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Emily Lindeau

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Emily Lindeau, Presentation editor September 13, 2012

Hello all! My name is Emily Lindeau and I am the current presentation editor of The Northerner. This year I will be participating in campus-wide healthy life challenge, The Great Plate Challenge. I will...

Obama the stronger candidate after conventions

Brandon Barb, Managing editor September 12, 2012

Even though the Republican National Convention was discussed in last week’s The Podium, there is a need to compare it with the Democratic National Convention, mainly the key speeches from each party. The...

College loans on the rise, students beware of future

September 12, 2012

Going to college is a serious business, in more ways than one. Student loan debt is on the rise with no end in sight. Northern Kentucky University should be active in making sure student loans don’t...

Drivers frustrated with gravel lots, high parking pass prices

September 6, 2012

With all of Northern Kentucky University’s recent updates and changes, the administration seems to neglect parking lot renovation every year, even though parking passes cost students as much as $210...

Convention restores hope to Republican party

Kevin Ward, Contributing Writer September 6, 2012

Hurricane Isaac may have changed the plans for the 2012 Republican National Convention, but Mitt Romney was able to leave GOP supporters full of optimism for the upcoming presidential election. R The...

Cutting education for more defense spending

Brandon Barb, Managing editor August 30, 2012

Because we are college students, what happens to the Department of Education happens to us and negative impacts are a big deal to your continuing college career, or family member’s future college aspirations. Since...

Standing for independence, but welcoming the support

August 30, 2012

As a student-controlled newspaper, The Northerner has always been carefully critiqued and even sometimes ridiculed. But we’re not the only ones. Public universities nationwide face the same problems. It’s...

Summer ends, campus news coverage continues

August 23, 2012

Here we are. The Northerner’s back in action. After a summer of position changes, absences and adding new staff members, a new publication date and big changes at the university, we are still ready to...

Presidential campaigns underway

Brandon Barb, Managing editor August 23, 2012

With this being a presidential election year we are going to be doing something a little different here at The Northerner. Since we are college students, we should be paying more attention to our nation’s...

So long and thanks for...

So long and thanks for…

Karli Wood, Editor-n-chief April 24, 2012

Dammit, I don’t want to leave. I never thought I’d be saying that. When I joined this staff as a freshman, I intended to stay a staff writer or assistant designer. I didn’t want to touch professional...

One more time: Thanks for the memories

One more time: Thanks for the memories

Elizabeth Parsons, Copy desk chief April 24, 2012

I have always been what you might call a “Grammar Nazi.” There’s a joke in my family that I was born with a dictionary and pencil in my grubby little hands. Working for The Northerner has served...

It’s not easy saying goodbye

It’s not easy saying goodbye

Roxanna Blevins, Assignment editor April 24, 2012

I came to Northern Kentucky University at the perfect time. It was a strange period, rife with changes, both in my personal life and on NKU’s campus. When I came to NKU, Griffin Hall was still under...

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