Now that the weather is finally starting to warm up, Ferris students are going to start seeing hookahs popping up around campus. There seems to be a lot of enthusiasm […]
Posts by Zach Smith
Women’s history
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Torch is highlighting moments in our 70-year history impacting the lives of women at Ferris State University. Since first being acknowledged as Women’s […]
Are you kidding me?!
The Associated Press recently ran a story about the New York Police Department keeping tabs on various Muslim student organizations across the North-East. Several universities across the country have been […]
Changes to Kronos policies
With many students being caught falsifying their hours, Ferris is looking to adopt new policies to better guard against similar actions. A new policy is now in place for Kronos, […]
Contraceptives to go
It was recently announced that Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania has a vending machine in their health facility that provides Plan B contraceptives for students. Plan B contraceptives, similar to the […]
Battle of beliefs
Zach Wahls has become an overnight sensation with his viral YouTube video speaking out for LGBT rights in Iowa and about his lesbian mothers. Ferris State recently had the privilege […]
Time for an open border
We have a certain pride of our Americanism in this country and sometimes we view ourselves not as a separate people, but one entity–several individuals making up one America. Yet […]
Walk or drive with caution
Big Rapids is no stranger to snow and cold weather. It comes as no surprise to anyone to see campus being pounded with snow and ice this year just as […]
Red vs. Blue
Sean Duchaine Senior, biology “I back the candidates and ideas which have the most common sense. I have some feelings that sway democratic and some that are more republican, but […]
The costly truth
To many students, drinking seems to be a rite of passage in college life. In many circles, alcohol use is simply the norm. Yet, normal as it may seem, alcohol […]