More changes are coming to a campus that seems to be in constant change. Over the past few years they’ve added new dorms, new classroom buildings, a new university center, and a new vocational building. It’s nice to see what I assume is mostly state money coming to Marquette, but at the same time, it’s fair to wonder how ... Continue Reading
Word on the Streets • New Business
Getting Around WITH THE PARTICULAR DEMANDS of winter upon us, it’s a good time to take a look at the issues surrounding the challenges of getting around in Marquette. Seasonal differences mean that walkers, bikers, and drivers have to make the necessary adjustments to go here and there, efficiently and safely. But, to ... Continue Reading
Pickleball • Brand New Brand • Brits and Brews
A Place for Pickleball It was a few decades ago when playing tennis meant finding a facility and waiting impatiently for a court to open up. American stars like John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, and Chris Evert kept the sport in the public eye and it reached its peak in popularity. Then, for whatever reason, tennis saw a ... Continue Reading
Bad Behavior • Good Weather
Bad Behavior at Big Boy Wanna run a restaurant? Looks like fun, doesn’t it? Good food all over the place… happy customers… wait staff stuffing their pockets with tips like it’s Halloween candy. What a life! If only. In the real world, it’s not all that and a bag of chips. There are plenty of issues keeping ... Continue Reading
Women’s Work
IT'S BEEN A HUNDRED YEARS in the making, going back to when women were granted the right to vote. But now it’s time to acknowledge the obvious. The executive office, formerly the sole province of men in suits, is now thoroughly unisex. For sure, women have been well represented in the workplace since before ... Continue Reading
Travel Troubles at Sawyer
REMEMBER THAT DAY back in 1985 when NMU went big-time with the opening of an official Olympic training center? Northern joined the likes of Lake Placid and Colorado Springs as the only communities in the country with a designated United States Olympic Committee training site. We were finally on the map! Kind ... Continue Reading
An Open Letter to Rhys Mussman, Owner of the former Upfront & Company
Dear Rhys, Doug Garrison here from Word on the Street. Remember me? I met you about ten years ago during the time I was doing my TV show, The Doug Garrison Show, at your restaurant… Upfront & Company. Those were the days, huh? My memories of Upfront & Company are of a place that you could honestly ... Continue Reading
Bugsy’s World • Camping with Cannabis • Fire Alarm! • MAPS Candidate Forum • This Just In
Happy Plaidurday! The temperature dropped just in time for you to don your best plaid and celebrate Plaidurday! Plaidurday, the brain-child of local social influencer and self-proclaimed “doer of things,” Bugsy Sailor, began in earnest back in 2011, and takes place annually on the first Friday of October. The official ... Continue Reading
Getting Social • WZMQ’s New Beginning • Facebook Fatigue
From Social Distancing to Social Districting… It was just a couple weeks ago that the President announced the end of the pandemic. Granted, we’ve been inching back to normalcy for some time now, but it’s still nice to be given carte biden to shed the cloak of covid, once and for all. Notable in the comeback is ... Continue Reading
Some News… and Some Opinion
Let the Walls Come Tumbling Down The NMU Foundation held a press conference yesterday at the NMU Center to announce the official transition of the former hospital property ownership from UP Health System to the Foundation. We got to hear from some of the same people who have been out front of this deal since it ... Continue Reading
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