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You Know You Go to Ferris When….

by Published: May 10, 2012

You met Byron within your first week of school.

You wear the school uni­form: Uggs, leg­gings and a Northface if you’re a girl, cam­ou­flage if you’re a guy.

You have to dodge ice cream cones on the side­walk lead­ing to the Rock.

Hockey play­offs are the most impor­tant time of the year. (more…)

 
 
Ferris Fest: Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low crowd surfs over Ferris students during the 2012 Ferris Fest. All Time Low headlined along with Travis Porter, Act as One and Kris Hitchcock. Photo By: Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

So Much More

Ferris Fest pleases crowd with music, food and activities

by Published: Apr 25, 2012

Ferris Fest: Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low crowd surfs over Ferris stu­dents dur­ing the 2012 Ferris Fest. All Time Low head­lined along with Travis Porter, Act as One and Kris Hitchcock. Photo By: Brock Copus | Multimedia Editor

Six hours. Eight per­form­ers. Two stages. One free out­door festival.

Ferris Fest was held April 21 in the quad from noon to 6 p.m. Besides watch­ing musi­cal per­for­mances on the two stages, there were many other nov­el­ties and activ­i­ties to do.

There was a bounce house where stu­dents could relive their child­hoods. Human bowl­ing was a big hit; par­tic­i­pants were locked in a large round cage and rolled down a track. The photo booth and giant chair with acces­sories brought out the silly side of concert-goers. In addi­tion, there was free food pro­vided by Jet’s Pizza, Jimmy John’s and Buffalo Wild Wings. (more…)

 
 

All the Colors of the Rainbow

Pride Week promotes acceptance and tolerance

by Published: Apr 19, 2012

It’s Pride Week at Ferris, which is sure to turn a few heads and raise some eyebrows.

Pride Week is a week of activ­i­ties ded­i­cated to pro­mot­ing tol­er­ance and spread­ing aware­ness and edu­ca­tion about the les­bian, gay, bisex­ual and trans­gen­der (LGBT) com­mu­nity at FSU.

Diverse Sexuality and Gender Alliance (DSAGA) is the RSO respon­si­ble for putting on all of the activ­i­ties for Pride Week. Brittany Meissner, social chair for DSAGA and Ferris senior in radi­og­ra­phy and health­care sys­tems, said every­one can learn some­thing from par­tic­i­pat­ing in Pride Week. (more…)

 
 

Ferris Fest Promises Music, Food and Fun

The eagerly awaited free festival is back and ready to rock

by Published: Apr 18, 2012

If you don’t have plans for April 21, you’re about to.

Ferris Fest is back, and it will be held from 12 to 6 p.m. in the quad. Most impor­tantly, it’s free.

There will be two stages, with musi­cians All Time Low, Travis Porter, KingRut and Pharoah and more. In addi­tion to the eight musi­cal per­for­mances, there will also be activ­i­ties such as a bounce house, photo booth and human bowl­ing. (more…)

 
 
Ready, Set, Hunt: Children of the Big Rapids community also got to compete for eggs. Children and their families rushed the field searching for prizes.  Photo By: Grace Seymore | AE Writer

The Thrill of the Hunt

Egg hunt draws students and children for festive fun

by Published: Apr 11, 2012

Ready, Set, Hunt: Children of the Big Rapids com­mu­nity also got to com­pete for eggs. Children and their fam­i­lies rushed the field search­ing for prizes. Photo By: Grace Seymore | AE Writer

There’s noth­ing like an Easter egg hunt to bring out the child in all of us.

Local chil­dren and their par­ents gath­ered on Top Taggert Field at 6 p.m. to find eggs. The egg hunt for stu­dents started at 8 p.m.

The eggs con­tained candy and coupons for items such as silly puz­zles and Racquet Center passes. The egg hunt for stu­dents and chil­dren lasted about 10 min­utes each. (more…)

 
 
Successful 2.0: Ferris students attended the Turn Up the Good 2.0 concert on Saturday, March 24. Musical artists included Uncle Jesse, SuperDre, Minnesota and Mimosa. The performers kept the crowd happy and dancing.  Photo By: Grace Seymore | Ferris State Torch

A Night to Remember

by Published: Mar 28, 2012

Successful 2.0: Ferris stu­dents attended the Turn Up the Good 2.0 con­cert on Saturday, March 24. Musical artists included Uncle Jesse, SuperDre, Minnesota and Mimosa. The per­form­ers kept the crowd happy and danc­ing. Photo By: Grace Seymore | Ferris State Torch

Smoke fills the room. Beach balls skit­ter across the sur­face of the crowd. Colored strobe lights dart around, high­light­ing the soli­tary indi­vid­ual on stage.

Suddenly the beat drops and the room explodes into a flurry of activ­ity. Some peo­ple are fist bump­ing and wav­ing around glow sticks while oth­ers are full out break-dancing. (more…)

 
 
Advertising Artwork: Zach Rokosz checks out the Darlene Kaczmarczyk’s artwork on display in the Rankin Art Gallery. The artwork uses vintage advertisments and new photography to create interesting compositions. Photo By: Kate Dupon | Photo Editor

Food for Thought

Artist Darlene Kaczmarczyk draws attention to false advertising with food

by Published: Mar 22, 2012

Advertising Artwork: Zach Rokosz checks out the Darlene Kaczmarczyk’s art­work on dis­play in the Rankin Art Gallery. The art­work uses vin­tage adver­tis­ments and new pho­tog­ra­phy to cre­ate inter­est­ing com­po­si­tions. Photo By: Kate Dupon | Photo Editor

Spam, Velveeta and Jell-o take the spot­light in Darlene Kaczmarczyk’s thought-provoking dis­play in the Rankin Art Gallery.

Kaczmarczyk com­bines vin­tage adver­tise­ments with mod­ern pho­tographs to put them in a new light. For exam­ple, one of her most strik­ing works fea­tures a plate of gaudy, arti­fi­cial look­ing gelatin in a serene nat­ural set­ting. In the back­ground two horses graze. Through these types of con­trasts, Kaczmarczyk demon­strates the arti­fi­cial­ity and pre­served nature of our food.

Miles Skalnek, Ferris State University sopho­more in pre-pharmacy, was intrigued by a pic­ture depict­ing pig-shaped slices of spam in a field. His favorite work of art was one that showed a stalk of corn with candy corn grow­ing out of it. (more…)

 
 

Going the Distance

Is competitive running the healthiest choice for children?

by Published: Mar 14, 2012

It’s not a good feel­ing to be passed in a race by a child.

I was recently run­ning a 5k race and was feel­ing pretty good about my progress until I looked down and real­ized a five or six year old child and her mother were quickly dash­ing past me.

Needless to say, my con­fi­dence in my run­ning abil­ity was shot down the drain as I dis­cov­ered my accom­plish­ment of run­ning this race was attain­able by the younger coun­ter­parts of our soci­ety. (more…)

 
 
Artist of the Month: Student Artist of the Month Brandon Knap is a Ferris sophomore in the graphic design program and has a knack for drawing.  Photo By: Grace Seymor | A&E Writer

It’s All in the Family

Artist of the Month Brandon Knap follows in his mother’s footsteps

by Published: Mar 1, 2012

Artist of the Month: Student Artist of the Month Brandon Knap is a Ferris sopho­more in the graphic design pro­gram and has a knack for draw­ing. Photo By: Grace Seymor | A&E Writer

“Stick-to-it-ness.”

According to Brandon Knap, Student Artist of the Month, this is the aspect of art that is hard­est for him to master.

Knap, FSU sopho­more in graphic design, has been draw­ing and doo­dling for as long as he can remem­ber. Now he strives to match his nat­ural tal­ent with per­se­ver­ance. (more…)

 
 

Sound of Love

Musician Kurt Scobie performed for Valentine’s Day

by Published: Feb 22, 2012

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…)