Signs say­ing “put the fair in Ferris” were held in protest of non­tenure fac­ulty mem­bers out­side the Timme Center. Student debt forums were held by President Eisler and Board of Trustee mem­bers hosted spe­cial meet­ings to dis­cuss future plans for cam­pus facilities.

With tuition increases and facil­ity man­age­ment of con­stant con­cern for Ferris stu­dents, not one stu­dent voice was present to answer the Board of Trustees’ call for pub­lic opin­ion at its reg­u­lar Finance Committee meet­ing Feb. 24. (more…)

This past week­end, the head­lin­ing act for FSU’s annual Ferris Fest con­cert was announced at the hockey game against Bowling Green.

No, it wasn’t Justin Bieber. It was a band by the name of “All Time Low.” Throughout the years, musi­cians who have per­formed on the Ferris Fest stage have either been met with rave reviews or a silent yawn. From Sean Kingston and Cartel, to Three Six Mafia, Anberlin and Mike Posner, Ferris stu­dents have plenty opin­ions on the choice for Ferris Fest head­lin­ers. (more…)

If you were one of the FSU stu­dents in atten­dance for Black Leaders Aspiring for Critical Knowledge and Student Government’s, “United We Stand, Divided We Fall” dis­cus­sion, then you lis­tened to a panel of stu­dents dis­cussing top­ics such as event financ­ing, diver­sity and cam­pus outreach.

Though reac­tions were mixed and some dis­cus­sions were intense, there lied a gen­uine need for col­lab­o­ra­tion and com­mu­ni­ca­tion between each respec­tive orga­ni­za­tion. (more…)

Those mys­te­ri­ous noises that go bump in the night across cam­pus will be the topic of inves­ti­ga­tion for a team of Michigan ghost hunters.

The Michigan Area Paranormal Investigative Team (MAPIT) along with Entertainment Unlimited and the History Task Force will present inves­tiga­tive find­ings of their search for para­nor­mal activ­ity Feb. 21 at Williams Auditorium. (more…)

According to an arti­cle by Food Safety News, McDonald’s recently announced it would no longer use ammo­nium hydrox­ide beef in its ham­burg­ers. Referred to as a “pink slime” addi­tive, the ammo­ni­ated beef was pop­u­larly used in school lunches and pet foods.

Taco Bell and Burger King report­edly have also agreed to no longer use the beef trim­mings treated with ammo­nia and water. (more…)

Pulitzer Prize-winning jour­nal­ist M.L. Elrick gave two sep­a­rate pre­sen­ta­tions on his role in uncov­er­ing for­mer Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s text mes­sage scan­dal, watch­dog jour­nal­ism and the future of news to FSU stu­dents and faculty.

“The rea­son why I like inves­tiga­tive jour­nal­ism is because I believe you are enti­tled to the truth,” Elrick said. “We believe there are two sides to every story.” (more…)

Last week I filled out a post­card in the Rankin Center at a table for the Military Support Group. The post­cards were to be sent to the mil­i­tary men and women serv­ing overseas.

Though the two mil­i­tary sup­port group stu­dents, table of let­ters and stu­dents who signed the let­ters were small in num­ber, I knew the sig­nif­i­cance of the ges­ture would be deeply appre­ci­ated. (more…)

Tattooing has been an art form and means of expres­sion through­out his­tory. However, the trend of tat­too­ing has taken on a whole new means of expression.

Colorful arm sleeves and elab­o­rate back art are now replac­ing small tat­toos. Areas once thought as for­bid­den for body ink are now accept­able places for mark­ing. The idea of “it’s alright as long as no one sees it” has become a thought of the past. Facial tat­toos, hand art and stretched ear­lobe plugs are part of a sub­cul­ture influ­enced by self-expression and fash­ion. (more…)

February is African-American his­tory month and Ferris State University stu­dents and staff mem­bers are putting on events to acknowl­edge the achieve­ments of Black Americans through­out his­tory. These include dis­cus­sions on the Black urban rebel­lions of the 1960’s, the story of the Greensboro four and a look into the social impact of Idlewild.

As a cam­pus com­mu­nity made of stu­dents from dif­fer­ent eth­nic back­grounds and beliefs, col­lege should be an oppor­tu­nity to learn racial accep­tance and become edu­cated on the dif­fer­ences of oth­ers. (more…)

A com­mon phrase spo­ken by Ferris State University stu­dents is “I never have enough time.” For most col­lege stu­dents, after the assign­ment dead­lines and text­book read­ing, any spare time is spent rest­ing up for the next day’s rou­tine of rushing.

Though it appears either our days are get­ting shorter or our respon­si­bil­i­ties are over­whelm­ing, we can­not ignore the amount of time we spend con­sumed in the lives of oth­ers. (more…)