Classes will be held on Aug. 30 as sched­uled as cur­rent nego­ti­a­tions between the Ferris Faculty Association (FFA) and rep­re­sen­ta­tives for the admin­is­tra­tion continue.

Faculty and admin­is­tra­tors held a meet­ing on Sunday to con­tinue dis­cussing con­tract nego­ti­a­tions. They did not reach an agree­ment nor did they choose to strike. The next nego­ti­a­tion meet­ings are sched­uled for Sept. 1 and Sept. 15. (more…)

The search for a new Athletics Director at Ferris has come to an end as Michigan native Perk Weisenburger has been tabbed to replace retired Tom Kirinovic.

Weisenburger served as the Associate Athletics Director for External Operations at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas since 2005. He will take over the Athletics Director duties on Sept. 10. (more…)

Coming into this sea­son ranked 11th out of 14 teams in the 2010 GLIAC Preseason Coaches Poll, you would not expect a one-win team to come into a new sea­son with such opti­mism. Head coach Jeff Pierce believes that the sting of last year has moti­vated his team to come out and prove the crit­ics wrong. (more…)

When I’m hav­ing a con­ver­sa­tion with some­one, I find it a bit rude when I notice they are glanc­ing at their phone every few minutes.

I under­stand that text mes­sag­ing, Facebook, Twitter, etc. has improved our lives in numer­ous ways, but when I’m in the com­pany of some­one else and notice their fin­gers are glued to their QWERTY key­board. It seems as if they’ve never made eye con­tact with another human being, I can’t help but become annoyed. (more…)

Every col­lege stu­dent usu­ally wor­ries over what to bring to cam­pus, and the fol­low­ing is a list of every­thing you would essen­tially need to make your dorm room the best it can be. n

The most basic things you need to bring:
Clothes
Toiletries (Toothpaste, sham­poo, soap, etc.)
Sheets
Comforter
Towels
Alarm Clock
School Supplies (Pens, pen­cils, paper, flash drive, etc.)
Laundry Basket
Money (more…)

United States Senator Carl Levin had a pie shoved in his face dur­ing a dis­cus­sion with mem­bers of the Big Rapids com­mu­nity at on Aug. 16.

Levin, a demo­c­ra­tic sen­a­tor from Michigan and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, was in Big Rapids to speak to mem­bers of the Mecosta County Democratic Party from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at Peppers Café. He opened the floor to ques­tions and selected Big Rapids native and for­mer Ferris State stu­dent Max Kantar. (more…)

As Michigan’s bud­get con­tin­ues to be reduced in var­i­ous areas, tuition will be increas­ing for the 2010–2011 aca­d­e­mic year at Ferris.

The Ferris Board of Trustees held a meet­ing July 14 to approve the deci­sion for the increase. The added costs of com­pen­sa­tion for Ferris employ­ees, unfunded man­dates from the state or fed­eral gov­ern­ments, util­i­ties and finan­cial aid are some of the prime fac­tors for the increase.

President Eisler said the uni­ver­sity increases tuition to cover a por­tion of these annual costs as state fund­ing decreases. (more…)

As a col­lege stu­dent liv­ing in the dorms, it can be extremely dif­fi­cult to be envi­ron­men­tally con­scious when dis­pos­ing of garbage.

When I was grow­ing up, my fam­ily recy­cled just about every­thing. We had sep­a­rate bins for paper, card­board, alu­minum, and plas­tic. I was taught recy­cling was nec­es­sary to help limit pol­lu­tion and pro­tect the envi­ron­ment. (more…)

For many stu­dents, the dras­tic change of mov­ing from home into the dorms can cause dev­as­tat­ing changes on the scale.

Adjusting to cafe­te­rias at col­lege, which offer dozens of food choices at nearly all hours of the day, is not an easy thing for most col­lege stu­dents. It is easy to drop in and grab an ice cream cone on the way to class or go for a late-night snack. Keeping the weight off requires hav­ing some knowl­edge about what you’re get­ting into. (more…)

During the 2009–2010 sea­son, the women’s team posted an 11th-place fin­ish in the NCAA Division II National Championships and fin­ished 3rd in the Division II Midwest Regional. The team locked up a 2nd-place fin­ish in the GLIAC Championships, with Grand Valley State tak­ing the title. The Bulldog women’s team will look to con­tinue this suc­cess as it begins prepar­ing for com­pe­ti­tion. (more…)