The alert messages sent in December regarding an armed man on campus have left many students wondering how the Department of Public Safety (DPS) handles alerts. At 5:50 p.m. Dec. […]
Posts by Grant Siddall
Jingle all the way
It’s officially the season of giving and many Bulldogs are embracing the holiday spirit by volunteering in the community. The Salvation Army offers consistent opportunities for students to give back […]
Honorable problems
Ferris’ honors program has extremely low retention and fewer benefits than competing universities, so why doesn’t Ferris invest more in honors? The honors program at Ferris requires participants to maintain […]
Need a Lyft?
Whether you don’t have a car, or you want to get back safely from the bar, rideshare apps make affordable travel easier. Public transportation in Big Rapids is basically limited […]
Tainted love
Click here for more coverage on lead in the water at Ferris. While lead levels in the water of Flint have decreased significantly over the last year, lead levels have […]
Semester siestas
The negative impact of sleep deprivation is something that many students deal with on a regular basis. A 2016 study done by Jawbone, the creator of a sleep tracker, gathered […]
Profit problems
As Ferris continues to struggle with enrollment, the budget has continued to shrink. Out of the 15 Michigan Public Universities, Ferris is in the majority as one of nine universities […]
Opinionated graduates
In last year’s graduate survey, the vast majority of students who had just graduated had positive reactions to multiple questions about their time at Ferris. Every year when students fill […]
Tenure troubles
A study at Northwestern University indicates that tenured professors perform worse than non-tenured and some Ferris students agree. The study, “Are Tenure Track Professors Better Teachers?” was released in 2013 […]
JFK assassination documents released
Who really killed John F. Kennedy and why? It’s a question many conspiracy theorists have been asking since 1963. On Thursday, October 26, the National Archives and Records Administration began […]