The North Wind

How to get involved on NMU’s campus

Morgan Dejager • September 24, 2025

Stepping onto a university campus for the first time often feels like entering a new city—one with its own traditions, culture and opportunities. Here at Northern Michigan University, students have quickly...

French Baking Seminar takes the cake

Luke Odgers • April 8, 2025

Two days. Any longer and you might as well throw a baguette out. Is it made with anything other than flour, water, yeast and salt? It is? Looks like the Sûreté (police) will be paying you a visit for...

Opinion—Tips for learning a new language from scratch

Akasha Khalsa, Opinion Editor • November 4, 2021

At this stage, you won’t be able to understand much, perhaps just the gist of what’s being said. But you’ll start to get a feel for how the language sounds, and how speakers of the language put together their thoughts. Keep building your knowledge of grammatical structures and slowly augment your vocabulary. Soon, with a lot of work and patience, you’ll notice your comfort with the language improves.

Opinion—How to bargain-hunt

Adan Mulvaney • November 4, 2020

I think it was the way that I was raised that made me gain an appreciation for secondhand items and thrift stores. When I was a young child, my family opened a flea market in lower Wisconsin.