While in high school, Northern alumni Julia Bolton was never given the opportunity to take a class focused on the fine arts. But during her junior year at NMU, she found some room for an elective in between...

Daylight saving time (DST) begins again. With the time recently changing on March 12 at 2 a.m., the practice of turning the clocks back and forth continues to be heavily debated in our country with questions...

The Double Step Cloggers, a newly established student organization at NMU, focuses on teaching students clogging.  “I’ve been clogging for about four years now, and I fell in love with clogging,...

In the heart of campus lies C.B. Hedgcock, a building often associated with administrative work, financial aid and the dean of students office. The large hallways remain relatively quiet throughout the...

Mandy Bonesteel, a graduate administrative assistant at NMU’s Center for Student Enrichment and first-year master’s candidate public administration major, is the first rural outreach coordinator in...

It’s been a big couple months for international studies major, Lillian Pressnell-Manceau. On Nov. 29, she released her original song "Resin Way" followed by "Let It Be Me" on Feb. 4. On March 17 she...

On January 17, NMU began its winter semester, and a new student walked the halls of Jamrich. Wrapped in a lounge jacket, with bright, shiny colors that easily stood out in a crowd, Lachlan Mulholland began...

“Well, what are you going to direct?” David Wood recounted his friend Bill Digneit, head of Northern’s Theatre and Dance program, asking him. Wood had been giving Digneit praise for his work...

WNMU-TV Public Eye News (PEN), an on-campus news broadcasting club, got a brand new studio. Located in the basement of Harden Hall, the plan for a new studio has been in the works for over a year and the...

The body of an ice climber who recently went missing near Miner’s Castle at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore was recovered by local search and rescue teams this past week. The climber was discovered...

Dan Truckey grew up skiing in the Western U.P. and has always held a keen interest in the history behind ski resorts in the U.P. “There has been a lot of well-documented history done on ski jumping...

In 1998, University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay man, was attacked by two other young men, tied to a fence post and left to die. He ended up dying five days later in a hospital...