Welcome back to another semester full of possibilities at Northern Kentucky University. The staff at The Northerner worked over the winter break to give your print newspaper a new feel and look. We...

Men have thought for, presumably, quite a long time. Of course to 20-something-years-olds, 50 years seems like a quite a long time. But regardless of how long man has actually been thinking, one point...

Students gathered to participate in the pumpkin bust outside the Herman Science Center beneath an overcast sky Oct. 12 to, of course, smash pumpkins. But students also participated in many other activities...

Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents voted May 5 for the university to stop providing students who take 17 or more credit hours with a 50 percent discount as well as raise tuition by nearly 5 percent for resident undergraduate students starting fall 2010.

President James Votruba attended the April 19 Student Government Association meeting to help present Northern Kentucky University’s proposed tuition increases for next year. The presentation gave...

Northern Kentucky University has threatened The Northerner with litigation in response to a recent decision by the Kentucky Attorney General relating to an open records request. Jesse Call, the reporter...

' President James Votruba attended the April 19 SGA meeting to help present Northern Kentucky University's proposed tuition increases for next year. ' The presentation gave a range for the increase since...

The evening began innocently enough. Sitting in The Northerner's office talking to the other editors, I decided that perhaps covering the Date Night auction hosted by the coed KKPsi band fraternity would...

The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, has received varied criticism and praise from both sides of the political fence. President Barack Obama signed The Health Care and Education Reconciliation...

Vice President Ryan Fulton presided over the SGA meeting April 12 instead of President Keith Kaseke, who was absent due to a dental appointment.

The April 5 SGA meeting proved to be one of the most in depth conversations of the semester.

The meeting began with a presentation by Maggie Gough, student wellness manager at NKU. Gough briefed the body on a recently signed healthy food policy issued by the university.

Members of student government gathered around the SGA office on the night of April 1. Ten tense minutes passed before the results were posted for the candidates to see. The students most stressed were,...

Leigha Phelps presented a roughly five minute video the University Improvements Committee had worked on concerning issues with the Campus Recreation Center. The video was a compilation of student interviews...

Three very different SGA members share their ideas on what is happening in SGA right now. Michael Walther, Leigha Phelps and Nathaniel Burton sat down to discuss what they saw as issues that SGA needed...

SGA began their second meeting after spring break through a video-Skype conversation with Kentucky Senator Katie Stine, who represents senate district 24, discussing the lack of funding for NKU in a house...

In 2009, Northern Kentucky University recycled over 190 tons of material, according to NKU’s Annual Recycling Activities Report. Among items collected were paper, plastic bottles, videotapes, copper...

The SGA meeting in Feb. 29 consisted mainly of a presentation by Debra Meyers, Faculty Liaison for General Education, about the new GenEd system and how it will impact students.

SGA held their first meeting in two weeks Monday, Feb. 22, after a two week recess. This meeting addressed poignant issues for the student body because presentations of proposed fees dominated the meeting....

Seven students attended the SGA meeting held Monday to voice concerns that they had about SGA and to gather information. Among them were Ebere Chukwunyere and Gideon Ki who asked some pertinent questions, such as - 'Why would people come to and leave NKU?, Why is SGA not more visible? and What does SGA intend to do so remedy the problems?'

The first Martin Luther King' Jr. Day Reading began at noon Jan. 13 in the Student Union. The event was organized by the African American Student Affairs program and co-sponsored by the honors program. Students from both organizations read many of the influential speeches and letters that Dr. King penned. Articles were also available for the public, if they wished to read a speech or letter that moved them.

Students at Northern Kentucky University hustle from class to class everyday -- talking, laughing, smoking, engrossed in their own world. Few take the time to really examine what is around them on campus,...

The general education requirements at Northern Kentucky University are under a swift change as the university prepares to reduce the amount of General Education requirements. Students currently average' 47 to 52, but that number will be reduced to around 37.

With the new year came a new constitution for the Student Government Association. The goal of the new constitution is “to protect and promote the rights of Northern Kentucky University students (and)...

Five senators were sworn into SGA on Jan 25. They were Amber Billiter, Lauren Johnson, Adam Acree, Andrew Cambell and Brad Bastin. Brian Bailey was also sworn in as a member of the Judicial Council. Chad Howe was appointed to the Students Rights Committee Chair position.

Herophilus — the Greek physician who lived from 325- 280 B.C. — said many years ago, “When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes...

Northern Kentucky University received reaffirmation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in December.