editors Chat: Rick Meyers

Editor’s Chat: Rick Meyers

Jude Noel, Arts & Life Editor April 18, 2018

Editor’s note: This feature is part of an ongoing series of profiles catching up with Northerner editorial alumni, in honor of NKU’s 50th anniversary. When Rick Meyers first stepped on campus in...

Family Divided: Diane Guerrero speaks on memoir, immigration

Family Divided: Diane Guerrero speaks on memoir, immigration

Pavel Klementyev, Reporter April 17, 2018

Diane Guerrero—known for her roles as inmate Maritza Ramos on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and Lina on Jane the Virgin—spoke at Northern Kentucky University about her recent memoir, In...

Professor Karen Slawter teaches CMST 101, a gen-ed course almost every NKU undergrad must take.

Beyond butterflies: prof says public speaking gives students a leg up

Natalie Hamren, Asst. News Editor April 12, 2018
“In anything that you’re trying to move up in, the better public speaker you are, the better your edge on everyone else because not everyone can speak in public, feel comfortable with it and want to do it,” says NKU public speaking professor Karen Slawter.
NKUs annual Open Mic Night took place in the Multi-purpose room this year.

Pride Week Open Mic helps student artists make their voices heard

Kane Mitten, Reporter April 8, 2018

Nearly every seat available in the Student Union multi-purpose room was filled Tuesday night as students, parents, and friends came to support the lineup of artists and poets at the 5th annual NKU Open...

International Student Union dinner rolls out the red carpet

International Student Union dinner rolls out the red carpet

Pavel Klementyev, Reporter April 4, 2018

On April 7th, International Student Union (ISU) and ISSS will host their annual International Dinner and Talent Show to represent and engage a rich diversity of NKU students from over 50 countries with...

Let Our Loss Be Heard: Dance 18 piece examines race and American history.

‘Let Our Loss Be Heard’: Dance 18 piece examines race and American history.

McKenzie Eskridge, Reporter April 2, 2018
The notion that art can express ideas, concepts and emotions seemingly impossible to grasp conversationally is nothing new, but the truth of the cliché struck souls in one of Dance 18’s feature pieces, Let Our Loss be Heard.
In the past, NKUs Pride March has served as a start to Pride Week. This years march is NKUs 5th.

Your Guide to NKU Pride Week

Jude Noel, Arts & Life Editor April 2, 2018

Following a drag show held in the Student Union ballroom Friday night, NKU’s 5th annual LGBTQ Pride Week begins with its annual Pride March on Monday morning at 11:50 a.m. in the SU plaza. The march,...

Meet NKUs Wise Women: NVP initiative sheds light on key campus figures

Meet NKU’s ‘Wise Women’: NVP initiative sheds light on key campus figures

Maria Dossett, Social Media Editor March 27, 2018
When the time came to begin planning events to celebrate Women’s History Month, director of the Norse Violence Prevention Center (NVP) Gabby Dralle found herself spending time in reflection. With the Time’s Up and #MeToo movement in full force, she took notice of present events and looked back on the transformative moments of her own life.
A piece from Scott Sankers Objectify Me.

From portraits of hot dogs to retro typefaces, SOTA student exhibition melds mediums

Jude Noel, Arts & Life Editor March 22, 2018

Spanning two gallery spaces and a wide range of mediums from photography to font-making, SOTA’s annual juried student exhibition—running from March 16-31, features the best of what NKU’s fine arts...

NKLI hosted the Spring Empowerment Retreat.

EDITORIAL: In the mountains, the option to serve

Mackenzie Manley, Editor-in-Chief March 15, 2018

Highways carved into mountains guided three vans of NKU students to the area where the War on Poverty was first declared by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. It’s a surreal encounter with a niche culture unlike...

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