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The North Wind

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Molly Birch
Molly Birch
Editor-In-Chief

My name is Molly, and I am in my second year at NMU. I come from Midland, MI, probably one of the most boring places on earth. However, we do have the only Tridge in the world, so that’s pretty nifty...

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The North Wind is an independent student publication serving the Northern Michigan University community. It is partially funded by the Student Activity Fee. The North Wind digital paper is published daily during the fall and winter semesters except on university holidays and during exam weeks. The North Wind Board of Directors is composed of representatives of the student body, faculty, administration and area media.

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Senior staff member says goodbye

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Photo by Winter Keefer: Senior staff member Andy Slaven reflects on his time as a writer and online editor at The North Wind.

Editor’s note: The following editor is graduating and leaving his time at The North Wind with a personal goodbye column.

My journey at the North Wind began nearly two years ago, when a young and frightened individual made his way into the office to pitch his first piece.

Von, the opinion editor at the time, enjoyed the article and offered criticisms leading to its publishing a week later.

Following this, I became a staff writer, discussing politics from a classically liberal perspective and coining the persona of a crazy libertarian.

The North Wind was not always a fun walk in the park, though. My first criticism came from my piece “College minors are victims to greed not weed,” which got me a stern talking to from the Marquette County Probate Court (luckily, we have the First Amendment).

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The next, more laughable experience, was my piece “Beware the power of the fed.” The only comment it received was something along the lines of “more libertarian garbage,” which earned me the butt of the jokes for the next week.

Regardless, the staff was always there to help me through the intimidating moments of journalism.

Today I write this as my farewell as online editor for The North Wind. I’m very happy to have worked with all of you and thank you for having such a brilliant impact on my experience at Northern.

Even more importantly, I have learned a lot from great people who will someday prosper in the field of professional journalism—even more so than they do now.

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