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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 Mary Wardell

Goodbye, Tobacco

Mary Wardell
April 17, 2014

Campus up in smoke: Quitting for myself (and others)

Mary Wardell
April 17, 2014

Community debates mine permit

Mary Wardell
March 27, 2014

Eagle Mine permit challenged

Mary Wardell
March 20, 2014

Raj Patel talks social theory, our global future

Mary Wardell
March 13, 2014

Former NMU student remembered after death

Mary Wardell
February 27, 2014

Snow Removal: Take a seat next to the men behind it all

Mary Wardell
February 20, 2014

NMU: Then & Now

Mary Wardell
February 6, 2014

Ignorance is bliss when you’re a resource baron

Mary Wardell
February 6, 2014

Ice Ice Baby: Eben Ice Caves

Mary Wardell
January 30, 2014

Dietary supplements prove untrustworthy

Mary Wardell
December 4, 2013

Students cope with stress as semester ends

Mary Wardell
November 21, 2013

Lab researches neuromuscular disease

Mary Wardell
November 7, 2013

Let’s Do the time warp again: Rocky Horror Show

Mary Wardell
October 24, 2013

Cuarón gets heavy with zero gravity

Mary Wardell
October 24, 2013

Speaker advocates for education reform

Mary Wardell
October 17, 2013

Staff Column: Wolf legislation shoots down citizen rights

Mary Wardell
October 17, 2013

Colors usher in new season

Mary Wardell
October 10, 2013

Alum returns with poetry, perspective

Mary Wardell
October 10, 2013

Café presents affordable meals by aspiring cooks

Mary Wardell
October 3, 2013

Wildcat Willy: A Furry History in Green and Gold

Mary Wardell
September 19, 2013

Speaker to address cultural rights

Mary Wardell
September 19, 2013

Shoreline run planned to help ski club

Mary Wardell
September 12, 2013

Career fair extends job opportunities

Mary Wardell
September 12, 2013

Wildcats Prepare to March by the Numbers

Mary Wardell
September 5, 2013

Electronic artist experiments with sight and sound

Mary Wardell
September 13, 2012
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