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No rain on the fashion parade

No rain on the fashion parade

Caitlin Centner and Tara Derington, Arts & Life editor/ Staff writer January 31, 2013

The abnormally warm, wet winter weather hasn’t slowed down NKU students or their fashion sense. In fact, many embraced the damp weather with rain boots and trench coats. A variety of footwear arrayed...

Kentucky battle comes to life in documentary

Mac Payton, Staff writer January 31, 2013

Steve Oldfield and Sean Thomas,  graduate students in NKU’s public history program, are making a documentary about a little-known battle of the Civil War that took place in the small town of Augusta,...

Criminal justice Ph.D. writes paranormal romance book series

Criminal justice Ph.D. writes paranormal romance book series

Brook Clifford, Staff writer January 24, 2013

Jennifer Webster is a woman with two sides—one is an assistant director of integrative studies at Northern Kentucky University with a Ph.D. in criminal justice, while the other is a creative writer with...

Talent show winners belted popular Young the Giant

Nancy Curtis, Staff writer January 23, 2013

EDITED: The original article spelled first place winner Brian Murray incorrectly. Tuesday night students gathered to enjoy performances from talented classmates in the Homecoming Talent Show sponsored...

Homecoming week kicked off Friday

Nancy Curtis, Staff writer January 19, 2013

On your mark, get set, go. Homecoming: Under the Big Top has begun. Friday evening the week of Homecoming festivities kicked off with the annual Nearly Naked Run. Students and faculty gathered to brave...

Time for Norse to clown around

Caitlin Centner, Arts & Life editor January 17, 2013

The 2013 homecoming committee has almost doubled the size of past committees with 12-13 members involved in the planning, according to senior public relations major and committee member Ron Burse. “Students...

Greek Life adds not one, but two, additions

Staff Report January 17, 2013

After an unsuccessful expansion for Sigma Alpha Epsilon Northern Kentucky University’s Interfraternal Council voted to extend an invitation to Theta Chi Fraternity to colonize a chapter at NKU. NKU...

Holiday break means family, food, fun for international students

Stacey Barnes, Contributing writer December 7, 2012

Fahad Albuainain is going home for the holidays. He has no set schedule for his visit home, but he knows he will get to eat a meal with his whole family and visit friends in surrounding cities. It has...

Volunteers needed this holiday season

Danielle Roberts, Contributing writer December 7, 2012

Northern Kentucky University communication professor Vicki Ragsdale doesn’t mind devoting some of her free time to standing outside of Kroger stores with a bell in her hand, smiling at passing customers...

Student Lives Double Feature Life

Student Lives Double Feature Life

Marina Schneider, Contributing writer December 6, 2012

UPDATED at 12:11 p.m. Dec. 10 During the week Danielle Roberts, a 20-year-old, baby-faced blonde with green eyes, is focused on final exams, projects and deadlines on school papers for the end of the...

Sink or swim: Canoe Battleship hits the pool for round two

Sink or swim: Canoe Battleship hits the pool for round two

December 6, 2012

Canoe Battleship returned to NKU Friday for the second time. Students, including James Ruehlman, Alayna Simpson, Alli Smith and Ryan Whitaker (pictured in far left canoe), gathered in teams in the rec...

Prof. premieres trailer for documentary

Lauren Wheeler, Contributing writer December 6, 2012

A panel of four people faced the 80 audience participants in Northern Kentucky University’s Digitorium on Nov. 28 for “Hate Crimes, Social Media & Justice,” a documentary preview and panel discussion. NKU...

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