There are over 200 reg­is­tered stu­dent orga­ni­za­tions at Ferris, but none that is specif­i­cally focused on visual art.

However, Carrie Weis, direc­tor of the Rankin Art Gallery, is try­ing to change that. Weis first saw the need for an art RSO when a stu­dent talked to her about the pos­si­bil­ity of start­ing one. Soon after, stu­dents began approach­ing her about set­ting up art com­pe­ti­tions across cam­pus. (more…)

With February being Children’s Dental Health Month, first– and second-year FSU den­tal hygiene stu­dents in the Student American Dental Hygiene Association (SADHA) are anx­iously await­ing the Children’s Dental Health Fair.

Taking place Feb. 11 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the FSU Dental Hygiene Clinic, the fair aims to reach out to the com­mu­nity by pro­vid­ing much needed den­tal care for chil­dren. (more…)

Lauren Pinner, FSU junior in graphic design, com­peted for the sec­ond time in the Honors Art Show held Jan. 25 at Rankin Art Gallery. This year, Pinner won the cov­eted Judge’s Choice Award, cho­sen by Dr. William Culpepper, an assis­tant pro­fes­sor in FSU’s graphic design pro­gram. (more…)

Tagged on YouTube as “the dumb­est per­son in the world,” I’ll leave that judg­ment up to you. As a California-born per­son myself, I am happy to say I don’t, in any way, rep­re­sent this. This should be a warn­ing to any­one who has an opin­ion: Make sure you know what you’re talk­ing about before you open your mouth, or you will be laughed at on YouTube for weeks to come. (more…)

Readers, get out your cal­en­dars and pre­pare to fill them up for the next month.

From Jan. 29 to Feb. 29, there is at least one event daily as part of Ferris’ Festival of the Arts. These events range from harp recitals to haiku work­shops, so there is some­thing for every­one. The best part of these events is that the major­ity are free. (more…)

The Banana Convention– “Leap”

Saginaw Michigan brought us this fun-loving band for a Saturday night stint at a local bar. With an inter­est­ing name and biog­ra­phy, The Banana Convention crew will not let you down with fun songs filled with a punk atti­tude. Working in har­mony, The Banana Convention gives you some­thing to look for­ward to in your player. (more…)

Spotify, a music stream­ing ser­vice, reached an impor­tant mile­stone of 3 mil­lion pay­ing users which is 20% of its user base. Spotify allows users to lis­ten to music on var­i­ous devices such as com­put­ers, mobile phones, or televisions.

The spike in pre­mium users may have occurred since it lim­ited free users who used the ser­vice for six months to only lis­ten to ten hours a month. (more…)

Puppets and col­lege plays are not two things that usu­ally go together.

That is, unless your school is per­form­ing “Avenue Q,” a raunchy com­ing of age story that is equal parts musi­cal and pup­pet show. Described by some as a very grown up “Sesame Street,” “Avenue Q” will be Ferris’ spring show, and audi­tions are tak­ing place Jan. 23, 24, and 25 in the Williams Auditorium. (more…)

Ferris State University has always prided itself on rep­re­sent­ing stu­dents from all dif­fer­ent races and eth­nic­i­ties. But for Chinese stu­dents at FSU, yes­ter­day was the first time that Chinese New Year was offi­cially cel­e­brated on cam­pus. (more…)

End of Existence– Demo Tracks

End of Existence comes not from the depths of Dante’s Inferno, but from the mid­dle of our great state of Michigan. Another metal band on the scene comes through with a vocal abil­ity that ranges from Dio to Deicide. We’ve all heard the low war­bling of other metal bands, and as stated in pre­vi­ous reviews, metal is an acquired taste for some. (more…)