Opinion: Don’t get mad, get to the polls
Josh Goad, Assistant News Editor
September 26, 2018
Assistant News Editor Josh Goad explains why you shouldn't forget to vote on Nov. 6.
Opinion: studying abroad will turn your life upside down
Nicole Browning, Managing Editor
September 21, 2018
I was dropped into the London Heathrow Airport completely alone with a short list of items to ease me into the study abroad experience: 1. A broken laptop, 2. half the medicine I needed for the duration of my semester (after many crying sessions on the phone with the insurance company, they still...
COLUMN: I’ll never forget where I was on 9/11
Owen Treolo, Reporter
September 11, 2018
This year, high school freshmen will be taught about 9/11 piece of history that happened nearly a year and a half before they were born. This is something I experienced along with millions of others.
EDITORIAL: When ‘roomie’ doesn’t equal ‘bestie’
Kate Fulmer, Social Media Editor
August 20, 2018
A new school year can often mean new roommates. Whether you’re a freshman sharing your room for the first time or a senior living with another random roommate, almost everyone has dealt with the intolerable roommate drama during their college experience. Here are some tips and tricks to help you wit...
EDITORIAL: Why did I do school?
McKenzie Eskridge, Reporter
May 4, 2018
Ask most students on campus why they came to college and the knee-jerk response is get a job that pays well that (ideally) we don’t hate. There are other expectations, too: meeting new friends, exploring your identity and seeking new experiences. But,at the end of the day it seems impossible to ...
A farewell from the Editor-in-Chief Mackenzie Manley
Mackenzie Manley, Editor-in-Chief
April 26, 2018
For more than half of my college career, The Northerner has consumed me. In fall 2015, I wrote a news story on the first gender-inclusive bathrooms coming to campus. The move came after SGA passed a resolution asking that they be placed in high-traffic areas of campus, but the initiative was one ...
A farewell from managing editor and sports editor Christopher Decker
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
April 26, 2018
I wasn’t sold on NKU when I first arrived on campus. As a commuter and a working student, I felt disconnected from the school I traveled to for classes every day. That was until I officially joined The Northerner. The experiences I’ve had as a member of The Northerner and as a student in the journ...
Farewell: Notes from the senior editors
Northerner Staff
April 26, 2018
We admit: We're more than a little sad to let our seniors go. From reporting on the fly (sometimes skipping class to do so, shh...) to working long hours and late nights in the newsroom, our graduates will be missed. Here are their goodbyes. Ugh, do you have to go? ...
Farewell: Senior Arts & Life Editor Jude Noel
Jude Noel, Arts & Life Editor
April 25, 2018
Polarizing as its appearance may be, it’s my opinion that NKU is a beautiful place. I don’t think I realized it until now, taking the opportunity to revisit the past four years of my life, realizing that my fondest memories of college are abstract, sensory experiences. I let myself slip into a daydre...
EDITORIAL: Student newsrooms must remain independent. Full stop.
Sam Rosenstiel, News Editor
April 25, 2018
Today we stand united with the nation’s student journalists and independent student reporting to #SaveStudentNewsrooms.
EDITORIAL: Without job security, how can professors do their job?
Mackenzie Manley, Editor-in-Chief
April 9, 2018
Two weeks ago, on Good Friday, many non-tenure track (NTTR) lecturers at NKU received letters that due to budget uncertainties, they may not have positions next school year. That’s 47 lecturers in the arts & sciences, 15 in informatics, 16 in education, and more across campus. They’re the...
REVIEW: Lil Yachty – Lil Boat 2
Kayla Lumpkins, Reviewer
March 22, 2018
Dropping his sophomore album Lil Boat 2 on the anniversary of his debut project, Lil Boat, Atlanta’s Lil Yachty hopes fans take to his new material better than they did his last album, Teenage Emotions. In an interview with Ebro Darden on Beats1, he discussed how he felt like he let fans down wit...
