Ferris State recently had the priv­i­lege of hav­ing Wahls come to speak about LGBT issues, issues that are in need to be addressed on cam­pus to ensure a com­mu­nity of equal­ity and tol­er­ance. (more…)

We have a cer­tain pride of our Americanism in this coun­try and some­times we view our­selves not as a sep­a­rate peo­ple, but one entity–several indi­vid­u­als mak­ing up one America.

Yet there are many peo­ple who do not fit into our inborn under­stand­ing of what “American” is. We tend to believe that in order to be an American you have to be born one or per­mit­ted to become one by the gov­ern­ment. It’s an exclu­sive club, and we don’t want to see other peo­ple get­ting in because American is some­thing we trea­sure as a soci­ety. (more…)

At the entrance to cam­pus sits a sign indi­cat­ing that Ferris is a storm-ready cam­pus rec­og­nized by the National Weather Service. The web­site for the National Weather Service describes a “storm-ready” insti­tu­tion as one which “uses a grass­roots approach to help com­mu­ni­ties develop plans to han­dle all types of severe weather.” (more…)

Sean Duchaine
Senior, biology

“I back the can­di­dates and ideas which have the most com­mon sense. I have some feel­ings that sway demo­c­ra­tic and some that are more repub­li­can, but over­all I’d con­sider myself more of a lib­er­tar­ian because of their free-market ideas, empha­sis on civil lib­er­ties and non-intervention over­seas. I think we need to end the Federal Reserve, con­trol the mil­i­tary indus­trial com­plex, legal­ize mar­i­juana and research into more health ben­e­fits of mar­i­juana. Ultimately, we need a smaller and more constitution-oriented gov­ern­ment.” (more…)

To many stu­dents, drink­ing seems to be a rite of pas­sage in col­lege life. In many cir­cles, alco­hol use is sim­ply the norm. Yet, nor­mal as it may seem, alco­hol use can carry some very real con­se­quences that many stu­dents may not understand.

A wide known fact is the legal age for drink­ing is 21. Anyone who drinks before this age can be con­victed with a minor in pos­ses­sion charge (MIP), which can result in sev­eral hun­dreds of dol­lars in fines, pro­ba­tion and at max­i­mum even jail time. (more…)

However, it seems some of this tuition money may not be going to the best of use. It was dis­cov­ered some FSU stu­dent employ­ees have been fal­si­fy­ing their hour logs in Kronos in order to earn money for hours they did not work. (more…)

The upcom­ing pres­i­den­tial elec­tion promises to be a strug­gle. With no clear Republican can­di­date tak­ing the lead, no one is sure what, exactly, the cam­paign between President Obama and the Republican nom­i­nee is going to look like come elec­tion time.

Amongst the Republican pri­mary, we have a myr­iad of can­di­dates with a vari­ety of views. There’s Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain and Ron Paul amongst sev­eral oth­ers. (more…)

Ferris stu­dents have felt the effects of rais­ing tuition and a slow econ­omy, but Obama’s new stu­dent loan plan promises to help ease the pain.

Amidst the tur­moil, President Obama has come forth to announce his hopes for alle­vi­at­ing stu­dent loan debt. This plan will allow stu­dents to “pay as they earn” by con­sol­i­dat­ing their fed­eral loan pay­ments into a sin­gle pay­ment not to exceed 10 per­cent of their dis­cre­tionary income. The plan will also for­give debt after 20 years of pay­ment. (more…)