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Queers & Allies celebrates ‘Transgiving’
November 17, 2022
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Experience cultures at All Nation’s Passport To The World event
November 15, 2022
LIVE MUSIC — The NMU Jazz Band performing at the direction of Mark Flaherty, head of the department of music, at a previous NMU Jazz Ensembles concert. Both the NMU Jazz Band and three combos will be performing in their last concert of the fall semester this Wednesday.
Jazz Ensembles to perform in last concert of the semester
November 14, 2022
Photo of NMU Archives
Evening at the Archives ends for the year, future events planned
November 11, 2022
VOTE—Despite the distance, NMU students still found ways to go out and vote. Some students voted in person and others sent in absentee ballots through the mail.
NMU students vote in midterm elections despite distance
November 9, 2022
Opinion — Dear holidays, you suck
Opinion — Dear holidays, you suck
November 18, 2022
Letter to the Editor — NMU must do more for student mental health
Letter to the Editor — NMU must do more for student mental health
November 17, 2022
Concert Stage
Opinion — In defense of nu-metal
November 17, 2022
Editorial — A better way to celebrate Thanksgiving
Editorial — A better way to celebrate Thanksgiving
November 16, 2022
Man pushes a boulder up a slope
Opinion — We came here to graduate, push through and get your degree
November 14, 2022
Conservation Data Lab encourages conservation contributions from NMU Students
Conservation Data Lab encourages conservation contributions from NMU Students
November 18, 2022
Actors onstage huddling up
NMU students present “Finding Home”
November 11, 2022
DONATION BASED — All of the kombucha Vancheck makes, she offers on the side of the road and uses an honor system to accept donations in exchange for the drink. She prints the labels and processes the kombucha herself, but the longevity of the kombucha stand is a community effort.
Kombucha? You Betcha
November 10, 2022
NMU Archives and the ghost stories within
NMU Archives and the ghost stories within
November 10, 2022
Students Around the snack table
First Generation Day gives students chance to ask questions, meet other first gen students
November 9, 2022
ON FIRE - NMU Guard Brian Parzych warms up at half time. Parzych scored 22 of his 30 points in the second half alongside teammate Max Bjorklands second 30-point or more outing of the season in just 3 games.
Men’s Basketball: NMU dominates in home opener, start season 3-0
November 18, 2022
LOOKING AHEAD - After a great season the seen the Cats earn a 23-9 record. The team will be looking ahead to next season after falling in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Volleyball: NMU loses to Quincy University in first round of NCAA tournament
November 18, 2022
SHUTOUT - The Cats earned their first shutout in two and a half years against the Beavers last Friday night. They head to Mankato this weekend to face off against Minnesota St.-Mankato.
Hockey: NMU looks to break Mankato’s 26-game home win streak
November 17, 2022
HEADING INTO GLIAC PLAY—NMU mens forward John Kerr hammers down a dunk during the Wildcats exhibition win over Bay College on Oct. 28, 2021.
Max Bjorklund picked preseason GLIAC Player of the Year as 2022-23 season kicks off
November 14, 2022
SHIP SUNK — H2O Battleship is a great way to get into the water, have fun and meet new friends.
Battleship H2O is Anchors Aweigh!
November 14, 2022

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The North Wind
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

With the first week of the fall semester in the rearview mirror, the dramatic shift in mask regulations on campus has quite literally been a breath of fresh air. For the first time since the start of the...

Maggie Duly/NW JUST ONE SLICE—Campus lecture-style rooms have been cut down to less than half their original capacity to follow the proper safety standards, like this space in McClintock Hall. Many rooms in this hall were not labeled for their capacity unlike other buildings on campus. Though students are properly spaced out in the lecture hall, there is no plexiglass for students except in front of the professors desk, unlike what is advertised on NMU’s Safe on Campus webpage.

Opinion—Plexiglas safety on campus not as advertised

Maggie Duly • April 20, 2021

Since around this time last year, I have not been a full-time student on campus. I am enrolled full-time, taking 16 credits currently and I only meet for two courses in person on Tuesday. This is not...

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Opinion—Kindness around campus: smiling beneath the mask

Akasha Khalsa • April 8, 2021

While necessary for protection against COVID-19, masks seem to force a sense of anonymity. Not just because they hide more than half of the recognizable features of the face, but also because they conceal...

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Opinion—Are we getting too lax about COVID-19?

Peter Smedley • February 23, 2021

We’re all sick of seeing it, reading about it, talking about it and living it. Gov. Whitmer’s initial executive order for COVID-19 turns one year old on March 13th. This was a declaration of a state...

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