The Northerner

Editorial: SGA caught double-dealing

Cassie Stone & Jesse Call March 2, 2011

Student government leaders from the eight Kentucky universities convened in Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday to rally for higher education. Kevin Golden, Northern Kentucky University’s Student Government...

Editorial: AASA should push play

Jesse Call February 16, 2011

If you keep a movie paused long enough then the image on the screen ends up being there forever. When you finally come back and push play, you might find that the image has permanently burned in and all...

Recent grad offers career advice

Rich Vos February 9, 2011

Future entrepreneurs of NKU: Last year, I graduated from NKU with a B.A. in political science and since then have started my own business, opening CrossFit Hustle, the premier strength and conditioning...

Staff Editorial: Proposed Speech Policy Goes Too Far

Staff Editorial February 3, 2011

They’re annoying. They yell at you. They pass out the same green bible to you each and every time. They tell you that you are sinful and will burn in hell forever. Sometimes they do not even make sense...

“Everything’s changed:” A letter from the (interim) Editor-in-Chief

Jesse Call January 26, 2011

Newspapers are not supposed to make news; neither does anyone particularly enjoy some dude incessantly talking about himself. Well, here at The Northerner, we are about to engage in both of those taboos...

Laptops top list of classroom distractions

Roxanna Blevins January 19, 2011

I encourage you to read The Northerner. I encourage you to read any news source, for that matter. I think that everyone who is able should read everything they possibly can, whether it’s fact, fiction,...

Something looks a bit different

Vern Hockney January 12, 2011

Welcome back to another semester full of possibilities at Northern Kentucky University. The staff at The Northerner worked over the winter break to give your print newspaper a new feel and look. We...

A better world starts with you

Vern Hockney January 12, 2011

Men have thought for, presumably, quite a long time. Of course to 20-something-years-olds, 50 years seems like a quite a long time. But regardless of how long man has actually been thinking, one point...

I’m only worth $2.75

Vern Hockney April 14, 2010

The evening began innocently enough. Sitting in The Northerner's office talking to the other editors, I decided that perhaps covering the Date Night auction hosted by the coed KKPsi band fraternity would...

Everybody take a ride on the bus (Editorial)

Melissa McLeod April 14, 2010

There are many modes of transportation available to students on Northern Kentucky University’s campus. Riding the TANK bus is one of the most convenient for many students. The bus is not only easy to...

Meal plan needs to change

Nicholas Jones April 6, 2010

When I moved to NKU's campus my freshman year of college, I was excited to begin a new life away from home. I had never been away from home for more than two days without a parent, and I was excited to...

Come on, just smile for me

Melissa McLeod March 24, 2010

There is nothing more awkward than running into someone on campus that you have only met once or twice and expect to receive a cheerful greeting in passing, only to find them looking away once eye contact...

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