‘That could’ve been me’: NKU reacts to Cincinnati shooting
Sam Rosenstiel, Nicole Browning, Natalie Hamren, and Josh Kelly
September 6, 2018
Filed under Breaking News, Crime, Featured Story, National News, News
Cincinnati Police confirmed four people were killed during an active shooter incident at Fifth Third Center on Fountain Square Thursday.
BREAKING: Police report sexual assault in Kentucky Hall
Sam Rosenstiel, Editor-in-Chief
August 27, 2018
Filed under Breaking News, Crime, Featured Story, News
University Police released a timely warning Monday stating a sexual assault occurred in Kentucky Hall in the Boothe Residential Village on Aug. 22. According to the release, the victim reported they met the alleged assailant using a dating app. The suspect is male and is not student. No further details were provided to police.
BREAKING: Papa John’s booted from Student Union after founder’s remarks
Natalie Hamren, News Editor
July 23, 2018
Filed under Breaking News, Featured Story, News
Papa John’s is leaving the Student Union before classes resume, the president of the university announced Monday. In an email sent to the campus community, President Ashish Vaidya announced that NKU would remove the pizza franchise from campus due to recent comments made by founder “Papa” John Sch...
Childcare: UC center steps in to save NKU daycare
Natalie Hamren, News Editor
June 28, 2018
Filed under Breaking News, Featured Story, News
University of Cincinnati’s childcare center has partnered to take over the Early Childhood Center on campus, NKU announced Thursday. Without a bid, the center was slated to close in June.
BREAKING: Edelen, Frey win SGA presidential election
Blake Girlinghouse, Reporter
March 30, 2018
Filed under Breaking News, Featured Story, News, SGA
Spring election commissioner Hunter Poindexter announced the results outside the SGA offices on the third floor of the Student Union on Friday. Full results for student government's spring election can be viewed here.
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.
NKU student dies in fall at Red River Gorge
Jude Noel, Arts & Life Editor
March 7, 2018
Filed under Breaking News, Featured Story, News
A Northern Kentucky University student was killed in a fall while on spring break at Red River Gorge Tuesday evening. Luis Fernando Carlos, 20, was killed in a fall from Whistling Arch around 7:30 p.m., according to the Wolfe County coroner. The Wolfe County Search & Rescue Team called the coroner...
After harassment complaints, Chase Dean resigned in December, could return as professor in fall
Sam Rosenstiel, News Editor
February 21, 2018
Filed under Breaking News, Featured Story, News
Chase Dean Jeffrey Standen resigned after three women, two of them students, complained of sexual harassment to the university, according to an investigation by The Cincinnati Enquirer. Standen will stay on as a professor in fall.
13-year-old driver collides with police cruiser at NKU entrance
Sam Rosenstiel, News Editor
February 13, 2018
Filed under Breaking News, Crime, Featured Story, News, Police Beat
A 13-year-old was behind the wheel of a car that collided with a police cruiser on campus Tuesday afternoon.
Two burglaries reported in Regents Hall
Jude Noel, Arts & Life Editor
January 30, 2018
Filed under Breaking News, Crime, Featured Story, News, Police Beat
Campus police are currently investigating two burglaries alleged to have taken place in Regents Hall this month, according to a timely warning sent to students and faculty today. The pair of burglaries were reported Jan. 8 and Jan. 30, respectively. The suspect(s) allegedly forced entry into an o...
UPDATED: Bevin recommends $3.9 million cut to NKU
Sam Rosenstiel, News Editor
January 16, 2018
Filed under Breaking News, Featured Story, Kentucky News, News
Gov. Matt Bevin proposed a 7.7 percent or $3.9 million funding cut for Northern Kentucky University in his state of the Commonwealth address on Jan. 16.
Restaurants, shopping, medical offices coming to Nunn Drive
Sam Rosenstiel, Copy Editor
December 18, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Featured Story, News
NKU announced on Monday plans to build new amenities and medical offices on Nunn Drive starting in mid-2018, bringing new restaurants, retail, apartments, and a 70,000 square-foot St. Elizabeth medical office to campus.