The Northerner

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,...

Mellow Mushroom offers much more than other pizza joints…but for a price

Claire Higgins January 19, 2011

College students and pizza go hand-in-hand. From Snappy Tomato and Dewey’s, to Papa John’s and Domino’s, run-of-the-mill pizza joints aren’t too hard to find around the Northern Kentucky University...

“The Green Hornet” is worth the green

Derick Bischoff January 19, 2011

“The Green Hornet” is a superhero movie that never lets itself get too serious. It sets itself apart from other comic book movies with just as many one-liners as fight scenes. The movie, starring and...

Weekly Comic: Jan. 19, 2011

January 18, 2011

Click here to view this week's comic: https://www.thenortherner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Comic-Web.jpg Comic by Brittany Granville

“The King’s Speech:” Friendship through a lens

Shawn Buckenmeyer January 12, 2011

Finding one’s voice can be a difficult challenge. In “The King’s Speech,” matters are made worse when a member of the royal family with a stammer has to face the task of giving a speech that will...

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...

Weekly Comic: Dec. 8

Brittany Granville December 8, 2010

All I want for Christmas is...

“Tangled” truly shines

Shawn Buckenmeyer December 8, 2010

“Tangled” is the 50th film released by Disney. It’s a girl-meets-boy story. But Rapunzel and Flynn aren’t your typical boy and girl. Rapunzel, voiced by Mandy Moore, is the kingdom’s golden...

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