Administration plans change following Floyd death
Josh Kelly, Managing Editor
June 10, 2020
While the streets of Cincinnati’s downtown fill with the voices asking for a change in the systemic racism against Black people, NKU administration debates how they can help their Black students. “It is in these challenging times that NKU must serve as a beacon of hope and set an example through...
SGA discuss diversity, new senators sworn in
Elizabeth Cates, Reporter
February 4, 2020
On Monday, 11 new senate candidates were presented for appointment. Each candidate was given the floor to introduce themselves. After sharing their name, major, year and reasons for wanting to join SGA, the candidates were also given the opportunity to share any ideas that they want to implement upo...
‘You have a place here:’ NKUnity centers on self-segregation in Norse Nation
Blake Girlinghouse, Reporter and Sam Rosenstiel, News Editor
March 2, 2018
The second NKUnity event focused on self-segregation, or the tendency of students to close themselves off to those of different racial and cultural backgrounds.
Shedding light on race and relations in America
Mackenzie Manley, Assistant News Editor
January 12, 2016
Lecture facilitates conversation of race in America An associate professor of history at Northern Kentucky University said in a Six at Six lecture that a majority of Americans believe race relations in the United States are poor. In 2015, 56 percent of white Americans and 68 percent of African Americans be...
Morgan Bell: Young Activist
Lizzie Kibler, Assistant Arts and Life Editor
February 6, 2015
Walking through the Student Union before finals week last semester, you’d find several people lying on the floor. Students and faculty were participating in a die-in protest to bring light to certain social issues such as Eric Garner and the Ferguson cases. Among the crowd, one student stood and shout...
Athletic department plans to diversify
Carrie Crotzer, Sports Editor
November 22, 2014
Over half of the employees listed on the NKU Athletics website are white males, which has remained a common trend at universities across the country. According to the Race and Gender Report Card from the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports, in 2012 only 18.6 percent of men’s head basketbal...
“Orange is the New Black” star opens up about life as a transgender actress to sold-out NKU audience
Kiana Berry, Staff Reporter
October 29, 2014
An hour before the event doors open, students fill the first floor of the Student Union. Lines snake their way across the tile floor and out the doors almost stretching the distance to Griffin Hall. The students chatter and laugh, anxiously awaiting to find their seat in the Student Union Ballroom to...
LGBTQ director calls for students to be “allies”
Brittany Smart, Reporter
October 3, 2014
Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement’s Democracy Square Live open forum event hosted by LGBTQ director Bonnie Meyer Tuesday afternoon in the Student Union revolved around many topics including sexual assault, racial discrimination and LGBTQ issues. She began the discussion by informing the circl...
Gender-inclusive restroom resolution passes
Tori Lentz, Assistant News Editor
October 1, 2014
After a week’s postponement, SGA voted 19-7 to pass a resolution requesting the installation of gender-inclusive restrooms in every academic building and high-trafficked building on campus. Following a lengthy discussion at last Monday’s meeting, Student Rights Secretary Elizabeth Ruwe and Senat...
‘Gender inclusive’ restrooms resolution put on hold
Tori Lentz and Richard Cracchiolo
September 26, 2014
A new SGA resolution that would attempt to add more unisex bathrooms on campus was postponed until next week after an 18 to 11 vote. The resolution, proposed by SGA Student Rights Secretary Elizabeth Ruwe and Senator Ellie Kremer, would try to gain unisex or “gender inclusive” restrooms in high-t...
Strategic plan numbers paint a bright picture
Richard Cracchiolo, News Editor
August 20, 2014
President Mearns and the other members of NKU’s Fuel the Flame campaign released tangible numbers stating target goals as well as how far the university has come towards reaching those goals and where it stands now. Topics included projected numbers for six-year graduation rates, an anticipated dro...
African-American students feel lost in the crowd
Kevin Schultz, Editor-in-Chief
November 21, 2013
Shirby Ferguson describes the demographics of the NKU community as “like peppered grits.” Ferguson, a junior public relations major and president of the Black United Students organization at NKU, says the university has made progress in the number of African-American students on campus, but the...
