Bemidji State University

with the Mass Comm. Dept. at the influence of James McMahon, the public relations director for Bemidji State at the time, who also served as the newspaper's adviser. In 1988, the newspaper was produced through Newspaper Production, a three-credit Mass Comm. course taught and advised by Louise Mengelkoch. During this period, the Northern Student stopped receiving funds from the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee, and was produced strictly on advertising revenue. After a lawsuit, the Northern Student and Mass Comm. Dept. separated in 1992, and the newspaper relocated to the Hobson Memorial Union. Al Nohner, director of Communications and Marketing, created a media board of faculty, students, and community members to choose future editors-in-chief and advisers, as well as to advise the newspaper. A few years later, the Northern Student began receiving funds from the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee again. For over a decade the Northern Student functioned outside the Mass Comm. Dept. In the fall …