Dear Editor,

After read­ing an arti­cle titled “Going the Distance: is com­pet­i­tive run­ning the health­i­est choice for chil­dren?” by Grace Seymore I became very upset.  I run for Ferris’ Cross Country and Track teams.  Now, from time to time I read the Torch after we’ve com­peted at a meet and am often not sur­prised by the lack of rep­re­sen­ta­tion of the team’s accom­plish­ments at each per­for­mance.  This I tend to under­stand, espe­cially when there is not too great of a demand in how the run­ning teams vic­to­ries play out. (more…)

The Ferris State Bulldogs are head­ing to the Frozen Four for the first time after a Midwest Regional Championship win over Cornell University by a score of 2–1. (more…)

Ferris State University Bulldogs defeated the Pioneers of the University of Denver 2–1 in semi­fi­nal round of the NCAA Midwest Regional in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The Bulldogs got on the first goal 4:30 into the sec­ond period, thanks to a goal by Jordie Johnson with assists to Garrett Thompson and Matthew Kirzinger. FSU added to that lead by scor­ing again in the third period with Simon Denis mak­ing his first career goal with assists to Eric Alexander and Cory Kane. (more…)

The new iPad HD is now avail­able in stores. But with the announce­ment and release of a new prod­uct, the inevitable byprod­uct is an out­dated model. Those con­sumers who bought the iPad 2 head to the social media sites to express their dis­may and frus­tra­tion against Apple for com­ing out with a new ver­sion of their new pos­ses­sion. (more…)

When dis­as­ter strikes, every­one wants to know the affected peo­ple they love are safe. With a new pilot pro­gram insti­tuted in Japan, Facebook is help­ing mak­ing that possible.

Facebook’s dis­as­ter fea­ture will allow users to “Like” to sig­nify their safety post-natural dis­as­ter. This comes around the one year anniver­sary of the earth­quake and ensu­ing tsunami that hit Japan and accounted for over 15,000 deaths and another 3,287 peo­ple miss­ing. (more…)

Ferris State hockey faced off Bowling Green State for the CCHA quar­ter­fi­nals and dropped two games in over­time in the best-of-three series. Games’ one and three on Friday and Sunday both went to over­time, with the Falcons win­ning by 3–2 and 4–3 respec­tively. The lone Bulldog win hap­pened on Saturday with a 7–4 vic­tory. Sunday’s piv­otal game three started with three goals by FSU in the first period but Bowling Green State tied up the game took it into over­time. And 2:38 into the sud­den death over­time, Bowling Green State University won the game and series.

After their first round bye, Ferris State hockey con­tin­ues in their pur­suit of the Mason Cup by tak­ing on Bowling Green State this week­end. The Falcons upset Northern Michigan in the first round after enter­ing the CCHA play­offs as the low­est seeds.

FSU and BGSU are fac­ing off for their third series this year. During their four reg­u­lar sea­son face­offs, the Bulldogs won all four games by at least a two goal mar­gin after scor­ing at least four goals them­selves. (more…)

Traveling on planes means you have to sit next to at least one stranger and pos­si­bly engage in awk­ward con­ver­sa­tions with some­one you don’t know.

A new pro­gram by Dutch air­line KLM will allow you to get to know your fel­low pas­sen­gers using Facebook or LinkedIn pro­file details. The deci­sion to share infor­ma­tion will be up to each indi­vid­ual trav­eler to select what infor­ma­tion goes pub­lic. (more…)

Although the Bulldogs lost 3–0 against the Broncos of Western Michigan, Saturday’s game meant more than just a reg­u­lar sea­son finale. It was senior night, hon­or­ing eight Bulldog play­ers before the game with a lone skate around the rink. And after the game, the team was pre­sented with the CCHA reg­u­lar sea­son tro­phy. Ferris State had secured a first round bye of the CCHA play­offs due to a first place reg­u­lar sea­son fin­ish. The Bulldogs return to the ice in a sec­ond round series on March 9, 10, and 11th against the low­est seeded team.

MIMA and OH MI pro­duc­tions pre­sented the Hip Hop Showcase on Thursday with eight dif­fer­ent per­form­ers who rocked the stage in front of a size­able crowd in the Rankin Dome Room.