As our fifth school President, Geoffrey Mearns is heading towards his first full year as president of Northern Kentucky University. Mearns and his wife, Jennifer, are already making plans to make a difference...
Two new additions to Greek life in two weeks
Greek life members can rest assured now that Alpha Omicron Pi Women’s Fraternity has completed the colonization process, thereby establishing a chapter...
Students from NKU are currently participating in the 2013 Midwest Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, which focuses on cyber defense. On Feb. 16, the team won against the University of Louisville...
Whether they are playing “Mary Had a Little Lamb” or the “Rocky” theme song, the NKU String Project is gaining momentum, making string lessons affordable to people in the community, as well as...
With warmer weather and spring just around the corner, the grounds and horticulture teams have big plans to make campus look welcoming. A large variety of plants will start blooming as early as late...
John Flaherty, Contributing writer
• February 28, 2013
After placing first in the three previous rounds, NKU student Joe Schutzman’s band, Rio & The Ramblers, has made it to the final round of the 2012-13 Madison Theater Band Challenge.
In a competition...
Skater boy by day and a mustache-donning cardboard ambulance driver by night, Sto Strouss, an NKU alum, took a few minutes to give the NKU community an update on his acting career.
Strouss, originally...
Emily Hodges, Contributing writer
• February 25, 2013
Students created mobile apps for SAP at the 24 Hours of Mobile Innovation Contest earlier this month in the Griffin Hall Digitorium in hopes that their app will make businesses’ lives more efficient.
One...
The directors and crews eagerly awaited the start of the last official dress rehearsal. There were electrically charged chatters and giggles coursing through the Corbett Theatre as showtime approached...
The unofficial close of awards season is upon us, the 85th Annual Academy Awards, or the Oscars as they're better known, role out the red carpet this Sunday night. Here at NKU John Alberti, professor and...
Nerves were welling up inside Sami Riggs as she walked in front of the judges. They greeted her with disinterested faces; but as she began to sing Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold” their expressions changed...
Erin Pierce, Contributing writer
• February 21, 2013
If you have been on Facebook recently, you may have seen the events “Free Jess!” and “T-shirts for Jess.” Northern Kentucky University and the surrounding community have reached out to sophomore...
