Jess Oakes | Guest Contributor The greatest compliment I get is that I am just like my mom. She is smart, selfless, hilarious, gorgeous, strong and she hates every photo […]
Posts by Torch Guest Writer
More than a slogan
Dr. Jen Coburn | Guest Contributor “Pay Us What You Owe Us” is not just a slogan created by WNBA players in their quest for pay parity in women’s professional […]
Special qualifications, special responsibilities
Emily Fransted | Guest Contributor In 1873, Justice Joseph Bradley memorialized his perception of the differences between men and women in a judicial opinion in the case of Bradwell v […]
The importance of common unity
As I reflect on the recognition of Black History Month every February, I am reminded of two things that have both historical and present-day relevance to our university. First, our […]
From the grassroots
I didn’t grow up looking up to Martin Luther King Jr. I couldn’t relate to his story. My father wasn’t a pastor and I wasn’t a church boy. My role […]
My experience with figure skating and Black History Month
When I was six years old, my grandmother put me in a winter get-up, snowpants and all, took me to an ice rink and placed me in skating classes. At […]
Letter to the editor
Jake McGaha – Guest Writer Dear Editor-in-Chief Blase Gapinski On behalf of the Student Government Association for Ferris State University, I would like to thank you for your invitation to […]
A battle of emotions, excellence and integrity
Brandon Wirth – Torch Guest Writer Those who know the game by that name need no further explanation. Whether you are a fan, staff member or athlete, you know there’s […]
We are not milk
Homogenized. A familiar word that is well associated with mass-produced milk. To homogenize is to make something similar or uniform. For milk, it is a process to emulsify and make […]
Governed by terror
I wasn’t always afraid to come to work. I realized that I was transgender in the summer of 2020. I know it’s not the story you’ve heard before, but it […]