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Media represents women as ‘others’; takes toll in reality

Kate Clark April 17, 2014

It would be easy to assume that since women make up roughly half the population, there would be relatively equal distribution of visibility between men and women. However, this is far from true because...

Blame society for street harassment

Kate Clark April 17, 2014

Just because you don’t know my name doesn’t mean that it’s “Hun.”Likewise, my parents were kind enough not to bestow upon me the name “sweetheart,” “darling,” “good-looking” or any...

D&D reimagined for stage

Kate Clark April 9, 2014

The cast and crew of the Forest Roberts Theatre’s upcoming show “She Kills Monsters” are bringing to life the mystical world of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), the original fantasy table-top role-playing...

DeVos features U.P. artists

Kate Clark April 3, 2014

Greg Green, an artist from Calumet, Mich., described his technique simply.“My process is just to start killing white space,” Green said. His work will be shown at the U.P. Focus exhibit at the DeVos...

Renowned LGBTQ advocate to speak, photograph at NMU

Kate Clark March 20, 2014

Photographer iO Tillett Wright will be conducting a photo session and lecture on Monday, March 24 as part of Woman’s History Month. The photo session will take place at 3 p.m. in the University...

Media represents women as ‘others’; takes toll in reality

Kate Clark March 20, 2014

It would be easy to assume that since women make up roughly half the population, there would be relatively equal distribution of visibility between men and women. However, this is far from true because...

Award-winning comic inspired by Bill Cosby

Kate Clark February 20, 2014

Comedian Jay Black, who will be performing at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 in Jamrich 103, said one of the things that inspired him to begin doing comedy was an HBO stand-up called “Bill Cosby: Himself,”...

Summit to support, discuss Native issues

Kate Clark February 13, 2014

Focusing on issues related to mining in the Great Lakes region this year, the annual Indigenous Earth Issues Summit will feature national and internationally renown speakers, workshops and an area with...

Speaker to address community health

Kate Clark January 30, 2014

Thirty-eight percent of deaths are caused by four things: diet, exercise, smoking and alcohol, said Dr. Gregory Holzman, who will speak at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30 in the Reynolds Recital Hall about...

Exhibits explore animals, nature of time

Kate Clark January 23, 2014

The inspiration for artist Mariel Versluis’ series “Be Here, By Me,” currently showing at the DeVos, includes growing up on a West Michigan farm. “The farm next to ours had a circus that would...

Celtic rock band performs

Kate Clark November 14, 2013

The Young Dubliners, with opening acts Sparrow Tree and Friendly Looking Strangers, will play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 in the Great Lakes Rooms as part of the Northern Nights series. Dan Truckey,...

New Cat conference to build career skills

Kate Clark November 7, 2013

One hundred NMU students will take part in the first Cat Career Conference, which helps students gain employment skills through various workshops, on Saturday, Nov. 7. Career Services senior secretary...

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