MARQUETTE - With tunes like "I'm from South Marquette" and "Guess who's coming to sauna - Heikki Lunta," the third annual Upper Peninsula Folk Life Festival kicked off Friday, set to celebrate everything that makes up life in the U.P.
I have some songs and pieces to recommend - for jogging, bicycling, walking around campus or generally any activity that has you moving outdoors (or writing a paper, if you must). I am not here to bash anyone's taste in music or to brag about my own. I am writing this article because it is a celebration of the end of winter, and I love recommending music as much as I love hearing others ...
It’s 2 a.m. The weatherman warned about a heat wave tonight. You have to wake up early to pick something up at the store before work tomorrow. You’re lying in your bed, the hot summer air pounding against your closed window. “Why isn’t the air conditioning working?” you wonder to yourself. Your dry, scratchy comforter grows tangled around your limbs as you toss and turn, in search of some level of comfort. Your body feels wet from perspiration, and you want nothing more than for your bed to tran