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The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

NKU's Student Union.

Vaidya announces NKU will not rescind incoming student’s admission offer

Natalie Hamren, Editor-in-Chief June 11, 2020

Thursday afternoon, President Ashish Vaidya announced in a campus-wide video that NKU is not rescinding an incoming first-year student’s admission offer after they “explicitly stated racial superiority”...

Protestors in Chicago on May 30.

‘I would take a bullet’: NKU students tell their protesting stories

Natalie Hamren, Editor-in-Chief June 9, 2020

Content warning: This article describes acts of police brutality and violence.  Protestors were chanting in front of the Cincinnati Police Department’s headquarters. Police stood in a line, armed...

NKU Freedom Fund.

NKU students created bail fund to help Cincy protestors

Alyssa Weber, Arts & Life Editor June 5, 2020

NKU students Grace Wesson and Jessica Archer were together last Sunday when they first heard the news that two of their close friends, who are also NKU students, were arrested for peacefully protesting...

A sign that, in black text, says NKU. Clouds are in the sky.

Letter from the editors: reporting on injustice

Natalie Hamren and Josh Kelly June 3, 2020

As journalists, it’s our job to report the truth.  We strive for objectivity, neutrality and unbiased reporting.  While the facts of our nation’s history may be uncomfortable and disheartening,...

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