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Job fair offers employment opportunities, career advantages to students
Job fair offers employment opportunities, career advantages to students
March 24, 2023
CHOOSING TO SEE - ASU and BSU sponsor community space for students to express emotions following tragedies targeted at people of color. “People need to admit that this is happening, this is a problem. But someway, somehow certain people still don’t see it,” Awa Christine Ndiaye, BSU communications chair, said.
ASU, BSU members sponsor remembrance, community space
March 24, 2023
HARDEN RENOVATION - Harden Hall currently houses the university library, archives, and the Center for Teaching and Learning. The renovation will add around 18,000 square footage of new space and will bring in the four academic departments currently housed in Gries Hall.
NMU to renovate Harden Hall for $31.6 million
March 24, 2023
BSU hosts comedy show, celebrates Womens History Month
BSU hosts comedy show, celebrates Women’s History Month
March 24, 2023
METAMORPHOSIS - NMU hosted the UNITED Conference with a number of different presenters. Lau Romero presented Metamorphosis: Identities in the Language Classroom and addressed the lack of LGBTQ+ and POC language in the classroom.
UNITED Conference addresses diversity, equity, inclusion
March 23, 2023
STRAWBERRY CREPES — An arrangement of my crepes filled with homemade strawberry rhubarb jam and ringed with fresh strawberries and whipped cream. I also experimented with strawberry garnishes that I discovered on YouTube.
Cooking with Kata — Mental health crepes
March 23, 2023
Opinion – We are all suffering from Marvel fatigue
Opinion – We are all suffering from Marvel fatigue
March 23, 2023
CLIMB ON — Despite bruised shins and jelly limbs, I (climbing on the right) reached the top of this 70-foot ice formation — affectionately named “The Dryer Hose” — with several words of encouragement and a few breaks. While physical strength is a must to reach the top, the mental roadblocks were much more complicated to conquer as I clung to the face of the ice.
Opinion — Ice climbing and the reward of perseverance
March 21, 2023
Opinion — Equality and equity: What’s the difference?
Opinion — Equality and equity: What’s the difference?
March 16, 2023
Editorial — Embracing innovation in education with ChatGPT
Editorial — Embracing innovation in education with ChatGPT
March 16, 2023
HANDMADE — Northern alumni Julia Bolton models a sea glass necklace that she handcrafted. Bolton fell in love with metalsmithing after taking an extracurricular class at NMU during her junior year.
Northern alumni makes hand-crafted jewelry
March 23, 2023
time passing
Daylight Saving Time: The good, the bad and the ugly
March 23, 2023
CLOGGING — From left to right, Marisa Hoover, Halle Paternoster, Lizzie Kucharek, Asa Naigus and Peter Bowman. Learn the basics of clogging with Double Step Cloggers. The club meets from 5 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays on the second floor of the Northern Center.
Learn how to double step clog: the basics
March 16, 2023
CHEERLEADER — Welles, the mascot of the NMU volleyball team, greets Wildcat Willy at a home match. As the team is introduced, the service dog will bark for each of the players to show his support.
Welles: Companion, confidant, service dog
March 13, 2023
ADVOCACY — EQMI is an LGBTQ + advocacy and victim advocate services organization nonprofit that is based in lower Michigan that advocates for the rights of LGBTQ + individuals and communities as well as providing victim services. Mandy Bonesteel is the current rural outreach coordinator based in the U.P. and is working to provide these services to community members.
Equality Michigan raises awareness for LGBTQ+, victim advocate services in U.P.
March 13, 2023
Power 50: The full body workout in under an hour
Power 50: The full body workout in under an hour
March 24, 2023
BITTER SWEET - The Wildcats were able to go on a run for a chance at the Mason Cup but fell short against Mankato. The Cats end their season 21-17.
M Hockey: Wildcats drop Mason Cup Final to Mankato, 3-2 OT
March 24, 2023
GET ACTIVE - Two intramural volleyball players face off at the net. NMUs Club Volleyball is open to all students and encourages a friendly and active environment where you can meet new friends.
The friendly game of intramural volleyball
March 23, 2023
GAME TIME - Ethan Vadnais and Edward Shifflett officiate the tournament going on in the NMU gaming room.
Esports builds connections within NMU gaming community
March 21, 2023
SPLIT - The Cats came away with a 2-2 split over the 8-game road trip. NMU will be back home this Friday March 17th at 5pm.
W Lacrosse: NMU back home, face off with rival Concordia-St. Paul
March 20, 2023

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Editorial — Embracing innovation in education with ChatGPT

Editorial — Embracing innovation in education with ChatGPT

North Wind Editorial Board
March 16, 2023
Editorial — Procrastination: friend or foe?

Editorial — Procrastination: friend or foe?

North Wind Editorial Board
March 1, 2023
Editorial — Wildcats extend a hand in wake of MSU mass shooting

Editorial — Wildcats extend a hand in wake of MSU mass shooting

North Wind Editorial Board
February 23, 2023
Editorial — What Netflix’s ‘paid-sharing’ plan means for college students

Editorial — What Netflix’s ‘paid-sharing’ plan means for college students

North Wind Editorial Board
February 16, 2023
Editorial — George Santos: A lesson in truth telling

Editorial — George Santos: A lesson in truth telling

North Wind Editorial Board
February 9, 2023
Divest NMU and the Keweenaw Youth Climate Action Group of MTU protest from their seats at the NMU vs MTU hockey game this Saturday at the Berry Events Center. The club has been advocating for NMU to phase out its investments in the fossil fuel industry and reinvest in sustainable projects since October 2021.

Editorial — NMU must divest from the fossil fuel industry

North Wind Editorial Board
February 1, 2023
Editorial — How to prepare for the later years of college

Editorial — How to prepare for the later years of college

North Wind Editorial Board
January 26, 2023
Editorial — Graduating seniors encouraged to celebrate achievements uniquely

Editorial — Graduating seniors encouraged to celebrate achievements uniquely

North Wind Editorial Board
December 8, 2022
Editorial — How to survive the Upper Peninsula winter

Editorial — How to survive the Upper Peninsula winter

North Wind Editorial Board
December 1, 2022
Editorial — A better way to celebrate Thanksgiving

Editorial — A better way to celebrate Thanksgiving

North Wind Editorial Board
November 16, 2022
Editorial — NMU suffers from lack of diversity

Editorial — NMU suffers from lack of diversity

North Wind Editorial Board
November 10, 2022
Editorial — Your vote matters

Editorial — Your vote matters

North Wind Editorial Board
November 3, 2022
Editorial — LGBTQ+ students deserve representation in educational settings

Editorial — LGBTQ+ students deserve representation in educational settings

North Wind Editorial Board
October 26, 2022
Mental Health

Editorial — Mental health matters more than midterm exams

North Wind Editorial Board
October 20, 2022
HOT TAKE — Two pumpkin spice lattes, fresh from a local coffee shop. With flavors and scents like cinnamon apple and sweet caramel, we have to wonder whether pumpkin spice is truly the flavor of fall.

Editorial — Pumpkin spice, the polarizing fall flavor

North Wind Editorial Board
October 13, 2022
Editorial — NMU Presidential Search should have included students more

Editorial — NMU Presidential Search should have included students more

North Wind Editorial Board
October 6, 2022
COVID-19 cases are low at NMU at the beginning of the 2022 fall semester - graphic

Editorial — The pandemic is not over

North Wind Editorial Board
September 28, 2022
HOMECOMING — NMU celebrates homecoming with their theme Create NMU, a way to show off the more creative side of the universitys students. The Sidewalk Chalk Competition is a way for students to show off their hands-on creativity during this annual celebration.

Editorial — The joys of homecoming week

North Wind Editorial Board
September 19, 2022
Editorial — Critique of NMU’s Wellbeing website

Editorial — Critique of NMU’s Wellbeing website

North Wind Editorial Board
September 15, 2022
Editorial — Is enough being done to protect us from COVID-19?

Editorial — Is enough being done to protect us from COVID-19?

North Wind Editorial Board
September 7, 2022
Editorial — The problems with monkeypox discourse

Editorial — The problems with monkeypox discourse

North Wind Editorial Board
September 4, 2022
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