With the first snow of the year behind us, many people have already stated their love or hate for the snow. I often hear a lot of complaints about the snow and cold. Many people often go into hibernation...

When talking to people my age, I often hear them say how excited they are to be done with college, but how nervous they are about the outside world. Specifically, stress about life when there is no college...

When you are younger, the holidays are this magical time of the year. Now, for me, it is just a pain. I personally have a hard time going home for the holidays, and there are a few reasons why.  For...

In May of 2022, my father moved out of his house to live with his then-fiancé, now wife, and left the place to me. As long as I paid rent on the first of every month and utilities on the fourteenth, the...

Whether you are a commuter or a resident, new to town or a long-time local, you probably know the housing situation in Marquette is less than desirable. Ask anyone you know, college-age or  long since...

At this point, it seems pretty trite to talk about nostalgia and the memories it can evoke from something as simple as a smell or a sound. But the fact that it has become cliché doesn’t make it any...

The other week, I was at Iron Golem Games with a friend of mine, where I picked up a rulebook for a tabletop RPG called Mork Borg. Flipping through it, the rulebook looked like a death metal album cover...

Midterms are quite the mixed bag in college. One hand, they create a truckload of stress and force you to devote endless hours studying. On the other hand, they can save or wreck your grade at the drop...

After three years of being denied registration from classes, not being able to secure a parking pass, and not having a valid student ID, T.J. Tockenson, a student in the communication and media studies...

Oh, NMU parking. I remember my first two years at Northern without a car. I used to walk to class every day, even when winter temperatures fell into the negatives. On one particular journey to school,...

When I was 17, I thought being a stand-up comedian was the coolest thing in the world. I used to spend countless hours after school watching and even rewatching specials by Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks and...

For years, I hated musical theater. I hated the sets, I hated the costumes, and I couldn’t stand that at any given moment I could be bombarded with an extended song and dance that stopped the plot in...