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Wednesday: Learning

Book relates to Native ‘Romeo and Juliet’ tale

MARQUETTE — Tribal lore mixes with tragedy in one notable book. In partnership with the Crystal Falls Community District Library and the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association, the U.P. Notable Book Club’s 24th author event will feature Carole Hare, a winner of the U.P. ...

Hartz files for clemency for federal prisoners

MARQUETTE — Documentation prepared and signed by Northern Michigan University history alumnus Logan Hartz during a “career-changing” internship for law school will end up on the desk of the president of the United States. While working for a nonprofit public interest law organization, he ...

Clay time is playtime

MARQUETTE — It can be a messy medium, but one that can produce beautiful works of art. Melissa Sprouse, owner of HOTplate Pottery, located in Marquette’s Masonic Square Mall, led a clay workshop at the Masonic Center on Friday where participants learned basic techniques in working with ...

Reader program selects books for 10th anniversary

MARQUETTE — The book selection for the 10th anniversary of Northern Michigan University’s Diversity Common Reader Program is “Being Seen: One Deaf-blind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism” by Elsa Sjunneson. The DCRP revolves around a nonfiction book of interdisciplinary interest that ...

Editors at Bartlett’s work to keep up with what’s quotable

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK — Books and speeches, lyrics and interviews, impulsive tweets and sworn testimony: Keeping up with all the words issued over the past decade might overwhelm anyone, but even more so if it’s your job to keep up. “Clearly, the speed of ...

Medical students win Mazzuchi Scholarships

MARQUETTE —Six medical students from the UP Campus of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine were named recipients of the Mazzuchi Scholarship: Amanda Ziminski, Alexander Stamm, Oliva Wiese, David Klemet, Galloway Thurston and Kyle Burton. Criteria for receiving the Mazzuchi ...