Hockey

• Dec. 11 @ Western Michigan 7:35 p.m.
• Dec. 12 vs. Western Michigan5:05 p.m.

Men’s Basketball

• Dec. 10 @ Findlay 7:30 p.m.
• Dec. 12 @ Hillsdale 3:00 p.m.

Women’s Basketball

• Dec. 10 @ Findlay 5:30 p.m.
• Dec. 12 @ Hillsdale 1:00 p.m.

The rela­tion­ship caste sys­tem, com­monly known as dat­ing “out of one’s league”, is a sys­tem that most try in vain not to believe in; how­ever, it is still widely practiced.

My pre­vi­ous arti­cle, Sex and the City gives bad rela­tion­ship advice, briefly men­tions dat­ing out of caste.

Sex and the City char­ac­ter Miranda Hobbs, a Harvard edu­cated New York City lawyer, falls in love, has a baby with and mar­ries bar­tender turned bar owner, Steve Brady. This made-for-TV fairy tale was not so cut and dry though. Hobbs and Brady’s rela­tion­ship had sev­eral road blocks: (more…)

Often we hear that the hol­i­days have fallen vic­tim to com­mer­cial­iza­tion and con­sumerism; leav­ing behind the true goal of the sea­son: shar­ing with those you care about.

To that, I say tough tinsel!

According to a Gallup poll in 2000, 85 per­cent of Americans feel that the hol­i­day sea­son has become too commercialized.

But when “Home Alone” or “Rudolph and the Island of Misfit Toys” comes on TV, we don’t seem to mind set­tling down and watch­ing it. (more…)

Ferris hosts blood drive today in Student Recreation Center

Emily Burley, mem­ber of the Ferris State Chapter of Red Cross and pre-pharmacy major, said, “Our goal is usu­ally around 87 (dona­tions), the first two (blood dri­ves) we got more.”

The goal for each blood drive is around 80 to 90 par­tic­i­pants for the nine blood dri­ves held on cam­pus dur­ing the year.

Burley said dur­ing the last blood drive, a total of 90 liters of blood was donated, which is more than they usu­ally receive. (more…)

Campus Fun

Dec. 4–18

“Dwelling” Art Installation, 11 a.m. — 4 p.m., Rankin Art Gallery

Dec. 9

Warm up with a Cup, 9 a.m. — 3 p.m., In front of the IRC and in the quad

Salsa Night with Mujeres Triunfando, 7 — 9:00 p.m., Rankin Center Dome Room

Blood Drive, 12 — 5:45 p.m., Student Rec Center

Dec. 10

United Way Silent Auction, 8:30 a.m. — 5:30 p.m., Rankin Center Mecosta Room

Ferris Employee Holiday Reception, 3 — 5:00 p.m., Rankin Center Dome Room

Dec. 11

The Jane Doe Project, 7 p.m., Rankin Center Dome Room

Dec. 14

Pancakes with the President, 11 p.m. — 12:30 a.m. Westview Dining Facility

Concerts/Shows

Dec. 13

Holiday Band and Orchestra Concert, 4 p.m., Williams Auditorium

The women’s bas­ket­ball team split its two home games this weekend

The Ferris women’s bas­ket­ball team won their first con­fer­ence game on Thursday with a 75–67 vic­tory over the Ashland Eagles.

Junior guard Becci Houdek led all scor­ers with 20 points and five assists. Junior for­ward Tiara Adams recorded a double-double with 19 points, 14 of which came in the sec­ond half, and 10 rebounds.

As a team, the Bulldogs shot 46.7 per­cent from the court, includ­ing 36.8 per­cent from the three-point line. Ferris had 22 second-chance points and held the Eagles to only 10. Sophomore guard/forward Kelsey DeNoyelles said the team’s pri­mary focus has been on defense and rebounding.

“We never back down or hang our heads,” said DeNoyelles.

The Bulldogs took a 20–19 lead with eight min­utes left in the first half and never trailed the rest of the way. The game was close through­out, how­ever, as the largest lead for either team was just eight points. Head coach Tracey Dorow said the team sent a new mes­sage to other teams. (more…)

Dan Hamilton made some erro­neous state­ments in last week’s Op-Ed: “When Politics Ignores Science.”

It is dis­cour­ag­ing how Hamilton makes a claim of pol­icy look like a claim of fact. He writes that sci­en­tific bills are being blocked, and that those who oppose research fund­ing for alter­na­tive energy are “under­min­ing not only truth, but progress.”

Congress has no busi­ness leg­is­lat­ing sci­en­tific truth. Regardless of how con­gress votes, the sun will rise tomor­row, water will still be made of two parts hydro­gen and one part oxy­gen, and I will still be a homosapien shar­ing a com­mon ances­tor with a chimp. Truth isn’t the issue; it’s pol­icy. (more…)

Given in no par­tic­u­lar order, here are some gifts you may want to keep the receipt for:

Ferris adds three for­wards to 2010–2011 recruit­ing class

The Bulldog hockey team added three signees to the 2010–2011 recruit­ing class.

Ferris inked three for­wards dur­ing November’s early sign­ing period, giv­ing the Bulldogs a quick start in the recruit­ing process. The Bulldogs focused on recruit­ing for­wards since sev­eral seniors at the posi­tion will be grad­u­at­ing this year.

One of the top signees is Andy Huff, a native of Howell, who is cur­rently play­ing for the Traverse City North Stars of the North American Hockey League (NAHL).

Huff was a high-profile recruit, hav­ing his name on the NHL’s watch­list for the 2010 entry draft. Huff is also tied for 12th among the NAHL’s lead­ing point scor­ers and is the 11th lead­ing scorer among for­wards in the league.

Joining Huff will be fel­low NAHL for­ward Justin DeMartino, who is cur­rently a mem­ber of the Springfield (Ill.) Jr. Blues. DeMartino comes to the Ferris pro­gram with a strong back­ground, as he posted a team-best tying 84 points while play­ing for the Detroit Little Caesars last sea­son. DeMartino was also part of the Little Caesars Midget Minor team that won the 2008 USA Hockey Under-16 National Championship.

Rounding out the recent signees is Cory Kane, who is play­ing for the Vernon (British Columbia) Vipers of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). Kane is cur­rently ranked at 27 on the BCHL’s scor­ing lead­ers chart for the 2009–2010 sea­son. Kane put up 54 over­all points along with 24 goals and 30 assist in the 2008–2009 season.

Ashley Huntey is not done com­pet­ing this year as she has joined the women’s bas­ket­ball team after a sea­son of FSU volleyball

After help­ing the Ferris vol­ley­ball team reach the NCAA Division II tour­na­ment, Huntey has her sights on help­ing turn around the women’s bas­ket­ball team, which went 13–15 last season.

Huntey, a Stanwood native, played vol­ley­ball and bas­ket­ball all four years of high school and played soft­ball in her junior year at Morley-Stanwood High School. In vol­ley­ball, she attained all-state hon­ors all four years, was named the Big Rapids Pioneer Dream Team Player of the Year in her final two sea­sons, and helped lead her high school to its first state cham­pi­onship in 2007.

In bas­ket­ball, Huntey was named an all-area per­former from 2004–2006 and was named to the all-state team in 2006.

Since she played mul­ti­ple sports through­out high school, Huntey said it felt strange to play only vol­ley­ball in her first year at Ferris. (more…)