I was asked some weeks ago where I would be going for spring break. “The bathroom, if I’m lucky,” I responded. This response is by no means inspired by my […]
Posts by Jonny Parshall
Maybe give professional soccer a chance, OK?
It was on a Saturday at turkey camp last spring. I ended the hunt early to watch my favorite American sports team, the Los Angeles Galaxy, face FC Dallas in […]
FLITE: Ferris Library for Increasing Tracts of Emptiness
I love our library, do not get me wrong. It is a beautiful building with five floors of numerous invaluable resources for young (and old) minds hellbent on honing their […]
Helluva Night
To see a full photo gallery from the concert, click here! Big Rapids is considered a decent-sized city by reputation, but on Friday, March 24, it was looking rather country. […]
America’s sweetheart
I will admit, I don’t have any Beyoncé songs on my iPod. But that’s because it’s 2017 and nobody has an iPod. What were you thinking? Moving forward. Those who […]
Dumped!
Students wishing to check materials out at Big Rapids Community Library using their Ferris IDs will soon hit a brick wall. As of May 2017, Big Rapids Community Library (BRCL) […]
Let me dine alone
It’s 11 a.m. Tuesday morning and I’m at the Quad Cafe. I’m standing because there is no place to sit. There are about 30 empty seats and yet, no place […]
Drilling holes and dropping poles
It was still dark when the 12 participants of day one of the First Annual Fundraiser Ice Fishing Tournament Series took to the frozen surface of Clear Lake just east […]
Buckets and buckets of filth
News pundits are calling it one of the nastiest presidential elections ever, with Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton hurling insults and publicly degrading each other’s personal […]
Kicking Our Butts
Before becoming a Ferris student I was enrolled at Lansing Community College (LCC) where I earned my Associate’s degree. LCC, since 2008, has been 100 percent tobacco-free. For the 10 […]