The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

Student Spotlight

Many musicians can relate to being ‘encouraged’ a little too heavily by parents to take lessons and practice. For Megan Caroway, a Northern Kentucky University freshman pianist, this wasn’t the case.

“My parents didn’t so much care how much I practiced,” she said. “I feel like it’s all been on my own.”

Caroway started playing when she was 7, but didn’t take it seriously until about five or six years ago. She said, “When I was in eighth grade, I had a teacher who really inspired me