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Pet Savers: Gabe Laney gives “Angel” some attention. Pet Savers, a registered student organization called Pet Savers has been formed on campus by Professor Cate Arroe and now has a membership of 15 students who wish to stem the tide of pet abandonment and help find them homes. Photo courtesy of Cate Arroe

RSO Helps Abandoned Pets Find New Homes

by Published: Apr 28, 2010

Pet Savers: Gabe Laney gives “Angel” some atten­tion. Pet Savers, a reg­is­tered stu­dent orga­ni­za­tion called Pet Savers has been formed on cam­pus by Professor Cate Arroe and now has a mem­ber­ship of 15 stu­dents who wish to stem the tide of pet aban­don­ment and help find them homes. Photo cour­tesy of Cate Arroe

Cate Arroe has led an effort to stop the trend of student-owned dogs being aban­doned at the end of the year.

“I have heard hor­ror sto­ries about stu­dents aban­don­ing their pets at parks or in apart­ments or at the local shel­ter,” said Arroe. (more…)

 
 

Embracing Education

by Published: Apr 28, 2010

My expe­ri­ence at Ferris State University was one with many vari­ables and mul­ti­ple paths that ulti­mately led me in unex­pected directions.

I came to Ferris for the hotel man­age­ment pro­gram in the fall of 2006. It took me around a semes­ter to real­ize that this field was not the right fit for me and that I wanted to do some­thing with the field of writ­ing. This is where I stepped into jour­nal­ism. (more…)

 
 

New Year, New Majors

by Published: Apr 21, 2010

Starting next fall, Ferris stu­dents will have five new degree pro­grams to choose from.

Four of these pro­grams, energy sys­tems engi­neer­ing, mol­e­c­u­lar diag­nos­tics, allied health and fash­ion stud­ies, will be bach­e­lors pro­grams, while dietary food ser­vice man­age­ment will be an asso­ciate pro­gram. (more…)

 
 
An entrance to Parsons New School in New York where Kendall College of Art and Design students studying the new major in fashion studies will spend their final year. Photo by Dan Hamilton | News Editor

New Year, New Majors

Among five new degree programs, one in fashion studies will allow students to study for a year at the Parsons New School for Design

by Published: Apr 19, 2010

Starting next fall, Ferris stu­dents will have five new degree pro­grams to choose from.

Four of these pro­grams, energy sys­tems engi­neer­ing, mol­e­c­u­lar diag­nos­tics, allied health and fash­ion stud­ies will be bach­e­lors pro­grams, while dietary food ser­vice man­age­ment will be an asso­ciate pro­gram. (more…)

 
 
X Marks the Spot: Minor in possession (MIP) tickets are given out both on and off campus. Drinking underage can lead to both criminal and civil consequences, and if caught in the residence halls, first time offenders are required to take a $100 mandatory online course about alcohol. At many bars, individuals under the age of 21 are often marked with an “X” on their hands. Photo Illustration by: Kristyn Sonnenberg | Photo Editor

MIP Problems

The rate of MIPs at Ferris has dropped in the past year, but consequences still exist

by Published: Apr 14, 2010

X Marks the Spot: Minor in pos­ses­sion (MIP) tick­ets are given out both on and off cam­pus. Drinking under­age can lead to both crim­i­nal and civil con­se­quences, and if caught in the res­i­dence halls, first time offend­ers are required to take a $100 manda­tory online course about alco­hol. At many bars, indi­vid­u­als under the age of 21 are often marked with an “X” on their hands. Photo Illustration by: Kristyn Sonnenberg | Photo Editor

The atti­tudes toward alco­hol that stu­dents have upon arriv­ing at Ferris vary greatly, but the pres­ence of drink­ing under­age on a col­lege cam­pus is often an inescapable reality.

For stu­dents who have been caught drink­ing under­age while at school, they are famil­iar with how the penal sys­tem treats this mat­ter, and what the ram­i­fi­ca­tions are of a minor in pos­ses­sion (MIP) ticket. (more…)

 
 

Driving a Nissan in Michigan

My experiences with going against the norm in Michigan

by Published: Apr 7, 2010

I lived in Illinois for my entire life up until I came to Ferris in the fall of 2006.

Upon arriv­ing that August, I was one of the many fresh­men who did not bring a car to school. My sopho­more year, how­ever, I was lucky enough to get a 1992 Toyota Camry from my aunt so that I could have a car to drive around town. It wasn’t until then that I real­ized one of the many dif­fer­ences between the auto­mo­tive cul­tures in Michigan and Illinois. (more…)

 
 
Rube Goldberg Team: The Ferris State Rube Goldberg team (left to right) Kyle Hebner, Michael Dunakin, Nate AndresMooi stand with advisor Tom Hollen with the machine they created to squeez hand sanitizer. Photo courtesy of Kyle Hebner  Rube Goldberg Team  The Ferris State Rube Goldberg team (left to right) Kyle Hebner, Michael Dunakin, Nate AndresMooi stand with advisor Tom Hollen with the machine they created to squeez hand sanitizer.

Rube Goldberg Team Falls Short

by Published: Apr 7, 2010

Rube Goldberg Team: The Ferris State Rube Goldberg team (left to right) Kyle Hebner, Michael Dunakin, Nate AndresMooi stand with advi­sor Tom Hollen with the machine they cre­ated to squeez hand san­i­tizer. Photo cour­tesy of Kyle Hebner Rube Goldberg Team The Ferris State Rube Goldberg team (left to right) Kyle Hebner, Michael Dunakin, Nate AndresMooi stand with advi­sor Tom Hollen with the machine they cre­ated to squeez hand sanitizer.

The national Rube Goldberg com­pe­ti­tion was held at Purdue University on March 27 in which Ferris’ team com­peted, falling short of win­ning an award.

The task of the machine at this year’s com­pe­ti­tion was to squeeze hand san­i­tizer from a bot­tle into a hand. There were 12 uni­ver­si­ties in atten­dance, along with 13 high schools that com­peted in a sep­a­rate com­pe­ti­tion. (more…)

 
 
The Rube Goldberg machine set to compete at Nationals. Photo Courtesy Kyle Hebner

Rube Goldberg Team Falls Short at Nationals

by Published: Mar 30, 2010

The Rube Goldberg machine set to com­pete at Nationals. Photo Courtesy Kyle Hebner

The national Rube Goldberg com­pe­ti­tion was held at Purdue University  where Ferris’ team com­peted, falling short of win­ning an award.

The task of the machine at this year’s com­pe­ti­tion, which took place the week­end of March 27, was to squeeze hand san­i­tizer from a bot­tle into a hand. There were 12 uni­ver­si­ties in atten­dance, along with 13 high schools that com­peted in a sep­a­rate competition.

(more…)

 
 

Beneficial Procrastination

Missing The Deadlines For Grad School Is Helping Me Look Before I Leap

by Published: Mar 17, 2010

Graduate school is some­thing I decided I want to attend over the past few years.

Given my degree in jour­nal­ism, with minors in polit­i­cal sci­ence and phi­los­o­phy, I have many options of where, and what, I want to study. (more…)

 
 

The History of Lenten Abstinence

The history of Catholics abstaining from meat on Fridays in Lent provides an interesting story

by Published: Mar 3, 2010

It is a com­monly held notion that dur­ing the Middle Ages, the church cler­ics insti­tuted the prac­tice of not eat­ing meat on Fridays in Lent to help the Italian fish indus­try. From Catholic priests to Eastern Orthodox priests, inter­net resources to printed texts, this the­ory seems to hold no water.

During the sea­son of Lent, the Catholic tra­di­tion, along with other var­i­ous Christian denom­i­na­tions, observe the prac­tice of not eat­ing meat on Fridays, and often opt for fish instead. (more…)