English opera breaks barriers
Roxanna Blevins
November 16, 2011
One Northern Kentucky University professor is challenging common perceptions of opera. Grant Knox, an assistant professor of voice and opera, wove the show “An Evening of Opera in English” together by combining musical selections from eight different operas. The show has one set that takes...
Department reconsiders eliminating Black and Women’s and Gender Studies Minors
Karli Wood
November 9, 2011
At 9:31 a.m. on Oct. 31, the Northern Kentucky University history listserv received an email of great significance. The email, sent on behalf of Debra Meyers, briefly explained that the former pre-proposals to combine the Black Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies minors into a major - Gender and...
NKU student finds her father after 20 years of his absence
Brandon Barb
November 9, 2011
Go to Italy and Hawaii, change someone’s life, finish grad school, get married, own a house, and meet her biological father. Those are all goals one Northern Kentucky University student wishes to accomplish — her bucket list. She’s getting closer to knocking off the last item on the list, meeting...
Panhellenic Council ready to expand
Caitlin Centner
November 9, 2011
Northern Kentucky University’s Greek community will grow in the spring of 2012. According to Kim Vance, assistant director of Student Life, the NKU Panhellenic Council began to discuss opening campus for additional sororities a few years ago. That discussion continued from Oct. 25 through 27, when...
Students march for LGBTQ rights
Tara Derington
November 9, 2011
On the corner of Fifth and Vine at Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati, over 350 people, including Northern Kentucky University students, gathered to participate in the Marriage Equality Protest Nov. 5. Adam Hoover, a 17-year-old Harrison High School student, originally posted the event via Facebook. “Everyone...
Veterans Day events to honor fighting and fallen
Roxanna Blevins
November 9, 2011
This year’s Veterans Day events hold special importance for Americans, and especially military veterans, as the day marks the 10th Veterans Day after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Northern Kentucky University’s Veterans Advocacy Committee and NKU V.E.T.S. will feature several events Friday...
Anything is possible before ‘The Buried Life’
Caitlin Centner
November 9, 2011
“The Buried Life” cast members David Lingwood and Jonnie Penn visited Northern Kentucky University Nov. 2 to send a message to students: Anything is possible. Lingwood and Penn, along with Ben Nemtin and Jonnie’s older brother Duncan, are in the midst of a nationwide college tour. They visited...
Tribute grooves with jazz ensemble
Kyle Sebree
November 9, 2011
The Northern Kentucky University Jazz Ensemble performed a tribute concert for military service veterans Sunday evening at the Guys ‘n’ Dolls Restaurant and Nightclub in Cold Spring, Ky. NKU assistant professor and Director of Jazz Studies Brian Hogg organized and directed the event. The proceeds...
NKU students help lead Cincinnati Marriage Equality Protest
Tara Derington & Karli Wood
November 5, 2011
NKU students helped coordinate the Marriage Equality Protest in Cincinnati on Nov 5. Adam Hoover, a 17-year-old Harrison High School student, originally posted the event via Facebook. "Everyone has their God-given right to marry the one they love," said Hoover. Hoover decided to create the...
New president comes with a price
Claire Higgins
November 2, 2011
Along with the recent naming of Isaacson, Miller as executive search firm to help Northern Kentucky University in their quest for a new president, NKU also confirmed that the firm comes with a $105,000 price tag. The university will pay Isaacson, Miller in three or four installments, said Martin Butler,...
Bouncing Boobapalooza
Allegra Carpenter
November 2, 2011
Boobapalooza bounced through campus last week bringing awareness about breast cancer. Colleges Against Cancer held its first annual awareness event to raise money for Relay For Life, where they also handed out pink ribbons, pamphlets and ways to fight back against the disease. “We are partnering...
Professor examines gender in film
Tara Derington
November 2, 2011
John Alberti, a Northern Kentucky University English professor and the director of film studies, is asking a peculiar question in his new book, “Gender as Genre: The Obsolescence of Masculinity in Contemporary Popular Cinema.” “Are men necessary anymore [in cinema]?” Alberti explained...
