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White Pine Press Student-run newspaper of Northwestern Michigan College. Located in basement of Scholar's Hall. "We

NMC's student run newspaper brings students the latest news, opinion, arts and entertainment, and much more! The White Pine Press comes out every other Thursday and is distributed in and around campus. Distribution: 231.995.1322
Advertising: 231.995.1349
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03/03/2025

Hispanic NMC students prepare for threat of in-campus immigration arrests. Read the cover story in our Feb. 27 edition of the White Pine Press, the award-winning, student-run newspaper at Northwestern Michigan College. Pick up your copy on campus or at locations around Traverse City, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com. After his inauguration on Jan. 20, president Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders on immigration, border security, and citizenship. Moving to unconstitutionally end birthright citizenship, designating the Mexican cartels as “Foreign Terrorist Organizations,” and reviving plans to finish the border wall, are all just a few pieces of his border and migration plan. Then, on Jan. 22, he declared a national emergency at the southern border and allowed ICE immigration to perform arrests in schools and hospitals, previous no-go zones. While NMC is considered a “Sensitive Location” under new ICE policy, on-campus arrests are still possible.

03/01/2025

Hawk Owl Cafe Student Subcommittee Forms Over Student Concerns. The Hawk Owl Cafe, Northwestern Michigan College's resident restaurant and snack-bar, is the center of much of student life and community, and now also of change and student representation. Up until now, students have not provided much input on restaurant policies, such as food choices, pricing, or hours. That is changing. Leading this charge is Mattathias Kithinji, the President of the Student Government Association (SGA) at NMC. Read the story in our Feb. 13 edition of the White Pine Press, NMC's award-winning, student-run newspaper. Pick up your copy on campus or around town, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

02/28/2025

Wolves at work: Restoring Balance to Michigan's Ecosystems. Wolves have historically been depicted as bloodthirsty predators and a threat to human livelihood, essentially fueling a nationwide war on wolves throughout the 1800’s and 1900’s. Michigan was no exception, and wolves were believed to be abolished by humans from Michigan’s lower peninsula by 1910. This left a very small population of wolves in the Upper Peninsula, who were only able to repopulate since becoming federally protected by the Endangered Species Act in 1974. Since their protection, they have been able to maintain a healthy population in the Upper Peninsula, which has greatly benefitted local ecosystems. Read the story in our Feb. 13 edition of the White Pine Press, the award-winning, student-run newspaper at Northwestern Michigan College. Pick up your copy on campus or around town, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

02/27/2025

NMC Pride discusses anti-LGBTQ Executive Orders and What That Could Mean for the Community. It's no secret that LGBTQ+ rights are being jeopardized by the Trump administration. This has been done almost entirely through executive orders, which the American Civil Liberties Union defines as “a written directive, signed by the president, that orders the government to take specific actions to ensure ‘the laws be faithfully executed.’” Read the story in our Feb. 13 edition of the White Pine Press, the award-winning, student-run newspaper at Northwestern Michigan College. Pick up your copy on campus or around Traverse City, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

02/26/2025

President Trump’s DEI Rollback Has Minimal Impact on NMC, but Affects Select Maritime Academy Programs. In wake of the recent executive orders, Marcus Bennett, the Special Assistant to the Northwestern Michigan College President for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, stressed the importance of creating belonging on campus. “If you don’t have a sense of belonging, you’re not gonna stay here at NMC, and then the D, the E, and the I is never going to happen,” explained Bennett. Read the story in our Feb. 13 edition of the White Pine Press, NMC's award-winning, student-run newspaper. Pick up your copy on campus or around Traverse City, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

02/25/2025

Created in the Fall of 2023, Northwestern Michigan College's mobile pantry is an additional outreach effort extending from NMC’s stationary food pantry that has existed since 2017. The mobile pantry always takes place on Mondays, 3-5pm in the Maple Lot on NMC campus. The next few drives will take place on March 3 and 17, April 7 and 21. It is set up as a “drive thru,” making attendance easy and hassle free. No car is necessary to participate though, and “walk throughs” are welcome. Read the story in our Feb. 13 edition of the White Pine Press, NMC's award-winning, student-run newspaper. Pick up your copy on campus or around Traverse City, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

02/24/2025

Neighbors for Nature Advocate For Preserving NMC's Eastern Avenue Woods. Reporter Minnie Bardenhagen recently interviewed leaders of the advocacy group, Neighbors For Nature, a group which was founded after community members learned that Northwestern Michigan College was planning to develop a portion of the Eastern Avenue Woods, or what they call the 55 acres, for college housing. Read the cover story in our Feb. 13 edition of the White Pine Press, NMC's award-winning, student-run newspaper. Pick up your copy on campus or around Traverse City, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

02/19/2025

Helping Within the Community: Insight of a Host Home. "I have always had the mindset and heart of a caregiver," writes Emily Fitzgerald. "I have always helped others and in some cases, given my last dollar because someone needed it more than me. Although I decided not to have children, I have always wanted to be able to help children in need. It is so disheartening that there are so many children in need of basic needs such as food, safe shelter, and someone who cares, and how easy it is for them to fall by the wayside." Read more in our January 30 edition of the White Pine Press, the award-winning, student-run newspaper at Northwestern Michigan College. Pick up a copy on campus or around Traverse City, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

02/18/2025

Combatting Cost: The Path to NMC’s Bold Sustainable Energy Initiative. Northwestern Michigan College's ambitions for the future include revamping the energy systems of several major buildings. Over the next several years, Scholars Hall, the Osterlin Building, the Tanis Building, the Biderman Building, and the Health & Science building will all join the Innovation Center in being powered by geothermal energy. The geothermal energy project will change the source of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, or HVAC, to heat energy from deep within the earth. “Natural gas and boilers are kind of the status quo”, says Troy Kierczynski, Vice President of Finance and Administration. “The reason why you don’t hear about [geothermal energy] very often is because it needs more exposure, but I think cost is the typical barrier that kind of forces people to keep thinking the same way.” Read more in our January 30 edition of the White Pine Press , the award-winning, student-run newspaper at NMC. Pick up a copy on campus or around Traverse City, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

02/17/2025

Moodle to Canvas - NMC switches Learning Management Systems. Northwestern Michigan College is looking to change learning management systems, or LMS for short. The college has been using Moodle for the past 15 years, and will soon make the change to Canvas. Ben Post, NMC’s Senior Educational Technology Specialist, had this to say about the switch. “The official end date of Moodle will be the fall of 2025 semester. Next August, Moodle will no longer be in use at NMC. After years of researching, we have found that students prefer Canvas, and expect the transition to be smooth for students.” Read more in our January 30 edition of the White Pine Press, the award-winning, student-run newspaper at NMC. Pick up a copy on campus or around Traverse City, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

02/03/2025

Here, there be dragons… A peek inside wood-firing at NMC. Northwestern Michigan College ceramics teacher Laura Korch has more than 25 years of experience with the craft. She has a masters degree from Arizona State University, and currently teaches ceramics 1, 2, and sculpture 1. In the past, she has also taught 3D design as well as modern art history. Though she’s been at NMC since 2023, she has been teaching ceramics in general since 2005. Read the cover story in our January 30 edition of the White Pine Press, the award-winning, student-run newspaper at NMC. Pick up a copy on campus or around Traverse City, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

12/23/2024

Local Band Earth Radio Shatters The Senses at Milliken Auditorium. On Nov. 7, the band Earth Radio (their name alluding to them being the “voice of the Earth”) appeared at Milliken Auditorium for a psychedelic show, along with openers Sosohifi, and visual projection artist Super Nuclear. Read more in our current edition of the White Pine Press, the award-winning, student-run newspaper at Northwestern Michigan College. Pick up your copy on campus or around town, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

12/22/2024

Bridging the Gap: A Peek Into The New Grand Traverse Mental Health Crisis and Access Center. Northern Lakes Community Health, partnered with Munson Healthcare, officially opens the Grand Traverse Mental Health Crisis and Access Center on Jan. 5, 2025, to help fill the void of mental health resources in Traverse City. Like so many other cities and towns in the country, Traverse City desperately needs more mental health resources. The emergency room and the urgent care facilities often see mental health patients because they don’t know where else to go or they cannot get into a psychiatrist or other mental health provider for an extended period of time. Read more in our current edition of the White Pine Press, the award-winning, student-run newspaper at Northwestern Michigan College. Pick up your copy on campus or around town, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

12/21/2024

Does Traverse City Make a Difference in the Fight for Clean Energy? The surface of our planet is approximately 197 million square miles, and on it is a population of about 8.2 billion people. Within that space, according to a recent report by Climate Trace, the cities with the most emissions are Tokyo, New York, Houston, and Seoul. New York City, the largest city in the United States in terms of population, has over 8 million people and about 300 square miles of land. Read more in our current edition of the White Pine Press, the award-winning, student-run newspaper at Northwestern Michigan College. Pick up your copy on campus or around town, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

12/20/2024

Climate Policy and The Importance of Public Value. On Nov. 14 the White Pine Press conducted an exclusive interview with John Pournoor on climate policy prior to his International Affairs Forum-Traverse City speech at the Dennos Museum. Pournoor has extensive experience in government affairs and is the founder and CEO of Government Analytica. Read more in our current edition of the White Pine Press, the award-winning, student-run newspaper at Northwestern Michigan College. Pick up your copy on campus or around town, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

12/19/2024

Where Does Local Cheese Come From? As the temperatures outside drops, nothing sounds better than enjoying a warm bowl of tomato cheddar soup accompanied by a crispy grilled cheese sandwich. But where exactly does the star of that cozy fall meal, cheese, come from? Boss Mouse Cheese Read more in our current edition of the White Pine Press, the award-winning, student-run newspaper at Northwestern Michigan College. Pick up your copy on campus or around town, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

12/18/2024

Students Advocate Change in a Walk for Health and Housing. The ninth annual “Walk for Health and Housing,” a walk around downtown Traverse City that raises awareness on the city’s homeless population and the resources they have available headed in part by NMC, occurred on Nov. 20, and dozens of students were seen showing their support by attending and carrying posters with messages such as “open your eyes, open your heart. Homelessness is real, let’s do our part.” Read more in our current edition of the White Pine Press, the award-winning, student-run newspaper at Northwestern Michigan College. Pick up your copy on campus or around town, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

12/17/2024

Pines Population Prepares For Eviction. The fate of those who live in the Pines encampment in Grand Traverse Commons is an issue that has raised concern for many who live in Traverse City. It was recently announced that the Traverse City Police Department is planning to remove the unhoused people who are living in the encampment through the enforcement of an existing anti-camping ordinance that classifies overnight camping in a park as a civil infraction. This means that violators will be fined for camping in a public space, and can even be committed to jail for refusing to pay. Read more in our current edition of the White Pine Press, the award-winning, student-run newspaper at Northwestern Michigan College. Pick up your copy on campus or around town, or read it online at WhitePinePressTC.com.

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NMC's student run newspaper brings students the latest news, opinion, arts and entertainment, and much more! The White Pine Press is a bi-monthly publication distributed every other Friday on NMC campus and at local Traverse City businesses. Distribution: 231.995.1322 Advertising: 231.995.1349 Fax: 231.995.2110