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EDITOR’S COLUMN: The final push

Columns, Opinions, Top Stories December 3, 2025December 3, 2025 Blase Gapinski 0 Comments

As I head into my last semester at Ferris, I’m surprised by how much I’m looking forward to what comes next.  For the first time since arriving on campus, the […]

Letter to the editor

Columns, Letters to the Editor, Opinions November 12, 2025November 12, 2025 Torch Guest Writer 0 Comments

Jake McGaha – Guest Writer Dear Editor-in-Chief Blase Gapinski On behalf of the Student Government Association for Ferris State University, I would like to thank you for your invitation to […]

TORCH EDITORIAL BOARD: Future of the Torch

Columns, Editorials, Top Stories October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 Blase Gapinski 0 Comments

Many changes are happening to the Torch’s special editions section, and this column will guide readers through what exactly will be changing, how the issues will look different and what […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Thank you, Torch

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions April 24, 2024April 23, 2024 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

I am finally passing the Torch and have the graduation cap to prove it. Working at this newspaper since freshman year has easily been the most influential piece of my college experience. […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Bare faced

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions April 17, 2024April 24, 2024 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

In preparation for big moves following graduation, I’ve started the journey of donating or throwing away half of everything I own. One item to recently meet the trash was a […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Dear freshmen

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions April 10, 2024April 9, 2024 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

Dear freshmen, As summer break approaches and the sun emerges from the clouds in the shade of Big Rapids gray, I know you’re itching to get out. If you haven’t […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Running away

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions April 3, 2024April 2, 2024 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

I have 36 days until I walk across the commencement stage and 50 days until I run away to the Rocky Mountains. For many years, I’ve dedicated my life to […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Behind the wheel

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions March 20, 2024 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

On my 16th birthday, I failed my road test trying to parallel park. This convinced me that I was a terrible driver and that I would never get better. I […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Victim complex

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions, Top Stories February 7, 2024 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

In Michigan, we know that if you never find joy in snow, you’ll have less of a joyous life but the same amount of snow. I recently finished reading the […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Why I boycott

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions, Top Stories January 17, 2024 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

No matter how easy it is to feel helpless while reading about another war, I believe it is important to remember the power of our own wallets. The world put […]

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