Opinion

Editorial: Sign up, show up, get involved at NMU

College offers an overwhelming amount of options for students and especially in terms of organizations. As incoming students attend orientation over the next few weeks will soon learn, the situation at every organization fair becomes equally overwhelming... 

 

MLB should uphold standards in steroid-use controversies

During the last 20 years or so, there has been a higher prevalence of drug abuse among athletes in terms of performance-enhancing supplements and methods in the world of professional sports. In a lot of different ways, organizations and leagues of different... 

 

Partying shouldn’t define college career

It’s your first night in your residence hall as a Northern Michigan University freshman and you finally set up your room just the way you want it. You have everything ready for tomorrow; you picked up your books at the NMU Bookstore, said goodbye to... 

 

Tourist park reopens to fanfare

Just over 10 years after an earthen fuse plug spillway at the Silver Lake Dam failed, flooding nine billion gallons of water downstream thirty miles into Lake Superior, the City of Marquette will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the reopening of... 

 

Include baseball as varsity sport

Northern Michigan University’s range of athletic programs now includes America’s national pastime. After the NMU club baseball team earned the Organization of the Year award at the Leadership Recognition Banquet, a prominent goal of the team resurfaced... 

 

Boyer plans bright future at NMU

Throughout my academic career at Northern Michigan University, my family has always pushed me to go into the field of journalism. Up until last year, I did not realize how right they were to push me in this direction. At the start of next year, I am going... 

 

Preserve biodiveristy in Michigan

On Monday, April 22, I celebrated Earth Day by educating myself about issues that could potentially affect the health of Upper Peninsula ecosystems. The Michigan Senate passed a bill on Tuesday, March 5, which would amend the National Resources and Protection... 

 

Take breaks while studying

With final exams and papers approaching, I’d like to offer some advice on dealing with the work that lies just ahead. All of the suggestions below have pretty strong empirical support — that is, they’ve been validated by experimental and/or observational... 

 

Republicans need reform to embrace voters for 2016 election

Are the Republicans really the anti-gay, anti-minority, anti-women party? If you just watch television and browse through Facebook, you probably think they are. Despite what you may have heard on those various platforms, there’s another side of the...