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Mount Trashmore reveals growing quantities of trash on campus

Matt Spaulding, Staff Writer October 24, 2013

For the second year as part of Campus Sustainability Week, Mount Trashmore was built in front of the University Center and Student Union as a visual aid to demonstrate one day’s worth of trash on our...

Travel writer speaks for Viva Humanities series

Erin Mullins, Staff Writer October 21, 2013

When Kelsey Timmerman took the stage for the Viva Humanities lecture on Wednesday, the first thing he asked the audience was, “Where are you guys wearing?”  He asked the audience to check their clothes...

Photobooth project highlighting the diversity on campus

Nancy Curtis, Arts and Life Editor October 16, 2013

Walking around campus you might notice some large photos of familiar and unfamiliar faces on the walls. In 2006 a French street artist known as JR, began a new movement that would sweep across the world....

Runners and reggae lovers enjoy the music of The Ark Band despite the rain.

Runners dance in the rain for a good cause

Erin Mullins, Staff Writer October 10, 2013

While running shoes and jogging shorts are common fashion statements at 5K events, this particular one had people combining rastafarian hats with umbrellas and ponchos. The 20th annual Reggae Run was...

Victim of human trafficking tells NKU students her tale and how she’s helping victims now. Spoiler alert: I survive.

Victim of human trafficking tells NKU students her tale and how she’s helping victims now. “Spoiler alert: I survive.”

October 9, 2013

Imagine dropping out of school at age 13. Imagine being swept into a world of nude modeling, prostitution, and shoplifting. Then imagine surviving the experience and becoming one of the most prominent...

Arnela and Amira Zekic react as they discover Amira has been chosen for NKU 2013 parent of the year

Mother named NKU 2013 parent of the year

Erin Mullins, Staff Writer October 8, 2013

“My mother isn’t someone just to look up to; she is someone to try to be,” said junior communications major Arnela Zekic in her nomination letter about her mother, Amira, who won the 2013 Parent...

President Mearns kicks off series to highlight humanities in academia

Erin Mullins, Staff Writer September 19, 2013

The path to becoming the president of NKU began in a non-traditional way, President Geoffrey Mearns told a crowd of students, faculty, friends and family on Wednesday as the first speaker in a semester-long...

TANK to hold information tables for innovations

Mac Payton, News Editor September 16, 2013

NKU students can expect several changes to the TANK bus system sometime over the next five years, including a new bus route that will travel along I-275 and will make a direct connection between NKU and...

Sorority Bid Day 2013 -- Video Report

Sorority Bid Day 2013 — Video Report

Emily Lindeau, Design Editor September 9, 2013

Freshmen (From Left) Katelyn Nelson and Liz Schmidt attend the showing of The Great Gatsby, which hosted a full lawn of attendees outside of Griffin Hall

First day of classes ends with “The Great Gatsby” showing

Abigail Hull, Contributing Writer August 20, 2013

Last night was the Movie on the Lawn event put on by the Activities Programming Board here at NKU. APB showed "The Great Gatsby," much different than the superhero themes of previous years with "The Avengers,"...

Spring into Service this weekend, organizations have chance to win $50

Stephen Wilder, Managing/Sports editor April 9, 2013

Scripps Howard Center for Civil Engagement is hosting the annual Spring into Service event this Saturday, giving students the opportunity to team up with faculty, staff and community members to work on...

Where does race begin and end? Speaker argues there is no real line

“Where does race begin and end?” Speaker argues there is no real line

Caitlin Centner, Arts & Life editor March 6, 2013

Activities Programming Board hosted Race is a Pigment of the Imagination last week in hopes to open the minds of NKU students and raise awareness towards the issue of judging a person based on their race. The...

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