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The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

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Alcohol, diet drink study goes nationwide

Alcohol, diet drink study goes nationwide

Tara Derington

An NKU professor is receiving national publicity once again after last week’s release of her study on mixing alcohol and diet soft drinks. Cecile Marczinski is an assistant professor in the department...

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VP student affairs search marches forward

Tara Derington

The vice president for student affairs search continued for the second week amidst homecoming events. A small crowd size didn’t affect candidates, Lisa Rhine and Brent Paterson, from tackling issues...

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Freshmen faced tough standards

Freshmen faced tough standards

Tara Derington

The Northern Kentucky University class of 2016 might not be the largest, but they are some of the best, due to new NKU acceptance standards. Melissa Gorbandt, director of admissions, said in 2005, NKU...

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iPads now available for use in classroom

Tara Derington

As school started up last week at Northern Kentucky University, the Center for Innovation and Technology in Education, began following suit with other large universities, and is now offering a pilot program...

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Alumna catches job with MLB team

Alumna catches job with MLB team

Tara Derington

It’s not everyday that a Northern Kentucky University alumna works for a Major League Baseball team. Bree Main, former designer and presentation editor for The Northerner and a 2004 graduate, works as...

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Bookstore upgrades to Barnes and Noble

Bookstore upgrades to Barnes and Noble

Tara Derington

A few changes on Northern Kentucky University’s campus awaited students as the first day of classes started on Monday including a renovated bookstore. The on-campus bookstore signed a five-year contract...

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Manilow visits the BOKC

Manilow visits the BOKC

Tara Derington

Fans of all ages packed into the Bank of Kentucky Center to see the legendary Barry Manilow perform on April 20. The show started thirty minutes behind schedule due to the continuous flow of incoming ‘fanilows.’...

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Tuition once again increasing for fall

Tuition once again increasing for fall

Tara Derington

For the fourth year in a row, tuition prices will increase for Northern Kentucky University students. After receiving a 6.4 percent budget cut from the state, yearly tuition will rise $192 per semester...

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Incoming SGA president and VP announced

Incoming SGA president and VP announced

Tara Derington

Last Thursday night, the votes were counted and the results for the 2012-13 SGA elections were announced on the third floor of the Student Union. Sophomores Erik Pederson, a communication major, and Allen...

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Photo courtesy of Daniel Desmarais

The Cirque is in town

For the second year in a row, Cirque du Soleil entranced locals with unbelievable acrobatic acts at Northern Kentucky University’s Bank of Kentucky Center over the weekend. As a “harmonious blend...

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Students and pros compete for best app

Students and pros compete for best app

Tara Derington

ver the weekend, more than one hundred entrepreneurs gathered in Griffin Hall’s Digitorium to design their own companies and pit them against each other in an event known as Startup Weekend, which stopped...

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Construction continues as students return

Construction continues as students return

Tara Derington

With a new year and a fresh semester just beginning, Northern Kentucky University is taking another step forward. Changes can be seen across the campus in new landscaping, new roads or new buildings. Larry...

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Students march for LGBTQ rights

On the corner of Fifth and Vine at Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati, over 350 people, including Northern Kentucky University students, gathered to participate in the Marriage Equality Protest Nov....

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Professor examines gender in film

John Alberti, a Northern Kentucky University English professor and the director of film studies, is asking a peculiar question in his new book, “Gender as Genre: The Obsolescence of Masculinity in Contemporary...

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Students struck in crosswalk

A vehicle struck and injured two students in a crosswalk on campus around 7:30 p.m., Oct. 19. The incident happened in the crosswalk by the Science Center leading to Parking Lot L. The driver said...

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Equality group calls policy unfair

Since 1985, the United States Food and Drug Administration has banned blood donations from homosexual men. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questionable (LGBTQ) student activist group NKY Equality...

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Restoring more than buildings

Six years ago, Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on southern Louisiana. Over a seven-day span over the summer, two Northern Kentucky University students travelled to New Orleans to film a documentary on...

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Praise through song and dance

On Aug. 31, voices floated down the hallway as room 117 in Norse Commons filled with the sounds of students packed into the tiny room. Over the talking, laughter and vocal warm-ups, the soft pulse of two...

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