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EDITOR’S COLUMN: Art for art’s sake

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions, Top Stories January 10, 2024 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

We shouldn’t leave the arts only to prodigies. I have been around art my whole life. My mom taught choir and my dad moved from painting to furniture making. If […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Season’s spendings

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions, Top Stories November 29, 2023 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

Black Friday and Cyber Monday just marked the beginning of the spending spree we call the holidays. People today, especially Americans, hardly need a reason to indulge in more tech, […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Chilling free speech

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions, Top Stories November 15, 2023 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

One of my greatest frustrations with Ferris these past four years has been the overall neutrality of our campus culture. I thought that entering college during an election year, a […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Female billionaires are not the answer

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions November 8, 2023 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

When working towards a more equal society, we do not need billionaires of all shapes, sizes, colors and gender. We need less billionaires. Bloomberg broke the news late in October that […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Type B with straight As

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions, Top Stories November 1, 2023 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

To me, leadership has never been synonymous with dominance. I’ve found myself in leadership positions ever since I was a young student. Because of this, people assume I’m something like […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: What is a writer worth?

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions, Top Stories September 20, 2023 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

Four months into the Writers Guild of America strike, debates surrounding the value of human creativity are returning to Hollywood’s negotiation table. Along with standard contractual disputes including benefits and […]

Out with the old, in with the new

Columns, Culture, Top Stories August 17, 2023August 30, 2023 Blase Gapinski 0 Comments

The hub for all things Ferris MyFSU will be replaced with an updated platform that makes navigating life as students and faculty easier. Here’s a guide on what’s new and […]

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