NMU is facing a significant challenge after a proposed budget cut of $8.9 million, said President Les Wong, addressing a full room of staff, faculty and students. During the university forum on Wednesday,...

If you ask any of my friends or family about The North Wind, they will most likely tell you that it’s about darn time I’m done working here, and while I do love my job, I couldn’t agree more. The...

Distinguished writer Tom Zoellner will come to Marquette’s Women’s Federated Clubhouse today as part of the Visiting Writers Program. Zoellner has written three books and co-authored another. His...

By Friday, April 15, the university will decide whether or not it will move to a four-day workweek for the summer months. The point of the change would be to save money on energy bills, which could...

This week, students from around the country are participating in the empty holster protest to show their support to allow students to carry concealed weapons on campus. The NMU sportsmen’s gun club...

Hurry and stock up on all the free birth control and condoms you can at Planned Parenthood, because you may not have the chance to protect yourself for very much longer. On Feb. 18, the U.S. House of...

Years ago, if a college couple decided to move in together before marriage, they were “living in sin.” Nowadays, cohabiting before marriage is as mainstream as cell phones. Many people of the older...

Undercover CIA agents, illegal buying of uranium and Saddam Hussein all sound like a great combination for a movie plot, but in fact, they are Joseph C. Wilson’s real-life story. Wilson is a former diplomat...

Gov. Rick Snyder presented his proposed budget, which includes major cuts to public schools and universities, to lawmakers on Thursday, Feb. 17. Snyder’s $45 billion budget includes $1.2 billion in...

Like many NMU hockey players, when Tyler Gron picked up a hockey stick at five years old, he was hooked. “My dad wanted to get me on skates as soon as I could walk,” Gron said. Gron is a...

In light of the Jan. 31 ASNMU meeting and the creation of an exploratory committee for gender-neutral housing, I feel it’s appropriate to give the side of a student who is absolutely for gender-neutral...

Gender-neutral housing has been gaining recognition as a way to make all students feel comfortable while living on campus, and NMU has been looking into the idea. Chris Hoffman, Arts and Sciences representative...