Big Rapids Life

"Big Rapids Life" is a segment of Ferris in Focus that documents various topics or places of interest to the Big Rapids community.

All About Buffalo Wild Wings
Producer Tabby Young interviews Jess Boughner, the general manager for the Big Rapids store of Buffalo Wild Wings. Waitress Lindsey Lynch also gives her thoughts, stating that the store's environment is a fun place. Jess pitches in that family specials are one of many things done to enhance interest in their store. Lindsey mentions the restaurant's burgers, salads, wraps, and other food that serves as an alternative to just wings.

Jess adds that there are 52 TV sets in Buffalo Wild Wings, so nearly everybody in the building gets to watch at least something. Bartender Dave Simon claims that the busiest time for Buffalo Wild Wings is at late evenings, where the bar is always busy.

Finally, Jess claims that the restaurant "offers something different" to Big Rapids, allowing for them to stimulate interest that, in-turn, stimulates the area's economy.

The Secret Life of Dr. Seuss
This segment discussed the Art Gallery's month-long exhibit of "The Secret Life of Dr. Seuss." Cary Weis, the Art Gallery director on campus, narrates her way though. Much of the exhibit contained Seuss' work aimed at more adult audiences, including a lot of the man's political commentaries throughout the years.

Cary mentions that one of many that Seuss worked for throughout his life was none other than Norman Rockwell. She adds that the exhibit was part of Festival of the Arts, which was very active that year. The segment finished by giving the Art Gallery phone extension of 2536 and hours of 10:00 AM&mdash;6:00 PM on weekdays and 10:00 AM&mdash;3:00 PM on Saturdays.

Life in the School Band at Ferris
Content will be decided for this episode's segment once producer Kelly Armbruster decides on said content.

Meceola Central 911 Dispatch
Content will be decided for this episode's segment once producer Lamarr English decides on said content.

Colleges Against Cancer
Content will be decided for this episode's segment once producer Nick Blohm decides on said content.

All About MCA
Content will be decided for this episode's segment once producer Frank Molner decides on said content.

Project Star-bust
This segment was replaced with a rerun, after Project Starburst decided to start a feud over the video's content, without explanation why.

The show was almost ground to a halt when Mary Donan of Project Starburst, after receiving a video that did everything she asked, decided not to use the video to get her Pepsi Grant bragging rights. She then decided to insult and attack the entire TDMP at Ferris, calling all of them and all their work "unprofessional." She proceeded to force the TDMP to block broadcasting of the April 3rd show. In order to save face, TDMP instructor Glen had the Dozerfleet founder provide three playable DVD copies of the controversial Big Rapids Life segment, so that TDMP could defend itself against Mary's allegations.

A former client of Project Starburst, here kept anonymous, even tipped the Dozerfleet founder that Mary "is extremely mean, and prejudiced against Ferris students to begin with." Lesson learned: do background checks on clients before agreeing to help them.

P&J's Plantiques
Content will be decided for this episode's segment once producer Ben Wyman decides on said content.

Beauty gets mocked galore
For this segment, the class ventured deep into the recesses of campus subculture, to deliver a documentary on D-SAGA's pride and joy&mdash;Mock Beauty Pageant. More drag than one imagined possible outside of a cosplay convention, contestants dressed up as just about everything under the sun - and then some. It was Halloween in April&mdash;only, according to some&mdash;better. Contestants dressed in whatever they could, did impressions, and were judged by a team on how convincing they were in costume. Overall, the event generated a lot of buzz and provided a local food donation with plenty of extra cash.

Meet the TDMP
Content will be decided for this episode's segment once producer Nate Totten decides on said content.