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Posts by Tyler Hanan

Don’t tell me to put the phone away

Opinions January 22, 2014November 20, 2015 Tyler Hanan 0 Comments

Heads down, fingers tapping on a tiny screen, earbuds in – that’s the look that will dominate the sidewalks when it’s not quite so cold. Most people see this as […]

Getting down to business

Culture January 22, 2014November 20, 2015 Tyler Hanan 0 Comments

We like to live in the present, but college is all about building for the future. The college student’s best tool for that is actually leaving campus and finding an […]

Ringing in the holidays

Culture December 4, 2013November 20, 2015 Tyler Hanan

Christmas songs are on every radio station and everyone’s sipping on peppermint mochas. The holidays are here, and so is the annual Ferris and community holiday concert. The concert will […]

Jazzing up Big Rapids

Culture November 20, 2013November 20, 2015 Tyler Hanan

Ferris junior Doug Reed is jazzing up the Big Rapids music scene. A double major in accounting and finance, Reed has been playing the piano for 15 years. He lends […]

Piracy is passé anyway

Opinions November 13, 2013November 20, 2015 Tyler Hanan

Over the past decade, it has become unbelievably easy to download basically anything we’ve wanted. Now it’s becoming easier than ever to get these things legally. The government certainly helped […]

Mansions and mazes and monsters, oh my!

Culture October 16, 2013November 20, 2015 Tyler Hanan

Did you know Western Michigan is teeming with haunted houses, corn mazes, hayrides, pumpkin patches, cider mills, fall festivals and Halloween parties? It’s simply a matter of finding them. While […]

Pumpkin fun

Culture October 16, 2013November 20, 2015 Tyler Hanan

The forecast for this weekend is rain, rain, rain, but that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate the season. By Sunday, October will already be two-thirds over, with Halloween almost here. […]

Why so cynical?

Opinions October 16, 2013November 20, 2015 Tyler Hanan

Driving back to Ferris after an eventful weekend, a few young men tire of conversation and turn to the radio. Turning up the volume dial, a certain someone greets them. […]

James Gartner packs the room

Culture October 9, 2013November 20, 2015 Tyler Hanan

Acclaimed commercial and feature director James Gartner returned to Ferris, taking an hour to speak to students sitting where he himself had once sat. The business building had been abuzz […]

Architecture meets ArtPrize

Culture October 2, 2013November 20, 2015 Tyler Hanan 2 Comments

As a way of investigating sustainability, Ferris architecture professor Lauren Leibler assigned her Interior Architecture class to create an installation from everyday objects. What they did was work their way […]

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