The Ferris State men’s bas­ket­ball team improved its win­ning streak to 10 games with an 83–67 vic­tory over the Ashland Eagles on Saturday.

The Bulldogs’ 10-game win­ning streak marks the longest such streak since they recorded 11 con­sec­u­tive vic­to­ries dur­ing the 2004-05 sea­son. (more…)

Sunshine Week refers to the impor­tance of open gov­ern­ment and free­dom of infor­ma­tion to a suc­cess­ful democracy.

Sunshine Week 2011 is March 13–19 and seeks to involve the pub­lic in find­ing out what the gov­ern­ment is doing and why. (more…)

Valentine’s Day has a long his­tory and many dif­fer­ent cus­toms and tra­di­tions that have evolved since the mark­ing of this roman­tic day.

It wouldn’t be right to talk about Valentine’s Day with­out talk­ing about Cupid. The lit­tle angel that has been known for caus­ing a romance or two is said to be the son of the god­dess of love Venus, accord­ing to Roman mythol­ogy. Venus sup­pos­edly sent Cupid out to shoot peo­ple with arrows since he was blessed with the abil­ity to make them fall in love. (more…)

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After rebound­ing from a for­get­table 1–10 sea­son in 2009 to fin­ish­ing one game below .500 in 2010, the Bulldogs look to con­tinue the upward trend in 2011 with 28 new recruits join­ing the program.

Ferris announced its recruit­ing class for this year on Friday after the win­ter storm on Wednesday delayed the announce­ment orig­i­nally sched­uled for Feb. 2. This year’s class hails mostly from Michigan, with 22 recruits from the Great Lakes state. The Bulldogs nabbed five recruits from Illinois and one from California as well. (more…)

Searching for a job after grad­u­a­tion can seem like a daunt­ing task, but learn­ing the proper skills can increase your chances of land­ing the spot.

The words used in an inter­view can make or break the pos­si­bil­ity of hear­ing “You’re hired.” The pop­u­lar job-search web­site Monster​.com offers some inter­view­ing tips to con­vince the com­pany you’re the right can­di­date. (more…)

When some­one asks you to hang out via elec­tron­ics, is it con­sid­ered a date?

I’m talk­ing about the world of social media and fancy gad­gets with instant mes­sag­ing, tex­ting, Facebook and other ways of avoid­ing face-to-face con­ver­sa­tion. (more…)

With Valentine’s Day approach­ing, it’s easy to take on the “Do I really have to do some­thing?” men­tal­ity, espe­cially if you’ve been see­ing some­one for a while.

As much as it can seem like just another hall­mark hol­i­day, Valentine’s Day can be a great way to remind that spe­cial some­one in your life that you love them, and remind you to make every­day spe­cial with that per­son. As penny-pinching col­lege stu­dents, try these gift and date ideas to save some money while flat­ter­ing your honey. (more…)

One of Ferris State Athletics most ded­i­cated sup­port­ers has recently passed away.

Paul Davis, the Bulldogs’ for­mer ticket man­ager, passed on Jan. 17 at the age of 63. Davis spent 34 years work­ing the ticket booth and wit­ness­ing Ferris State ath­letic his­tory. (more…)

As “Snowpocalypse 2011” hit last week Wednesday, it left thou­sands across the coun­try snowed in and unable to con­tinue with their daily lives.

The big storm left many schools can­celled, thou­sands unable to drive to work, and cities all across the Midwest under a blan­ket of fresh pow­der. In Big Rapids, Ferris State University can­celled classes and many stu­dents took the day to catch up with friends, school­work, and sleep. (more…)