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We are a student-run media outlet serving Ohio Northern University. The Review office is located in McIntosh Center at Ohio Northern University.

The Northern Review is published weekly throughout the school year, taking into consideration school breaks. For advertising information, please contact our editors. Interested in submitting a story idea? Contact us at [email protected]. You can also visit https://nr.onu.edu/node/3549 for more information. The Northern Review is published without the prior review of any members of the ONU ad

ministration, faculty or staff. Review meetings are held every Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the basement of the McInstosh Center. The doors to the Northern Review office are located past the mailroom. Turn left at the vending machines before you reach White Bear. It's your paper, so give us your ideas!

10/10/2025

While the Trike-A-Thon may only last a day, it is substantial in shaping the skills and connections the first-year students in the Honors Program will develop.

Learn more about the event 👉 https://bit.ly/pedaling-for-hope

✍️ Marissa Hollon
📷 Joel Vanwey

10/07/2025

Introducing Northern Review's newest series: "Archive Deep Dive"

First, let's explore the first two decades of student journalism at Ohio Northern: the 1910s and 1920s. In some ways, the attitudes and morals of Ohio Northern's student body in the 1910s and 1920s has laid the foundation for student life in the century that followed.

Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/archive-deep-dive-laying-the-foundation

✍️ Gabriel Mott and Carys Williams
📷 Anna Kate Jackson and Evelyn Megery

10/01/2025

Welcome to the first episode of “Brought to Light”! This week you meet the host, hear about why talking about culture is important, and get a glimpse into what future episodes will be like.

Check out the first episode 👉 https://bit.ly/brought-to-light-episode-1

🎙️ Riley Mason

09/30/2025

Fall sports are in full swing at Ohio Northern University, and the student-athletes wasted no time transitioning into competitive mode. Let’s take a look at some of the past month’s most memorable sports moments on campus.

Check out September's highlights 👉 https://bit.ly/september-sports-recap

✍️ Evelyn Megery
📷 Setter Ella Meers ( #14) and team celebrate a scored point against Transylvania (Sports Information Photo/Evelyn Megery)

09/27/2025

Sandra Coursey, DMA, a pianist and music educator known professionally as Keytress, will deliver a lecture in the Irene Casteel Endowed Speaker Series on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.

Learn more about the musician 👉 https://bit.ly/sandra-coursey-irene-casteel

✍️ Gabriel Mott

09/21/2025

Ohio Northern University has purchased the building which used to house Ada’s Rite Aid, according to local reporting, online records, and the confirmation of Ohio Northern’s Executive Director of Marketing and Brand Strategy.

Learn more about the purchase 👉 https://bit.ly/onu-buys-rite-aid

✍️ Gabriel Mott
📷 Northern Review Photo/File

09/17/2025

Students, faculty, and staff alike disliked the policies governing the use of the student-l email list and the daily ambush of our inboxes it allowed, so the university changed their policies and we’re now, collectively, much less burdened.

Still, towards the end of last semester I couldn’t help feeling that something was off. I felt further investigation was in order.

Read the analysis 👉 https://bit.ly/student-l-analysis

✍️ Gabriel Mott

09/09/2025

Ohio Northern has received a grant worth $1 million to provide scholarships to students in STEM fields, according to a recent press release and University reporting.

Learn how the grant impacts students 👉 https://bit.ly/1-million-stem-grant

✍️ Gabriel Mott
📷 Photo courtesy of Ohio Northern University

09/04/2025

Faith Hampton was destined to be a Polar Bear from the day she was born.

But what if you were told Faith Hampton almost never enrolled at Ohio Northern? Years of her leadership to the student body were nearly missed.

Read Faith's story 👉 https://bit.ly/faith-hampton-student-highlight

✍️ Evelyn Megery

09/02/2025

Some colleges acclimate students to campus life with icebreakers and orientation activities. But mud fights? That’s a tradition special to Ohio Northern.

Learn more about the annual Mud Volleyball Tournament and view the photo gallery 👉 https://bit.ly/mud-volleyball-tournament

✍️ Evelyn Megery

08/28/2025

As the Heterick Library's second floor reopened after extensive renovations, a smaller change was made downstairs — the first-floor Northern Lights café transitioned from selling Starbucks beverages to selling coffee from Crimson Cup.

Over the course of the Spring semester, Northern Review staff have tried items off the new menu and recorded our impressions. Check out some of our favorite items 👉 https://bit.ly/crimson-cup-review

✍️ Anna Kate Jackson and Gabriel Mott
📷 Coffee from the Heterick Library now comes from Crimson Cup, a small Ohio chain (Northern Review Photo/Gabriel Mott)

08/25/2025

Ohio Northern University’s Fall 2025 first-time first-year enrollment has increased to its estimated highest level of more than a decade.

Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/decade-high-class

✍️ Gabriel Mott
📸 Emma Watson dances to the YMCA during the Residence Life block party celebrating freshman move-in. Ohio Northern University’s first-time first-year enrollment is reported at the highest in over a decade (Northern Review Photo/Evelyn Megery)

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The Northern Review is published weekly throughout the school year, taking into consideration school breaks. The Review office is located in McIntosh Center at Ohio Northern University. For advertising information, please contact our editors.

The Northern Review is published without the prior review of any members of the ONU administration, faculty or staff. Review meetings are held every Monday at 7:00 p.m. in the Computer Lab of the Freed Performing Arts Center.

The doors to the Northern Review office are located past the mailroom. Turn left at the vending machines before you reach Wow.

Interested in submitting a story idea? Contact us at [email protected]. You can also visit https://nr.onu.edu/node/3549 for more information. It's your paper, so give us your ideas!