SOTA seniors’ art comes from introspection.

Chelsea Livers-Gowdy, Reporter

April 27, 2018

Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Featured Story

  The School of the Arts is a place on campus where students discover their passions and turn them into art. Senior Chloe Collins, who is pursuing a BFA in art, took a gender studies class that challenged her perception of feminism.  Through the course, Collins grew and became more aware of h...

WATCH: Sunjic shines as NKU’s breakout tennis star

Michael Canizales, Reporter

April 26, 2018

Filed under Featured Story, Sports, Tennis, Video

Born in Split, Croatia, Margita Sunjic moved to the United States in order to pursue a better opportunity for herself in the world of tennis. Since her arrival, Sunjic has won multiple awards for NKU, including Freshman of the Year and Horizon League Player of the Year twice. 

Farewell: Notes from the senior editors

Northerner Staff

April 26, 2018

Filed under Editorial, Featured Story, Viewpoints

We admit: We're more than a little sad to let our seniors go. From reporting on the fly (sometimes skipping class to do so, shh...) to working long hours and late nights in the newsroom, our graduates will be missed. Here are their goodbyes. Ugh, do you have to go? ...

WATCH: The Debate on Gun Safety Reaches NKU

April 26, 2018

Filed under Featured Story, National News, News, Video

The national gun debate has sparked new passion and conversation in many students since the shooting in Parkland, Florida.  While much of the legislation that has been proposed in the wake of the school shooting has been to increase the presence of guns in schools, many more are opposed to the idea....

Norse golfer takes home Horizon League Championship

Michael Canizales, Reporter

April 26, 2018

Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Golf, Sports

Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida—Jacob Poore started the day with a two-stroke lead; the Northern Kentucky University men’s golfer carded a final round one under par 72, which won him the 2018 Horizon League Tournament Individual Championship. “I’ve always thought that he would win before he graduate...

EDITORIAL: Student newsrooms must remain independent. Full stop.

Sam Rosenstiel, News Editor

April 25, 2018

Filed under Editorial, Featured Story, Viewpoints

Today we stand united with the nation’s student journalists and independent student reporting to #SaveStudentNewsrooms.

GALLERY: Activities Programming Board brings petting zoo to campus

Emerson Swoger and Jude Noel

April 25, 2018

Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Events, Featured Story

If you missed the petting zoo that took over NKU's Science Center lawn yesterday morning, don't fret. Northerner photographer Emerson Swoger was able to attend the event, presented by Activities Programming Board with help from Honey Hill farm, and snapped some pictures of the cutest animals on displ...

WATCH: Loch Norse Open Mic Night

April 23, 2018

Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Arts, Campus Events, Featured Story, Video

NKU students and faculty alike, gathered at the Highlander Event Center on Friday April 20th for an open mic night held by NKU’s Loch Norse Magazine. Participants were able to enjoy listening to the literary works of others, as well as share some of their own creative works.

Rachael Denhollander takes back the night

Kane Mitten, Reporter

April 23, 2018

Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Events, Featured Story

“The most powerful thing you can do with your voice is speak the truth to a society that often does not want to hear it,” Rachael Denhollander said to over 75 students in the University Center ballroom last Tuesday. She spoke as part of the sixth annual Take Back the night, an event within NKU�...

Students, parents rally for campus childcare with UC takeover on the table

Sam Rosenstiel, News Editor

April 20, 2018

Filed under Featured Story, News

One week after students and staff rallied against state budget cuts, two dozen students marched outside the Student Union to save the Early Childhood Center, a program slated to close June 1 due to budget pressures that have existed since 2015.

Editor’s Chat: Rick Meyers

Jude Noel, Arts & Life Editor

April 18, 2018

Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Featured Story

Editor’s note: This feature is part of an ongoing series of profiles catching up with Northerner editorial alumni, in honor of NKU’s 50th anniversary. When Rick Meyers first stepped on campus in the fall of 1972, it wasn’t just the St. Thomas graduate’s first day of college: it was also N...

SGA takes action against ‘hate speech’ on campus

Blake Girlinghouse, Reporter

April 17, 2018

Filed under Featured Story, News, SGA

In response to seasonal speakers that come to campus—ones that often challenge the belief systems, ideologies and identities of many NKU community members—SGA passed a resolution that would alert students and faculty of ‘hate speakers’ arriving on campus.