Last weekend, like every first weekend of November, we set our clocks back an hour, possibly for the last time. In March, just after we “sprung ahead,” the U.S. Senate […]
Editor’s Column
EDITORS COLUMN: Senioritis is here
This week, some members of the Torch went to Washington D.C. for MediaFest 2022, and as I sit in my hotel bar writing this column, I can’t tell you how […]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: A sense of pride
Aug. 4, 2020, is a day I remember like it was yesterday. 7:03 a.m., groggy, half-dressed, still in my basketball shorts from the night before and not having had a […]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: We’re watching
For the first time in Michigan history, two women have the gubernatorial nomination from the two major political parties. They took the stage on Thursday, Oct. 13, for the first […]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Why must we ‘come out?’
Dec. 5 will mark seven years since I first came out as gay. I say first because you’re never truly done coming out. It’s something I’m sure I’ve done thousands […]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: We want to hear from you
Something I often forget when working at the Torch is that we’re not the only ones with something to say. While at our core we have a wonderful staff of […]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Ad-ggervated
As the 2022 mid-term elections loom closer and closer, we’re again inundated with mass amounts of political advertising. Whether it be smear campaigns before your YouTube videos or texts asking […]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: iThink we’ve hit a wall
It’s apple season folks. From honey crisp to fuji, to iPhone and Apple Watch, fall is here. As we’ve come to expect over the last decade, the arrival of September […]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: You’ll never know if you don’t ask
Last semester I found myself in a predicament: I was expected to write a paper on a rhetorician, and I was hitting wall after wall in my research. I couldn’t […]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Find the fun in Big Rapids
When I started at Ferris three scarily short years ago, I was here for the journalism program. I loved the small class sizes, the hands on opportunities at the Torch […]