The Northerner

Arts & Life Editor List: Top 10 must-see bands at MidPoint Music Festival

John Flaherty, Arts & Life Editor

In honor of MidPoint Music Festival we asked our Arts & Life editor (John) and our Features editor (Matt) to write up their top 10 must-see acts. Check out their choices and explanations below, and...

Real Estate to play free show at MidPoint Music Festival

John Flaherty, Arts & Life Editor

The popular indie dream rock band Real Estate will be playing a free happy hour show at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, on the MidPoint Midway Stage at MidPoint Music Festival. This is the first time the Brooklyn-based...

NKU students sell their art at ‘Yart sale’

John Flaherty, Arts & Life Editor

NKU students and other local artists were able to sell their art to the public on Sept. 13 during the Campbell County Public Library’s first Yart sale, a yard sale-style event designed to introduce library...

NKU dodges Heartbleed bullet

John Flaherty, Staff Writer

NKU’s network systems show no evidence at this time of being compromised by Heartbleed, according to Douglas Wells, Director of Information Technology for the university. Heartbleed, a serious vulnerability...

Tablets are the future, and NKU is getting ready

John Flaherty, Staff Writer

With over 80 percent of NKU students using laptops, tablets and iPads to complete their school work, according to the office of Information Technology, tablet computers are looking to revolutionize higher...

Norse Tech Bar implementing revisions to rental program

John Flaherty, Staff Writer

The Norse Tech Bar is considering options to extend the amount of time a device can be checked out from their borrowers program, which would allow students who check out devices, such as tablets and digital...

World class music producer shares wisdom with students

John Flaherty, Staff Writer

Most audio electronic media and broadcasting majors at NKU dream of working with musical artists in the caliber of David Bowie, Van Halen and Metallica. For students in Jon Brennan’s Advanced Audio Production...

[Photo] New teaching technology helps meet students’ needs

Sam Lapin's ITV public speaking class is taught remotely.

Hackers could be stealing information off your phone

John Flaherty, Contributing writer

“I just kind of plug my phone in,” Austin Hueber, a computer science major, said of the cell phone charging kiosks on campus. “I worry that someone might take it, but other than that it’s just...

Blues rock takes student band to battle finals

John Flaherty, Contributing writer

After placing first in the three previous rounds, NKU student Joe Schutzman’s band, Rio & The Ramblers, has made it to the final round of the 2012-13 Madison Theater Band Challenge. In a competition...