The weather has finally taken a turn for the warmer, and sum­mer approaches. Though many anx­ious, Big Rapids-weary Ferris stu­dents are itch­ing to head home, not all the out-of-towners are high­tail­ing it out of town mere min­utes after their last exam. For those stick­ing around look­ing for bud­get and mileage-friendly out­lets for their time and energy, here are a few nearby, lesser known places that won’t take you too far beyond city lim­its. (more…)

Grand Rapids

Are the Rapids here not big enough for you? Don’t fret; they have grander ones about an hour south of campus.

Grand Rapids is one hour south on Highway 131, and is a fairly easy city to nav­i­gate with safe, active nightlife.

Grand Rapids is a sum­mer par­adise on Michigan’s west coast for big city lovers. From the world’s largest art com­pe­ti­tion to con­certs at Van Andel Arena, you can’t go wrong. (more…)

Eating healthy

Living green, eat­ing healthy and car­ing for the planet are all things we hear we should do on a daily basis. Few would deny their ben­e­fits, but cost-effectiveness is the key ele­ment in any lifestyle change, espe­cially when you’re a quin­tes­sen­tial poor col­lege kid.

There are sev­eral things you could use around your own home to save you money, the envi­ron­ment and the planet. Whether you helped out for The Big Event, Earth Day or are plan­ning on help­ing on Arbor Day, below are things you can do every day that will make a last­ing impact on Mother Earth. (more…)

Kyle Bonis
“I want to be play­ing hockey at the high­est level I can. The game has been an absolute bless­ing for me, and I have enjoyed every­thing about it. I just want to keep get­ting bet­ter and be happy in life—that is the ulti­mate goal.”
Stat: Improved his goal total by 12 to lead the team with 19 this season

Daniel Sutherlin
“Overseas liv­ing out my dream to play pro­fes­sional bas­ket­ball, or work­ing at a CPA firm.”
Stat: Played the last minute of his col­le­giate career on a bro­ken ankle

Kylie Muntz
“In five years I see myself work­ing as a reg­is­tered nurse prob­a­bly back in Ohio with my fam­ily, hope­fully start­ing a fam­ily of my own.”
Stats: Muntz was in the top three in 11 sta­tis­ti­cal cat­e­gories for the Bulldogs this sea­son (more…)

Eating healthy and being a col­lege stu­dent don’t typ­i­cally coin­cide with one another.

In Big Rapids, a health food store called Mary’s All About Health & Wellness, located down­town on 207 S. Michigan Ave. next to the movie the­ater, offers a vari­ety of healthy options for stu­dents who want to start eat­ing organic or have food allergies.

Gloria Shellenbarger, who works in the kitchen at Mary’s All About Health & Wellness, said there are ben­e­fits of eat­ing all organic and nat­ural. (more…)

On Friday, Feb. 15, the Big Rapids Department of Public Safety was called at 7:48 a.m. to respond to an indi­vid­ual found in a snow bank.

The sub­ject was deter­mined to be 18-year-old Ferris fresh­man graphic design stu­dent Nicholas Suttles. The first respon­ders found him to be extremely hypother­mic and had an irreg­u­lar heart beat. It is believed he was there since 3 a.m. with­out a coat on.

Torch Sports Editor and senior biotech­nol­ogy major Tyler Shelton encoun­tered the scene on his way to his 8 a.m. class. (more…)

Update Feb 15 5:20p.m.: Big Rapids Department of Public Safety were called at 7:48a.m. this morn­ing to respond to an indi­vid­ual in a snow bank. The sub­ject was deter­mined to be 18-year-old Ferris fresh­men Graphic Design stu­dent Nicholas Suttles. The first respon­ders found him to be extremely hypother­mic and had an irreg­u­lar heart beat. It is believed he was there since 3a.m. with­out a coat on.

Initial treat­ment took place at Mecosta County Medical Center where Suttles was sta­bi­lized. He was then sent via Aero Med to Grand Rapids for fur­ther treat­ment. Suttles remains in crit­i­cal condition.

Alcohol is con­sid­ered to be a fac­tor and a res­i­dence is under inves­ti­ga­tion for the gath­er­ing. Initial inves­ti­ga­tion has found Suttles brought alco­hol to the party him­self and con­sumed a large quan­tity. Charges are expected to be filed related to this inci­dence for the indi­vid­u­als who allowed the under-aged Suttles to con­sume alco­hol under the Nuisance Party Ordinance. (more…)

A west­ern cul­ture scare
By Jessica Smith, A&E Editor

We’ve all heard—the world is sup­posed to end on December 21, 2012. Some peo­ple are stand­ing on the sides of streets hold­ing signs read­ing, “Repent: The world is going to end” or some­thing along those lines.

But, it’s not going to hap­pen. NASA debunked that myth. According to NASA sci­en­tists, the world will not end in 2012. The planet has been get­ting along just fine for more than four bil­lion years, and cred­i­ble sci­en­tists world­wide know of no threat asso­ci­ated with 2012. (more…)

Alcohol

MIP on South Street

Jan. 12 at 12:20 a.m., offi­cers observed two intox­i­cated sub­jects on South Street near State Street. Two sub­jects were MIP and ticketed.

MIP at Rite Aid

Jan. 11 at 3:20 a.m., offi­cers stopped intox­i­cated female in Rite Aid park­ing lot and found to be MIP. (more…)

What’s the worst way to break up with someone?

“Ignoring the per­son and then chang­ing your Facebook rela­tion­ship sta­tus with­out them knowing.”

Kelli Crow, pharmacy

What’s your favorite pickup line?

“Do you like Little Caesars? ‘Cause you’re hot and I’m ready.”

Sarah Gilbert, mol­e­c­u­lar diag­nos­tics (more…)