![NMU dorms covered in snow](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-11-at-10.22.27-AM-1024x766.png)
Inclement weather, increased snow days
Ashley Beronja
• February 11, 2021
![Peter Smedley/ NW
MILD WINTER— A small collection of rocks along the shoreline of Presque Isle are a small reminder of the time of year, despite warmer temperatures.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG-2209-1-1024x652.jpg)
Upper Peninsula facing snow drought
Rayna Sherbinow
• January 22, 2021
![Peter Smedley/NW
WINTER WEATHER—The U.P is home to heaps of snow, and while it has not hit yet, driving in these conditions is not far away.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Image-1-1-1024x978.jpg)
Driving home in winter weather
Joad Blaauw-Hara
• November 18, 2020
![Photo courtesy of Andy Smith
PLOWING WITH PURPOSE— Plow truck drivers wake up well before sunrise to ensure students can still make it to school.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Jacobetti-South-Entrance-Feb-252019--1024x768.jpg)
Campus plow drivers share their experience
Ashley Beronja
• November 17, 2020
![DON’T LOOK DOWN—At Little Presque Park, Freshman business finance major Anna Platz gazes over Lake Superior’s vast surface, poised on a treacherous platform of ice at the shore’s edge.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/unnamed-6-1024x768.jpg)
Michigan’s ice: power, beauty and danger
Aiden Popour
• February 20, 2020
![DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW—With winter in the air, NMUPD advises students to begin common-sense preparations for the snowy U.P. conditions such as getting vehicles equipped with snow tires and purchasing shovels and scrapers to battle the slush and ice. Photo courtesy of NMU Marketing](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_0038-683x1024.jpg)
Bracing for blizzards
Akasha Khalsa
• October 24, 2019
![A group of Northern students enjoy last Tuesday’s snow day by hiking around the trails at Tourist Park.
Photo by: Lindsey Eaton](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/re-Snow_LE-1.jpg)
Staying safe in inclement weather
Jake Bekemeyer
• January 25, 2018
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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.
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