Three Ferris stu­dents recently had a one of a kind oppor­tu­nity to build a Rube Goldberg machine in Tokyo, Japan.

From Jan. 3 to 16, team mem­bers Kyle Hebner, Michael Dunakin and Bryan Williams, along with pro­fes­sor Thomas Hollen, expe­ri­enced the cul­ture and daily life of Japan. The team was invited to attempt to break the world record for steps in a Rube Goldberg machine, of which the Ferris team from 2007 held the pre­vi­ous record with 229 offi­cial steps.

The task with this machine was to take a pho­to­graph. There was some dis­pute, how­ever, on whether or not the record was bro­ken. (more…)

The Ferris State women’s bas­ket­ball team lost four of five games dur­ing its longest road trip of the season.

Ferris is 5–12 over­all this sea­son and 4–8 in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) play. The Bulldogs are cur­rently fifth in the GLIAC North Division Standings and are tied for eighth in the over­all con­fer­ence stand­ings. (more…)

Video cour­tesy of the Ferris Rube Goldberg Team
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Junior defense­men Zach Redmond scored the game-winning goal for the No. 8 nation­ally ranked Ferris hockey team with 24 sec­onds remain­ing to beat Michigan.

Redmond took a pass from senior left wing Blair Riley and was able to get the puck past Michigan goal­tender Bryan Hogan to break a 2–2 tie and ulti­mately give the Bulldogs the win.

“We stayed dis­ci­plined and played hard­nosed hockey and with a lit­tle luck I was able to find the back of the net,” said Redmond.

Ferris struck first as senior Casey Haines cashed in off a turnover at 6:20 of the first period with a short-handed goal to give the Bulldogs an early 1–0 advan­tage.
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Photos by Kate Dupon, Ferris State Torch

Photos by Brandon Martinez, Web Editor

After arriv­ing in Big Rapids Thursday after­noon, the mem­bers of Theory of a Deadman decided to get out on the ice at the Ewigleben Sports Complex and shoot some pucks around.

The Canadian rock band, known as TOAD for short, came to Ferris to head­line the annual January Jams show. Dean Back, the band’s bassist, is no stranger to hav­ing some fun before a show after tours with bands like Motley Crue and Daughtry.

“The whole sum­mer with Motley Crue was a blast,” said Back. “Most of those guys have set­tled down, but Tommy [Lee] is still crazy.”

Back shared a story about Lee shoot­ing off fire­works from his tour bus after get­ting bored.

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The nation­ally No. 8-ranked Ferris hockey team could be with­out two key ath­letes this week­end against Michigan.

Senior Bulldog cap­tain Cody Chupp suf­fered a hip injury dur­ing Saturday’s con­test against Miami. He was taken to the hos­pi­tal, where X-rays came back neg­a­tive. Ferris head coach Bob Daniels said Chupp did not prac­tice Monday or Tuesday. Daniels said Chupp may play this week­end, but he will not make a final deci­sion until Friday morning.

“It’s going to be close,” said Daniels, “Certainly if he doesn’t play this week­end, I fully expect him to be ready for the two games at Ohio State.”
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The Bulldog hockey team was swept at home for the first time this sea­son at the hands of the No. 2 nation­ally ranked Miami RedHawks.

Ferris entered the series unbeaten in its pre­vi­ous 12 con­fer­ence con­tests and 11–0 at home this sea­son. Both streaks came to an end on Friday.

Through 24 games, the Bulldogs are 16−6−2 over­all and 10−4−2−2 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). Ferris and Miami were tied for first in the CCHA stand­ings prior to the series and now the Bulldogs trail Miami by six points. (more…)

Driving in Michigan between November and April can often be treach­er­ous; with the eco­nomic down­turn and bud­get cuts, this win­ter is worse than ever.

Obviously the unpre­dictable, uncon­trol­lable weather is the influ­enc­ing fac­tor in the con­di­tion of the roads. History gives us a good indi­ca­tion that it will indeed be snowy and icy in Michigan dur­ing these win­ter months.

When storms come out of nowhere and cover the roads, it is under­stand­able that trucks are work­ing hard and can­not pos­si­bly clear every road. However, when a huge storm is pre­dicted a few days in advance and there are no salt trucks prepar­ing the roads, then we have a prob­lem. (more…)