After all the stories shared during my time at The Northerner, somehow this one is the hardest.
I’ve sat and stared at a blank document for days on end. How do I sum up the most influential period...
To preface this, I am not a writer. I never have been, and until the April magazine, I never imagined I would be. I have only been a part of the staff here at The Northerner for a year, however in that...
Growing up in a rural part of Indiana, surrounded by cornfields and cows, I always had dreams bigger than myself of living a life and telling a story beyond my own small town of 5,000 people.
However,...
During my last two years of high school, I spent lots of time gaining excitement for the future. I knew I wanted to do some type of sports coverage, whether it was on-air or online, and I had heard good...
As I step closer to graduation, the fears of where I will go and who I will become start to creep in. The foundation that I grew from at NKU has kept me stable, and breaking from that seems like a feat...
Throughout my time in elementary, middle school and high school, I was always a student who struggled to get by in school.
As someone who has A.D.H.D. and who had accommodations all throughout my time...
It’s hard to distill all that I’ve gleaned from my time at The Northerner into a short column. I could rattle off pages worth of identity-shaping takeaways. But if my time at The Northerner has given...
Sydney Bellm, Assistant Photo Editor
• December 13, 2023
My experience with The Northerner started at the beginning of the fall 2022 semester when I was enrolled in JOU 380 and 480, classes required for my major of journalism. The most notable moment for me...
As someone who was born and raised in the Greater Cincinnati area, I was very familiar with NKU’s campus and my surroundings going into my freshman year. At that time in my life, I was a pretty reserved,...
At the start of my second year at NKU, I decided to declare a journalism minor, which eventually led to me gaining interest in The Northerner. That was when COVID still had a grip on the world. I really...
My entire college experience has been with The Northerner—from my very first day of classes my freshman year to now.
It’s hard to imagine what my life will be like after The Northerner since it’s...
I stumbled into The Northerner’s meeting by a matter of being pushed by none other than Natalie. After spending weeks that turned into months in the same classes she and I were waiting in the lobby of...
