When I first heard there was a bomb threat, I was wait­ing to receive a text mes­sage from Ferris’ text mes­sage emer­gency alert system.

I waited for it, and waited. Finally, at 12:12 p.m., the text mes­sage came through warn­ing stu­dents of the threat. But wait, wasn’t the voice­mail left around 8 a.m.? The fact that I received the text mes­sage more than four hours later con­cerns me. (more…)

A deci­sion to can­cel classes at Ferris State University dur­ing the recent bomb threat would have been an inap­pro­pri­ate method of ensur­ing cam­pus security.

Shortly after being informed of the bomb threat via phone mes­sage at the Timme Center for Student Services’ Business Office, pub­lic safety offi­cials began inves­ti­gat­ing cam­pus build­ings. After a com­plete inves­ti­ga­tion of cam­pus build­ings, uni­ver­sity offi­cials did not find any evi­dence of explo­sives nor did they receive any more com­mu­ni­ca­tion regard­ing the bomb threat. (more…)

“Be kinder than nec­es­sary, for every­one you meet is fight­ing some kind of battle.”

A yel­low piece of paper was taped to the table of the host­ess stand with this say­ing writ­ten on it. I quickly read this as I waited to be seated at my table of the restau­rant. (more…)

Daniel Sutherlin

Junior

FSU Men’s Basketball

Detroit/Detroit Renaissance High School (more…)

To many stu­dents, drink­ing seems to be a rite of pas­sage in col­lege life. In many cir­cles, alco­hol use is sim­ply the norm. Yet, nor­mal as it may seem, alco­hol use can carry some very real con­se­quences that many stu­dents may not understand.

A wide known fact is the legal age for drink­ing is 21. Anyone who drinks before this age can be con­victed with a minor in pos­ses­sion charge (MIP), which can result in sev­eral hun­dreds of dol­lars in fines, pro­ba­tion and at max­i­mum even jail time. (more…)

The Ferris State run­ners are back in action for another go around in 2012 as selected mem­bers of the team par­tic­i­pated in a scrimmage-type event hosted by Grand Valley State University.

The un-scored Bob Eubanks Open fea­tured ath­letes from numer­ous col­leges includ­ing Michigan State, South Florida and Notre Dame among oth­ers. (more…)

The Bulldogs have com­piled a 7–1 con­fer­ence record up to this point of the season.

The Bulldogs came back to Big Rapids to face non-conference foe Urbana University on Jan. 11. Ferris’ defense kept Urbana under 50 points and forced them to shoot 30-percent from the field, while the Bulldogs went on to win 82–47. The game fea­tured 10 steals, 48 rebounds, and 25 points scored off of turnovers for the Bulldogs. (more…)

Did you know “sag­ging” started in prison as a sign for a person’s avail­abil­ity for sex­ual rela­tions with other inmates?

I hadn’t either until I heard this rumor on the Internet. I was so intrigued by this idea that I did a lit­tle research. According to snopes​.com, this rumor is only half true. Sagging did start in prison, but not for any sex­ual rea­sons.  (more…)

Ferris stu­dents com­pet­ing in this year’s Honors Art Show will dis­play the capa­bil­i­ties of the right side of their brains.

Honors stu­dents aim to win either Crowd Favorite, cho­sen by atten­dees, or Overall Winner, selected by Professor William Culpepper. (more…)

What does every FSU stu­dent have in com­mon with a celebrity? Nothing. Chances are, most will never meet one, let alone have a rela­tion­ship with one (though, con­sid­er­ing the sta­bil­ity of celebrity rela­tion­ships, maybe that’s a good thing). But they can dream, right? No mat­ter how much Entertainment Tonight FSU stu­dents watch, most can admit to some sort of celebrity crush. (more…)