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The Northerner

The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

Maggie Pund

Maggie Pund, Managing/News Editor

Maggie Pund is a senior journalism major and electronic media and broadcasting minor. Previously a zoology major and aquatic ecology lab assistant, Maggie has a strong interest in scientific writing and reporting and developed a science reporting beat while she was a staff writer for The Northerner. She is also the event coordinator for NKU’s Society of Professional Journalists.

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When adverse weather hits, the facilities staff works throughout the night to clear walkways on snow and ice and help create safe paths to travel around campus.

When adverse weather hits, the facilities staff works throughout the night to clear walkways on snow and ice and help create safe paths to travel around campus.

The trunk of a student’s truck on campus is filled with snow and ice after the adverse winter weather.

The trunk of a student’s truck on campus is filled with snow and ice after the adverse winter weather.

 To manage the cold, juniors Kelly Trumbo and Emily Zeisler keep warm by covering up and limiting skin exposure while traveling outside on campus.

To manage the cold, juniors Kelly Trumbo and Emily Zeisler keep warm by covering up and limiting skin exposure while traveling outside on campus.

With the wind chills and freezing temperatures, students, faculty and staff can travel safely across campus on sidewalks cleared before classes resume on campus.

With the wind chills and freezing temperatures, students, faculty and staff can travel safely across campus on sidewalks cleared before classes resume on campus.

Patrick Pugh, EMB senior, waits outside in freezing temperatures for a bus.

Patrick Pugh, EMB senior, waits outside in freezing temperatures for a bus.

Freshman biology major, Amy Brown, takes a picture to share on her phone of NKU’s frozen campus lake, Loch Norse.

Freshman biology major, Amy Brown, takes a picture to share on her phone of NKU’s frozen campus lake, Loch Norse.

Students question tobacco-free policies

Students question tobacco-free policies

Maggie Pund

Freshmen coming to NKU’s campus this fall have to adapt to college life as well as the university’s enforcement of the new tobacco-free policy beginning in January 2014. Though the ban affects the...

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Old west faces the undead

Old west faces the undead

Maggie Pund

Professor reveals promising film after six years of work Originating at a time when zombies were starting to invade mainstream culture, a concept an NKU professor has been developing for six years has...

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Professor with a passion for plants

Professor with a passion for plants

Maggie Pund

Hidden away in a corner of the first floor of NKU’s Science Center, unknown to most students, is a professor surrounded each day by about 40,000 preserved biological specimens. Many students might not...

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New factors impact stress in college students

New factors impact stress in college students

Maggie Pund

College students across the country are experiencing record levels of low mental health. Recent national studies indicate top stress factors for college students are beginning to shift as new factors are...

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Technology to improve after open forums

Technology to improve after open forums

Maggie Pund

As technology continuously spreads throughout the campus and into the lives of the NKU community, the Office of Information Technology is hosting a series of open forums to allow faculty, staff and students...

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Flu season hits hard this year

Flu season hits hard this year

Maggie Pund

As students are returning to a crowded campus and settling into their spring semester schedules, this year’s unusual flu season is prompting NKU and Northern Kentucky Health Department (NKHD) to prepare...

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Dazzling your digital resume

Maggie Pund

This session was about how to create a personal website that will land you your dream job. Cassie Morien, Boca Raton Magazine writer and web editor, presented the skills she believes everyone should master...

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Open forums offer free speech opportunities

Open forums offer free speech opportunities

Maggie Pund

What started out as a single question written on a portable whiteboard three years ago has grown into a live open dialogue about current events between students, instructors and guest speakers at Northern...

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Virtual exploration inspires NKU-based forum

Virtual exploration inspires NKU-based forum

Maggie Pund

Have you ever pictured a world full of pieces that you can manipulate or destroy at will to create new landscapes or structures at your leisure? Two Northern Kentucky University students created an exclusive...

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The Dead Rise in NKU Classrooms

The Dead Rise in NKU Classrooms

Maggie Pund

While most college freshmen are simply worried about surviving their first classes, two instructors at Northern Kentucky University decided to require their students to worry about how to survive a zombie...

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Victor E. Viking wins A-Sun competition

Victor E. Viking wins A-Sun competition

Maggie Pund

The newest member of the Atlantic Sun Conference claimed victory in the first official competition of the season when Northern Kentucky University’s mascot, Victor E. Viking, won the Most Valuable Mascot...

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