As the movie ‘Armageddon’ played recently on my TV. dur­ing a dreary, over­cast day, I came to a realization.

That real­iza­tion being, if God-forbid, any­thing even remotely close to the story line hap­pened in real life, we as a peo­ple, are done for. The human race will be adios, toast, stick a fork in us because this goose is cooked. (more…)

The women’s vol­ley­ball team will open its 38th sea­son of var­sity play on Sept. 3 as the Bulldogs will host the Ferris State Invitational.

The team returns 13 play­ers from the 2009 squad, which earned a NCAA Tournament appear­ance for the 15th time in school his­tory. While the team has many play­ers return­ing from last year’s team, only three were starters. Fifteenth-year head coach Tia Brandel-Wilhelm hopes last year’s suc­cess will help the new starters tran­si­tion into their roles as they know not only what is to be expected of them, but of the team. (more…)

After a 16-year absence from his home state, Chris Boden is hav­ing a home­com­ing as he has joined the Bulldog foot­ball staff.

After grad­u­at­ing from Saginaw Valley State in 1990, Boden began his coach­ing career as a grad­u­ate assis­tant with Central Michigan. In 1994, after he received his mas­ters degree, he left the con­fines of the Great-Lake state in order to pur­sue his coach­ing career. In those 16 years, Boden has held coach­ing posi­tions in Ohio, Georgia, Texas, and South Dakota, where he was the head coach of Northern State for five years. (more…)

Big Rapids offers a vari­ety of activ­i­ties for stu­dents to do in many fun and unique locations.

I have heard so many stu­dents on cam­pus declare that Big Rapids is a bor­ing city. Being bored is an option, not a sealed fate to the Ferris State stu­dent. This is espe­cially true if you enjoy the out-of-doors. (more…)

I have been a dog lover my whole life, so I can­not stand it when I see a dog or any other pet being ill-treated.

I feel that many col­lege stu­dents, who like myself, are pet lovers and they decide to get a pet while in col­lege. For some this may not be an issue, but with my busy sched­ule I know that I would not have the nec­es­sary time to ded­i­cate towards car­ing for a pet. (more…)

I know I’ve done it, and I also know there is a pretty good chance that you have down­loaded songs too.

In fact, I hon­estly can­not think of one sin­gle per­son that I am friends with who does not down­load songs from the inter­net. Even my Mom does it. Granted, just because my Mom does it, that does not exactly make it right. (more…)

The Ferris State foot­ball team will be look­ing to get back to their win­ning ways this upcom­ing fall as they kick off the sea­son on Sept. 3.

The Bulldogs broke their streak of three con­sec­u­tive years with a win­ning sea­son as they fin­ished the 2009 cam­paign with an abysmal 1–10 record. Their only win was against win­less Tiffin University. It was the team’s sec­ond los­ing sea­son in the past nine years. Head Coach Jeff Pierce will be return­ing to the pro­gram for his 16th sea­son as a Bulldog. The Bulldogs have recorded nine win­ning sea­sons out of the 15 years that Pierce has spent at the helm. (more…)

As sum­mer is upon us, col­lege stu­dents on a tight bud­get are turn­ing to disc golf for sum­mer fun.

Students in Big Rapids can travel a short dis­tance to the Northend Riverside Park, which includes an 18-hole disc golf course. The course is free to any­one who wants to play and the only cost is the disc itself, which ranges from $8 to $20. (more…)

The Ferris State soft­ball team answered a tough chal­lenge over the week­end as they won three of four games against two ranked opponents.

Ferris head coach Keri Becker feels that her team’s con­sis­tency is a big rea­son why the Bulldogs were able to have this late sea­son success.

“I am very happy com­ing away 3–1 from the week­end,” said Becker. “We played really well and we could have eas­ily been 4–0.” (more…)

The Ferris foot­ball team closed out the spring with the annual Crimson & Gold Spring Game on Friday.

The Crimson team was made up of the first team offense and the sec­ond team defense. They squared off against the Gold team, which con­sisted of the sec­ond team offense and first team defense. (more…)