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A crowd at the opening of the Student Diversity Center

Student Diversity Center Opens

Nearly one hundred people attended the opening of the Northland College Student Diversity Center, located on the first floor of Mead Hall. Guest speaker Doctor Carla J. Bailey, senior minister at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis, Minn. and an activist, talked about the importance of getting involved in social justice…

Film class and wild rice parching

Filmmaker, Students Document Harvest

…of the communities in the region. Eight students with be showing a collection of short segments at the Big Water Film Festival opening night at Northland College Alvord Theatre Thursday, November 5 at 7 p.m. The student films include: Wild Rice by Axel Peterman, Manoomin by Dane Hildebrandt, Mino Aki…

Ponzio Stadium

Ponzio Stadium recognized as one of the best

…in December at its annual conference. Some 600 people attended the grand opening of the stadium last September and men’s and women’s soccer and men and women’s lacrosse played on the field this past year. The stadium has also hosted community flag football games, youth soccer camps and games, regional…

Native American dancers

Northland Celebrates Indigenous Cultures Awareness Month

…of Lacrosse 6-8 p.m. Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute March 17 Indigenous Resistance: Art Exhibit & Lecture 6-8:30 p.m. Dexter Library 6 p.m. Opening reception for exhibit of linocut and silkscreen prints of indigenous struggles in Mexico from artist collectives. 7 p.m. Aurora Conley of Bad River Ojibwe Presents: From Bad…

Randy Lehr and Peter Annin stand together outside the Alvord Theatre at Northland College.

Burke Center Officially Launches

Annin, Lehr address crowd of 100 A highlight of the Northland College Fall Festival weekend of events took place Friday at the Alvord theater as some 100 people attended the opening of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation, a center devoted to freshwater science, environmental literacy, communication and…

Visiting lecturer Brendan Baylor in his studio

Artist takes fresh look at historical clearcut

By Katherine Sorenson ’16 Brendan Baylor, a visiting art instructor at Northland College, has created a visceral woodcut print depicting the history of clearcutting in northern Wisconsin. The opening reception for his exhibition, Tracing Power: The Ecology and Economy of Place, will be held Friday, October 16 from 5-7 p.m….

Literature and the natural world: a conference for educators

…literature to increase young people’s ability to ask questions about the world around them, speculate, hypothesize, seek information and develop questions. • Strategies for meeting state common core standards for environmental education and English language arts. • Optional wolf howl excursion on Thursday evening, following an opening reception and presentation….

Northland College student Gretchen Hamernik-Winters dogsledding as part of internship.

Working with Animals

Gretchen Hamernik-Winters is a pre-veterinarian student at Northland College, who has set big goals for herself. “I would love to work as a zoo vet with the potential of opening my own rehabilitation center for zoos that close as well as for wildlife that can no longer live in the…

Banner for The Metropole

The Metropole: Mickey Spillane's Hell of a Town

…seek points far beyond those two ends. The “GWB” serves as the mise-en-scene for the opening scene of Mickey Spillane’s cold war novel One Lonely Night (1951), a place where his protagonist alter-ego Mike Hammer seeks solace from a “soft little judge” who has spurned him Downtown. As Hammer narrates,…

Glass of beer sitting next to Cabbie's Tap logo.

Ten-cent Taps, Lasting Romance & Ida's Special Sauce

…“Mona Lisa’s Moustache” and my roommate Sandy and I did the opening number to the tune of Baa, Baa, Baa. The lyrics began: From the tables down at Cabbie’s to the breezeway out at Monk’s—baa, baa, baa! Definitely a tribute to the fact that we all considered Cabbie’s a part…