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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

Across the University 8/23/2012

August 23, 2012

Student financial assistance moved temporarily The Office of Student Financial Assistance customer service area will be temporarily operating from Student Union room 324 from Aug. 13-31 in order to accommodate...

Summer ends, campus news coverage continues

August 23, 2012

Here we are. The Northerner’s back in action. After a summer of position changes, absences and adding new staff members, a new publication date and big changes at the university, we are still ready to...

Presidential campaigns underway

Brandon Barb, Managing editor August 23, 2012

With this being a presidential election year we are going to be doing something a little different here at The Northerner. Since we are college students, we should be paying more attention to our nation’s...

Two men duel it out on pianos tonight

Two men duel it out on pianos tonight

Kyle Sebree, Staff writer August 22, 2012

The Activities Programming Board is hosting another Welcome Week event tonight. Dueling Pianos starts at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Multipurpose Room. Dueling Pianos is a performance of two men, two pianos...

Hypnotist returns to perform for Welcome Week

Hypnotist returns to perform for Welcome Week

Kyle Sebree, Staff writer August 21, 2012

Continuing the Welcome Week events, the Activities Programming Board is hosting hypnotist, Dale K.  tonight in the Student Union Ballroom at 7 p.m. Dale K. is returning to NKU to use his creative abilities...

“The Avengers” screening and cook-out tonight

“The Avengers” screening and cook-out tonight

Kyle Sebree, Staff writer August 20, 2012

The Activities Programming Board and Baptist Campus Ministries will be hosting a free screening of “The Avengers” and outdoor cookout tonight from dusk until 9 p.m. on the Griffin Hall Oval. The event...

NKU men's soccer team ties UK in exhibition

NKU men’s soccer team ties UK in exhibition

John Minor, Staff writer August 18, 2012

A record-setting crowd came out on Aug. 17 to see the Northern Kentucky University men’s soccer team tie the University of Kentucky, 2-2. “Looking up and not seeing an empty seat was awesome,”...

New president plans to improve recruitment

New president plans to improve recruitment

Claire Higgins, Editor-in-chief August 17, 2012

After being absent due to his mother’s death, Northern Kentucky University’s new president Geoffrey Mearns returned Aug. 17 to discuss the 2012-2013 academic year. Mearns’ state of the university...

Campus parking lot construction update

Campus parking lot construction update

Brandon Barb, Managing Editor August 13, 2012

UPDATED 8/20/2012 at 12:35 p.m. All of the construction due to the sink hole in Parking Lot M will cost Northern Kentucky University $700,000, according to Assistant Vice President of NKU Facilities...

The new homepage will be easier to navigate not only for prospective students but for current students, parents and faculty/staff.

NKU website relaunches with a new design and user friendly features

Brandon Barb, Managing Editor August 8, 2012

At 2 p.m. on August 8,  the Northern Kentucky University website homepage, nku.edu, relaunched and revealed a new design. This will be the fifth version of the website, dating back to the 1990s when...

University honors recently passed professor

Brandon Barb, Managing Editor July 13, 2012

Northern Kentucky University chemistry professor Heather Bullen passed away July 11. Bullen was 35 years old and died after a year and half battle with colon cancer. She is survived by her husband, and...

Grant to help fund efforts to prepare high school students for college

April 30, 2012

A $40,000 grant has been given to Northern Kentucky University from the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. The grant was part of a senate bill titled Senate Bill 1 that Kentucky Governor Steve...

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