Thomas Attebery Staff Writer ISU’s Malliga Och and Elizabeth Brunner, professors of global studies and communications, respectively, host a radio show on KISU called “Know Your Media” about issues related to news and the media. As it says on the show’s webpage, they are “dedicated to critically examining the media […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer The Outdoor Adventure Center has a host of activities planned with the changing seasons which include slacklining, climbing and several other trips. There is a trip planned to Maple Grove in the Oneida Narrows Reservoir. For $30 for students and $40 for affiliates, those who sign […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer The College of Business has added the option for students who wish to pursue careers as tax experts to work towards a graduate degree in taxation. This is focused more specifically on taxation than a master’s in accounting. Daniel Ames, a professor in the College of […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer The Atomic Photographer’s Guild is a worldwide organization dedicated to capturing images related to nuclear weapons. Terry Ownby, an ISU photography professor, was invited to join the guild after showing his photographs of missile silos in Montana. “I was struck by the high amount of human […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer The last two weekends, Holt Arena played host to the Simplot Games and the Big Sky Indoor Conference Championship meet, two regional track meets which bring hundreds of athletes and their families to Pocatello. The Simplot Games has been an annual fixture in the Pocatello community, […]
Thomas Attebery Madison Shumway Staff Writers Pocatello might not be considered a culture hub, but once a year, the city becomes a hotspot for jazz musicians around southeast Idaho. Jazz Fest, hosted annually by ISU’s music department, provides an opportunity for high school and college students to learn from an […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer Debbie Glenn, a member of “Mama Dragons,” is coming to ISU to talk about her involvement with the group. Mama Dragons is an organization for LDS mothers of LGBTQ children who want to engage in efforts to support their children. Debbie Glenn is well known for […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer BengalWeb, a platform vital to student life at ISU, was updated at the beginning of the Spring 2017 semester. According to the update notice on BengalWeb’s login page, the look has changed, but the content is the same, and part of the point of the change […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer The Outdoor Adventure Center has taken advantage of Southern Idaho’s abnormal snowfall this winter through trips and events which Idaho State University student can get involved with. The OAC helps those who want to engage in any outdoor activities including cross-country skiing and snowshoeing by renting […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer The 10th day enrollment numbers for the fall semester showed a decline of 2.1 percent from those same numbers last year; with the largest decrease being international students. The comparison of the 2015 and 2016 end-of-term enrollment numbers was slightly more optimistic, with a 0.4 percent […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer The Cooperative Wilderness Handicapped Outdoor Group began its program to give students with various disabilities the opportunity to ski Thursday, Jan. 12. The Pocatello Adaptive Ski School works in coordination with Pebble Creek Ski Area. “PASS provides equipment and assistance to students of all abilities; we […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer Starting as soon as February, ISU’s new Research and Data Center should be online. “It is basically a facility with a lot of computer servers to enable ISU’s research community to do research that they weren’t previously able to do. That community being faculty, staff and […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer The plans for a new $20 million on-campus arena that would house volleyball and basketball has yet to reach the halfway point of the fundraising stage. According to ISU Athletic Director Jeff Tingey, the school is in need of a large gift in naming rights to […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer Any student walking around the Fine Arts building for the past couple of months may have stopped to take notice of the strange, beautiful and interesting art pieces populating stairs, doorways, hallways and more. Walking through the east-side door, students are briefly surrounded by colored orbs, […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer Every year, ISU holds a contest to design the annual ISU holiday card. This year, the award was given to Dylan Childress, a senior art student graduating this semester. In a rare, but not entirely unprecedented turn of events, this was his second year winning the […]