UPC Helps Students Make It Through Dead Week Dead week is a notoriously stressful time for students. Throughout dead week (Dec. 10 – 14) Idaho State University’s Union Programs Council (UPC) will host a series of events designed to help students relax. The Dead Week Relief activities will begin Tuesday, […]
Dealing with the facial hair frenzy Fall can be a confusing time for several reasons: “Do I need a winter coat or will a jacket suffice? Will I go to bed with a view of red and yellow leaves and wake up to three inches of snow? When will this […]
In spite of the growing popularity of movements like “No Shave November,” for some, growing facial hair in November isn’t just a fun challenge or an upper-lip accessory. For millions of people, several at Idaho State University included, November, or “Movember,” is a way to raise awareness for men’s health […]
I am writing this letter in response to The Bengal’s story “Students Ignite over Smoking Ban,” where it states that there is a grace period before the ban goes into effect. The grace period is too long, and it does not encourage change, except for making the campus look horrible. […]
After a roughly two-month hiatus, “The Bengal” online is up-to-date and running again. We’ve relaunched on a different, more user-friendly platform that we hope will attract more visitors. Our website, www.isubengal.com has moved from the College Publisher platform to a much more functional WordPress platform. “This website will actually allow […]
Sitting in his sunny office on the third floor of the Pond Student Union Building, Casey Santee, manager of the Idaho State University Veterans Sanctuary, was dressed in the same olive-toned camouflage so often associated with the veterans he works with. “We have outstanding veterans at ISU,” said Santee, who […]
Election results are here Well, we’ve done it. We’ve all made it through election season. For many of us, the next few days will be filled with incredulity or excitement, depending on our respective stances, as we come to terms with the results of various elections. As exhilarating and/or disappointing […]
There were good reasons why some 75,000 Idahoans signed petitions last year ¬to overturn three education-related laws enacted by the legislature: the Luna Laws are bad education policy and bad fiscal policy. They impose top-down, one-size-fits-all mandates that tie the hands of local school boards, divert money from our already […]
Facts about the education propositions are: PROPOSITION 1 If you vote yes on Proposition 1, you will put the school boards and the parents who elect the boards back in control of the schools. Teachers’ unions will be limited to open one-year negotiations for wages and health insurance, and must […]
Nicole’s Niche The double standard of dressing up “Ho, ho, ho” isn’t just a phrase reserved for the winter holidays. It seems to me that it starts getting thrown around quite a bit in October, just as soon as female Halloween costumes hit store shelves. From the time us women […]
After stepping through Platform 9 ¾, it wasn’t long before the droves of children and their chaperones were whisked away to Hogwarts. It sounds like something out of the Harry Potter series or possibly even Universal Orlando’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter. But this magical scene occurred right on campus […]
Pocatello’s third annual Dia de los Muertos celebration has moved to Old Town, and the community is invited to participate! Dia de los Muertos, a celebration of the circle of life, is rooted in the pre-Hispanic indigenous traditions of Mexico. It is a way to honor the dead and to […]
Still time to catch up on issues In my apartment, it’s not unusual to see my roommates and me tuning in to some sort of fluff television. Lately this includes Halloween classics like “Hocus Pocus” or “The Addams Family.” But recently we can also be found viewing something ever-so-slightly more […]
Dealing with grieving Thus far in my life I have been fortunate enough to experience only a minimal amount of loss. The few deaths I have had to deal with have been slightly removed from my immediate friends and family and, unfortunately, were not entirely unexpected. However, in light of […]