Storytelling company hopes to unite people despite polar politics
February 20, 2019
Filed under Arts & Life, Featured Story
Chelsea Aguilera never fully listened to her grandma’s stories growing up. Her raspy-voiced, gruff grandma used to sit in her garden, talking to plants, God and telling stories that Aguilera wishes she appreciated then. One story in particular was about the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles, wher...
Help us pick the Best of Northern Kentucky
Northerner Staff
February 20, 2019
Filed under Best of NKY, Featured Story
What are the best things in Northern Kentucky? We need your help to find out. For the first time, we're choosing the area's best bars, restaurants, businesses, hangout spots and more around campus and everywhere else on this side of the river. Take the survey to help us decide what we should rank, and see your choices in print next month! Submissions close March ...
SOTA’s ‘Cabaret’ opens Thursday
Corinne Byrne, Reporter
February 14, 2019
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Events, Featured Story
To an outsider, watching students dance across a stage in their underwear may seem odd. Fishnet tights, sparkly bras and high heels demand attention. But the costume pieces are only a glimpse into the exciting world of “Cabaret." “Cabaret “ first hit the stage in 1966. Based on the 1951 play “I Am a Camera,...
March Madness: Norse basketball projected 14 seed
Nick Porras, Contributor
February 14, 2019
Filed under Featured Story, Men's Basketball, Sports
In the most recent bracketology done by ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi, the Norse men’s basketball team finds themselves as a 14-seed in the South region. Lunardi has them playing in the east region with their opening round in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The opponent offers the most intrigue as Lunardi has th...
Will Title IX change?
Josh Goad, Assistant New Editor
February 13, 2019
Filed under Featured Story, National News
Title IX was a part of the Education Amendments of 1972 and has since become an integral part of the way education works in America. This major piece of legislation states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or b...
What you missed at SGA Feb. 11
Josh Goad, Assistant New Editor
February 12, 2019
Filed under SGA
On Feb. 11, SGA hosted the directors of university housing and business operations, who both gave presentations. SGA student senate was also excited to vote on a new resolution aimed at extending library hours. Library hour extension Senators Noelle Brooks and Zachary Dichtl presented their resol...
Student Government Association: How does it work?
Chelsea Livers Gowdy, Reporter
February 11, 2019
Filed under Featured Story, News, SGA
With 30 Senate members and an Executive Board of 10, Student Government Association is a dedicated, hardworking student-run organization that advocates for NKU students. “SGA does a lot of great things for this university, a lot of fun things and difficult things,” said Matt Frey, vice presid...
Athlete Spotlight: Track and field runner on Black History
Sierra Newton, Sports Editor
February 11, 2019
Filed under Featured Story, Sports
BriAuna Keys is a sprinter for NKU women’s track and field team. The senior accounting and business information systems double major aspires to be a certified public accountant for a public accounting firm. Keys’ senior season will mark her 10th year of running track. She had a hand in short dist...
Athlete Spotlight: Soccer defender on Black History
Sierra Newton, Sports Editor
February 6, 2019
Filed under Featured Story, Sports
Abdul Kooistra is a redshirt senior defender on NKU’s men’s soccer team, who hails from Madison, Wisconsin. Kooistra studies communications and is seeking a minor in marketing. Kooistra has played soccer for as long as he can remember and has always strived to play at a high level. “Play...
Black History Month: a time for celebration, education
Natalie Hamren, News Editor
February 6, 2019
Filed under Featured Story, News
In 1925, historian, journalist and author Dr. Carter G. Woodson created the idea for the first Negro History Week—a celebration of experiences and accomplishments of African-Americans, said Dr. Eric Jackson, Black studies and history professor at NKU. Woodson, a graduate from Harvard University ...
For student poet, the biggest risk is not taking one
Noël Waltz, Reporter
February 6, 2019
Filed under Arts & Life, Featured Story
From deciding to attend a university over 5,000 miles away from her home in Lagos, Nigeria, to the interdisciplinary challenges she took head on, Onyinye Uwolloh is no stranger to taking risks. The elemental logistics of scholarships and tuition weighed on Uwolloh’s decision to come to NKU, but...
New initiatives director aims to spark engagement
Kane Mitten, Assistant Arts & Life Editor
February 6, 2019
Filed under Arts & Life, Featured Story
Carlous Yates, NKU’s new director of African American Student Initiatives (AASI) office, is fiercely passionate about helping students—perhaps because he’s still a student himself. During the week, Yates leads the AASI office at NKU. But on his weekends, he has class at Western Kentucky University, as a seco...
