Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Loud music and young adults rushing to make last minute touches on their ball-heaving robots set the mood for the VEX Robotics championship Friday, Jan. 29. The Pond Student Union Ballroom opened its doors to 25 robotics teams from around Idaho, eager to test the limits […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Imagine feeling trapped in a body, failing to identify with your exterior shell, hiding behind a pre-set social conformity and wanting only to feel comfortable and understood. Everyone has a gender identity, an internal feeling of being either masculine, feminine or something in between. A person’s […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Everyone has those days where a brick wall magically materializes in front of them and traversing past it seems like a lost cause. Instead of giving up, why not just take a moment to enjoy some of the happy hour specials Pocatello has to offer. Here […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Do You Believe In Bigfoot? If you grew up, traveled to or spent any time in the Northwest, chances are you have heard stories of a giant bipedal ape roaming the mountains, clandestinely living in the shadows off of whatever shrubs and plants it can find. […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer For most students, the spring semester represents a continuation of the efforts they began in the fall, but there are a significant number of individuals who begin their college experience at the outset of the second half of the academic year. These first-time freshmen may have […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer A gas leak threatened the Idaho State University community in the Lillibridge Engineering Building on Dec. 14, 2015. A piece of equipment that is part of a neutron detecting system, which looks similar to a gas cylinder, containing the toxic gas, Boron trifluoride, began to leak […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Imagine being stranded in a war zone, your family is in imminent danger and there is no escape but to flee the country. Now imagine being in a country where everyone around you is terrified of being the next one to be attacked. What is the […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer It’s easy to become consumed with the materialism that soaks into nearly every fiber of the winter holidays: from Black Friday to Cyber Monday, we are encouraged at every turn to spend, spend, spend. But amidst the retail season, there are many individuals and organizations that […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Spring commencement has always been the traditional approach to honor graduating students, but the lack of a fall commencement is of concern for some students. Idaho State University conducts a university wide graduation ceremony in May, at the end of spring semester, but does not have […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Emergency “Blue Light” telephones have been a part of the public safety program at ISU for over a decade in an effort to ensure a safer campus for students. “We have had quite a few people utilize the poles, but that’s because it can be used […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer A new dance team originating from students at Idaho State University is on the prowl in Pocatello. The co-ed club has 25 people involved and is now open to the public. Though they tried to become an official ISU club, the similarities to the Bengal Dancers […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer As October comes to a close and those little pink ribbons linger in our mind, we welcome No-Shave-November and Movember. Perhaps these movements are worthy of a ribbon but maybe a mustache pin would be more suited. For the month of November, men are encouraged to […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer It is easy to stay within the comfortable boundaries of one’s own culture, but perhaps sometimes an escape is necessary. Japan Night offers exactly that: an evening escape from American culture with a sneak peek into the music, cuisine and arts of Japanese culture. This event […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer November 11, proclaimed as Armistice Day in 1919 to honor the end of World War I, became a legal holiday in 1938 to celebrate “the war to end all wars.” After World War II, and the largest mobilization of troops in history, the name was changed […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Idaho State University is a dry campus: the possession or consumption of alcohol is strictly prohibited on all property unless a permit is acquired which follows the Alcohol Possession Policy and is accepted by the President or his designee. There are college football stadiums across the […]