Taylor Swift might write songs about having “Blank Space,” but that is the opposite of how her journal looks at home. Swift’s mind is filled with poetic genius, and students and staff at NKU are...

An ominous figure slowly walks through a desolate landscape. A gas mask obscures his features; its fogged lenses mirror the bleak sky above. He glances at the overturned, abandoned furniture and takes...

It is an unusually warm autumn day, the golden afternoon sun spilling through the enclosed porch windows. You can hear the children’s laughter as they skip home from school, the rumble of cars on the...

NKU’s “Anything Goes” was nothing short of extraordinary. The first show back in the Corbett Theatre was supposed to be special, and it was just that.  You have to think, when a show has run...

Bouncing knees, excited whispers and beaming optimism crammed into the third-floor lecture hall to commence the Senior Exhibition, now open until Dec. 6th.  Students have spent months preparing to...

NKU student Natelie Smith spells her name a little differently than most that share it, and it was by her own doing.  “When I was 14 and first deciding on my name, I misspelled it when coming...

“‘Anything Goes’ is a timeless tale. It is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, so it has been around long enough and stayed relevant long enough,” says the lead actress, Kristin Kaufman,...

At the edge of Northern Kentucky University’s campus, just past the residential village and close to University Suites on Campbell Drive, lies a building that few students have seen inside: the Ceramics...

Flying in Black Hawks, climbing the private sector and raising three children ignited a spark that Rachel Paxitzis hopes to light in others. Paxitzis enrolled in the military a couple years after 9/11...

The construction of Northern Kentucky University’s School of the Arts (SOTA) building has been an ongoing project for the past couple of semesters, as the construction started back in July of 2023 and...

The Northerner explored campus Thursday to find students dressed up in the spooky spirit of Halloween. Take a scroll through our photo gallery to see some of our favorites.