North bound and south bound State Street will have lane closures through Nov. 6 because of construction on the Michigan College of Optometry project. On the North bound side of […]
Posts by Ben Thayer
Greyhounds rally late, nip Bulldogs
The Bulldogs saw their 13-point fourth-quarter lead evaporate on Saturday as the Indianapolis Greyhounds scored 17 unanswered points to steal the victory. Ferris is 5-4 overall and 5-3 in conference […]
Democracy at work?
Tim Skubick put it best when he said “democracy doesn’t work when voters don’t know the candidates’ names they are voting for.” I have heard on numerous occasions that people […]
Candidate bios
Governor Virg Bernero (D) Lansing Mayor Bernero previously served as a legislator for the Michigan Senate and Michigan State House of Representatives. Brenda Lawrence is running for Lieutenant Governor as […]
T-Shirt Debate
Last week the Torch published a controversial article and photo on the front page of the newspaper about two students selling T-shirts. By now I’m sure most of you have […]
Bulldogs split series with Buckeyes
The Ferris State hockey team is 4-2 overall this season after earning one victory against Ohio State over the weekend. The Bulldogs are 1-1 in CCHA play following their conference-opening […]
Respect
Respect is seldom inherently bestowed upon a person automatically. Respect must be earned. Within any organization there is a hierarchy, a chain of command, from the president or CEO down […]
FSU mourns student death
Ferris student Erik E. Williams, a 19-year-old Howard City resident, died on Oct. 14 at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids. Williams was in his second year of the Pre-Criminal Justice […]
Grammatical inefficiency
Of all the academic knowledge a student can learn while in school none is more important than the use of correct grammar. The spell check function on word-processing software has […]
Dawgs’ Day
The Bulldog football team is 4-1 and has flown under the radar for the first half of the season. For a team that won one game last year, everyone had […]