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Honors Art Show: Students and faculty gathered to view dozens of artworks created by FSU honors students. Photo By: Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

The Bigger Picture

Student displays a year of her life in single piece of artwork

by Published: Feb 1, 2012

Art Show Winner: FSU junior Lauren Pinner, above, was the Judge’s Choice win­ner in the Honors Art Show. Her art­work was cre­ated from 365 pho­tographs, one doc­u­ment­ing each day of the year in her life. Photo By: Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

They say a pic­ture is worth a thou­sand words; put 365 pic­tures together and you’ve got quite a story to tell.

Lauren Pinner, FSU junior in graphic design, com­peted for the sec­ond time in the Honors Art Show held Jan. 25 at Rankin Art Gallery. This year, Pinner won the cov­eted Judge’s Choice Award, cho­sen by Dr. William Culpepper, an assis­tant pro­fes­sor in FSU’s graphic design pro­gram. (more…)

 
 

Making the Grade

by Published: Jan 25, 2012

With the change of pro­fes­sors each semes­ter, many of them can blur together in the minds of stu­dents. Some pro­fes­sors, how­ever, go above and beyond to leave a last­ing impact on their students.

An FSU pro­fes­sor who really stands out for Erin Munsel, FSU Honors sopho­more in pre-pharmacy, is Dr. Clifton Franklund. Munsel had Franklund for micro­bi­ol­ogy. (more…)

 
 

Letting Creative Juices Flow

Honors students show their talents beyond the textbooks

by Published: Jan 18, 2012

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…)

 
 
Remembering MLK: Students browse through the Tunnel of Oppression, a display which showcases diversity in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Tunnel of Oppression will be open to the public and will take place on Jan. 16 and 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Torch File Photos

Keeping the Dream Alive

Alternative presentations of diversity aim to make a statement

by Published: Jan 11, 2012

Remembering MLK: Students browse through the Tunnel of Oppression, a dis­play which show­cases diver­sity in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Tunnel of Oppression will be open to the pub­lic and will take place on Jan. 16 and 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Torch File Photos

In recog­ni­tion of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the MLK Celebration Committee will be exhibit­ing the Tunnel of Oppression, an uncon­ven­tional and inter­ac­tive dis­play of oppression.

“The Tunnel of Oppression is an ‘in your face’ approach to talk­ing about diver­sity,” Khayree Williams, mem­ber of the MLK Celebration Planning Committee and Miller and Ward Halls direc­tor, said. “It’s to get peo­ple think­ing about work­ing toward gain­ing more under­stand­ing.” (more…)

 
 
Mormon Awareness: Mormon members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints share their religious beliefs with Ferris students. Photo By: Kate Dupon | Photo Editor

Mormons on a Mission

A deeper look into what Mormons on FSU’s campus do

by Published: Dec 1, 2011

Mormon Awareness: Mormon mem­bers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints share their reli­gious beliefs with Ferris stu­dents. Photo By: Kate Dupon | Photo Editor

“Mormons make me wish my apart­ment had a peep­hole.” That was my Facebook sta­tus toward the begin­ning of this semester.

We’ve all seen them walk­ing around cam­pus before…the men who are dressed way too dap­per to be ordi­nary col­lege stu­dents. Two of them, Elder Jones and Elder Ballard, approached me on cam­pus. In talk­ing with them, I real­ized just how lit­tle I knew about Mormonism. (more…)

 
 

Performing Talents for Votes

Honors Variety Show brings varying levels of experience

by Published: Nov 16, 2011

From the sea­soned musi­cian to the first-time per­former, the annual FSU Honors Variety Show will be show­cas­ing tal­ents of half a dozen acts.

Bryce Hetchler, FSU senior in pre-medicine, has been tak­ing voice lessons since she was in sixth grade and has per­formed in front of audi­ences many times. She also com­peted in the Michigan School Vocal Music Association Solo and Ensemble every year in mid­dle school and high school. (more…)

 
 
All For One: The Three Musketeers was performed by Ferris students over the Nov. 4 weekend. The cast members of the production bonded into a family which enriched the quality of the play. Photo By: Kate Dupon | Photo Editor

Family of Musketeers

FSU school play fosters close relationships behind the scenes

by Published: Nov 9, 2011

All For One: The Three Musketeers was per­formed by Ferris stu­dents over the Nov. 4 week­end. The cast mem­bers of the pro­duc­tion bonded into a fam­ily which enriched the qual­ity of the play. Photo By: Kate Dupon | Photo Editor

“All for one and one for all” is one of the most famous lines from Alexandre Dumas’ play The Three Musketeers; it was obvi­ous to audi­ence mem­bers that this men­tal­ity spread beyond just the stage over the Nov. 4 weekend.

“Theatre itself is a fam­ily, but other shows have not car­ried as strong of a con­nec­tion as we have with The Three Musketeers,” Kate Schwartz, a senior in busi­ness admin­is­tra­tion who played Madame de Lannoy and Kitty, said. (more…)

 
 
Comedian Frenzy: Comedian Amy Schumer performed for Ferris students on Oct. 25. Comedian Jen Kober is scheduled to perform at Ferris on Nov. 2. Photo By: Angie Walukonis | Opinions Editor

Comedienne’s Raunchy Style Entertains Ferris Students

by Published: Nov 2, 2011

Comedian Frenzy: Comedian Amy Schumer per­formed for Ferris stu­dents on Oct. 25. Comedian Jen Kober is sched­uled to per­form at Ferris on Nov. 2. Photo By: Angie Walukonis | Opinions Editor

“I feel like my mate­r­ial is too dirty for you guys. Clap if you want me to switch over to my cleaner stuff,” come­di­enne Amy Schumer said.

Her request was met with dead silence by the audi­ence in the Dome Room. (more…)

 
 

Comedienne Promises to Be Hefty and Hilarious

by Published: Nov 2, 2011

From thin, vul­gar come­di­enne Amy Schumer to self-described hefty Jen Kober, Ferris brings a vari­ety of humor to its campus.

Kober, whose per­for­mance is sched­uled for Nov. 2, comes to FSU from Los Angeles. She is orig­i­nally from Lake Chares, La., and attended the Theatre School of DePaul University in Chicago. (more…)

 
 

Funds From Fashion

St. Peter’s to put on fashion show to raise money

by Published: Oct 27, 2011

St. Peter’s Lutheran School, located on West Bellevue Street, is receiv­ing the aid of two Ferris stu­dents at its annual fash­ion show.

Tirzah Price and Kristy Britton, alumni of St. Peter’s, have decided to donate some of their time to help the school raise funds to help sup­port itself.

“Being in a smaller set­ting in a pri­vate school is very dif­fer­ent from pub­lic schools,” Price said of her expe­ri­ence at St. Peter’s. “I really appre­ci­ate the sup­port I got there beyond the class­room.” (more…)