Category: Editor’s Columns
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It’s about the friends you make along the way
Originally posted 4.26.23 In my tenure at the Ferris State Torch, I’ve written 86 articles, held five positions, worked on 84 editions overall and oversaw 30 editions as editor-in-chief, but most importantly, I’ve made friendships that will last a lifetime. I have had the opportunity to report on countless matters of the utmost importance from…
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Find your community
Originally published on 3.22.23 You may be a bit confused this week, as you’re used to seeing a different name attached to this column. Rest assured, it’s still me, featuring my new last name. While this has been a process almost four years in the making, I finally can introduce myself to you properly. Hi,…
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They’re more than a headline
Originally published on 2.21.23 I would like to start this piece by expressing how incredibly proud I am of each and every member of The State News for still somehow showing up for work, reporting, editing, photographing and producing the news while it was happening to you. Your dedication to informing those around you is…
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Could this be the final fall back?
Originally published 11.6.22 Last weekend, like every first weekend of November, we set our clocks back an hour, possibly for the last time. In March, just after we “sprung ahead,” the U.S. Senate introduced and unanimously passed the Sunshine Protection Act, which would place us permanently in daylight savings time. While this isn’t law quite…
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A sense of pride
Originally published 10.26.22 Aug. 4, 2020, is a day I remember like it was yesterday. 7:03 a.m., groggy, half-dressed, still in my basketball shorts from the night before and not having had a chance to put in my contacts yet. I walked into the Mecosta Township Hall rec room, filled out a card and flashed…
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Why must we ‘come out?’
Originally published on 10.12.22 Dec. 5 will mark seven years since I first came out as gay. I say first because you’re never truly done coming out. It’s something I’m sure I’ve done thousands of times at this point. In honor of National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11, I took a moment to reflect…
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Ad-ggervated
Originally published on 9.28.22 As the 2022 mid-term elections loom closer and closer, we’re again inundated with mass amounts of political advertising. Whether it be smear campaigns before your YouTube videos or texts asking for donations to “save America from eminent peril,” they’re out in full swing. While I believe everyone should get out on…
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You’ll never know if you don’t ask
Originally published on 9.14.22 Last semester I found myself in a predicament: I was expected to write a paper on a rhetorician, and I was hitting wall after wall in my research. I couldn’t locate copies of her most significant work for a variety of reasons, and I was struggling to collect basic information about…
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Are you ready to vote?
Originally published on 8.31.22 Midterm elections may seem unimportant because they don’t quite choose the face of the country, however, they allow us to alter the course of the current president if we’re unhappy. Unfortunatley, college students typically waste this opportunity. In 2018, the Census Bureau reported that approximately 24 million 18-to-24-year-olds were eligible to…
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To the future!
Originally published on 5.14.22 Whether you’re a returning student, faculty or staff member picking this paper up as part of your weekly routine, or a fresh face joining the campus community, this welcome is for you. Thank you for taking the time to get reacquainted with us or choosing to get introduced for the first…
Noah Kolenda 