Going to college is hard. Of course taking more advanced classes is hard, and having a larger workload than in high school takes some time to navigate. One thing that made college much harder for me was...

Picture this: a freshman walks into their dorm for the first time, their walls bare. They are filled with excitement, but overwhelming nerves, too. After a few hours of unpacking their things, they say...

As a soon-to-be Northern Michigan University graduate, taking a look back on the past four years has been interesting. My college career was bombarded by starting during COVID-19 pandemic, being a transfer...

After a long and relaxing winter break, returning to campus for a new semester may have felt like a fever dream for some students. Reverting to a hyper-scheduled week filled with classes, extracurriculars...

The world is flat. The moon landing was fake. Birds are not real - they are government spies. The Illuminati exists. Chemical trails are a thing.  These are all conspiracies built to “stir the pot,”...

For Sunshine Oxer, a junior English major, the journey through higher academia was a non-traditional one but it was what worked best for them. They felt pressured to attend college directly after high...

It isn’t too early to start thinking about the future. Students looking to continue their education in graduate school may need to take the Graduate Records Examinations.  NMU students and the...

Whether or not you will drop out is a coin toss—about half of NMU students drop out. The graduation rates here aren’t outside the norm for a “four-year” institution (which is a bit of a joke, as...

President Trump teased an executive order earlier this month while speaking to activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). During the speech, he mentioned plans to issue an order...

On March 12, 50 people were charged in federal court with running a nationwide university admission scheme aimed at allowing affluent individuals to pay for their children’s admission into elite schools....