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SCHOLARSHIP — Jamrich Hall was packed with students, faculty and community members eager to see the research NMU students have done this year. (Megan Voorhees/NW)
Students show research at annual Celebration of Student Scholarship
April 22, 2025
TRASH CLEAN-UP — Students gather together with the Conservation Crew to collect trash around campus.
Conservation Crew organizes community clean-up
April 21, 2025
TREAT- The first 90 students who went to Career Services during National Student Employment Week were given a chocolate Willy bar made by Sayklly's Confectionery and Gifts. (Elizabeth Loy/NW)
Career Services offers gifts, prizes to students during National Student Employment week
April 18, 2025
WILDCATS— President Dr. Tessman holds university forum to announce DEI changes
NMU complies with DEI orders
April 16, 2025
ASNMU Presidential candidates Manny Idoko and Cassidy Gibson debate on how they would help the NMU student body should they be elected.
ASNMU Presidential Debate give students a closer look at candidates
April 9, 2025
Letter to the Editor — NMU should be a bird-safe campus
Letter to the Editor — NMU should be a bird-safe campus
April 28, 2025
Opinion — AI and I
Opinion — AI and I
April 21, 2025
SOAK IT IN — Photo of the inland lake I call home.
Opinion — Why I love being a Midwest Princess
April 21, 2025
Opinion — Tattoos and tourists
Opinion — Tattoos and tourists
April 17, 2025
LITTLE ME — A smaller version of myself learning how to do field work with my mother one summer. It was one of my first experiences learning about biology and research.
Opinion — Grieving my future in biology
April 15, 2025
WORTHY OF LOVE—Students get hand-on experiences with less cuddly, but still lovable critters.
Animals take over Jamrich for “Critter Classroom” event
April 28, 2025
POSE — Students pose with their maps during the event.
Gamma Theta Upsilon tests students with trivia
April 28, 2025
Cats Connect hosts Tyler Talk
Cats Connect hosts Tyler Talk
April 25, 2025
TIME TO GROW— A look into some seedlings sprouted by the Hoop House.
Growing Together— Hoop House celebrates Earth Week
April 24, 2025
SWOOSH— Students wait for their time to shine at the Greek Council's Pong Tournament for charity.
Pong and Philanthropy
April 23, 2025
Wildcat lacrosse drops road contests, look to claim W in final Superior Dome showdown
Wildcat lacrosse drops road contests, look to claim W in final Superior Dome showdown
April 25, 2025
Cats Connect hosts Tyler Talk
Cats Connect hosts Tyler Talk
April 25, 2025
STOP AND LOOK— A doe stops in her tracks in the middle of the UP woods. The forests are filled with all types of wildlife that are currently threatened by a variety of different things.
Responses to threats on UP wildlife
April 24, 2025
NMU football hosts spring game
NMU football hosts spring game
April 21, 2025
FALLING SHORT IN SAGINAW— NMU runners race at a previous meet this season. After coming up short in the W-C-W Tri Meet this past weekend, the Wildcats head back downstate this weekend to the GVSU Big Meet. Photo courtesy of NMU Athletics.
Track and field ends race weekend with multiple first-place finishes 
April 17, 2025
Pizza Cat — Vol. 32
Pizza Cat — Vol. 32
April 28, 2025
ASNMU Presidential candidates Manny Idoko and Cassidy Gibson debate on how they would help the NMU student body should they be elected.
ASNMU Presidential Debate give students a closer look at candidates
April 9, 2025
Sights and sounds of Hands Off! Marquette fights back
Sights and sounds of Hands Off! Marquette fights back
April 8, 2025
INCLUSIVE— Students gathered in the Northern Center for the annual Gender Fair to learn more about a variety of topics related to gender and sexual orientation.
Annual Gender Fair aims to promote education, inclusivity
April 7, 2025
Pizza Cat— Vol. 31
Pizza Cat— Vol. 31
April 7, 2025

The North Wind

The North Wind
All content by Katarina Rothhorn/NW
GET OUTSIDE — Sometimes all you need is some sunlight and fresh air. Give yourself a little time outside every day, even if it's only for a few minutes.

[Photo] EDITORIAL — Managing Early Semester Stress

North Wind Editorial Staff
September 1, 2023
OFFICIAL SIGNING — President Brock Tessman formally signs the Okanagan Charter on April 26. The charter is a commitment by NMU to support and implement holistic health programs and initiatives for students, staff and faculty.

[Photo] Tessman signs Okanagan Charter, committing to holistic health for NMU

Katarina Rothhorn
April 28, 2023
GOING DARK — The NMU eSports lab in the basement of Harden Hall may be permanently shut down. The team was told they had to shut down operations on Thursday due to lack of financial revenue.

[Photo] Athletic administration terminates eSports team

Katarina Rothhorn, Dallas Wiertella, and Andie Balenger
April 25, 2023
BONUS PIZZA — This recipe makes a lot of bread and a great way to make sure it doesn't go stale is to turn it into an easy pizza. Focaccia also makes great sandwiches and can be eaten with dips.

[Photo] Cooking with Kata — Sourdough focaccia and bonus pizza

Katarina Rothhorn
February 21, 2023
CHORAL PERFORMANCE — NMU choirs perform at a past choir performance in the Reynolds Recital Hall. Their upcoming performance, Considering Matthew Shepard, will be an hour and a half long and deal with the emotional story of Matthew Shepard.

[Photo] Choir concert honors Matthew Shepard’s legacy, shifts attitudes concerning hate crimes

Katarina Rothhorn
February 20, 2023
SPECIAL MEETING — NMU's Board of Trustees met on Thursday morning for an eleven-minute special meeting to discuss the UAW Memorandum Number Four asking for an acceleration in the 2021-2026 contract pay scale. This increase in the pay scale affects roughly 70% of the union members.

[Photo] Board of Trustees approves UAW pay scale acceleration in special meeting

Katarina Rothhorn
February 2, 2023
Katarina Rothhorn, editor in chief: One of my favorite thrift shop finds has to be this handmade underwater scene sweater I found downstate during my senior year of high school. Not only am a drawn to all things water (not only am I a water quality major, but my middle name directly translates to “ocean” in Japanese), but the material of the sweater is in my signature color: teal. The minute I saw it on the rack, I knew I had to buy it — regardless of whether it fit me or not. One of the tricky things about thrifting is finding a fantastic item of clothing and then discovering it is not going to fit you the way you hoped. Sometimes that can be remedied with some tailoring, but sometimes you just have to leave the clothes for another lucky soul. When I tried this sweater on and it fit me nearly perfectly, to say I was overjoyed would be an understatement. It was heavier than I expected but after looking at the tag, the heft of the material made sense; it is basically a wearable piece of art that was "made in Uruguay" and was "knitted by hand with two needles" out of "100% Pima Cotton". Every time I wear this sweater, I get so many compliments on it and it brings me an extra bit of joy.

[Photo] Opinion — Why you should thrift more

Andie Balenger
February 1, 2023
I keep my sourdough starter in a mason jar and feed it once a week. During the week, I can keep it in the fridge and then use the discard to make random treats like these sourdough cinnamon rolls.

[Photo] Cooking with Kata — Sunday Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls

Katarina Rothhorn
January 27, 2023
ART POSTER - Award winning poster for the SAG art competition. The pieces chosen to be in the display include submissions from students in many different majors.

[Photo] SAG brings Monsters and Mythos to campus library

Willow Rasch
December 13, 2022
Deadline poster hanging up in the North Wind office.

[Photo] The North Wind Celebrates 50 Years of student voices, independent journalism

Madoline Plattenberg
December 9, 2022
PAY WHAT YOU MAKE - Feminism For All members sell homemade and store bought goodies. They have gluten free and vegan options.

[Photo] Feminism for All hosts ‘pay what you make’ bake sale

Dreyma Beronja
December 6, 2022
PLANTS FOR SALE — Three student greenhouse technicians help operate the NMU greenhouse plant sale. All the propagated plants were planted by the students and the funds from the sale support future greenhouse projets.

[Photo] Plant sale raises funds for greenhouse from propagations

Katarina Rothhorn
December 1, 2022
CARROT FLOWERS — A great way to decorate your carrot cake are with sliced raw carrots. For a sweeter design, you can also boil some carrots in a sugar syrup and bake them to make candied carrots.

[Photo] Cooking with Kata — Spontaneous carrot cupcakes

Katarina Rothhorn and Hayden Bruzewski
November 28, 2022
FIRST TIME AIR FRYING — After compulsively buying an air fryer one evening, the first thing I decided to make was this air fryer orange tofu. It exceeded all my expectations and gained my friend's approval as well.

[Photo] Cooking with Kata — Air fryer orange tofu and broccoli

Katarina Rothhorn
October 21, 2022
SONGS OF AGENCY - The Native American Student Association celebrated Indigenous Peoples' Day this Monday, Oct. 10 with keynote speakers and ceremonial drum songs. The event concluded with a walk to the Whitman Fire Site where Morning Thunder performed a drum song.

[Photo] NMU celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Dreyma Beronja, News Editor
October 12, 2022
BUILD YOUR OWN — Homemade pan pizzas are super easy to make and you can add whatever combination of toppings you want. I made mine with peppers and spinach to feel like I was eating more veggies.

[Photo] Cooking with Kata — Pan pizza

Katarina Rothhorn, Editor-in-chief
September 21, 2022
Brian Dettloff Presenting

[Photo] NMU Alumni Return For Visiting Writers Series

Harry Stine, Assistant Features Editor
September 15, 2022
FOR ALL - Margaret Vainio advertises Asahi at NMU's 2022 Fall Fest. She had many interested students and is helping spread awareness about this Finnish exercise and mental practice.

[Photo] Asahi course stimulates mind-body wellness

Willow Rasch, Features Writer
September 9, 2022
The balls of dough should be roughly the same size but they do not need to be pretty (unless you want them to be). Keep them dusted in flour so they don't stick to the pan as you move them into the water.

[Photo] Cooking with Kata — Carrot gnocchi

Katarina Rothhorn, Editor-in-chief
September 8, 2022
Fall 2022 schedules - Sheet13

[Photo] Advice I wish I was told as a freshman

Katarina Rothhorn, Editor-in-chief
September 2, 2022
DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY - NMU students gathered in the atrium of Hedcock to celebrate a queer prom on April 1. For many LGBTQ+ students, this was the first prom they were able to comfortably celebrate in their identity.

[Photo] Students celebrate identity, music, dancing at Queer Prom

Andie Balenger, Staff Writer
April 7, 2022
VINYL JUNKIES - Geoff Walker (left) and Jon Teichman (right) are avid collectors of vinyl, Star Wars and other 'vintage' memorabilia. They have hosted numerous record shows in the Ore Dock Brewing Company throughout the years and hope to continue to share their love of records.

[Photo] Pop-up record show to offer haven for vinyl lovers

Joshua La Gorio, Contributing Writer
March 22, 2022
SAFER SEX - Devin Ziembiec (left) and Reyna Defoe (right) stand in front of the tables for Condomonium in Jamrich Hall. They passed out numerous educational pamphlets, latex-free condoms, dental dams and other sexual education materials.

[Photo] Condomonium celebrates inclusive safer sex

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
March 15, 2022
Devin Ziembiec hands out pamphlets to passing students who stop to take a free dessert and learn more about service animals. The event is a part of the pastries and pamphlets series from the Student Equity and Engagement Center that aims to increase education about specific diversity and inclusion topics every year.

[Photo] SEEC hands out free cookies, information on service animals

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
March 10, 2022
BioLife, located at 175 Hawley Street in Marquette, is close to NMU's main campus and provides easy access for students interested in donating plasma for money. For the month of March, there is a new donor bonus that allows students to make up to $900 in 30 days.

[Photo] Donating plasma saves lives, pays students

Joshua La Gorio, Contributing writer
March 7, 2022
SOUL FOOD - Social Justice For Us created a soul food menu with recipes from Edna Louis for Black History Month. Each dish was served at Global in the Northern Lights Dining Hall.

[Photo] Soul food at NLD celebrates Black History Month

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
February 24, 2022
Aurora Gozmic poses in style during her second solo performance.

[Photo] Chicago queens dazzle at drag show

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
February 15, 2022
STUDY ON—Jamrich and Starbucks extends hours to open on Sunday for those looking to use the space.

[Photo] Jamrich, Starbucks extends hours to open on Sundays

Dreyma Beronja, News Editor
February 17, 2022
Aurora Gozmic performs at Michigan Tech University's drag show on Sept. 25, 2021. Aurora Gozmic is one of the professional drag queens who will be judging the amateur drag show and performing the following night.

[Photo] Students take to the stage in amateur drag show

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
February 10, 2022
COVID COUNSELING - The NMU Counseling Center offers therapy to students on a short-term bases and can help with referrals to long term treatment. Their office is open 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. on weekdays and an after hours crisis hotline is available on weekends.

[Photo] Pandemic mental health

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
February 9, 2022
ON ICE - Rachel Kramer, senior English major, attends the weekly open skate session at Lakeview Arena on Jan. 30. Lakeview Arena offers daily open skate sessions and skate rentals.

[Photo] Ice skating opportunites in Marquette

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
February 4, 2022
WINTER WONDERLAND - The Winter UP program provides students with 15 different outdoor locations to explore over six weeks. By scanning the QR code through The Hub, students earn points and can win prizes such as a beanie, gift card and tumbler.

[Photo] Winter UP program encourages outdoor adventures

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
January 23, 2022
MAKESHIFT THEATER - Campus Cinema provides in-person theater experiences for NMU students in Jamrich 1100. Their line-up of movies include films still in theaters or recently released films at no cost to students.

[Photo] Campus Cinema continues to show movies in-person

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
January 22, 2022
Rachel Hauch creates paper snowflakes to hang up as decorations for the write-in on Tuesday and Wednesday. The write-in is designed as a time for students to work on their final papers in a fun and productive environment, but also as a way to inform students about the location of the Writing Center.

[Photo] Writing Center hosts relaxing write-in event to destress

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
November 30, 2021
Members of the NMU Jazz Combo, including Owen Edwards soloing on alto saxophone, perform during an NMU jazz concert. A group of five students will perform in the library on Tuesday to provide more relaxing studying music for students.

[Photo] NMU Jazz Combo to provide live study music before finals

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
November 30, 2021
Yrsala Peterson, Bazile Panek and Kateri Phillips share their perspectives on intergenerational trauma as Indigenous people. As college students, they emphasized the healing their generation is doing following the struggles and trauma the generations before them endured.

[Photo] Student panel discusses intergenerational trauma for Native Americans

Annamarie Parker, Contributing writer
November 18, 2021
The Timekeepers, an NMU student jazz band, performs at the Small Business Sunday Crawl in the Marquette Commons. The event was organized by SLFP students as a part of their community service learning project.

[Photo] Students organize event supporting Marquette small businesses

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
November 15, 2021
Students in the Divest NMU organization meet to discuss future ways to increase awareness of fossil fuels on Nov. 9, 2021. Their current efforts include a petition to support NMU's complete divestment from fossil fuels, an informational table in Jamrich and posters.

[Photo] Student-led petition aims to divest NMU from fossil fuels

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
November 10, 2021
EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK - "The Kitchen Sink" performs in the Landmark Inn lobby on Friday, Oct. 15. The band plays free jazz, covers of classic jazz songs and a few originals as well.

[Photo] Jazz band performs everything but “The Kitchen Sink”

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
November 1, 2021
Peter Holliday (left) and Haley Rhoades (right) sell baked goods donated by home cooks and NMU staff members to raise funds for Ripple Effect. Ripple Effect helps students stay warm in the brutal U.P. winters if they cannot afford appropriate winter gear.

[Photo] Bake sale raises money for student winter wear

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
November 1, 2021
KEEP WARM - NMU's Student Nurses Association collected new socks for those in need during the month of October. They placed collection boxes around campus including in Jamrich, West Science and the dorms.

[Photo] Nursing students collect socks for those in need

Sophia Huhta, Contributing writer
October 28, 2021
QUEER TREES - Mossy Schumann plants a young pine tree along the Lake Superior shoreline. Schumann organized the PRIDE Tree Planting Event which encouraged queer youth to plant trees together and help restore the eroding shoreline.

[Photo] LGBTQ+ groups, Great Lakes Climate Corps plant 100 trees

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
October 27, 2021
TAKE A STAND—Students, professors and community members gathered in front of the Northern Center on Oct. 19 to protest Enbridge's harmful Line 5. The protest was organized in part by NMU professor Martin Reinhardt.

[Photo] Opinion—Say no to Line 5

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
October 22, 2021
photo of BSU members at the end of one of their weekly meetings

[Photo] Spotlight on BSU

Katarina Rothhorn
June 4, 2021
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