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NMU WellBeing promotes environmental awareness

Lindsey Hollander, News Writer • April 24, 2026

In Jamrich on Tuesday April 21, NMU WellBeing hosted a Toolkit Tuesday on environmental awareness and sustainable living. WellBeing highlighted Marquette’s “4Rs:” reuse, reduce, recycle and rethink,...

Tomorrow’s Voices holds climate ‘Open Mic’

Morgan Dejager • September 26, 2025

How many times have you had a really strong opinion about a current event, but never the opportunity to voice that opinion? Sharing your opinion and stories about a certain topic or event may sound useless,...

Letter to the editor — NMU athletics must be more sustainable

Taylor Priestley • April 11, 2025

To the Editor: This letter is written to comment on the sustainable adjustments and habits of NMU’s athletic teams. Due to being located in the Upper Peninsula, NMU’s sports teams are forced...

Profile — A hands-on love for nature

Amelia Kashian • February 9, 2025

Marquette is renowned for its beauty. Ecosystems rich in vegetation and unique topography make the area unique to Michigan. Driving down a backroad turns into a scenic drive, with canopies of trees filling...

Letter to the Editor — How to get involved in environmental justice

Marley Wolff • February 28, 2023

Dear Editor, Oftentimes our young generations are told the world is in their hands. Though what do we do when the world placed in our hands is on fire in some regions and extreme droughts in others?...

Saving the salamanders

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor • March 24, 2022

A section of Peter White Drive will be closed from March 15 to April 30 from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. This partial road closure protects the blue-spotted salamanders while they migrate to the wetlands where they reproduce and then as they migrate back to various areas around the U.P.

Superior Watershed Partnership holds information table, job openings for students

Dreyma Beronja, News Editor • March 16, 2022

The Superior Watershed Partnership will hold an information table today on current job postings for students interested in the field.

Opinion—One year later: NFTs are (still) a scam

Nicholas Conroy, Copy Editor • February 12, 2022

Well, here we are again. Around this same time last year, I published an opinion piece titled “NFTs are killing the planet.” At the time of publishing, I understood NFTs as a fringe concept, something that existed on the peripherals of the tech industry, and I was concerned about its spread into art-related fields.

Editorial—Important considerations in the presidential search

North Wind Staff • February 4, 2022

As NMU continues its search for a president to replace Fritz Erickson, we at the North Wind have given some thought to the type of individual we believe would be an ideal candidate. As students we appreciate the administration’s efforts to take student and community voices into account through listening sessions during this process. We hope NMU will listen to the voices who speak up during these forums.

Editorial—Get involved with fossil fuel divestment

North Wind Staff • November 18, 2021

Currently, NMU pays a great deal of money to fossil fuel companies in order to keep the lights on around campus. This money comes from our tuition dollars and ends up supporting unsustainable energy. Yet there are other, more sustainable, energy companies the university could benefit from investing in, argues the Divest NMU club.

Student-led petition aims to divest NMU from fossil fuels

Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor • November 10, 2021

Last month, a group of students banded together to form the Divest NMU organization which provides a platform for them to convince NMU to divest from fossil fuel companies and develop more sustainable...

Editorial—Support city climate initiative

North Wind Staff • October 27, 2021

Although the issues we face are worldwide, there is much to be done locally. In Marquette we can labor to create a positive impact on the environment rather than contributing negatively.

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