A Night at the Recycling Center Ferris Recyclers will be taking and collecting recyclables at the recycling center in Big Rapids on Nov. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. Check […]
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Drinking 101
McClatchy, Tribune News Service (MCT) The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, Aug. 20: Last year about this time, a group of more than 100 college presidents […]
Things to Do on Campus, Big Rapids, Grand Rapids & More
Campus Fun Oct. 28 FSU Jazz Band Fall Concert, 8 p.m. – 9 p.m., Rankin Center Dome Room Oct. 29 3rd Annual Pumpkin Smash, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Quad […]
Torch News Briefs
Campus Wide Public Speaking Contest (Finals) On Oct. 28 the three finalists chosen from the preliminaries will speak on “Opportunity and Social Change.” The speakers will be in SCI 126 […]
What the Swine Flu Feels Like
Kaitlan Ware discusses how it felt to have the Swine flu Kaitlan Ware, a health information management/pre-nuclear medicine major, is still battling some symptoms resulting from the H1N1, or swine […]
Exposing the Nazis
Speaker Anna Rosmus discussed how she revealed her hometown’s secret [PullQuote1 quote=”We younger ones cannot change the past, what we can do is learn our lessons and make the future […]
Smile for Medicaid
For the sake of my pearly whites, I hope this overhaul works out I should consider myself lucky to have health insurance, but I cannot help but notice how flawed […]
Student Obituary
Joanna Westover died on Monday, October 19, 2009. Joanna Westover, a Ferris student and Big Rapids resident, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, October 19 at the age of 22. She […]
Where Have All the Good Toons Gone?
When I reflect back on my childhood, a pleasant memory that comes to mind is watching Nickelodeon cartoons back in the ‘90s.
In the past week, I’ve been in a nostalgic mood. I’ve been watching YouTube videos of Nickelodeon promos and the commercials. The ones that would run just before “All That” came on. “All That” was the original Saturday Night Live for kids and, I believe one, of the greatest shows of the ’90s, along with “The Amanda Show”, “Rugrats”, “The Angry Beavers” and many more.