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Ferris Speaker: Speaker Zach Wahls spoke to Ferris students about having lesbian mothers and LGBT rights. Wahls talked about how both sides of the argument should just stop insulting one another. Photo By: Kate Dupon | Photo Editor

Battle of Beliefs

Zach Wahls, son of two mothers, shared his story with Ferris students

by Published: Feb 8, 2012

Ferris Speaker: Speaker Zach Wahls spoke to Ferris stu­dents about hav­ing les­bian moth­ers and LGBT rights. Wahls talked about how both sides of the argu­ment should just stop insult­ing one another. Photo By: Kate Dupon | Photo Editor

Zach Wahls has become an overnight sen­sa­tion with his viral YouTube video speak­ing out for LGBT rights in Iowa and about his les­bian mothers.

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…)

 
 

Time for an Open Border

Immigration in the United States should be accepted

by Published: Feb 3, 2012

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…)

 
 
Storm Ready: Ferris State University is recognized by the National Weather Service as a “storm-ready” institution. Photo By: Kate Dupon | Photo Editor

Walk or Drive With Caution

What “storm ready” means at Ferris

by Published: Feb 1, 2012

Storm Ready: Ferris State University is rec­og­nized by the National Weather Service as a “storm-ready” insti­tu­tion. Photo By: Kate Dupon | Photo Editor

Big Rapids is no stranger to snow and cold weather. It comes as no sur­prise to any­one to see cam­pus being pounded with snow and ice this year just as it has been in years past.

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…)

 
 

Red vs. Blue

Students share their political views

by Published: Jan 25, 2012

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…)

 
 

The Costly Truth

Consequences of furnishing alcohol to minors are not light

by Published: Jan 19, 2012

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…)

 
 
Fraud Equals Fired: FSU students have been caught falsifying their work hours, resulting in termination from their campus jobs. Notice: The above photo does not reflect the actions of students in the article, it is a staged photo for publishing purposes only. Photo Illustration by: Kate Dupon | Photo Editor

Busted

Students caught falsifying work hours

by Published: Jan 11, 2012

Fraud Equals Fired: FSU stu­dents have been caught fal­si­fy­ing their work hours, result­ing in ter­mi­na­tion from their cam­pus jobs. Notice: The above photo does not reflect the actions of stu­dents in the arti­cle, it is a staged photo for pub­lish­ing pur­poses only. Photo Illustration by: Kate Dupon | Photo Editor

Students are pay­ing record high tuition in order to be able to attend college.

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…)

 
 
Presidental Candidates

Political Voices

Many students interested in the election

by Published: Dec 1, 2011

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…)

 
 
Student Loan Graphic

Uncertainty of Obama’s Student Loan Plan

Ferris States tudents express thoughts on Obama’s plan

by Published: Nov 17, 2011

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…)