Housing announces changes for 2020-21 academic year
Josh Kelly, Managing Editor
July 10, 2020
Housing announced updates on dining, shuttle service, cleaning, room assignments and other changes due to COVID-19. Changes to Dining Norse Commons cafeteria will be the only residential dining open for the academic year. Callahan/East Village Bistro will not be open during this year. Tentative ...
NKU student dies in car crash
Josh Kelly, Managing Editor
July 6, 2020
Senior musical theatre student Allyson Davis died in a car crash Monday morning. Davis was traveling northbound on I-75 and lost control of the vehicle after driving through water in the high-speed lane, according to a Facebook post by the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. After losing control, her ca...
President announces furlough, salary reductions for new fiscal year
Josh Kelly, Managing Editor
June 30, 2020
President Ashish Vaidya announced financial plans for Fiscal year 21 (FY21) which include furloughs, salary reductions and a hiring freeze in a letter sent to the NKU community on Monday. The President said the university is likely to face an $8 million deficit in the university’s budget. To prepare...
Dr. Dannie Moore to leave NKU July 15
Natalie Hamren, Editor-in-Chief
June 25, 2020
President Ashish Vaidya announced today in a campus-wide email that Dr. Dannie Moore, assistant vice president for student affairs, is joining Eastern Kentucky University as its Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer. This new position is effective...
Campus Rec to reopen August 3
Natalie Hamren, Editor-in-Chief
June 25, 2020
The Campus Recreation Center announced yesterday plans to reopen on Aug. 3. The Rec Center has been closed since March 18 due to COVID-19 concerns. In a campus-wide email, the Rec Center announced it will update all guests and staff about its new policies and procedures following the “Kentucky...
NKU named safest campus in Greater Cincinnati
Natalie Hamren, Editor-in-Chief
June 23, 2020
NKU has been named the safest college campus in the Greater Cincinnati region by YourLocalSecurity.com—a website aimed at providing security tools and information. Nationally, NKU ranked 23 on the 2020 Safest College Campuses in America. The list totals the top 25 safest schools in the U.S. “Many colleges offer a less-than-impressive safety section on their web...
Chase Law professor’s brief helps guide Supreme Court decision
Rachel Smith, News Editor
June 23, 2020
Before Jack Harrison was a professor at Chase College of Law, he worked as an attorney at a large law firm and handled product liability and employment litigation. Self-described as a “fairly visible gay guy,” Harrison said he would often have members of the LGBTQ+ community reach out to him to r...
Vaidya announced NKU fall 2020 plans: hybrid classes, social distancing
Josh Kelly, Managing Editor
June 15, 2020
NKU will resume some in-person class meetings in fall 2020, President Ashish Vaidya announced in a campus-wide email Monday afternoon. The fall semester will start on August 17, 2020, as scheduled. Fall convocations and new student convocation will be held virtually with dates to be announced. In-person ...
Vaidya announces NKU will not rescind incoming student’s admission offer
Natalie Hamren, Editor-in-Chief
June 11, 2020
Thursday afternoon, President Ashish Vaidya announced in a campus-wide video that NKU is not rescinding an incoming first-year student’s admission offer after they “explicitly stated racial superiority” on a social media post. “In the midst of such a painful and troubling time in our nation's history, a...
Administration plans change following Floyd death
Josh Kelly, Managing Editor
June 10, 2020
While the streets of Cincinnati’s downtown fill with the voices asking for a change in the systemic racism against Black people, NKU administration debates how they can help their Black students. “It is in these challenging times that NKU must serve as a beacon of hope and set an example through...
‘I would take a bullet’: NKU students tell their protesting stories
Natalie Hamren, Editor-in-Chief
June 9, 2020
Content warning: This article describes acts of police brutality and violence. Protestors were chanting in front of the Cincinnati Police Department’s headquarters. Police stood in a line, armed with riot gear. The protests had been peaceful all day until now, according to senior communication studie...
NKU students created bail fund to help Cincy protestors
Alyssa Weber, Arts & Life Editor
June 5, 2020
NKU students Grace Wesson and Jessica Archer were together last Sunday when they first heard the news that two of their close friends, who are also NKU students, were arrested for peacefully protesting after curfew in downtown Cincinnati. “Having been the person that was their ride… and after witne...
