Yesterday I burned a crumpled piece of paper with the word “rocks” on it. What is now in ashes, was an idea I carried with me since sixth grade. “Rocks” was the nickname given to me by my...

On March 11, 2020 NMU joined the ranks of college campus closings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Professors scrambled to move their in-person classes online in one weekend—and this was felt especially...

Snow, and attendees of the 2020 Winter Roots Folk Festival (WRFF) have one thing in common: they were everywhere.  Driven by the desire to stir people out of winters’ hibernation—musicians,...

A report from the Graduate Programs Committee (GPC) approved a proposal to create a graduate program in the Math and Computer Science (MCS) department during Tuesday afternoon’s Academic Senate (AS)...

Flames first broke out in Australian in September 2019. In five months, irreversible change has occurred; one of the world’s most biodiverse land has burned, an estimated 1 billion animals have been...

We are of the age of change. This is the message the NMU theatre production of “What We Leave Behind: Addressing Climate Change Through Dance” sought to illustrate. In a collaborative performance,...

Think about your loved ones. What will the environment look like for them in the future? Picture your favorite place. What will the landscape look like 30 years from now? The producers of “What We Leave...

 Lights—the colors of Lucky Charms—ping-ponged off of concert-goers, while a well-known hip-hop sample sang out from the stacked speakers. The man swaggering about the stage yelled into a half-tipped...

Attendees at the Ghostface Killah concert should “protect ya neck.” This phrase comes from ‘90s hip-hop group Wu Tang Clan, of which headliner artist Ghostface Killah was a former member. Killah,...

Exploring Midwest Through Film Stepping out from a crisp, sunny fall Saturday into the atmospherically dark inside of Blackrocks Brewery. It felt abnormal, considering Marquette is allocated few days...