Logan Ramsey News Editor After more than a year of campus operating at limited capacity, Idaho State University plans to be fully open with in-person instruction and on-campus activities for the Fall 2021 semester. The COVID-19 Health Committee continues to meet regularly and monitor the pandemic, and while they’re confident […]
Logan Ramsey News Editor Idaho State University has received a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to install distance learning classrooms in rural Southeast Idaho high schools. The grant is worth $320,000 and will provide nearly 11,000 students in 16 counties with access to college classes. High […]
Extraterrestrial visitors coming to Earth is the least probable answer to the mystery of what’s in our skies, but that doesn’t mean it’s not possible. I would also contend that it could be our best case scenario.
Logan Ramsey News Editor Students submitted their votes and elected two new executives to the Associated Students of Idaho State University (ASISU), juniors Zane Webb and Ailie Maclean of the Amplify Party as President and Vice President. Their terms will begin at the start of summer, and the soon-to-be executive […]
Logan Ramsey News Editor After weeks of campaigning, the 2021 Associated Students of Idaho State University (ASISU) election came to a close. Voting ended on March 19 and the new student officer’s terms will begin at the end of the spring semester. On the executive ticket, Zane Webb and Ailie […]
The problems we’re facing today aren’t new; while cultures and technology change, the obstacles they face don’t.
Logan Ramsey News Editor This story is part two in an ongoing series by The Bengal Newspaper regarding Black History Month. Others parts in the series can be read at isubengal.com. To deny that a racial group has a history is also to deny that group their own identity. Not […]
Logan Ramsey News Editor Thanks to an endowment of $25,000, the Idaho State University College of Business has introduced a new scholarship called the “Hirning Family Excellence in Accounting Endowment”. This award, provided by Kelly, Kimberly and Art Hirning, the owners of Hirning Buick GMC in Pocatello, will go to […]
Logan Ramsey News Editor Idaho State University instituted a mandatory COVID-19 screening program as students returned back to campus for the spring semester, but it got off to a rough start when they had to cancel screenings with some students. This was due to a massive test backlog with the […]
Logan Ramsey News Editor The arrival of the spring semester also brings the arrival of the Associated Students of Idaho State University (ASISU) election season. The dates when voting will take place will be from March 16 to March 20. Candidate packages will be available by February and they’ll be […]
Logan Ramsey News Editor Disclaimer: This column contains explicit language. Reader discretion is advised. When I called for a revolution back in April, this shit is not what I had in mind. A mob of insurrectionists storming the Capitol Building all in the name of one man is something that […]
Disclaimer: This column contains explicit language. Reader discretion is advised. Fuck 2020, worst year ever, can’t wait for it to be over. I’m sure you’ve read different versions of that same statement all over your social media platform of choice. It’s hard to find the words to communicate how […]
Logan Ramsey News Editor One of the effects the pandemic brought as it spread across the country has been an increase in housing insecurity, leading to a higher homeless population. Data on homelessness in 2020 is not widely available considering the year isn’t over, but communities have already felt the […]
Logan Ramsey News Editor There has been a lot of talk about how this election was a turning point for our country. While this is something that gets said in every election, this hasn’t been a regular year. 2020 has been a year that historians will discuss and debate long […]
“This won’t be like a disaster movie, where everything is destroyed in one big event. We won’t recognize this is happening until we’ve lost everything, when it’s far too late. Civilization is never built in a day, and it never ends in a day.”