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Deshauna Barber listens to an audience question.

Former Miss USA speaks at BHM celebration

Kane Mitten, Arts & Life Editor February 5, 2020
Deshauna Barber, the 2016 Miss USA, took the stage in the Student Union Ballroom on Tuesday night as part of NKU’s ongoing Black History Month celebration.

Window Painting – Homecoming 2020

Jake Funk, Reporter February 4, 2020

The Window Painting contest had been around for years during NKU's Homecoming season. Northerner reporter Jake Funk reports on this year's contest.

SOTA first-year show shows students potential

SOTA first-year show shows students’ potential

Emily Broyles, Reporter December 8, 2019
The School of the Arts’ annual first-year show is here again, where new theatre students come together to dazzle attendees with a show only they perform in.
Student club celebrates Japanese tradition of KFC on Christmas

Student club celebrates Japanese tradition of KFC on Christmas

Bee Klapper, Reporter December 6, 2019
On Thursday night, the members of the Japanese Language and Culture Club gathered in MEP 300 for one last meeting to celebrate Christmas in the true Japanese style—with a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Lauren Hendrix takes her chance in the cash box on Tuesday.

Everybody wins this Giving Tuesday

Noelle Horn, Assistant News Editor December 3, 2019

Students stepped into the box—goggled and ready—to grab as much “cash” as they could in under 30 seconds. The cash, colored yellow and green, would give students the opportunity to donate money...

Dancers with dance coordinator and assistant professor of dance Tracey Bonner.

Emerging Choreographers Showcase supports the artistic growth of women

Alyssa Weber, Reporter November 19, 2019

NKU’s dance program holds an Emerging Choreographers’ Showcase every year to spotlight student talent. This year the ECS will be entirely produced and choreographed by female students.  When BFA...

U.S. Womens National Team midfielder Rose Lavelle came to NKU for a Q&A on Thursday night.

U.S. women’s soccer champion inspires students and community members

Corinne Byrne, Assistant Arts & Life Editor November 15, 2019
On Thursday night, the Activities Programming Board hosted U.S. women’s national soccer team champion Rose Lavelle. A Cincinnati native, Lavelle returned to the area to share her story and inspire the students and community members who sat in their seats fixated on the local hero who sat in front of them. 
SOTA festival puts on a show in ten minutes or less

SOTA festival puts on a show in ten minutes or less

Gabriel Barnett, Contributor November 13, 2019
A lot can happen in ten minutes—you could get a chore done, have a nice conversation with a friend, or even finish that assignment you’ve been putting off right before class. But what about putting on a whole show? Sixteen talented students from this year’s Directing I class did just that in the 11th annual Ten Minute Play Festival, organized by Lecturer of Performance Brian Robertson.

VIDEO: OINK Film Festival

OINK is a brand new event on NKU's campus, all about bringing in high school film makers in to encourage their future within the field. Northerner reporters caught up with a few key people that made this...

VIDEO: Stefan Roloff at NKU

Brennen Alm, Reporter November 8, 2019

The 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall brought artist Stefan Roloff to NKU's campus, sharing his experiences that brought him to where he is today.

NKUs Keyboard Plus Festival was in Greaves Concert Hall on Saturday.

Keyboard Plus Festival draws in musicians young and old

Megan Bechtold, Reporter November 3, 2019
NKU’s Keyboard Plus Festival brought pianists from ages five to 50 to the stage in Greaves Concert Hall on Saturday.
Former White House liaison Raffi Freedman-Gurspan and student body president Jarett Lopez spoke to students in the Otto M. Budig Theater on Wednesday night.

First transgender White House staffer speaks in Otto Budig Theater

Kane Mitten, Arts & Life Editor October 24, 2019
Raffi Freedman-Gurspan became a part of United States history when President Barack Obama hired her as Outreach and Recruitment Director, making her the first openly transgender White House staffer in history.
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