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The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

All content by Aaron Sprinkles

E-books can save time and money

I busted my Kindle last week. I have no idea how I did it, but I can only assume since it was in the bag I carry around everywhere, I jostled it a bit too hard at some point and cracked the screen. As...

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Scientology on Campus: Stress Test a Lie

Aaron Sprinkles

As I walked into the Student Union this morning I noticed that Scientologists were administering “free stress tests” to gullible students passing by. I was shocked. NKU has played host to plenty of...

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Oil reaches peak after overestimation

Oil reaches peak after overestimation

Aaron Sprinkles

In this week’s issue of the scientific journal Nature, an article has been published spelling out serious consequences for the future shape of human institutions. Authors James Murray and David King...

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NKU Starcraft defies the odds

NKU Starcraft defies the odds

Aaron Sprinkles

A few weeks ago, in an editorial titled “Good Game: The Rise of Esports” I explored the culture that has grown up around the real time strategy game Starcraft 2 and the growing legitimacy of competitive...

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The evolution of peace

The evolution of peace

The renowned evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker recently published a new book - The Better Angels Of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, the thesis of which is that overall violence has declined...

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Reaction From The One Percent

Reaction From The One Percent

Aaron Sprinkles

Recently, a memo by the notably lobbying firm Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford (hereafter CLGC) surfaced, proposing that the ABA or American Bankers Association, a client of the firm, fund an $850,000 initiative...

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Good game! The future of e-sports

Good game! The future of e-sports

In the popular science fiction short story Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, the future of the human race is dominated by struggle with an insectoid alien race – the consequence of which is that humans...

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Occupational Hazard

The Occupy Wall Street movement began with a proposal by the Adbusters Media Foundation, an anti-consumerist group, to stage a peaceful protest in response to outrages by the finance sector in recent years....

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Copyright Kerfuffle

In a recent decision, the Council of the European Union voted to extend copyrights on musical recordings from a total of 50 to 70 years. This has brought the European Union more in line with the United...

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Profiling the Plague

Recently, a paper was published in the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the contents of which have begun to shed light on a controversy that has raged in the historical and medical communities...

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Disturbing trends in campus affairs

The following is in response to the articles ‘AASA office looks to the future’ and ‘Impeachments become private’ in the April 14 issue of The Northerner, as well as in response to antecedent articles...

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