www.fsutorch.com Single Issue Free, Additional Copies 50 Cents May 11, 2018 HERE’s wHAT’s INSide Ferris State University college in the wild Living in the Moment Looking to enjoy the great outdoors Check out the greatest sports mo- this summer? Read up on some ments from last school year! camping tips and find the ideal TORCH location to pitch your tent. Truth, fairness and accuracy since 1931 Things to do | Page 10 Athletics | Page 15 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. Photo by: Samantha Cavotta | Torch Photographer 2. Photo by: Megell Strayhorn | Multimedia Editor 3. Photo by: Kaitlyn Kirchner | Torch Photographer 4. Photo by: Keith Salowich | Former Torch Staff Got news? Let us know. Like us on facebook Follow us on Twitter Add us on instagram Watch us on youtube Email: [email protected] Ferris state Torch @fsutorch fsutorch Fsu Torch Phone: 231.591.5978 Connect with us on social media - Read articles online at www.fsutorch.com 2 Welcome to Ferris May 11, 2018 Ferris State Torch WELCOME TO FERRIS The Ferris State Torch is published on 27 Wednesdays throughout the academic year. Chat with the chief This student-run newspaper is printed by The Pioneer Group. Editor-in-Chief, Megan Lewton Freshman friend-zy OUR LOCATION Hey Bulldogs! My name is Me- good friends for a while. I didn’t don’t really understand me or care is to put yourself out there and try Alumni Building 013 gan Lewton and I will be the ed- get along with my roommate and I to get to know me better. I made new things. Registered student 410 Oak Street itor-in-chief at the Torch for the ended up moving out three weeks some good friends that I contin- organizations (RSOs) are a great Ferris State University 2018-19 school year. I’m prepar- later. I made a few acquaintances ued to talk to but I distanced my- way to do so. And if you don’t like Big Rapids, MI 49307 ing to begin my junior year in the in my classes but the conversa- self from a lot of the people that I the RSO you joined, try another fsutorch.com/letter-to-the-editor/ journalism and technical commu- tions didn’t go deeper than shar- just didn’t connect with enough to one. Beyond that, go to universi- nication program but I remember ing notes and discussing what form a legitimate friendship. I only ty events or parties with a couple The Ferris State Torch the first days of freshman year all the dining halls had available for had a few friends my first semes- friends and you’ll likely meet peo- welcomes comments on topics of too well. lunch. ter and you know what? ple that way. interest to the general readership. Letters should not exceed 300 words When I first came to Ferris, my I knew almost instantly that I was fine. Whatever you do, don’t panic if in length and The Torch reserves the number one goal was to make a these people weren’t going to stay Of course, making friends in col- you’re not making a lot of genuine right to edit for length. Letters will not bunch of friends. I expected meet- in my life forever, or even for all lege is important but it’s also okay friends. It took me until the end be edited for grammar, punctuation ing people at college to be the way four years. They were just the first to not have a big group of friends of my sophomore fall semester or spelling. The Torch will not print it’s always portrayed in the mov- people I met and because I didn’t right off the bat. It’s okay to eat at to meet a lot of people and now letters deemed to be libelous or ies: you become best friends with want to be alone, I stuck with the Rock by yourself. It’s okay to I have five groups of friends that I obscene. All letters must be signed your roommate from the moment them. I tried to force a friendship not be close with your roommate. spend my time with. It takes time by their authors and include his or you meet them and you quickly with every person that I had the It’s okay to only have a few friends, but sooner or later, you’ll make her phone number. expand your group of friends until slightest connection with because even if it seems like everyone some life-long friends at Ferris. I Unsigned editorials appearing you have the perfect collection of I was so afraid of being by myself. else has a big group of friends, know I did. on this page are the opinion of The people who all get along all the It took me some time to realize because odds are many of those Good luck this semester and Torch and do not necessarily repre- time. it but I eventually came to the con- people won’t be friends beyond stay tuned! sent the opinion of the university’s administration, faculty or staff. It does not work like that. clusion that I would rather be alone freshman year. Signed columns represent the opin- I had a really hard time making than spend time with people who The best way to make friends ion of the writer. Inquiries regarding editorial content should be directed to the Editor in Chief at (231) 591-5978. To advertise with the Torch, contact Bray Benner at the Pioneer Group: (231) 592-8391. 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A statue in the beginnings unknown to many North Quad commemorates him. - TORCH STAFF - The institution underwent a series of Landry Shorkey names, eventually being called Ferris State Editor in Chief Visual Content Torch Reporter Megan Lewton Samantha Cavotta College in 1963 before earning university (231) 591-5978 Taylor Davis status in 1987. William Holden You don’t have to be a history major to ap- In the early 1990s, the combined yearly Production Kaitlyn Kirchner preciate the obstacles and triumphs of Fer- Manager cost of tuition, a seven-day meal plan and ris’ past. Sarah Massey Videographer room and board was only $5,883. Enrollment Sid Sabo While some students may not feel in- during this time was about 12,461 students. Production formed about Ferris’ history, several say that Assistant Reporters Perhaps the greatest disaster ever seen at Hannah Way Holly Baker they understand the importance of it and Ferris occurred on Feb. 21, 1950, when most Danny Collins would like to know more. News Editor Mollie Hamelund of the university caught fire. Ferris psycholo- “We should know more about our histo- Cora Hall Briana Hammontree gy sophomore Lily Smith was told about the Michael Reedy ry,” Ferris business administration senior incident before she began college. Lifestyles Editor Landry Shorkey Margeaux Donovan said. “I feel like I should “I know that it was built a long time ago Alicia Jaimes Grant Siddall know but I don’t. I personally would want to but then it burned down. It caught fire and Sports Editor Interim Reporters know how Ferris got start- then they rebuilt it. My step-mom’s brother Brendan Samuels Jordan Johnigan ed. I feel like we have a went here and he told me about the history lot of events around cam- Opinions Editor Interim Visual right before I came my freshman year,” Smith Marley Tucker Content pus and none of them are said. Hunter Pariseau based off of our history The fire began on the last day of winter Multimedia Editor other than Founder’s Day.” Megell Strayhorn Managing term, with the temperature at a high of 13 Copy Editor Luckily, students can degrees. At first, many people on campus as- Web Supervisor Rebecca Bostic find many articles about sumed that it was a drill. In the fire marshal’s Kat Merby the university’s history on Copy Editors Margeaux report, it was documented that the cause of Office Manager Sydney Stevens Donovan the Ferris website and in the fire was students in the smoking room. Holly Baker the Ferris Fact Book, which Distributor Exams for that winter term were waived. is broken down by year. Podcast Manager Grant Siddall After that setback, Ferris was rebuilt and - - According to the Fact Book, Ferris began evolved over time into the university that it Adviser in 1884 as a private institution called Big Cartoonist Steve Fox Photo by: Megell Strayhorn | Multimedia Editor Rapids Industrial School. The founder, Wood- Samuel McNeill (231) 591-2529 The Woodbridge N. Ferris statue in the North Quad. bridge N. Ferris, served as the governor of History| see page 3 Welcome to FerrisWelcome to Ferris 3 Ferris State TorchFerris State Torch May 11, 2018 - ON THE RECORD HALL OF FAME - A roundup of this year’s crime at Ferris State University Remember when...? Harley Harrison video on Snapchat of herself holding a bag and parked it overnight near the University Port-a-potty rage Former Torch Staff of marijuana.