Madeleine Coles News Editor College can be a difficult time for many people. Students face a variety of challenges throughout their college career, and sometimes those challenges prove to be too much for them to overcome alone. In such instances, Kris Clarkson, Director of Student Life, hopes to be able […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor On Sept. 29, the Idaho State Board of Education announced the search process for the new ISU President, which included releasing the names of members of the President Search Committee. The committee, which is composed of 13 members, includes representatives from a number of areas related […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor Student researchers at ISU have been working to improve the water quality of Marsh Creek through restoration and conservation. The project, which is supported by the National Science Foundation’s Managing Idaho’s Landscapes for Ecosystem Services or MILES program, emerged from studies of the Portneuf River. Marsh […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor The ISU Department of Art recently announced plans for two community art projects. The projects are each being led by art professor Doug Warnock and students Kristol Coker and Rebecca Merkley. Coker will be the principal artist on the project entitled “Voice of Pocatello: Past and […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor The Majors and Minors Fair will be held Oct. 11 in the ballroom of the student union building. According to academic advisor Shawn Foley, the fair has been an annual event for around 20 years. “It’s really designed for the academic departments to bring representatives to […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor Keith Reinhardt, an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at ISU, wanted to understand why trees die. More specifically, he wanted to understand the phenomenon of whole forest mortality- when an entire forest dies off in instances of drought, even in typically cold, wet places. “I did […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor Editor’s Note: In part two of our continuing series on the possession of concealed firearms on campus, Madeline Coles spoke with Public Safety officers to understand the details specific to carrying on campus. For the past three years, students and faculty have been able to carry […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, the associate dean of science and engineering, was recently named the U.S. At-Large Director of the American Nuclear Society. Dunzik-Gougar, who served on the society’s Board of Directors as a graduate student and wrote the bylaws that allowed a voting student representative to […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor The ISU Department of Psychology recently received a $50,871 grant to study spirituality in psychotherapy. The study will examine incorporating spirituality into therapy in a variety of ways, according to assistant professor of psychology Joshua Swift. “There are many different approaches for psychotherapists and counselors to […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor Engineering students at ISU recently finished renovating the Structural Dynamics Laboratory as well as building an entirely new Structural Laboratory. This was done with the assistance of Mustafa Mashal, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. “When I arrived here last year,” Mashal said, “I […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor Many rumors have been spreading about the recent earthquake swarm, but according to ISU geosciences assistant professor David Pearson, the earthquakes are completely normal and likely won’t lead to anything worse. Earthquakes occur along faults, which are fractures in the earth’s crust, and most faults in […]