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Editorial: Gratitude for veterans should transcend holiday

North Wind Staff November 16, 2017

Across the nation, the American population comes together each year  on the 11th day of the 11th month to honor and commemorate those who serve and have served. We hang our flags high, attend veterans’...

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Editorial: If Snyder speaks, not all may listen

North Wind Staff November 9, 2017

An invitation to speak at NMU’s May commencement was recently extended to Gov. Rick Snyder. This decision has sparked outrage amongst students and faculty. During Snyder’s term he appointed emergency...

To prevent violence, break the cultural cycle

To prevent violence, break the cultural cycle

Noah Hausmann November 9, 2017

Returning from church on Sunday, I set down my Bible and scrolled through social media. I saw the tragic headline: yet another mass shooting, this time in Sutherland Springs, Texas with 26 church-goers...

Complacency limits assistance

Complacency limits assistance

Blake Bertram November 2, 2017

If you had told me two years ago that I was going to be homeless, I would have laughed at you, and then promptly worried about my family’s financial situation. Although they had been struggling for quite...

Hypocrisy inspires an authentic self

Hypocrisy inspires an authentic self

Kelsii Kyto November 2, 2017

I don’t always practice what I preach. Although I don’t speak for the masses, I know that many of us have core values and fundamentals that we follow—or simply say we do. The ideals that we speak...

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Editorial: Parking must improve along with campus

North Wind Staff October 19, 2017

NMU students are quite familiar with construction, but they’re also all-too-familiar with problematic parking on campus. What started as a joke has turned into a real problem for the campus community. Parking...

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