Xander Walsh car­ries a heavy load around the Ferris State cam­pus, but he’s not com­plain­ing. He wants to add a few more ounces to his right hip.

Walsh has fash­ioned a black gun hol­ster while on cam­pus to raise aware­ness for the con­cealed carry of a pis­tol on Ferris grounds. Currently, state law pro­hibits the carry of a con­cealed weapon on uni­ver­sity property.

“People can carry in a lot of places around Michigan, and we trust the good, hon­est, law-abiding cit­i­zens to do so. We don’t think that the right to carry [a pis­tol] should end when they come onto cam­pus,” Walsh, Ferris junior in pro­fes­sional golf man­age­ment, said. (more…)

Ferris stu­dents won’t have to travel to Grand Rapids to attend a large scale con­cert, as Ferris’ Music Industry Management Association (MIMA) has announced next year’s Autumn Alive plans.

Changes to the annual per­for­mance include a four or five act show on two dif­fer­ent stages with a DJ booth placed in between the two.

“When I go to most shows, I feel bored by the end of it because I’ve been stand­ing in the same spot. But with this, I can move and go watch the DJ per­form,” David Lebin, gen­eral mem­ber of MIMA, said. (more…)

As far back as 1995 for­mer Ferris State men’s head bas­ket­ball coach Bill Sall’s fin­ger­prints were all over the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Sall was a top assis­tant for the Bulldogs, even serv­ing as Interim Head Coach dur­ing the 1995–96 cam­paign at one point. Yet the Athletic Department was not ready to make him top dog in 1998, caus­ing Sall to leave for Hillsdale. (more…)

Seniors Morgan Kramerich and Dana Bowler have grown up together and are now shar­ing the spot­light for a suc­cess­ful Ferris soft­ball team.

Hailing from Lockport High School, Ill., Kramerich and Bowler’s rela­tion­ship goes back 13 years to a third grade cheer­lead­ing try­out where both would end up mak­ing the squad.

“She was my flyer and I was her base,” Bowler said. “There was a lot of trav­el­ing to games and com­pe­ti­tions in cheer­lead­ing, and that’s when we became good friends.” (more…)