The Northerner

Prof. premieres trailer for documentary

Lauren Wheeler, Contributing writer

A panel of four people faced the 80 audience participants in Northern Kentucky University’s Digitorium on Nov. 28 for “Hate Crimes, Social Media & Justice,” a documentary preview and panel discussion. NKU...

Republicans need to focus on women in future elections

Lauren Wheeler, Contributing writer

Women’s issues were at the forefront for the 2012 election. Between the contraception discussion and the shouts of abortion, it was almost as if it was an election in 1920. Even weeks after the election,...

Poetry brings out the creative side of NKU

Lauren Wheeler, Contributing writer

Once a month, Northern Kentucky University students have poetry nights at The Bow Tie Cafe. The events generally bring 40 people to almost fill the Cincinnati cafe to capacity with students and professors. “The...

Ohio poet visits NKU to share her work

Lauren Wheeler, Contributing writer

It was quiet in the in Northern Kentucky University’s Eva G. Farris Reading Room in W. Frank Steely Library as poet Teneice Delgado told the story of a young Irish slave girl as she traveled on an African...

EMB grad makes a name for herself in L.A.

Lauren Wheeler, Contributing writer

UPDATED at 11:40 a.m. on Nov. 8: The headline was changed to correctly represent Stineman's major. She was an electronic media and broadcasting graduate from Northern Kentucky University. After graduating...

NKU professor and students film documentary on hate crime

Lauren Wheeler, Contributing writer

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and Northern Kentucky University professor Rachel Lyon has been working on a documentary about hate crime events in Tulsa, Okla. with the assistance of NKU students and other...

New features, but same old iPhone

Lauren Wheeler, Contributing Writer

On Sept. 21, Apple released the iPhone 5 and before it even hit the shelves, it had already sold out in many places. Northern Kentucky University students, however, are not as excited. The online orders...

Recent grad lands job in dream city

Lauren Wheeler, Contributing Writer

Northern Kentucky University is full of talented people — singers, dancers, writers, actors and pretty much everything in between. Recent graduate Peta Neihaus now knows something about that. The...