Free night of Salsa lessons being pro­vided by cam­pus organization

Mujeres Triunfando, a new reg­is­tered stu­dent orga­ni­za­tion (RSO) on cam­pus, is offer­ing an evening of free Salsa danc­ing lessons.

Although “Mujeres Triunfando” trans­lates to “women pre­vail­ing,” Lissette Isabel, pres­i­dent of the RSO, explains that the group is “open to any­one that would like to pro­mote women empow­er­ment and Latin awareness.”

Salsa danc­ing has been described as a dance of inti­mate pas­sion and addic­tion. The typ­i­cal music for Salsa is up-tempo Latin music. Salsa music typ­i­cally ranges from 180 to 210 beats per minute; this is about twice the tempo of the Rumba.

Cuba is cred­ited for cre­at­ing the Salsa style of dance; how­ever, New York cre­ated the term “Salsa”. Salsa is a com­bi­na­tion of many Latin and Afro-Caribbean dances. Continue Reading…

College is sup­posed to be a time to learn, grow, and gain new life expe­ri­ences, not end your life.

Sadly, there may be an increase in the num­ber of col­lege stu­dents who have ended their lives. The pres­sure to do well aca­d­e­m­i­cally, the dif­fi­cult econ­omy exac­er­bat­ing pre­ex­ist­ing finan­cial trou­bles and soci­etal influ­ences may be to blame.

Suicide is the sec­ond lead­ing cause of death among col­lege stu­dents. A sur­vey con­ducted by the University of Minnesota’s Boynton Health Service in 2008 had indi­cated that 1.1% of the 8,000 stu­dents they had sur­veyed attempted sui­cide within the past 12 months, a slightly higher num­ber than the pre­vi­ous year. Continue Reading…

The Ferris hockey team tied the school record for the best home start with an 11–0 record

With a sweep of Western Michigan, Ferris is 11−0−0 at home this sea­son, tying the school record for the best home start ever and ranked 11^th in the country.

The Bulldogs, nation­ally ranked 11^th by uscho​.com, improved to 8−2−2−2 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and 13−3−2 over­all. Ferris remains third in the con­fer­ence stand­ings, just one point behind Michigan State and six points behind first-place Miami.

The Bulldog hockey team will look to make his­tory on Jan. 15 as the No. 1-ranked Miami RedHawks visit Big Rapids. Ferris defeated Miami in con­sec­u­tive shootouts ear­lier this sea­son in Oxford, Ohio.

Senior left wing Blair Riley said the teams’ defense, along with a strong power play and penalty kill, are big rea­sons why the Bulldogs have been suc­cess­ful this sea­son. Continue Reading…