The Northerner

The audience has eyes for violent horror flick

Amanda Joering • March 22, 2006

Remaking Wes Craven's 1977 film, "The Hills Have Eyes," director Alexandre Aja gives the audience a film that is equal to, if not better than, the original. While not quite as inventive and unpredictable as Aja's last endeavor, "High Tension," this film satisfies moviegoers' desire for blood, gore, a good plot, scary bad guys and even the oh-so-important-to-horror-films teenage girl in a bikini.

Sudoku solution

March 22, 2006

Here's a puzzle with numbers. Nothing has to add up to anything else. Yippie! Instead, you solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. Where do you start solving a Sudoku puzzle? You can begin in any square, but one mistake early in the game and you'll be in a mess later.

Sudoku puzzle

March 22, 2006

Here's a puzzle with numbers. Nothing has to add up to anything else. Yippie! Instead, you solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. Where do you start solving a Sudoku puzzle? You can begin in any square, but one mistake early in the game and you'll be in a mess later.

Horoscopes

Lasha Seniuk (KRT) • March 22, 2006

ARIES (March 21-April 20) Before mid-week, special permissions and business announcements provide fresh options. Unproductive team projects or failed contracts will likely be reassigned this week: if possible, ask for added duties and find creative ways to further complex business ideas.

A letter from PETA to NKU

Matthew Mongiello • March 22, 2006

While People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is ethically opposed to all exploitation of animals, we typically reserve action for those particularly cruel and unnecessary abuses. I believe Dr. Mark Bardgett's biopsychology lab fits both criteria. The rats used by Bardgett undergo a procedure called stereotaxic surgery, in which steel spikes lock the animal's head in place so that a piece of brain can surgically be cut out.

Free speech at NKU endangered

Barry Aishton • March 22, 2006

How many Northern Kentucky University students are aware of the fact that a designated freedom of speech area exists on campus? And just what does a designated freedom of speech area imply? Any area outside of the designated section does not allow people to participate in the action that is acceptable in the section.

Campus views about Choice

March 22, 2006

Saving lives worth sacrifices Thank you for running the article on the recent anti-abortion demonstration at Northern Kentucky University. A majority of NKU faculty, staff, alumni, and students may be for abortion rights. Universities, however, are supposed to be places where a diversity of ideas can be expressed in an atmosphere free of fear.

Norse Poll

Nicole Jones • March 22, 2006

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Golfer shoots 70 in tournament

Tim Downer • March 22, 2006

Bianca Hutton is a junior from Helsinki, Finland, and member of the women's Northern Kentucky University golf team. This past weekend, she shot a closing round of 70 to win individual honors at the La Rosa Collegiate Cup played at Eagle Creek Country Club.

Kentucky lives for March

Chris Groger • March 22, 2006

It's that time of year again when sports fans of all ages root for their favorite basketball teams in their prospective tournaments, People filling out their brackets, rounding up tickets, skipping class to watch those first round games. We are a spoiled bunch around here when it comes to choosing who to cheer for.

Taekwondo club seeks new members

Matthew Morrison • March 22, 2006

Founded in the spring of 1999 by Master Susie Jang, the Northern Kentucky University Taekwondo Club has quickly become a success, earning 100 medals in competitions. The club, which is built around the principles of mental discipline, improved physical condition and confidence is open to any student interested in learning the skill of self defense.

Chase students’ accomplishments not moot

Eric Hirth • March 22, 2006

The Salmon P Chase College of Law's students finished third as national semi-finalists in the nation's first Moot Court Competition in the area of child welfare and adoption law March 11. In Columbus, Ohio the Chase College of Law's Moot Court team competed against 18 other teams from law schools across the United States and presented legal arguments regarding assisted reproduction, privacy and wrongful adoption.