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Republican can­di­date Rick Snyder has been elected as the new gov­er­nor of Michigan.

Snyder will take Jennifer Granholm’s seat, mak­ing him state’s the 48th Governor. Snyder pre­vi­ously served as CEO and Chairman of Gateway, Inc. before becom­ing the newest of Governor of Michigan. The Lieutenant Governor is Brian Calley.

The 2010 elec­tion results can be found at http://​miboecfr​.nic​tusa​.com/​e​l​e​c​t​i​o​n​/​r​e​s​u​l​t​s​/​1​0​G​EN/. Results for other elec­tions such as the attor­ney gen­eral can be found at the link as well.

The Bulldogs saw their 13-point fourth-quarter lead evap­o­rate on Saturday as the Indianapolis Greyhounds scored 17 unan­swered points to steal the victory.

Ferris is 5–4 over­all and 5–3 in con­fer­ence play after los­ing its third con­sec­u­tive game on Saturday. The Bulldogs had won five straight con­tests prior to their cur­rent los­ing streak. (more…)

Paperless courses are becom­ing more and more com­mon among all schools. Is it actu­ally beneficial?

Paper or com­puter screen? In high school I remem­ber hav­ing tons of fold­ers and books shoved with home­work or hand­outs; now I find myself with very few hand­outs or paper home­work at all. (more…)

What is your def­i­n­i­tion of cool?

To me, cool­ness is some­thing that cre­ates an inex­press­ible feel­ing of inter­est. Anything can evoke cool­ness – music, cloth­ing, phi­los­o­phy, dinosaurs. The coolest thing about the word cool is its con­no­ta­tions. We use it to define any­thing; the mean­ing is fluid. Cool changes quickly, some­times with­out warn­ing. What we think is cool now may not be cool the next day. (more…)

Tim Skubick put it best when he said “democ­racy doesn’t work when vot­ers don’t know the can­di­dates’ names they are vot­ing for.”

I have heard on numer­ous occa­sions that peo­ple are scared of the future because our gen­er­a­tion gen­er­ally does not have a strong inter­est in pol­i­tics. They say we are the future of this coun­try and that we should be more polit­i­cally engaged. And you know what, they’re exactly right. (more…)

Halloween in Big Rapids this year will not just be a time of fun and fright, but also a chance to show how the Ferris and the Big Rapids com­mu­nity are a part of each other.

Ferris Hosts Halloween is an event hap­pen­ing in the cam­pus quad on Oct. 30. Students and com­mu­nity mem­bers alike will be able to come on Halloween eve from 5 to 9 p.m. for events such as exper­i­ments by the American Chemical Society, pump­kin paint­ing, and cos­tume con­tests. Registered stu­dent orga­ni­za­tions will also be there with infor­ma­tion tables. (more…)

Ferris started the week­end right with a win over Ohio State University but ulti­mately could not hold on to its three-game win streak.

The Bulldogs won their first game in a two-game series against the Buckeyes on Oct. 22. Ferris took con­trol of the gamein the sec­ond period by scor­ing back-to-back goals. Senior cen­ter Nate Hennig scored his fourth goal to start the night off for Ferris. Hennig increased his goal scor­ing streak to four games. (more…)

As each elec­tion rolls around we always hear how impor­tant it is for each per­son to get out and vote, that our vote really matters.

The prob­lem I have with this is that our votes DO mat­ter. The issue is the vast major­ity of Americans, even those that do vote, do not truly take this to heart. (more…)

Governor
Virg Bernero (D) Lansing Mayor
Bernero pre­vi­ously served as a leg­is­la­tor for the Michigan Senate and Michigan State House of Representatives. Brenda Lawrence is run­ning for Lieutenant Governor as Bernero’s run­ning mate. (more…)