Social media expansion has led to an Internet explosion and the coining of a new term we as a society are intimately being familiarized with: The troll. Historically, a troll […]
Posts by Jax Anger
Math-lexia
It’s Sunday night. I’m in front of the computer, staring at the same screen I’ve been in front of for six hours today, trying to remember how to divide fractions […]
Snyder told me unions don’t matter
This weekend I was privileged to attend the annual Michigan Press Association conference, an event held each year to network and recognize the power of journalism in the State of […]
Breaking up
Winter break this year seemed extraordinarily long. With my finals wrapping up early, I had an entire month off to be in the wilderness of freedom and do what other […]
Sexiest Truck Competition
The Torch started an Internet competition in October to determine who had the “sexiest truck” in the greater Big Rapids area. With over 100 submissions and an audience base of […]
A Scher thing
In a scene titled “The Peasants” in the movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” King Arthur speaks with a peasant named Dennis who tells Arthur about the system in […]
St. Antler’s Day
I love the taste of venison, but the problem I have with hunting isn’t sacrificing a deer for the greater good of culinary delicacies; it deals with my own slovenly […]
The bottom line: facing down budget cuts
We’re the only college newspaper in a 60 mile radius and represent a student voice for the thousands of students at Ferris. Without us, you’d never know about all the […]
Coming out of the broom closet
I’m a Pagan. There, I said it. But that’s not the end of the story. I’m also a witch and I have been practicing witchcraft for over a decade. I […]
The touch of a button
We all use social media sites to creep on the cute guy in class or the girl who helped us at Starbucks. However, social media is much more important to […]