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Along the edge of Lake Superior, with the wind picking up the water and waves crashing along the shore, stands the Marquette Maritime Museum. Last week, volunteers dressed up as ghosts roamed the ...

February is Black History Month and it is important to recognize the racial inequality, specifically for Black students, that has occurred globally but also at our own Northern Michigan University.

Diving into physics and philosophy, Sophia Gielniak, a junior multimedia production major and up-and-coming artist recently released her album The Theory of Nothing – PHI-3PO on YouTube and Soundcloud ...

Scott Beaulier is one of four presidential candidates being considered at NMU. He is an NMU alumnus of history and economics, and currently serves as H.A. True Family Dean of Business at the ...

The Marquette County Jail, located in the city of Marquette, is in dire need of updates and expansion. As Marquette County’s population has grown, so have the number of incarcerated individuals.

For hundreds of years, the governments of the Americas have committed themselves to the genocide of Indigenous peoples both physically and culturally. For generations, children were taken from their ...

Legend speaks of a god that lives deep in the frozen woods of Tapiola, Michigan, a remote village in the far reaches of the Upper Peninsula. Its name is Heikki Lunta. It is said there’s a magical song ...

Power 50 is a group fitness class provided by Northern Michigan University. The 50 minute fitness class is led by instructor Lynne Mestnik and is a weightlifting class focused on getting a full-body ...

After one of the most successful seasons in program history, the Northern Michigan University Women’s ACHA Women’s Hockey team is preparing to take the national stage. Throughout the year, the ...

Jessica Thompson has been appointed as the Assistant Vice President of Sustainability at Northern, becoming the first person to fill this new position, created to further advance Northern’s university ...

This letter is written to comment on the sustainable adjustments and habits of NMU’s athletic teams. Due to being located in the Upper Peninsula, NMU’s sports teams are forced to travel long distances ...