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Politics

Experts on Middle Eastern history speak at “Understanding Gaza”

News, Politics, Social Issues, The world at large, University News April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

Today marks 200 days since Hamas’ invasion of Israeli territory. At last Tuesday’s panel, however, Political Science professor David Takitaki remarked that the conflict in Palestine stretches farther back than […]

Gotion brings national politics to Big Rapids

News, Politics, Top Stories October 11, 2023 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy spoke against the upcoming Gotion factory at Majestic Friesians Horse Farm north of campus. “Independence from Communist China” is high on Ramaswamy’s list of policy […]

Big Rapids activists hold women’s rally

News, Politics, Top Stories November 2, 2022November 1, 2022 Marissa Russell 0 Comments

With abortion rights on the midterm election ballot, Ferris and Big Rapids community members gathered in Mitchell Creek Park to show support for women and reproductive rights. The Feminist Majority […]

Clarifying Gov. Whitmer’s expansion of birth control access

News, Politics, The world at large October 5, 2022October 6, 2022 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

On Sept. 19th, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released a statement publicizing pharmacists’ ability to prescribe self-administered, hormonal birth control. While this is not new, Whitmer aims to expand access to birth […]

Facebook’s bad week

News, Politics, The world at large, Top Stories October 20, 2021October 19, 2021 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

Time is money Social media users were unable to access websites owned by Facebook for over six hours in the Oct. 4 outage. This cut off both social and professional communication within the […]

Looking forward federally

Politics, Social Issues, Special Editions February 20, 2021April 27, 2021 Rebecca Vanderkooi 0 Comments

On Jan. 20 Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. Since taking office he’s signed dozens of executive orders, including some dealing with racial equity.   “Equal […]

Woman sells racist clothing on Big Rapids Facebook group

News, Politics, Social Issues January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 Rebecca Vanderkooi 0 Comments

An ad for racist clothing was posted in the “Big Rapids Online Sales Group” on Facebook this Saturday, resulting in backlash from the community.   Haley Joe from Big Rapids designed hoodies […]

Political engagement on campus focuses on uniting, not dividing

News, Politics, Top Stories November 16, 2020November 17, 2020 Rebecca Vanderkooi 0 Comments

This election season has had the largest voter turnout in over a century, and first-time student voters showed up in unprecedented numbers.  There has been a movement of young people […]

Stop attacking poll workers’ integrity

News, Opinions, Politics November 10, 2020 Noah Kolenda 0 Comments

On Nov. 3, I walked into the Mecosta Township Hall, put down my things, poured myself a cup of coffee and took my oath. “I do solemnly swear that I […]

BIDEN WINS ELECTION

News, Politics, Top Stories November 10, 2020November 13, 2020 Ry Rodriguez 0 Comments

After four days of counting votes, Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 Presidential Election. The president-elect won the electoral college with 290 electors in his favor to […]

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