Being in a relationship is great. Up until mid-June of this summer, my boyfriend and I had coasted through our relationship without meeting his parents. Since they live in Kentucky and we both live in...

Textbooks are essential to most courses in college. Plenty of courses require multiple textbooks that cost upwards of $100 each. These costs, which should be provided by the tuition fee, feel unavoidable...

Throughout my senior year of high school, I was set on what I wanted to study in college—or so I thought. The student newspaper at my tiny high school was my heart and soul, and the reason I actually...

I’ve heard the phrase “that’s so OCD of me” in various contexts, but I honestly can’t say when I was first introduced to it. Just recently, I heard an office employee describe themself as being...

Warning: This article will include possible spoilers for the epic fight that took place between Content Creator Jake Paul and Boxing Legend Mike Tyson, continue reading at your own risk.   After...

Reading has been widely accessible to the general public since the invention of the printing press, and it has become even more so in the 21st century with the rise of social media as tools to promote...

There I was, morning of Nov. 5 at 6:45 a.m., shuffling to put on my jacket. I headed out before the sun rose, when the frost still covered the ground, and drove to my Township Hall. I was surprised to...

It has been 49 years since the cargo freighter the SS Edmund Fitzgerald was dragged down by the waves of Lake Superior. It is a tale made famous by a ballad created by Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot,...

Northern Michigan University is unique and allows attending students, even those who stay in the dorms, to bring guns. They are very strict with them: students must check them in to and store them with...

I have been stewing about the Fresh Coast Film Festival for a while now, it was nothing like I had anticipated and yet blew me away. I spent my Sunday drinking and watching movies at the Honorable Distillery,...

As the midterms for the fall semester at Northern Michigan University have come and gone, and so have the exams. This is the first exam for students of the year, and I am certain not all of them were perfect...