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Farewell: Senior Arts & Life Editor Kane Mitten

Farewell: Senior Arts & Life Editor Kane Mitten

Kane Mitten, Arts & Life Editor May 6, 2020

The Northerner saved my life. I don’t mean this as some kind of joke or exaggerated statement. I came to The Northerner at my lowest point in life after some personal trauma I wouldn’t wish on anyone....

Farewell: Senior Sports Editor Sierra Newton

Farewell: Senior Sports Editor Sierra Newton

Sierra Newton, Super Sports Editor May 5, 2020

I’ve known I wanted to be a journalist since the fifth grade when I wrote an article on our new playground made out of recycled material, but I didn’t really believe I could do it until I joined The...

From left to right, top to bottom: Screencaps from Halt and Catch Fire, Sex Education, Justified, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Seinfeld.

The best TV shows to binge while stuck at home

Kane Mitten and Northerner Staff April 13, 2020
The Northerner editors list the best shows to watch while we're all stuck inside.
Editors choose their Album of the Year 2019

Editors choose their Album of the Year 2019

Northerner Staff December 31, 2019
Northerner editors choose their favorite albums of 2019.
Twerking, university funding, student vigil: most viewed stories of decade

Twerking, university funding, student vigil: most viewed stories of decade

Josh Kelly, Managing Editor December 29, 2019

Between 2010 to 2019, The Northerner amassed 1.1 million page views on our website alone. In this decade, NKU has gone through three university presidents, built and renovated new buildings, transitioned...

REVIEW: Harry Styles returns with Fine Line

REVIEW: Harry Styles returns with ‘Fine Line’

Corinne Byrne, Assistant Arts & Life Editor December 13, 2019

There’s something we all expect of Harry Styles, whether we like to admit it or not. He’s carried a persona of being an immortal early 1970’s rock star with a taste for psychedelics and an obsession...

Screencaps from Fresh Horses, The Asphalt Jungle, Traffic, Carol and Rain Man

Professors on their favorite Cincinnati films

Billy Keeney, News Editor December 6, 2019

Cincinnati has been home to a growing amount of critically acclaimed films this past decade. Most notably is Todd Haynes’ 2015 indie darling “Carol” starring Rooney Mara (The Social Network, The...

VIDEO: Food variety in the SU

Keara McClellan, Caleb Hodges, and Jason Houston November 20, 2019

There are often a variety of opinions regarding the different food choices on NKU’s campus. This week The Northerner decided to go out and find out what the students and staff thought of the current...

REVIEW: The Lighthouse provides a surreal moviegoing experience

REVIEW: ‘The Lighthouse’ provides a surreal moviegoing experience

Northerner Staff, Experts-in-Cinema? October 31, 2019

From Robert Eggers, writer and director of the 2015 critically acclaimed New England horror folktale, “The Witch,” comes another, well, New England folktale. Starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson,...

VIDEO: What are Your Plans for Halloween?

Cameron Doan, Aaron Magee, Nick Tobler, and Jake Funk October 29, 2019

Northerner reporter Cameron Doan went around campus to ask students what their Halloween plans are, as well as how they get into the Halloween spirit.

Editors Pick: Our favorite spooky movies

Editor’s Pick: Our favorite spooky movies

Northerner Staff October 24, 2019

Natalie Hamren, Editor-in-Chief Practical Magic (1998) by Griffin Dunne  If you want a feel-good film about powerful women, then this is for you. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman star as sisters who...

Carve out a Northerner pumpkin to get in the spooky spirit.

Editors’ Pick: Our favorite fall things to do

Northerner Staff October 23, 2019

Natalie Hamren, Editor-in-Chief Pumpkins. Do I really need to say anything else? Pumpkins are the definition of fall and everything Halloween. Go to a pumpkin patch, drink some pumpkin spice and buy everything...

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