The Northerner

Students attend friendly workshop

Kevin Gillman November 9, 2011

The editors of Loch Norse Magazine, Northern Kentucky University’s student literary journal, hosted the publication’s first series of writing workshops Nov. 2-4 in the basement of the University Center....

Film society ready and rolling

Kyle Sebree November 2, 2011

Northern Kentucky University has a wealthy supply of student-based organizations, clubs and groups tailored to all kinds of interests. Students can find Greek life, campus ministries – even a paintball...

Empower

Roxanna Blevins October 12, 2011

Northern Kentucky University Director of Jazz Studies William Hogg has a vision to empower at-risk youths. While Hogg’s vision is clear, it is proving to be a challenge to keep it alive. EMPOWER is...

‘Songs for the Slain’ diverse and compelling

Roxanna Blevins October 12, 2011

For anyone still wondering what folk-metal sounds like, Winterhymn’s debut album “Songs for the Slain” is now available. Winterhymn, a local band with four members who are students at Northern Kentucky...

Belly dancing, hookers and fudgie-wudgie ice cream bars

Aly Durrett October 5, 2011

Students have written and produced their own play and are directing and performing it at 8 p.m. Oct. 5-6 in the Fine Arts Center in Studio 307. “Shivaree” is about a hemophiliac named Chandler...

‘Women’ open theater season

Georgina Alamilla October 4, 2011

Northern Kentucky University theater season launched Sept. 29 with a premiere of the musical “Little Women,” based on Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel. The story focuses on the lives of the four...

Personal experience inspires art

Roxanna Blevins August 24, 2011

Two new wood-inspired bodies of work are on display in the Fine Arts Center at Northern Kentucky University. “New Work” is a collection of paintings on birch plywood by Patricia Bellan-Gillen. The...

‘Midsummer Night’ keeps students in stitches

Shawn Buckenmeyer April 27, 2011

William Shakespeare once said, “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players.” That’s the case with Northern Kentucky University’s recent Shakespearean visitors. The Cincinnati...

Magazine expresses NKU’s artistic side

Chuck Heffner April 27, 2011

If you’re looking for talent on campus, look no further than "NKU Expressed." Published since the early 1990s, “NKU Expressed” is the only annual on-campus literary magazine run entirely by NKU...

NKU announcer talks broadcasting in new book

Nick Jones April 20, 2011

Listening to Norse basketball on the radio has provided the opportunity to hear a Hall of Fame broadcaster who has been in broadcasting for over 50 years—Mike Tussey. Tussey has recently chronicled...

NKU is coming out to the movies

Rachel Manning April 19, 2011

Editor’s Note: LGBT is the common term to refer to the community of people. Queer is a term to include all people who do not follow mainstream heterosexual norms. Newspapers have recently featured...

Last art show of semester opens

Shawn Buckenmeyer April 19, 2011

The last gallery show of the academic year offers a quick study break to explore natural beauty and the ways artists have manipulated it. As the academic year comes to an end, the Northern Kentucky...

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