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A look at upcoming summer blockbusters

A look at upcoming summer blockbusters

Jamie Glenn April 26, 2018

Editor’s Note: Preview information gathered from press releases Deadpool 2 Release Date: May 18, 2018 Director: David Leitch Starring: Ryan Reynolds Genre: Superhero Action After surviving...

Senior English major Ezra Brooks-Planck recites his creative verse on Tuesday at Poetry Night at DIGS Gastropub, a monthly open-mic event that invites people to share their poetry with the community.

Community delights in DIGS poetry night

Jamie Glenn April 26, 2018

Can you DIG it? A group of students and community members came together to read poems on Tuesday night as part of the DIGS Poetry and Open Reading series at DIGS Gastropub on Washington Street. The...

MP will undergo renovations

MP will undergo renovations

Jamie Glenn April 26, 2018

Northern Michigan University’s Marketplace will undergo a $5.8 million renovation this summer. Director of Facilities and Planning Manager Jim Thams explained that the dining hall, which hasn’t...

During his time at Northern, senior environmental studies and sociology major Nathan Frischkorn has been an activist on campus and in the Marquette community, rallying people and increasing awareness about environmental and minority issues.
Photo courtesy of Marlee Gunsell

‘If not me, then who?’

Jamie Glenn April 19, 2018

NMU senior Nathan Frischkorn reflects on his social, political activism during time at Northern As a freshman, environmental studies and sociology major Nathan Frischkorn found himself in the heart of...

Streaming endangers music

Streaming endangers music

Jamie Glenn April 19, 2018

It’s 1896 and Emile Berliner, a German-American inventor, fine-tuned his creation of the first device used to play recorded music; the gramophone. Then came the transistor radio, the first portable stereo,...

PUP

PUP brings gut-wrenching indie-punk to Marquette

Jamie Glenn April 12, 2018

Students busted out their plaid shirts, band tees and Vans shoes and put their textbooks down to make way for three emo punk bands. Two of which were local and the third an emerging, multi-album, Toronto-based...

Fifth Harmony’s Camila Cabello goes solo

Fifth Harmony’s Camila Cabello goes solo

Jamie Glenn April 12, 2018

Former Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello embraces her Cuban influences with her first solo album since leaving the R&B pop sisterhood behind. With her self-titled album “Camila,” it is clear out...

Citizenship  minor introduced

Citizenship minor introduced

Jamie Glenn April 12, 2018

A new citizenship minor has been implemented into the history department. The minor is composed of a variety of political science and history courses. History professor Alan Willis is spearheading...

Courtesy of March For Science

March for Science to return to MQT

Jamie Glenn April 12, 2018

The second annual Marquette March for Science will begin with a march down Third Street and will continue with a rally and a series of informational teach-ins at the Marquette Commons starting at 10 a.m....

Green

Bidding farewell: English prof Tim Green reflects on time at NMU as his last semester comes to a close

Jamie Glenn April 5, 2018

English instructor Tim Green was originally welcomed to NMU to fill an open position left by another professor on sabbatical, but due to popular demand for students studying English, he was allotted another...

Autism panel approaches

Autism panel approaches

Jamie Glenn April 5, 2018

Marquette community members will come together in recognition of Autism Awareness Month to discuss autism along with other intellectual and developmental disabilities at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 5 in...

MQT. moutain bike team traverses the 906 

MQT. moutain bike team traverses the 906 

Jamie Glenn March 29, 2018

What car? On campus or around town, mountain biking is the new way to get where you’re going. In recent years, mountain biking has grown from just an average outdoor activity to, for some, a way of life. In...

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