kurt Melville Last Thursday, Jan. 16, Gov. Rick Snyder delivered, for the fourth time, the annual State of the State address to lawmakers, Michigan Supreme Court justices and other government […]
Month: January 2014
Year-round commitment
The football team won’t hit the gridiron for another seven months, but that doesn’t mean that they are slouching through January. For many, the college football offseason is a time […]
Lights out
Due to two unrelated power outages across campus, many students spent their first day back learning in dark classrooms. “This is the first time in my 27 years [at Ferris], […]
Tunnel of Oppression exposes cruel history
Nooses lined the ceiling in the Ward Hall basement, depicting the oppression once prevalent in the United States. The Tunnel of Oppression, hosted by the Housing and Residence Life’s Harmony […]
Don’t tell me to put the phone away
Heads down, fingers tapping on a tiny screen, earbuds in – that’s the look that will dominate the sidewalks when it’s not quite so cold. Most people see this as […]
Ready for Rotta
With another new head coach at the helm, Ferris Softball has begun to prepare for the 2014 season. Ferris’ softball program is coming off a season where they went 29-16 […]
Happy hooping
Your best dance partner follows your every move and never steps on your toes. It’s light, bright and graceful. Ask not who this dream partner is; it is the hula […]
Ferris named most efficient university
Ferris State University was recently named the most efficient university in Michigan for keeping student costs low. Since 2000, Ferris has seen a 38.6 percent decline in the amount of […]
Getting down to business
We like to live in the present, but college is all about building for the future. The college student’s best tool for that is actually leaving campus and finding an […]
ROTC hosts first lab
The Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corp (ROTC) hosted their first lab of the semester by teaching new students the proper way to salute, dress and act. The ROTC is a […]