MARQUETTE ISN'T WHAT it was twenty years ago, even ten years ago. Big changes, big growth. Consider this: A $300 million hospital is under construction on the highway. Apartments and condos are rising on and near the lakeshore. Expansion is underway at NMU, with more planned. New restaurants and hotels are popping up, ... Continue Reading
A Christmas Wish for Our Warm Weather Friends
EVERY YEAR IT seems, right around Christmas, you folks down in Florida and Arizona start sending us Yoopers cute little Facebook postings or emails about the vast temperature differential between your home and ours. Your not-so-subtle message is this: "Poor you, and lucky us! Hahahaha! We've got sun and you're stuck with ... Continue Reading
Decline or Growth? NMU Searches for an Identity
TEN YEARS AGO, enrollment at Northern Michigan University was close to 10,000 students. Today, it's at 7750. And dropping. "We'll continue to decline for the next five to seven years," NMU president Fritz Erickson concedes. "We should stabilize our enrollment somewhere around 7000 students, maybe as low as 6500, just ... Continue Reading
A Most Unconventional Teenager: Marquette’s Ambassador to India
DRIVE TWENTY MILES north of Marquette on CR 550 and you'll come to an obscure asphalt road. Turn left, and the road soon turns to dirt. You'll see no signs or buildings, but just press on. You'll find yourself plunging deeper into a forest of maples, oaks, hemlocks, and evergreens while your vehicle kicks up dust and ... Continue Reading