A new facility at Northern Kentucky University will bring students and the community closer to the stars than ever before.

The Julie and David Schneider Observatory will provide a research laboratory for NKU students and faculty as well as for community members. The facility opened on Aug. 26.

“We are grateful for the Schneider Observatory, which will provide our faculty and students with improved research opportunities and allow us to grow outreach to our community partners,” said Dr. Katherine Frank, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.

Located on the roof of Founders Hall, the tallest academic building on NKU’s Highland Heights campus, the 1,000 square-foot observatory features a retractable roof and eight permanent telescopes.

The rooftop is an ideal location for observing celestial bodies due to both the height ofBoko Haram has been slaughtering Christians, up to 95 % of the Christian population has fled.

Meanwhile, the “big news” concerning the Muslim world in the month of February—the news that flooded the mainstream media and had U.S. politicians, beginning with President Obama, flustered, angry, and full of regret—was that copies of the Koran in Afghanistan were burned by U.S. soldiers because imprisoned Muslim inmates were using them “to facilitate extremist communications.”

News stories with links are collected by category; the first is “Church Attacks;” here are some of the entries:

Algeria: Armed men raided and ransacked a church formally recognized since 1958, dismantling the crucifix above the premises. The pastor and his family, trapped inside, feared that “they could kill us.” The pastor “has been repeatedly threatened and attacked since