Two students browse through racks of clothing in the NMU Bookstore, pawing brightly colored spring T-shirts that sport the NMU logo. While many students are aware of the price tag, most don't look beyond the labels. Many of NMU's clothing items carry the label JanSport, a subsidiary of the corporation VF, the world's largest publicly owned fashion apparel manufacturer.

Despite last week's blizzard that shut down campus for two days, members of Students Against Silence (SAS) met in the Peter White Lounge of the University Center. The issue: genocide awareness. The topic: Darfur. SAS is a national organization that often deals with issues such as suicide, mental health and global issues, but NMU's chapter has elected to focus on raising funds to aid the citizens affected by the ongoing genocide in Darfur.