If the Mayans’ 2012 prophecy is true, one of the signs has to be the Detroit Lions cur­rent 5–0 win­ning streak. This is a big switch from earn­ing the worst sea­son in NFL his­tory in 2008 with a 0–16 record or hav­ing the sec­ond longest cham­pi­onship drought in the league.

However, the biggest shocker is the num­ber of Lions haters who have mirac­u­lously turned into Lions fans this year. (more…)

If you have ever been punched in the stom­ach, then you will under­stand the feel­ing I got today when I real­ized I had lost all of my work from the past year on my USB drive.

As col­lege stu­dents, we are doing one thing. That “one thing” is build­ing our resume, whether it is through classes, extra-curricular activ­i­ties, vol­un­teer work or what­ever. Technology makes it easy for us to keep track of our lives, as we are the tech savvy gen­er­a­tion. Don’t be fooled by that title, because we still make mis­takes. We have com­put­ers, email, the Internet and con­stant access to the world around us. But when tech­nol­ogy lets you down, it lets you down hard. It is not a good feel­ing when all of your work sud­denly dis­ap­pears from a crashed hard drive, a stolen com­puter or a bro­ken USB drive. (more…)

Alicia Adams, junior in human sci­ence, said, “I was hop­ing there would be psy­chol­ogy or human stud­ies, but I don’t think there was. I didn’t find any­thing to do with my major so I’m disappointed.”

Heather Basely, senior in health infor­ma­tion tech­nol­ogy, said only two busi­nesses there were look­ing for her major. She went on to say that she was dis­ap­pointed and she hopes next spring will prove more fruit­ful. (more…)

Different from many, junior Ryan Chute is now in his first year of phar­macy school while he runs for the Bulldogs. Chute also interns at a phar­macy in Big Rapids when he has time. Chute says the rea­son why he jug­gles his sched­ule is because he loves how com­pet­i­tive run­ning can be. (more…)

Steve Jobs.

Most of the world is in mourn­ing over the loss of this one man. One man who has impacted the world of tech­nol­ogy more than any other.

One man who has impacted my life in par­tic­u­lar. I am a proud owner/user of an iPhone, iPod, iPad, MacBook Pro and iMac. Without any of these my life and career would be incom­plete. (more…)

Looking for a Christ-centered vol­un­teer oppor­tu­nity? Want to make a dif­fer­ence in the lives of local kids and teenagers?

Young Life Ministry is look­ing for vol­un­teer lead­ers. The Big Rapids chap­ter has been in the area, serv­ing the Big Rapids Public Schools and Crossroads Charter Academy, for a few years, and they are in the process of becom­ing a reg­is­tered stu­dent orga­ni­za­tion at Ferris. (more…)

Eigna.

I began my edu­ca­tion at the age of four. “Eigna” was how I spelled my name. My pre-school teacher called it dyslexia, but my mother told her I was fine.

Of course, my pre-school teacher thought she knew best and wanted to make me stay an extra year to per­fect my name spelling. My mom said no and told the teacher I would grow out of it. (more…)

You may have never met him, but you know his voice.

One of the most rec­og­niz­able stu­dents on cam­pus, junior Dominic Hennig is the broad­caster for FSU ice hockey. For now, he’s announc­ing for the Bulldogs, but this ris­ing star has big plans for his future.

Hennig got his start in broad­cast­ing when he was 14 years old. He was an announcer for the Santa Fe Roadrunners, a team in the North American Hockey League. (more…)

Hit and run

Sept. 26 at 6 p.m., there was a hit and run in Lot 4. The front cor­ner panel of the subject’s car was damaged.

Large party

Sept. 24 at 1:20 a.m., offi­cers assisted city police at 100-block Sanborn with a large party. (more…)