It was almost a sweep for the Bulldogs over Alaska this week­end, but back-to-back penal­ties in over­time cost Ferris a chance to break out the brooms.

With 1:23 remain­ing in over­time of the sec­ond game of the series, Alaska’s Andy Taranto snuck a goal past senior Bulldog goal­tender Pat Nagle to give the Nanooks a 4–3 win. Alaska had a two-man advan­tage at the time due to two straight Ferris penalties.

Ferris ral­lied from an early 2–0 deficit with three straight goals, two in the sec­ond period and one in the third period, but Alaska tied the game with 3:23 left in reg­u­la­tion. The goal sent the con­test to over­time and to the even­tual loss for Ferris.

The Bulldogs were on the other side of the fence on Friday night, as they skated to a 4–2 vic­tory over the nation­ally No. 16-ranked Nanooks.

With the score at 3–1 in favor of Ferris with 1:56 left in reg­u­la­tion, Alaska con­verted on a power play goal to tighten the score. Ferris junior cen­ter Jordie Johnston notched an empty-net goal with 20 sec­onds left to play to clinch the vic­tory, how­ever. Nagle recorded 30 saves on the night.

Ferris is in a fourth-place tie with Alaska and Northern Michigan in the CCHA stand­ings. The Bulldogs are 6−6−3−2 in con­fer­ence play and have earned 23 points in the stand­ings. Notre Dame sits atop the con­fer­ence stand­ings with 29 points, fol­lowed by Michigan and Miami (OH).

The nation­ally No. 18-ranked Bulldogs will get a break from com­pe­ti­tion until Dec.31-Jan.1, when the team will com­pete in the University of Minnesota’s Dodge Holliday Classic in Minneapolis, Minn.

This fall faced Big Rapids with some warm weather, but finally we have some snow on Ferris State University’s Campus.

Long-distance rela­tion­ships can be a very dif­fi­cult sit­u­a­tion to experience.

When it all is said and done, is it really worth it? Is it worth it to see that other per­son just once or twice a month? Well, they say one of two things: dis­tance makes the heart grow fonder, or out-of-sight, out-of-mind. (more…)

With the hol­i­days approach­ing, time is run­ning out to get gifts for those we love.

Sometimes get­ting gifts can be daunt­ing because of prices or think­ing of good ideas. But gift giv­ing should be some­thing that gives us joy, as we do some­thing spe­cial for our friends and fam­ily, and some­times the most mean­ing­ful gifts don’t have to be the most expen­sive. (more…)

Like most col­lege stu­dents, Bret Muter came to Ferris unsure of what he should major in.

Initially pur­su­ing a degree in optom­e­try, Muter even­tu­ally grad­u­ated with a degree in a uniquely dif­fer­ent field. (more…)

Members of You Beautiful Black Woman are work­ing to bring Michelle Obama to Ferris this spring.

“We want to show the com­mu­nity and the cam­pus that you can do any­thing you set your mind to,” said Michelle Obama Initiative Committee Chair Sylvia Moore. “Even if only one per­son can walk away with being inspired by the First Lady, then we will know that we have truly made a dif­fer­ence.” (more…)

Winter fes­tiv­i­ties and hol­i­days are filled with a rich his­tory of national, reli­gious, and fam­ily tra­di­tions that make cel­e­brat­ing dur­ing these snowy months that much more special.

There are cer­tain tra­di­tions that fam­i­lies prac­tice dur­ing the hol­i­days that have a long-standing his­tory. One such tra­di­tion is the Christmas tree, which has ori­gins that date back to 16th cen­tury Germany. The tree was looked at as a sym­bol of eter­nal life. Trees began get­ting dec­o­rated in the 17th cen­tury and were brought to America around the same time. (more…)

The Bulldog men’s bas­ket­ball team was in good spir­its this week­end after defeat­ing both Tiffin and Ohio Dominican to start the GLIAC schedule.

On Saturday, the Bulldogs hosted Ohio Dominican and kept a com­mand­ing lead through the game, as they man­aged to rack up a 50 per­cent field goal shoot­ing per­cent­age to Ohio’s 32.3 per­cent in the first half, slightly decreas­ing that per­cent­age in the sec­ond half but still dom­i­nat­ing over Ohio. The Bulldogs ended the game on top win­ning, 86–60. (more…)

It’s not every­day an ath­lete gets to go out on top when fin­ish­ing a career, but that’s exactly how senior Arielle Goodson has ended her col­le­giate vol­ley­ball career at Ferris.

Goodson, who began her Bulldog career in 2007, has been named as a sec­ond team selec­tion for the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American Team fol­low­ing her senior sea­son. Goodson is the first Bulldog since 2007 to earn such hon­ors, as Lindsay Tie was the last recip­i­ent for the Bulldogs with a Second-Team All-American selec­tion. (more…)