United States Senator Carl Levin had a pie shoved in his face dur­ing a dis­cus­sion with mem­bers of the Big Rapids com­mu­nity at on Aug. 16.

Levin, a demo­c­ra­tic sen­a­tor from Michigan and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, was in Big Rapids to speak to mem­bers of the Mecosta County Democratic Party from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at Peppers Café. He opened the floor to ques­tions and selected Big Rapids native and for­mer Ferris State stu­dent Max Kantar. (more…)

We all make choices in life that define who we are.

We choose between some­thing as sim­ple as whether to eat Lucky Charms or Cheerios for break­fast, to more com­pli­cated choices such as what type of vehi­cle to buy. Each choice we make has some impact on our lives; be it large or small. In many instances, our choices also have an effect on the peo­ple around us and can even affect peo­ple we do not know. (more…)

A 2.75 per­cent con­ve­nience fee will now be charged on any credit card pay­ment made toward a con­sol­i­dated stu­dent account.

Business Operations Systems Manager, Erin Diehm, said the fee was approved by President Eisler and took effect on July 1. Ferris has con­tracted with Touchnet PayPath, a third-party com­pany, to pro­vide pro­cess­ing ser­vices for the con­sol­i­dated stu­dent accounts. Diehm said Ferris could not con­tinue to absorb pro­cess­ing costs due to bud­get con­straints, (more…)

The start of a new semes­ter means a fresh start and a new adventure.

With the new begin­ning comes the stress of mov­ing in, buy­ing books, print­ing sched­ules, find­ing build­ings, and adjust­ing to life in a dif­fer­ent place. It is not nec­es­sar­ily an easy adjust­ment to make and for some peo­ple it’s flat out ter­ri­ble. (more…)

Senator Carl Levin had a pie shoved in his face dur­ing a dis­cus­sion with mem­bers of the Big Rapids com­mu­nity at Peppers Café on Monday.

Levin was in Big Rapids to speak to mem­bers of the Mecosta County Democratic Party from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Levin opened the floor to ques­tions and selected Big Rapids native and for­mer Ferris State stu­dent Max Kantar. Kantar pro­ceeded to read from a pre­pared state­ment crit­i­ciz­ing the sen­a­tor for his stance on sev­eral for­eign poli­cies. During Kantar’s state­ment, Ahlam Mohsen, a 22-year-old woman from Coldwater, put a pie in Levin’s face and she and Kantar fled. (more…)

Two mem­bers of the 2009–2010 Ferris State men’s golf team will com­pete in the 2010 U.S. Amateur Championship in University Place, Wash.

Former Bulldog golfer Eric Lilleboe and Ferris senior Garrett Simons will com­pete in the 110th annual U.S. Amateur Championship begin­ning Aug. 23.

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Ferris State Athletics Director Tom Kirinovic announced his retire­ment at a press con­fer­ence on June 2 after more than 10 years in the position.

Kirinovic, a Ferris grad­u­ate, has been the Athletics Director since November 1999 and served in the Ferris ath­let­ics depart­ment for 27 years. The retire­ment will be offi­cial as of June 30 and the uni­ver­sity will con­duct a nation­wide search to find a suc­ces­sor. (more…)

Of the 10 coaches in the var­sity sports at Ferris State, nine of them are from Michigan.

The lin­eage of Ferris coaches has always had local ties and the cur­rent group is no excep­tion. Three of the nine coaches from Michigan even attended Ferris for their sec­ondary edu­ca­tion. They are from all dif­fer­ent parts of the state, from Sault Ste. Marie to Ypsilanti. (more…)

Working for the Ferris State Torch looks very good on a résumé and you do not even have to be a jour­nal­ism major.

I am an account­ing major who enjoys watch­ing sports and thought it would be cool to write about ath­letic events. I inquired about a posi­tion at the Torch and became a sports writer. (more…)

The city of Big Rapids will get a face-lift this sum­mer with the Downtown Big Rapids Streetscape Project, which broke ground May 3.

Some of the enhance­ments include road con­struc­tion with new pave­ment and curb, as well as new side­walks in some areas. In addi­tion, new LED street­lights, trees, and planter areas will be added. Pocket Park will be ren­o­vated as well and the remain­ing brick cross­walks down­town will be removed.

Roger Schneidt, Deputy Director of Public Works, said the mer­chants in the Downtown Business Association (DBA) began the plan­ning process in 2006. (more…)