Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief By now you have undoubtedly heard of the events that transpired across the French capital of Paris on Friday, November 13. Over the course of roughly one hour, from 9 to 10 p.m., a chain of terrorist attacks occurred which left, at the time of the writing […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief I am pleased to be able to inform you all that a previous headline, “Why This Paper Sucks” to be specific, garnered a lot of attention, much of which was apparently due to the extreme negative energy and bad vibes it exuded, never mind the actual content […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief First and foremost, I need to address something that I incorrectly stated last week. While certainly a portion of the tuition that each and every ISU student pays into the university does go toward the purses of the administration and employees, it is not nearly as much […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief Yeah, you read that right. So why does this newspaper suck? First and foremost, the Bengal has had a tendency over the last several years to take press releases sent out by the university and cover those as news. This regurgitation of information has ultimately led to […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief Albert Einstein is widely recognized for the idea that “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” I feel that this is an apt description of America’s collective reaction every time a school shooting takes center stage in […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief I’ve never been shot at, never survived a mortar attack, aerial bombardment or any other type of ordinance detonating nearby. I’ve never seen my friends killed in the once peaceful streets of the city in which we grew up. I’ve never had to risk my life to […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief Vampire! The term conjures images of a gaunt, gnarled-fingered Graf Orlok from the 1922 film “Nosferatu,” shadow slowly and steadily climbing the wall. Or perhaps the images rendered might be those of a more sparkly version of the undying ala “Twilight.” Either way, DJ Williams, associate professor […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief My experience with ISU edition textbooks peaked when, upon my passage of the Math 1123 course, I subsequently turned the innumerable pages of that tome into packing material with which to ship my other books back to Amazon for a meager return on my investment. Thinking of […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief Remember that you must die. In Seattle, I paused at a busy intersection to better navigate the city, and I saw a man, more of a boy really, lying on his back atop a cement construct. He was pale, scruffy, filthy, and from the way his arms, […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief I found myself facing a unique and singular experience earlier this year: a used bookstore and frequent haunt of mine over my collegiate experience near ISU closed and very shortly thereafter a tattoo shop popped up inside the abandoned hulk of a storefront. It goes without saying […]
Chris Banyas Life Editor I applied for a position with The Bengal after hearing about the posting from a friend. Not thinking that anything would come of it, I fired off my writing samples, resume and application to the email address of a person I had never met, to be […]
Chris Banyas Life Editor The 17-person Servel Committee tasked with investigating Idaho State University’s presidential residence facility known as the Servel House and how to proceed forward with the property has recommended that the university construct a new facility. According to the recommendation, “Funding for the new facility could be […]
Chris Banyas Life Editor Volcanoes explode. It is what they are known for. But they also remain active and alive through extensive periods of hibernation, able to transition from a seemingly dead thing into the very opposite. Volkan Aktas, whose first name roughly translates to “volcano,” reflects the persistent nature […]
Chris Banyas Life Editor So much focus is put on doctors and nurses in the medical field that it is easy to forget all of the other necessary component positions and functions that enable the overall success of health care. Pharmacists fill a somewhat nebulous space within this hierarchy: their […]
Chris Banyas Life Editor Quick! Say out loud the first five things that come into your mind when you hear the following word: art. Imagine a scenario in which 20 people are placed in a circle and asked to carry out this task simultaneously. The resulting wall of sounds mingling […]