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Opinion — Is it me or is it my professor?

Opinion — Is it me or is it my professor?

Dallas Wiertella January 20, 2023

Something that I hear most around campus when discussing classes is that some professors fail to instruct their classes, which leads to the downfall of their students.  We have all heard the horror stories...

RELAX - Grace Rieger holds yoga classes each week on Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. The class is a great way to start a healthy lifestyle and meet like-minded people.

Yoga: A way to wind down and relax

Nathan Kwapisz December 6, 2022

Devon Dickerson is a dance major and attended his first yoga class this semester. He attended with the hope that yoga would help him find himself after a draining day of college and returning back to a...

Online learning is the way to go right now

Opinion—Please don’t force students and professors to go through another semester in person

Sam Rush November 27, 2020
I am deeply worried by Northern Michigan University’s plan to return to in-person classes for the winter semester. I cannot, in good conscience, let another term continue in this manner without expressing my unease about the current situation.
Graphic depicting a constellation of a platypus

Special topics course teaches Indigenous Star Knowledge for first time

Katarina Rothhorn September 22, 2020

Professor Aimee Cree Dunn has developed a variety of Indigenous environmental studies classes including  "Awesiinh: Wild Animal Relations," "Indigenous Environmental Movements," and "Kinomaage: The...

Next semester courses: plan ahead, but dont fret

Next semester courses: plan ahead, but don’t fret

North Wind Staff October 17, 2019

You may have noticed that NMU has released a list of courses with its dates and times that are available for next semester. If you haven’t done so already, please take the time and save yourself the...

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