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Broadway star plays lead role in NKU musical

Man of La Mancha kicks off the theater departments fall season at Northern Kentucky University. La Mancha is the first installment in its "Season of Dreams" presentation. The play is a musical, based on Miguel de Cervantes' time in prison during the Spanish Inquisition.

Emailing the news straight to you

Who in the world is Betty Mulkey and why does she keep sending me e-mail messages every week? The answer is simple Mulkey is the Director of Student Life at Northern Kentucky University and those messages are a electronic news letter called N3, or the Norse News Network, delivered each week to NKU e-mail accounts.

WNTV provides movies for students on campus

If someone were to ask you what is WNTV, would you know? The truth is, not too many people would. WNTV is Northern Kentucky University's student oriented television station that is run by students, for students. It has often been called "WNKU", "NKUTV" or "That station that shows those movies.

Kingdom Hearts not just for kids

Jason Ellis October 1, 2002
When you think of Squaresoft, you thing about great, graphically unmatched role-playing games. When you think of Disney, you think of great and classic cartoon movies, among the things they do. But, what do these two companies have in common? The answer to that is Kingdom Hearts.

Buried Alive: a column for lesser known artists

October 1, 2002
This week I turn my sights from the bowels of New York to the Heartland of Northern Kentucky. Yes, there are talented artists being buried right here by the radio buzz. Brad Denham is the driving force behind the band Philosopher's Stone. He plays guitar, sings, and even is known to occasionally break out the harmonica.

Upcoming shows at Bogarts

October 1, 2002
October 3, 8 p.m. Reel Big Fish with The Starting Line and The Kicks October 4, 8:30 p.m. Thursday with From Autumn to Ashes, Engines Down and Black Widows October 16, 8 p.m. TapRoot with Project 86 and Pulse Ultra October 17, 8 p.m. Pork Tornado featuring Jon Fishman of Phish, Phil Abair, Dan Archer, Aaron Hersey and Joe Moore

‘Tuxedo’ not Chan’s best

Where there's Jackie Chan there is crappy acting,, but now they have added another element to the concoction by the name of Jennifer Love Hewitt. Could it get any worse? The Tuxedo starts out as Driver Jimmy Tong (Chan) is recruited to be the driver for super spy Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs).

Editor’s mailbag exposed

Jordan Kellogg October 1, 2002
The Northerner office is connected. We have five phones, an email account, Internet access, two voice mail accounts, a fax machine and, for purposes of nostalgia, a mail box. Information makes its way into the office every day.

NKU’s New Logo Alumn Prospective

turnerken@nku.edu October 1, 2002

I am writing in response to quotes I read in the Kentucky Post from NKU's vice president of university advancement. The quote is as follows: "It's a branding of the university," said Deborah Read, NKU's...

Appeasing Saddam may prevent horrors of war

Aaron Whitehead , Junior October 1, 2002
In Mike Giordano's letter of Sept 25 he tells us that Saddam Hussein should not be appeased, as Adolf Hitler was before him, because if he is, it may result in catastrophe.

Gingrich, Carville share stage for lecture series

Jordan Kellogg October 1, 2002
A former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and a political consultant who helped Bill Clinton win the presidency of the United States will share the stage in Regents Hall Oct. 9 to discuss their political views.

Cinergy Field Remembered

Pete Rose's 4,192nd base hit. Hank Aaron's 714th home run. Three World Series Rings. The Big Red Machine of the 1970s, numbers 5, 8, 13, 24, 13 and who can forget 14, all of which should be in baseball's Hall of Fame.
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