Enjoying Watersports on Lake Superior
Learn to kayak or do stand-up paddle boarding this summer with the YMCA! Marquette, MI – The ice-bergs in Lake Superior have melted at last and summer has finally arrived! Time to start getting out and enjoying some of the great recreational sports that make living in the Upper Peninsula unique. Saturday June 28th, 2014 […]
The Dangers Of Presidency
Marquette, MI – Standing before the Northern Michigan University Elections Committee, Katerina Klawes tries to defend her innocence. She had received an email at 10 p.m. last night presenting her with charges against her during the election for president of the Associated Students of NMU. The crime she is accused of is forging a document […]
North Wind Paper Evokes Essence of Journalism
Student Journalists Get To The Core of Journalism's Role In Society
Marquette Michigan – History has shown us that corruption in positions of power and privilege are as natural to human nature as sleeping and eating. Civilizations have developed their own ways of dealing with this issue; ours in the U.S. being a system of checks and balances. In fact, our forefathers took this issue so […]
MIT Uses Solar Power To Make Salt Water Drinkable
Water is necessary for all forms of life, but although 71 percent of the Earth is covered by water, the majority of it is salty and inconsumable. A team of MIT engineers believe they may have found the answer to the world’s water crisis with a design they claim can harnass the power of the […]
“Cootie Shots” Teaches Kids To Resist Hate
Marquette Michigan – NMU is presenting it’s last theatre production of the year, an energetic and engaging series of short plays, songs and poems for kids called, “Cootie Shots”. The show was created to teach kids about tolerance and diversity while offering them tools to combat hate and bigotry with understanding and respectful communication. The […]
Killer Plant Invades Forest Robert’s Theatre
Look out! A man-eating plant is growing at the Forest Roberts Theatre this week for NMU’s production of Little Shop of Horrors directed by Paul Truckey. Upon entering the theatre, you would never know that this abandoned big city alleyway is actually in Marquette, Michigan. I have seen several productions of this particular musical spoof […]
Chick Flick At The Black Box Theatre
A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking
Marquette Michigan – I suppose that when you make a rich, uptight, tortured housewife and a brash, invasive, tacky Texan neighbors, you can’t help but create some incredibly hilarious tension between the pair. A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking playing in the Panowski Black Box Theatre this weekend is essentially what the title says […]
“Tribes” at NMU Black Box Theatre
What do you get when you take a comically dysfunctional Jewish-British family comprised of a politically incorrect and opinionated father, a mother, and three grown children, the last of whom is deaf and speaks and reads lips, but has no knowledge of sign, and throw them on a stage? And add a love interest […]
Chocolate Festival at NMU’s University Center
Marquette, MI – Local chocolate lovers were delighted this weekend as the 6th annual Chocolate Festival kicked off Sunday, February 8, 2015 at NMU’s University Center. 10 chocolatiers from around Marquette County were featured at this year’s event including the Cookie Jar, Sayklly’s, the Marquette Food Co-Op, Gophers Cafe, Super One Foods, Root 41 Restuarant, […]
Marquette Kings and Queens of Drag
Marquette MI- Northern Michigan University hosted their annual drag show on January 23rd, 2015. People of all ages packed NMU’s Vandament Arena for the yearly drag show. For 19 years some of the Midwest’s greatest kings and queens have been making the trip to NMU to perform for the Upper Peninsula. The family friendly show […]
