Students paused and craned their necks as they were greeted with live music while fil­ing into The Rock on Valentine’s Day.

Many stu­dents were not aware that their evening meal would be accom­pa­nied by a live per­for­mance from a tal­ented musi­cian. Kurt Scobie, a Michigan native, set a roman­tic mood with a com­bi­na­tion of orig­i­nal songs and cover songs by musi­cians such as John Mayer and Jack Johnson. (more…)

The con­cert will take place Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. in Williams Auditorium. Llorenç Mendoza-Ruiz, award win­ning con­duc­tor from Valencia, Spain, will be guest con­duct­ing part of the pro­gram. (more…)

Looking for a roman­tic date night idea, but tired of the movie and din­ner scene?

There are plenty out there, as long as you aren’t afraid to think out­side the box and do some­thing a lit­tle unusual. Our read­ers spoke up to sug­gest and voice their opin­ion on fun things to do with your sweetie on Valentine’s Day. (more…)

There are over 200 reg­is­tered stu­dent orga­ni­za­tions at Ferris, but none that is specif­i­cally focused on visual art.

However, Carrie Weis, direc­tor of the Rankin Art Gallery, is try­ing to change that. Weis first saw the need for an art RSO when a stu­dent talked to her about the pos­si­bil­ity of start­ing one. Soon after, stu­dents began approach­ing her about set­ting up art com­pe­ti­tions across cam­pus. (more…)

Readers, get out your cal­en­dars and pre­pare to fill them up for the next month.

From Jan. 29 to Feb. 29, there is at least one event daily as part of Ferris’ Festival of the Arts. These events range from harp recitals to haiku work­shops, so there is some­thing for every­one. The best part of these events is that the major­ity are free. (more…)

One of my favorite things about liv­ing in America is our free­dom to openly express our­selves through many dif­fer­ent mediums.

I love that Americans can protest poli­cies, write to our sen­a­tors, wor­ship our own gods, dis­agree, debate and dis­cuss. This incred­i­ble free­dom we have was really brought to my atten­tion recently through all the dis­cus­sion of the SOPA and PIPA bills. Through tools such as the news­pa­per, Internet and tele­vi­sion, it has never been eas­ier to broad­cast one’s ideas to a wide audi­ence. (more…)

Puppets and col­lege plays are not two things that usu­ally go together.

That is, unless your school is per­form­ing “Avenue Q,” a raunchy com­ing of age story that is equal parts musi­cal and pup­pet show. Described by some as a very grown up “Sesame Street,” “Avenue Q” will be Ferris’ spring show, and audi­tions are tak­ing place Jan. 23, 24, and 25 in the Williams Auditorium. (more…)

Artist Sheryl Budnik is devi­at­ing from her nor­mally idyl­lic sea and sun­set themes to con­front uncom­fort­able truths about nat­ural dis­as­ters in the world.

Alongside her calm scenes, she also has paint­ings of nat­ural dis­as­ters such as vol­ca­noes, earth­quakes, and for­est fires. Her art dis­play “Chaos & Calm” will be in the Rankin Art Center until Jan. 21. (more…)

Rollerskating is dif­fi­cult enough for some with­out adding danc­ing into the mix, but not for Breaksk8.

Breaksk8 is a roller­skat­ing dance team based out of Kokomo, Ind. They per­formed on MTV’s “America’s Best Dance Crew” in 2008 and at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards. Breaksk8 will be per­form­ing at the Williams Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Jan. 12. (more…)

It’s not every­day stu­dents attend­ing a school func­tion hear the “n-word,” much less com­ing from the stage.

However, those who attended 5-star come­dian W. Kamau Bell’s pre­sen­ta­tion on Dec. 1 in Williams Auditorium were in for a sur­prise. His can­did speech and frank dis­cus­sion about race kept stu­dents laugh­ing, but also forced them to con­front some touchy top­ics. (more…)