Andrew Crighton Staff Writer It’s finally fall, and time to start getting ready for cool weather, pumpkin spice everything and for the dead to walk the Earth. No, it’s not Halloween; it’s Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. The Day of the Dead is a holiday celebrated […]
Andrew Crighton Staff Writer Fact: College is really expensive. If you graduated from ISU in 2013, on average you would have paid $18,077 per semester, which includes in-state tuition, living expenses, books and other supplies. Recently, costs have been rising and just the following year, the 2013-2014 academic year, tuition […]
Andrew Crighton Staff Writer Living on campus can be a big part of the college experience. Whether it is in the dorms or campus apartments, it’s almost a rite of passage. ISU has many offerings, from residence halls, to apartments, to ‘suite style living’ in Rendezvous; but what is it […]
Andrew Crighton Staff Writer Student government isn’t new; they’re in almost every high school and university, but what they can actually accomplish does vary widely. Much like conventional government, there is a conception that student organizations don’t accomplish much of anything, whether it’s for the students that they represent or […]
Andrew Crighton Staff Writer Since its 32,000-square foot, $7 million overhaul in 2010, the student recreation center at Reed Gymnasium has yet to receive a large supplemental upgrade to equipment. This was before campus recreation installed over $85,000 of new equipment in Reed Gym. This new equipment includes 22 Precor […]
Andrew Crighton Staff Writer The ISU Health Center is an auxiliary of the Division of Health Sciences and is paid for by students in their student fees each semester: $66.04 for full-time students and $5.96 per credit for part-time students during the fall and spring semesters, but what do students […]
Andrew Crighton Staff Writer Recognition of diversity allegedly comes as a strong suit in application to the learning and the teaching of history. A new assistant professor for ISU aims to teach her students about the prospective idea of global citizenship. This fall of 2015, Kathleen Kole de Peralta started […]
Andrew Crighton Staff Writer A study co-authored by Bruce Finney, professor in the department of biological sciences, has confirmed that native people captured and consumed ocean going salmon as a staple of their diet as far back as 11,500 years ago, the earliest date able to be confirmed in North […]
Andrew Crighton Staff Writer Get ready to reduce, reuse and recycle: the Idaho State University Green Up Club is making a comeback. For almost three years ISU did not have any form of environmental awareness club. Subsequent to its president leaving, the Green Up Club became inactive just a few […]
Andrew Crighton Staff Writer Phi Kappa Phi is set to host its annual Fall Scholarly Lecture on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at the Portneuf Valley Brewery from 6 to 7 p.m. The event is open to the general public, and will provide free food and a panel discussion on “Ideation” a […]
Andrew Crighton Staff Writer The Student Success Center provides many avenues for students to gain academic help in courses they may be struggling to stay afloat. The math, writing centers and content area tutoring are three of the major resources available to students. The math and writing centers assist registered […]
Andrew Crighton Staff Writer The ISU Department of Biological Sciences has received a $1.08 million grant from the Idaho Permanent Building Fund to completely renovate and upgrade the anatomy and physiology cadaver lab. The lab has gone over a complete overhaul, enlarging the lab room, putting in new flooring, new […]
Andrew Crighton Staff Writer University custom edition textbooks are a growing trend that not many students are happy about. Custom edition textbooks manifest when a university and publisher work together to produce a book that is specific to that university. These books have a tendency to be hard to find […]
Andrew Crighton Staff Writer Fees collected for student and facility parking passes are a significant sum, around $700,000 annually for parking services. Rates for parking passes have remained consistent throughout the years. The most recent increase in cost occurred in 2010, when costs for passes increased from $55 to $150 […]
Andrew Crighton Staff Writer Construction on Martin Luther King Jr. Way was originally scheduled to be completed before the fall 2015 semester, however completion has been delayed. On Aug. 17, Idaho State University published a press release stating the project is now expected to be completed in late September or […]