The Big Rapids Department of Public Safety unveiled a memo­r­ial Sept. 11 ded­i­cated to the ser­vice­men, women and vic­tims of the World Trade Center attack.
The 8-foot long struc­tural beam from the World Trade Center stood in bro­ken con­crete, resem­bling the wreck­age. The cer­e­mony took place at 2 p.m. fol­low­ing a band shell ded­i­ca­tion held at 1 p.m. (more…)

College offers stu­dents var­i­ous oppor­tu­ni­ties of involve­ment; some find their place in reg­is­tered stu­dent orga­ni­za­tions, oth­ers join sports teams, and some attend parties.

Still, some find that those things aren’t enough.

“Typically stu­dents at this stage of their life are seek­ing avenues to find mean­ing and pur­pose, espe­cially as it relates to enhanc­ing self-understanding, prepar­ing for healthy cit­i­zen­ship, answer­ing life’s big ques­tions, and find­ing calm and cen­tered­ness in times of stress,” said Dean of Student Life Leroy Wright. (more…)

Many changes have taken place within the res­i­dence halls since last spring. From the removal of room tele­phones to the dif­fer­ent loca­tion of the hous­ing office, Director of Housing Dr. Jon Shaffer believes all of these changes are pos­i­tive for the university.

Each year, stu­dents who live in the res­i­dence halls are sur­veyed about their loca­tion liv­ing sat­is­fac­tion. The Office of Housing looks at the data col­lected to bet­ter sat­isfy stu­dents liv­ing in the halls. (more…)

It was great to be at a foot­ball game and not be wish­ing for hockey season.

Junior run­ning back Skyler Stoker’s go-ahead touch­down in the fourth quar­ter was as thrilling as any third period goal I’ve ever seen. Sorry, Zach Redmond. The hard hits of junior line­back­ers Tayo Moss and Alex Brajak rivaled those wit­nessed at Ewigleben Ice Arena. The only thing miss­ing was the glass to slam their oppo­nents into. (more…)

I’m writ­ing about some­thing not many peo­ple like to talk about, and that sub­ject is suicide.

This week is Suicide Awareness Week, accord­ing to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Why would I write a col­umn about this often-taboo topic? Well, it’s impor­tant to be aware of. Every 40 sec­onds, some­one in the world dies by sui­cide. (more…)

The start of the school year has arrived with mov­ing in, new room­mates, old friends, wel­come week, new classes, new pro­fes­sors, and the one thing every­one wants to for­get about, that tuition bill.

I can prob­a­bly speak for most col­lege stu­dents here; they dread that large tuition bill. Like most stu­dents we moan and groan about how tuition rises each year and how it is so expen­sive. Tuition in some ways has increased to it’s extremes. (more…)

What once-reluctant ado­les­cent run­ner became an All-American ath­lete? What may sound like a Hollywood script has in fact hap­pened at Ferris State University.

When Tina Muir began run­ning com­pet­i­tively in mid­dle school, she wasn’t fond of the sport. However, encour­aged by friends and coaches, she stuck with it.

Tina, who is enter­ing her senior sea­son, is widely regarded as one of FSU’s all-time great cross coun­try and track run­ners. The St. Albans, United Kingdom, native acknowl­edged the dis­tinc­tion as a “great honor” but only after let­ting out a mod­est chuckle. (more…)

The Ferris State University women’s soc­cer team kicked off the 2011 cam­paign with a sim­i­lar start to the sea­son as last year’s opener.

FSU trav­eled to Indianapolis, Ind., Friday to chal­lenge the Indianapolis Greyhounds. The Bulldogs suf­fered a 1–0 loss. Sophomore goalie Rachel McCollum stayed in net for the entire 90 min­utes and made two saves for FSU. (more…)

The blind may be ready to take to the streets with much more than a walk­ing cane with a red tip.

Engineer Dennis Hong wants to change the world, by intro­duc­ing a car suit­able for the blind, which to me sounds incred­i­bly insane.

I think everyone’s first thought is “What? Are you crazy?” This was my first thought as well, but after read­ing his arti­cles and watch­ing his video pre­sen­ta­tions I real­ized that cre­at­ing an unthink­able piece of tech­nol­ogy may actu­ally be pos­si­ble, though it still seems insane. (more…)