NKU trends toward diversity
Josh Goad, Reporter
March 21, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, News
Dr. Kathleen Roberts serves as NKU’s Senior Advisor to the President for Inclusive Excellence. From her office at the top of the Lucas Administrative Center she coordinates with staff and faculty across campus. Roberts, NKU and the Commonwealth want college to be a culturally affective experience that bring...
SU Starbucks to close for renovations in May
Hunter Dunn, Reporter
March 20, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, News
Everyone’s favorite campus coffee spot will shut down for renovations after spring graduation. Starbucks Coffee in the SU will go through a $750,000 renovation when classes are dismissed through the summer to refurbish counters, flooring and equipment.
Choral director steps down after sexual harassment investigation
Sam Rosenstiel, News Editor and Mackenzie Manley, Editor-in-Chief
March 19, 2018
Filed under Breaking News, Featured Story, News
SOTA Choral Studies Director Dr. Randy Pennington resigned on Friday after a university investigation found he violated its sexual harassment policy. Four students and a faculty member brought concerns to the university last October, and Pennington was put on administrative leave pending a Title IX investigation on Oct. 23.
ISSS workshop gives tax tips to international students
Pavel Klementyev, Reporter
March 16, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Events, Featured Story
April 15, 2018 is the due date for all residents and non-residents of the United States to file their federal and state taxes. When it comes to international students, the process might prove to be more challenging due to unfamiliar procedures and the excess of information available online. On March 1...
Early Childhood Center closing in June
Mackenzie Manley, Editor-in-Chief
March 16, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, News
In light of financial challenges, interim president Gerard St. Amand announced on Friday that the Early Childhood Center will close its doors by June 1, 2018, citing in a letter to the student body that it has “been operating at a significant annual deficit for more than five years.” Accordi...
EDITORIAL: In the mountains, the option to serve
Mackenzie Manley, Editor-in-Chief
March 15, 2018
Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Editorial, Featured Story, Viewpoints
Highways carved into mountains guided three vans of NKU students to the area where the War on Poverty was first declared by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. It’s a surreal encounter with a niche culture unlike the one I grew up in, just a few hours away in central Kentucky. Houses and trailers freckle...
Disco Tits: From Seventies to Cyberpunk
Mackenzie Manley, Editor-in-Chief
March 15, 2018
Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Featured Story
In a warehouse on the outskirts of Over-the-Rhine, industrial music screeched. Inside, the otherwise sparse space was decorated with surrealist art: a vibrant birthday-cake-shaped statue made of nostalgia-sewn stuffed animals, twee porcelain sharks fishing and a teddy bear with a stake driven throug...
The vantage of vintage
Madeline Hearn, Reporter
March 15, 2018
Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Featured Story
Located in a cozy niche of the Northside, Cincinnati, Casablanca Vintage is helmed by NKU alum Ashley Beaufille. The origins of their passion can be traced back to a thrift-shop trip with their grandmother, where they purchased their first vintage item as a child. “I still have my first vintage piece I ev...
Parking, housing and dining rates increase
Sam Rosenstiel, News Editor
March 14, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, News
NKU’s Board of Regents approved raising fees for parking passes, housing and meal plans at their Wednesday meeting. The new rates will go into effect next fall. Here’s a breakdown of the new fees.
Gallery: Cardinals rally in second half to end NKU’s season
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
March 13, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports
For two and a half quarters it appeared NKU would have a chance to complete an upset over Louisville. The Norse, however, fell to the Cardinals 66-58 in the KFC YUM Center in the first round of the NIT Tuesday night, ending NKU’s season. Louisville advances to play Middle Tennessee State in t...
Budget cuts: 5 things to know about NKU’s situation
Sam Rosenstiel, News Editor
March 13, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Kentucky News, News
Based on cuts proposed by Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, NKU could lose over $3 million in state appropriations, including all funds for the Kentucky Center for Mathematics.
Like mother, like son; Drew McDonald joins mother Christie in NKU history books
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
March 13, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports
During most NKU men’s basketball games, Christie McDonald sits in the stands as if she is a coach; her expression is stern, not wanting her son, Drew, to be able to read what she is thinking during a game. After the game is a different story, according to Drew. “It’s good game and then i...
Brooke Smith, Contributor
June 10, 2018
The Northerner’s got you covered on the hottest acts, best food and chillest vibes at Cincinnati’s biggest summer alt-music event.
Weekend planetarium shows smash attendance records
June 8, 2018
Students’ Fringe plays tackle race, theatre and open mic woes
June 7, 2018
NKU’s unknown champion: Perce takes home boxing title
May 26, 2018
Fall tuition jumps 3 percent as division budgets, positions get clipped
May 17, 2018