![VERY, VERY COLD — A sheet of ice enveloping the land. The Upper Peninsula gets quite cold during the winter, and not enough people understand that.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-14-111413.png)
Opinion — If you dislike winter, why go to Northern?
Rachel Pott
• November 16, 2023
![SECOND HOME — My uncle’s camp sits quietly at the end of a clearing as my dogs race each other to the door. From sunny days spent on the lake to late night card games, cross-country skiing expenditures to bean bag tournaments, there was always fun to be had at camp.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_4622-900x485.jpg)
Opinion — Fond memories at a Yooper camp
Andie Balenger
• February 17, 2023
![FRIDAY NIGHT BINGO - Students play bingo at a wild west themed bingo night in September. PrimeTime Productions to host Yooper Bingo tonight.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/wild-west-bingo-1-900x435.jpeg)
PrimeTime Productions to host U.P. themed bingo
Fischer Genau
• January 20, 2023
![Actors onstage huddling up](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Capture-2-900x561.jpg)
NMU students present “Finding Home”
Harry Stine
• November 11, 2022
![LITTLE BAY — The sun rises above two fishermen on Little Bay de Noc, painting the water shades of yellow in my hometown of Gladstone, Mich. With endless information at our fingertips, Gen Zers now more than ever have been itching to escape their small towns to see what life has to offer them elsewhere.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_2311-900x675.jpg)
Opinion — Why young people leave their small towns
Andie Balenger
• October 13, 2022
![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 Peninsulas landscape.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Art-Exhibit-900x674.jpg)
DeVos Art Museum unveils new exhibit
Harry Stine, Assistant Features Editor
• August 31, 2022
![Yah 51st state, eh?](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_7264-1024x768.jpg)
Yah 51st state, eh?
Akasha Khalsa
• October 17, 2019
![Yoopsplaining threatens shared state identity](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nwindlogo-1024x219.png)
Yoopsplaining threatens shared state identity
Tim Eggert
• April 12, 2018
Chili Challenge benefits Beacon House
Analicia Honkanen
• March 21, 2014
Kindness in community noticed
Shaina James
• January 31, 2013
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The North Wind is an independent student publication serving the Northern Michigan University community. It is partially funded by the Student Activity Fee. The North Wind digital paper is published daily during the fall and winter semesters except on university holidays and during exam weeks. The North Wind Board of Directors is composed of representatives of the student body, faculty, administration and area media.