Festival of the Arts

Festival of the Arts is set to begin its fifth year next week with numer­ous activ­i­ties tak­ing place in down­town Big Rapids.

On Monday, Jan. 30 at 6 p.m., Artworks will host the festival’s kick­off event, which is free and open to the pub­lic, cater­ing is pro­vided by the Blue Cow Café and Great Lakes Office Products. The month-long event holds work­shops and per­for­mances that fea­ture local cre­ative tal­ent in addi­tion to vis­its by regional and national artists and inno­va­tors. (more…)

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 over­all I’d con­sider myself more of a lib­er­tar­ian because of their free-market ideas, empha­sis on civil lib­er­ties and non-intervention over­seas. I think we need to end the Federal Reserve, con­trol the mil­i­tary indus­trial com­plex, legal­ize mar­i­juana and research into more health ben­e­fits of mar­i­juana. Ultimately, we need a smaller and more constitution-oriented gov­ern­ment.” (more…)

Even with the slow start, the Ferris State University men’s bas­ket­ball team came back from a 12 point half time deficit to blow out the Wildcats of Northern Michigan University.

After Thursday’s tough loss against Michigan Tech, the Bulldogs faced adver­sity after the first 20 min­utes of action against NMU. After Trailing 37–25 going into half time, it was time to make adjust­ments. (more…)

Due to inclement weather, classes and activ­i­ties after 5pm on the Big Rapids Campus are can­celled. The facil­i­ties for the uni­ver­sity will remain open as well as the Rapid shut­tle bus. For more infor­ma­tion and updates, check back to http://​www​.fsu​torch​.com or like us on Facebook at https://​www​.face​book​.com/​p​a​g​e​s​/​F​e​r​r​i​s​-​S​t​a​t​e​-​T​o​r​ch/ or on Twitter at http://​twit​ter​.com/​f​s​u​t​o​rch