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Actors onstage huddling up

NMU students present “Finding Home”

Harry Stine November 11, 2022

The Black Box theatre at NMU held the world premiere of "Finding Home" last Friday, November 4. "Finding Home" is a production developed by NMU students and explores what it means to live in Marquette,...

NEW EXHIBIT - Free to the public, the DeVos Art Museum is currently host to works by Lindsey Heiden (foreground) and Linda King Ferguson (background). The two artists take inspiration from the Upper Peninsula's landscape.

DeVos Art Museum unveils new exhibit

Harry Stine, Assistant Features Editor August 31, 2022

The DeVos Art Museum kicked off the semester Friday, Aug. 26 with their latest installation in the ongoing U.P. Focus exhibition series, this year featuring Linda King Ferguson and Lindsey Heiden. The...

Yah 51st state, eh?

Yah 51st state, eh?

Akasha Khalsa October 17, 2019

The Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center (BUPHC) unveiled their new public exhibit on Oct. 11, displaying a historical reference to the U.P.’s effort to separation from the lower peninsula.  “The...

Yoopsplaining threatens shared state identity

Yoopsplaining threatens shared state identity

Tim Eggert April 12, 2018

In my two years at NMU, I’ve heard a diversity of skepticism from students toward the weather. Some expressions are ironically cynical, like “if the sun never sets at the north pole, how come it never...

Kindness in community noticed

Shaina James January 31, 2013

From living in the Upper Peninsula for almost four years, I have learned a few things about the people of this region. One: they are very proud to be “Yoopers,” and two: they are some of the friendliest...

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