Student speech competition brings issues center stage At this fall’s Campus Wide Public Speaking Competition, three students presented a speech on a topic regarding “Opportunity and Social Change.” Originally, 13 […]
Year: 2009
Coming Together for the Holidays
Student government annual food drive helps Big Rapids’ families in need The third annual student government “Coming together for the holidays” food drive hopes to gather 7,500 pounds of food […]
Things to Do on Campus, Big Rapids, Grand Rapids & More
Campus Fun Nov. 2-20 “3 Works” Photogrophy Exhibit, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Rankin Art Gallery Nov. 5 Shop Til’ You Drop Women’s Expo, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Rankin […]
Flowers Smell Great, but Farts Mean More
A belch is a pretty sincere “I love you” There are many ways to measure the progress of a relationship, but what about the first belch? The first date, the […]
Health Care: Out-of-Pocket
Throughout this series of articles, I have covered systems of health care such as the Bismarck, Beveridge and National Health Insurance models, but this week it is a different type […]
Debate’s New Direction
The debate and forensics team is looking for success with a new coach and several young members The Ferris State debate and forensics team is starting out a successful year […]
Soccer Season Ends
The Ferris soccer team dropped its last two games of season The Bulldogs’ two-game winning streak was snapped after a 3-0 loss to the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals on Oct. […]
General Education: We All Have Something to Learn
Megan Coady’s recent op-ed piece in the Torch, “Being well rounded may put a hole in your pocketbook” reflects a common disconnect between student and university expectations regarding the purpose […]
Disorderly Conduct on Campus
Tire Damage On Oct. 23 at 5 p.m., there was a report of two car tires damaged in Lot 5. No suspects. Student MIP On Oct. 22 at 6:25 a.m., […]