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NMU WellBeing teaches students environmental awareness.
NMU WellBeing promotes environmental awareness
April 24, 2026
WELLBEING- Students learned through this weeks Toolkit Tuesday how to manage their stress leading up to exams.
WellBeing offers student support during spring season
April 17, 2026
Students present during Earth Week 2025.
GTU and SHINE to host 12th annual Earth Week
April 17, 2026
PRSSA members run the ticket booth as students line up to purchase their tickets at the seventh annual coffee crawl.
PRSSA to host eighth annual Coffee Crawl
April 14, 2026
BEADING TOGETHER— Shelafoe teaches the art of beadwork.
Weaving stories through beads— a lesson in Native American culture, craft
April 9, 2026
STRESSED- NMU students are stressed as exams come closer, but students may not be the only ones. (Megan Voorhees/NW)
Students are burnt out prior to exam week; but they are not the only ones
April 24, 2026
ANGRY BEARS — Megan Voorhees and two other angry bears pose while attending the Festival of the Angry Bear. (Megan Voorhees/NW)
Angry Bear awoke a bear in me
April 22, 2026
STUDY— Studying is a major part of final exams, but recently the internet has made it harder to study(NW/ Archives)
Editorial— Studying with paywalls
April 9, 2026
Staff column— Finding my voice: why every student should advocate 
Staff column— Finding my voice: why every student should advocate 
April 3, 2026
Staff Column— Steel Ball Run comes racing onto Netflix
Staff Column— Steel Ball Run comes racing onto Netflix
March 27, 2026
Max Greenfield getting interviewed by the president of Platform Personalities
Platform Personalities Hosts an evening with Max Greenfield
April 17, 2026
NMU Student Nurses Association hosts campus Blood Drive
NMU Student Nurses Association hosts campus Blood Drive
April 9, 2026
PLANET CHAT — an informational event open to campus
Outside of our bubble
April 9, 2026
TIME TO SHINE - attending students wait for the awards to start.
Lights, camera, recognition: NMU at the MAB Awards
April 6, 2026
TIME FOR TEA— Students learn about mushrooms tea.
Michigan’s many mushrooms
April 1, 2026
PUMPED UP— Several Wildcat teams were fired up for the relay race.
Out of their element— All Athlete Relays unite NMU Athletes in the pool
April 23, 2026
FACE OFF— NMU prepares for an attack following a resume in action.
Wildcats Fall, suffer 20-7 loss to #3/5 Indianapolis
April 23, 2026
LOOKING - A Wildcat seeks an opportunity to create offense.
Seven Wildcats hit transfer portal
April 17, 2026
GOAL - 2x National Player of the Week Josie Lakosky looks to strike on an open shot.
Wildcat whirlwind— Lakosky’s records and a one-goal woe
April 17, 2026
WORKING - The Wildcats offensive line holds down the front for their backfield.
Wildcats bring buzz to spring ball
April 17, 2026
SIT AND STAY — Stopping along the way for a sit-down drink and cozy atmosphere is more than allowed.
Coffee Crawl chilly, successful
April 24, 2026
VICTORY— There she is, folks, the tugboat Victory! Designed to push barges through the lakes, she's just 39 meters long.
The North Wind at the ore dock
April 17, 2026
1973—Taken while Loukinen leaned out of a friend's plane, the small community of Pelkie is captured here in a aerial shot.
Throwback Thursday— Upper Peninsula history through a future professor’s lens
April 9, 2026
OFF DUTY— Did you know in the offseason you can just sit here?
Another beautiful Marquette spring
April 2, 2026
NMU's old logo from 1970.
Staff Profile— In 1976, NMU looked a lot different
March 27, 2026

The North Wind

The North Wind
NIGHT CROSSING — A section of the Peter White Road is seasonally closed off at night to protect the blue-spotted salamanders who migrate to the wetlands to breed in the spring. This road closure was first introduced by an NMU student who started a research project when he noticed salamanders were being crushed by passing cars.

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.
EXCELLENCE UNVEILED—Shimadzu company representatives pose with NMU President Fritz Erickson and Senior chemistry major Josie Mollohan before the newly unveiled plaque before the research laboratory.

New lab for student research

Akasha Khalsa • November 7, 2019

July marked the beginning of a formal agreement between NMU and Shimadzu—a global corporation specializing in scientific instruments—to honor the company’s contributions to a new medicinal plant...

Short history of dismal science

Dr. Gary McDonnell • April 18, 2013

Thomas Carlyle, a 19th century historian and essayist called economics the “dismal science.” Many people are familiar with this description. It is widely believed that Carlyle was referring to the...

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