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Griffin vs. Palin

Sarah Palin’s lashing out on Family Guy proves she needs to pony up and quit pouting when portrayed negatively in the public eye

by Jessica Smith, Ferris State Torch Published: Mar 3, 2010

The FOX ani­mated sit­com “Family Guy” knows how to push the but­tons of pub­lic figures.

During the Feb. 14 episode, the char­ac­ter Chris had a crush on a girl named Ellen with Down syn­drome and went out on a date with her. When he asked her about her par­ents’ jobs, she said, “My dad’s an accoun­tant and my mom’s the for­mer gov­er­nor of Alaska.”

That state­ment was meant to be a jab at 2008 vice pres­i­den­tial can­di­date and, yes, for­mer gov­er­nor of Alaska Sarah Palin. Palin did not take the “joke” very well. Palin’s one-year-old son Trig has Down syn­drome. (more…)

 
 

Letter From the Editor: Voicemail Vexation

by Kelsey A. Schnell, Editor in Chief Published: Mar 3, 2010

A few weeks ago, I wrote a let­ter from the edi­tor describ­ing my excite­ment at the pos­si­bil­ity of emerg­ing technologies.

I described my new found appre­ci­a­tion for Twitter, though cer­tainly not an obses­sion, and text mes­sag­ing replac­ing nor­mal con­ver­sa­tion. (more…)

 
 
 

Saddle Up the Zamboni, It’s Party Time!

by Megan M. Coady, Opinions Editor Published: Mar 3, 2010

After the Canadian women’s hockey team won Olympic gold on Feb. 25 they did what came nat­u­rally, they celebrated.

Smokin’ sto­gies, sip­pin’ bub­bly and hors­ing around on the Zamboni machine in vic­tory cel­e­bra­tion had major con­se­quences though. (more…)

 
 
Licensed for laughs: Gary Blied and Frank Marzano pose in their scrubs. Their intermission antics became an infamous part of Ferris hockey games. Photo Courtesy of FSU Photo Services

The Doctors

by Ted Halm, Ferris State University Web Content Manager, Advancement & Marketing Published: Mar 3, 2010

Licensed for laughs: Gary Blied and Frank Marzano pose in their scrubs. Their inter­mis­sion antics became an infa­mous part of Ferris hockey games. Photo Courtesy of FSU Photo Services

The pub­lic address announcer boomed: Ladies and gen­tle­men — There’s a car in the park­ing lot with its lights on — a pink Cadillac with leop­ard skin seats!!

Suddenly, two young men dressed in doc­tors’ scrubs leap from their seats at cen­ter ice, bump into each other, and run around in cir­cles like a crazy Marx-brothers skit.

Flash back to circa-1982 … it’s a Bulldog hockey game at Ferris State’s Ewigleben Ice Arena and the late Bill Buckingham, the beloved “voice of the Bulldogs,” has deliv­ered his ear-splitting queue to Frank Marzano and Gary “Bear” Blied, who go into their famil­iar fan-pleasing rou­tine. (more…)

 
 

Goodbye Face-to-Face, Hello Facebook

Social media can decrease our communication abilities

by Jessica Smith, Ferris State Torch Published: Feb 24, 2010

Texting, Facebooking and Tweeting have opened many bor­ders in terms of com­mu­ni­ca­tion, and the “tech­nirev­o­lu­tion” just keeps expanding.

Being a jour­nal­ism stu­dent, it has come to my real­iza­tion that it is at times eas­ier to con­tact a source on Facebook for a story. Phone calls and e-mails are not always answered as quickly as a Facebook mes­sage. (more…)

 
 

Letter From the Editor: Countdown to Commencement

by Kelsey A. Schnell, Editor in Chief Published: Feb 24, 2010

 My e-mail inbox was vis­ited last week by a mes­sage from the University remind­ing me that the Graduation Fair was fast approach­ing; as a senior grad­u­at­ing in May of this year, that’s a bit daunt­ing. (more…)

 
 
 

Go Far With Ferris

Ferris State University offers more than just a quality education

by Ben Thayer, Sports Editor Published: Feb 24, 2010

Ferris State University com­ple­ments its edu­ca­tion with job expe­ri­ence oppor­tu­ni­ties not often found at over­sized universities.

Any col­lege stu­dent under­stands that high grades are valu­able toward attain­ing a desir­able job upon grad­u­a­tion. Academics are not the only attribute employ­ers are look­ing for, how­ever. An intern­ship or work expe­ri­ence of some kind is more often than not what sets one stu­dent apart from another. (more…)

 
 

“It’s Just a Game”

Professional sports rivalries can often get out of hand

by Dan Hamilton, News Editor Published: Feb 24, 2010

The satir­i­cal news­pa­per The Onion sells a t-shirt on its web site that says, “The sports team from my area is supe­rior to the sports team from your area.”

This irra­tional sup­port that many peo­ple have for pro­fes­sional sports teams is some­thing that I have always been baf­fled by, and this slo­gan makes a great com­men­tary on it. Die-hard fans who have no fam­ily or per­sonal ties to a team other than geo­graph­i­cal loca­tion will get their body tat­tooed with the team’s mas­cot or riot after a big game, but why? (more…)