Ceramics professor’s ‘Serenity’ a meditative ocean
Jude Noel, Arts & Life Editor
January 22, 2018
Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Campus Arts
Ripples of blue clay form an aqueous mane around the slight form of a face, pushing through the surface of the watery spiral. Raindrops shaped like ghostly humans fall headfirst into a floating sea of clear plastic. With the help of a lighting fixture, a tiny mountain casts the shadow of a body stre...
Professor’s ‘Econ Beats’ parodies inspire creativity, fiscal responsibility.
Jude Noel, Arts & Life Editor
January 20, 2018
Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Featured Story
In 2009, Dr. Abdullah Al-Bahrani handed his class an unusual quiz prompt: to write a poem on economics. Nine years later, that assignment has evolved into an international program challenging students to combine financial literacy with musical creativity. The project, which became officially known a...
Review: ‘Losing Sleep’ tour countrified BB&T Arena
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
January 20, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Featured Story, Reviews, Viewpoints
My dad introduced country music to me when I was a little kid. The radio in our garage would blare the Indiana’s Eagle 99.3 as he worked on various tasks. On our fishing trips to Kentucky Lake, the old, beat up radio in our Triton boat played the southern drawls of older country music artists I didn’...
‘Willy Wonka’ brings candy-coated musical theater to Carnegie
Madison Borland, Reporter
January 19, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Events
If you missed “Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory” on Broadway, The Carnegie in Covington is hosting the candy-coated production Jan. 18-28. Music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Timothy Allen McDonald, the production takes more inspiration from the 1971 film starring Gene WIlder, rather...
Tri-State Band Symposium honors outstanding musicians
Abby Crabill, Reporter
January 18, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Events, Featured Story
Northern Kentucky University will host the 11th annual Tri-State Band Symposium on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 19-20. The symposium is an experience for outstanding high school musicians from over 165 area and regional high schools in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. The students, selected from a pool of ...
REVIEW: ‘The Post’ charms like retro Spielberg, bridging past and present
Jude Noel, Arts & Life Editor
January 18, 2018
Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Featured Story, Reviews
Whether it’s tailing publisher Katharine Graham (Meryl Streep) into a sea of sharply-dressed Wall Street investors or plunging into a swell of notepads and flashbulbs on the Supreme Court steps, Stephen Spielberg’s camera rolls from swarm to throng like an amusement park’s anxiety-fueled dark ri...
FE18 showcases SOTA faculty’s versatility
McKenzie Eskridge, Reporter
January 15, 2018
Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Campus Arts, Featured Story
“Surrender” depicts a woman on an old-style bike in a field blocked off by construction cones. The woman longs to ride into the landscape, but the white flag waving on the back of the bike signals that she will cede to the artificial barriers. While the general theme centers on forbidden access, the inspira...
An editor’s guide to ‘snow cream’
Mackenzie Manley, Editor-in-Chief
January 12, 2018
Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Featured Story, Viewpoints
Begin scene: Me, at the age of six. The pants I’m wearing are so puffy that I waddle. My mother made me wear them, despite my protests that I could stay warm in a pair of jeans. I open the door of my suburban home (memories of the place are now awash in nostalgic, smudged tones) to a blinding landscape: ...
New Year: Now, Crosswords!
Kairi Freudenberg, Crossword Editor
January 11, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Viewpoints
You asked for it -- we delivered! Test your wits with our first crossword puzzle of 2018, inspired by the month of January. If you find yourself stumped, take a peek at our nifty cheat sheet. Happy solving!...
SHEP founder seeks inclusion, finds inspiration in family
Belle Leininger, Contributor
January 8, 2018
Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Featured Story
It began with a question a little over ten years ago after a Thursday evening graduate class. One of Missy Jones’ students, Nancy Bardgett, a high school special education teacher at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Ky., wanted to know how to get her students more involved on campus. The two...
The Northerner’s top 10 stories of 2017
December 30, 2017
Filed under 2017 Recap, Arts & Life, Editorial, Featured Story, News, Opinions, Sports, Student Voices, Viewpoints
2017 was a busy year for us. Revisit our 10 most viewed stories here!
The Northerner’s 2017 Recap
December 30, 2017
Filed under 2017 Recap, Arts & Life, Featured Story, Multimedia, News, Sports, Viewpoints
From sending off a departing president to welcoming a new one, from a March Madness bid to Horizon League honors, from selling WNKU to building new facilities, from festivals to protests to games and more, The Northerner was there.