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Dr. Ashish Vaidya, NKUs sixth president, addressed students and administrators in SU ballroom on Thursday.

Incoming president Vaidya addresses university on diversity, finance

Mackenzie Manley & Sam Rosenstiel, Editor-In-Chief, Copy Editor November 9, 2017
NKU’s Board of Regents named Dr. Ashish K. Vaidya as the university’s sixth president at a special meeting on Thursday.
BREAKING: Dr. Ashish K. Vaidya named sixth president

BREAKING: Dr. Ashish K. Vaidya named sixth president

Sam Rosenstiel, Copy Editor November 9, 2017

NKU’s Board of Regents named Ashish K. Vaidya the university’s sixth president at a special meeting on Thursday. Vaidya currently serves as interim president at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota....

The NKU mens basketball team celebrates after winning the Horizon League championship.

Preview: Expectations high for reigning Horizon League champions

Christopher Decker, Managing Editor November 9, 2017

When Newport Central Catholic graduate Drew McDonald committed to NKU to play basketball, he dreamed of making the Norse a competitive Division I program. What he didn’t anticipate, however, was standing...

Interim Pres. Gerard St. Amand said that pension contributions have increased in the last decade, but benefits for employees have not.

Amand: Pension costs “biggest hurdle” for NKU budget

Sam Rosenstiel, Copy Editor November 8, 2017
"This is the biggest, biggest hurdle to anything that we can do to try to fix our budget situation, and for the state as a whole,” Amand said at a Board of Regents meeting Wednesday.
Mikayla Terry (4) goes around a defender during Fridays game against Milwaukee.

Preview: Norse will look to lone senior for leadership

Austin Elmore, Reporter November 8, 2017

After going 9-22 in her first season as head coach of the NKU women’s basketball team, Camryn Whitaker is looking to improve, but it won’t be easy. “We’ve got five sophomores and seven freshmen,...

NKU Informatics hosted a Q&A with Pixar character supervisor Christian Hoffman on Tuesday in Griffin Hall.

Pixar designer breathes life into “Coco” in Digitorium

Sam Rosenstiel, Copy Editor November 8, 2017
Christian Hoffman, character supervisor at Pixar, shared film clips and concept art for the studio’s latest animated feature “Coco” in the Digitorium on Tuesday.
Isaiah Reaves edited and revised Color of the Leaves for four years.

‘Color of the Leaves’: Student overcomes adversity through playwriting

Josh Kelly, Contributor November 7, 2017

When sophomore Isaiah Reaves first started writing “Color of the Leaves,” he wrote out of hobby; he was completely blind to the impact it would eventually have on his readers. “Color of the Leaves”...

EDITORIAL: End-of-semester horoscopes

EDITORIAL: End-of-semester horoscopes

Jude Noel, Mackenzie Manley, and November 7, 2017

Aries: someone will catch your eye in the SU--your infatuation mirrored with the overwhelming scent of French fries glazed in grease at Steak n' Shake. You'll construct an image of who they are based on...

NKU drew its second-largest crowd of the season Thursday as the Norse defeated Green Bay.

Men’s basketball season ticket sales soar

Kevin Carey, Reporter November 6, 2017

NKU’s men’s basketball team has already sold 1,200 season tickets for their 2017-18 schedule: an increase that nearly doubles last year’s sales, according to the NKU marketing department “Winning...

Andrew Schille ran his way to the Horizon League cross country championship on Oct. 30

NKU’s Schille takes home Horizon League Cross Country Title

Kevin Carey, Reporter November 6, 2017

Redshirt junior Andrew Schille ran his way to a Horizon League Cross Country Championship on Oct. 30 in the 8K race with a time of 24:57.40. This was Schille’s second Horizon League title, the first...

With the establishment of the Health Innovation Center, the neuroscience major will have labs in the new building.

Neuroscience program expanded from minor to major

Natalie Hamren, Reporter November 5, 2017

Northern Kentucky University’s transdisciplinary neuroscience major will allow students to study and choose from three different tracks that will give them experiential learning, opportunities for research...

Wlademir Babaew (4) rests after time expires in the game against Oakland

Norse fall on senior night to Phoenix in Double OT

Kevin Carey, Reporter November 3, 2017

The Norse fell to the Green Bay Phoenix Friday night at NKU Soccer Stadium 1-0 in double-overtime. The Norse dropped to 7-6-4 on the year and 3-4-2 in the conference. With the loss and a Detroit Mercy...

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