The Northerner

Employers attending Job Expo 2002

April 2, 2002

Course guides students on career options after college

Cheryl Ritchie • April 2, 2002

A career development course offered at Northern Kentucky University helps guide students on their career path. "This is a class that was developed to help students learn the career development process and to go through the career development process," Betsy Jennings, director of the Career Development Center, said.

Devil May Cry but should we care?

Jason Ellis • April 2, 2002

Jason Ellis the video game guru is back with another video game review. Jason's goal is that you will avoid all lame video games and that your thumbs will never heal. This time he tells us why Devil May Cry will one day be known as a true classic.

Delta Gamma makes a splash to raise money for the blind

Karen Scott • April 2, 2002

Back in March, a fraternity took the plunge into Lake Inferior. Now in April, a sorority is making a splash in the Albright Health Center pool. Delta Gamma's seventh-annual Anchor Splash will be held April 11, at 7 p.m. It promises many team water sports, competitions, events, contests, prizes and plenty of food and drinks.

Egg hunt honors late NKU graduate

Elizabeth Cochran • April 2, 2002

The Edgewood, Ky. home of NKU student Cameron Cochran and his family was filled with 150 children and adults last Sunday for the 2nd Annual Egg Hunt on Janie's Rabbit Hill. Over 100 guests arrived for the second hunt, and were able to enjoy the warmer afternoon weather while hunting for eggs, sipping lemonade, munching cookies and admiring decorative posters made by Caywood Elementary School students.

Taste the world at potluck dinner

Barbara Brow • April 2, 2002

Every year around spring the International Student Union hosts a potluck dinner. This year's dinner has a theme of "Citizens of the world" "After 9-11 we wanted to show people we are all citizens of the world," said Adam Widanski, program coordinator for International Student Affairs.

Solutions to ‘course shopping’

April 2, 2002

The March 20th edition of The Northerner addressed the issues of course shopping and minimal full-time and part-time students subsidizing the students taking 13 or more hours per semester. A policy of an additional $67 charge (some might say penalty) per hour over 16 as a solution to course shopping was discussed.

Book offers insight to life’s hardships

Nicolette Marksberry • April 2, 2002

It has now been a year since Cincinnati broke out in riots over the shooting death of a young black male. Race relations have not improved. There is now a boycott of the boycott of Cincinnati. I don't want to preach to you what I think the leaders of Cincinnati need to do to improve this city, but here's what you can do.

Last week’s paper was great

Paul Ellis, Director, Learning Assistance Program • April 2, 2002

I wish to praise the Wednesday, March 27, 2002 issue of The Northerner. It is one of the best if not the best issue I have read in my twenty years at Northern Kentucky University. All the articles (and even the letters to the editor) were pertinent to the NKU community, on important and/or interesting subjects, and well-written.

Event a one-stop employer shop

Jordan Kellogg • April 2, 2002

Job Expo 2002 offers full-time professional, part-time, co-op and summer employment opportunities for students, all under one roof. The event, scheduled for Tuesday, April 9 from 2-5 p.m. in Regents Hall, is sponsored by the Career Development Center. At Job Expo, students and alumni are encouraged to aproach employers and introduce themselves.

Baseball team is back on track after three wins

Bruce Reller • April 2, 2002

The Northern Kentucky University baseball team struggled defensively against two non-conference opponents last week but got back on track with three wins over the University of Missouri-St. Louis at the Bill Aker Baseball Complex in Highland Heights.

Get dressed for your future success

Brittany Contois • April 2, 2002

Leave your jeans in the closet and buy a new suit. It is time for life after graduation. No more time left for bumming around in your favorite pair of ripped jeans; it is time to grow up. This is the most traumatic time in a college student's life - buying that first interview ensemble.