The Northerner

Review week a baby step to dead week

Staff editorial

The end of the semester is hot on our trails. Two weeks to go and projects, final assignments and exams are already starting to pile up. And it won’t stop until May 10 because NKU does not currently...

Organization funding needed for growth

Staff editorial

Northern Kentucky University is a growing and progressing school. Ask anyone around the NKU community about our school and you can be sure to hear something very similar if not that exact same line....

Second term gives president chance to improve

Staff editorial

The news of junior business and communication major Erik Pederson’s re-election as SGA’s 2013-14 president has made its way into conversations throughout campus. Whether through a side comment made...

Instagram ethics still up for debate

Staff editorial

The ethics and guidelines for journalism are always in question. Ethics are a touchy subject because they are so hard to define, and every journalist has different ethical codes. Of course there are the...

Call to SGA: Wake up and reach out

Staff editorial

The Student Government Association at NKU is a hardworking group of people. They hold formal meetings every Monday, work with the university administration and executives, they even create their own resolutions...

What we can learn from online hoax

Staff editorial

It might be sort of an odd story, the one of Notre Dame football star Manti Te’o’s supposed dead girlfriend hoax, but in an era of “catfishing” online and a 24-hour news cycle that is too concerned...

Twitter can be a good move for Mearns

Staff editorial

Northern Kentucky University’s president has joined the ranks of other university leaders in the Twitter-verse. Geoff Mearns sent his first tweet Jan. 11, in response to many students who tweeted him...

We won’t back down

Staff Editorial

Independent. We here at The Northerner throw that word around on our website, our email signatures, you name it. It’s almost like another meaningless slogan you hear on a television commercial. But...

Staff Editorial: Faculty changes to Student Media raise suspicions

Staff Editorial

Instead of explaining their vision of the future of Student Media to us, they created their own vision, brought someone in to fill it, and then told us about the change. In a department that prizes transparency and information freedom above all else, the practice seems out of place.

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Staff Editorial: Proposed Speech Policy Goes Too Far

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They’re annoying. They yell at you. They pass out the same green bible to you each and every time. They tell you that you are sinful and will burn in hell forever. Sometimes they do not even make sense...

Talking to the press

Staff editorial

Student Government Association elections are upon us. With the elections come a chance for new student representatives to be elected to represent the student body. It’s also a chance for new relationships to be built, especially with NKU’s student media outlet, The Northerner.

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Talking to the press

Staff editorial

Student Government Association elections are upon us.' With the elections come a chance for new student representatives to be elected to represent the student body.

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Give the students an answer (Staff Editorial)

Staff Editorial

Ah! Northern Kentucky University: The market place of ideas. Disclaimer: However, if your ideas don’t align with the members of the university administration you could be removed from your position. Such...

Ky. ignores NKU’s needs

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Several state representatives and senators visited Northern Kentucky University Feb. 7 to participate in a forum where constituents could voice their concerns. It's ironic that state politicians chose...

Don’t cut our allowance

Staff editorial

Welcome to Kentucky, where education pays. Or, at least it used to. You don't have to be a witty poet or wearied pundit to find the irony of Kentucky's adopted slogan considering expected cuts in funding for Secondary Education throughout the commonwealth.

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U.S. mourns Virginia Tech massacre

Staff Editorial

On April 16, a gunman murdered 32 students at Virginia Tech, with nearly two hours between his first attack and his second. Students were jumping out of windows to save their lives from the hands of this monster, rekindling agonizing memories of victims who leapt from the Twin Towers on Sept.

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SGA needs students’ support

Staff Editorial

On Nov. 15 and 16, Northern Kentucky University students will be selecting who will serve in the Student Government Association

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Got an opinion? Write in!

Staff editorial

I hate all this damn homework these professors give us. Don't they know we have better things to do than learn about Copernicus? "Why do I have to deal with all this construction? I'm graduating soon. I ain't going to be able to enjoy the crap they're building.

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Mere appearance of bias can hurt credibility

Staff editorial

What happened? On April 12, literature professor Dr. Sally Jacobsen encouraged the students in her class to express their "free speech" and destroy the crosses. Destruction of property does not constitute freedom of speech, but it can earn the perpetrator a criminal charge for theft by unlawful taking.

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University must create a designated public forum

Staff editorial

The dismantling of the approximately 400 crosses outside the Fine Arts building holds implications for free speech at Northern Kentucky University. The crosses were a display by Northern Right to Life, a new student organization. While university officials have said that vandalism is neither tolerated nor sanctioned by the university, they have yet to address some important issues.

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Editor’s log reveals chaos

Staff Editorial

We, as journalists, are told from our first journalism class that our job is to inform the public. That is our sacred duty, our holy grail. Therefore, we feel the need to inform you, our readers, of the reasons for our design goofs from last week's issue.

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Staff stands behind coverage

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The Northerner's recent coverage of an alleged rape has raised questions about legal and ethical practices of the paper. In the March 2 edition, it was reported that Michael Powell, a 20-year-old Northern Kentucky University student was charged and arrested with rape.

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Write for paper, not on it

Staff Editorial

The New Yorker said The Onion is "arguably the most popular humor periodical in world history."

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SGA needs regulation

Staff Editorial

The Student Government Association would like to achieve shared governance between it and other student organizations, and more autonomy from the influence of the university administration.

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SGA race gets dirty

Staff Editorial

Dirty politics: We all know the drill. You chip away at your opponent's credibility. You publicly bash your opponent. You get your supporters to do the rest of the dirty work, such as questioning your opponent's ethics and reputation. We've all seen the political games before, just not at NKU: until this year's SGA presidential and vice-presidential race.

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Board endorses both

Staff Editorial

The editorial board of The Northerner decided earlier this semester to endorse a presidential and vice presidential candidate in the Student Government Association election. After extensive research and discussion, the board decided to support both Eric Fegan and Andy Hixson equally for SGA president.

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SGA ethics an issue

Staff Editorial

The proposed Student Government Association constitution is an inherently flawed document that legislators tried to rush through the senate and are now trying to rush through a vote by the student body and the Board of Regents.

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Gay marriage is hot topic

Staff Editorial

Staff Editorial 2004 is already off to a controversial start, with the issue of same-sex marriage leading the pack of volatile topics. In only two months, two states have enacted far-reaching measures...

Free press at stake

Staff Editorial

When student government tries to assume financial control over student media, serious ethical questions arise that cannot be overlooked.

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The moon ain’t Iraq

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Or at least that's what President Bush said Jan. 14 as he announced his intrepid new vision for our nation's beleaguered space program, a vision that includes a new generation of spacecraft, a moon base and an eventual trip to Mars.

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Detainees held unjustly

Staff Editorial

(U-WIRE) CINCINNATI - Usually when war is waged, the reasoning behind it is too complex to be explained in one word, or one cause.

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NKU funding less than most

Staff Editorial

With Gov. Fletcher's recent budget cuts, including a nearly $4 million cut in funding for Northern Kentucky University, one can't help but wonder where Kentucky postsecondary education is headed, especially at NKU, the most underfunded university in the state.

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Citizens should have a right to information

Staff Editorial

(U-WIRE) DEKALB, Ill. - The Freedom of Information Act is something thatmedia rely upon to bring readers the most accurate information possible.

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