One Hundred Years of Learning By Bill Route, National Park Service In 2016 we celebrate one hundred years of the National Park Service (NPS), an agency born in 1916 and charged with managing select areas to preserve and commemorate nationally significant natural and cultural resources. National parks play an increasingly…
…Gulf of Mexico in “hops” of 600 to 700 miles, at 60 to 70 miles an hour. They tend to time their travel to catch strong tailwinds out of the north. That is, the “gales of November” that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald help speed the loons on their way. Nesting…
Ida Meyer of cabbie’s Tap generous to the end By Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel A former bar owner’s $200,000 gift to Northland College was secured one ten-cent beer at a time by students who met, mingled, and mated at the watering hole. “I might as well give it back…
By Adrian Wydeven, Northland College Timber Wolf Advisory Council, for the Wisconsin State Journal: CABLE—Senate Bill 602, and its companion Assembly Bill712, would be a major setback in responsible wildlife conservation and proper management of the state wolf population. The lawmakers sponsoring this legislation are misusing their role and responsibility…
In her undergrad days, Stephanie (Krohn) Schneider ‘03 studied natural resources but had little time for “frivolous electives” like Storytelling. Today, she realizes that organic chemistry is doing little to help sell the organically raised and pastured beef, pork, and lamb she and her husband, Andy Schneider, produce on their…
The American Sports Builders Association announced this week that the Northland College Ponzio Stadium has been named as one of the best single field facilities in country. The ASBA recognizes and promotes excellence in sports facility design and construction throughout the United States and will vote on the top facility…
Alums Remember Cabbie’s Tap owners Jean Anne (O’Brien) Case 1958 I grew up in Ashland but attended Northland and did stay in the dorm one year. I mostly remember spending a lot of time in Cabbie’s because the age to get into a beer bar was eighteen and they…
