Life

Madison Shumway Staff Writer Clustered around a drink-laden table, the TV screen above their heads broadcasting images of Donald Trump’s inauguration, three Saudi Arabian students discussed the effects of the newly-sworn-in president on their lives. The friends gather often at this coffee shop, along with many students from Saudi Arabia […]

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 […]

Madison Shumway Staff Writer Tinder, a location-based social app often associated more with hookups than long-term relationships, crops up often in millennial think pieces and college conversations. Alice*, a first-year ISU student, knows friends with successful Tinder relationships and even marriages, but a bad experience turned her away from taking […]

Madeleine Coles Life Editor Students in Erika Kuhlman’s Women in the North American West class will have biographies they wrote about Idaho suffragists published on the website Women and Social Movements in the United States. Although the course has been taught at ISU before, this was the first year Kuhlman […]

Madeleine Coles Life Editor Of all the many phobias in the world, Americans have one fear that rises above death, deadly animals or even heights: public speaking. Many people have a crippling fear of speaking in front of other people, which can present quite a problem, particularly when their chosen […]

Andrew Crighton News Editor This recipe has been the go-to in my house since before I can remember. It creates light and fluffy muffins that are super easy to customize with a little bit of flavored extract added to the batter, topped with glaze and sliced almonds, or sprinkle berries […]

Madeleine Coles Life Editor Valet parking. A coat check. Women in evening gowns and men in three piece suits drinking champagne. Waiters carrying trays of French cuisine. It is a scene far more often associated with big city socialites than the community members of Pocatello. However, this is the scene […]

Madison Shumway Staff Writer In the United States, Christmas might bring to mind candy canes. In Romania, it’s a sweet bread, and in Sweden, it’s a coconut cookie. In France, the holiday treat of choice is a sugary cylinder known in English as a Yule log cake. These cultural differences, […]

Madeleine Coles Life Editor In most respects, Pocatello is a conservative community, but ISU’s New Year’s Eve Gala, hosted by the College of Arts and Letters, is all about extravagance. This year is the fourth annual gala, and the theme is “Le Salon de Artistes.” Guests will be treated 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 […]

Jenna Crowe Staff Writer In the tradition of a feast, Thanksgiving yields many leftovers. Chef Sandra Lee from Food Network provides a perfect solution with her recipe, Thanksgiving Pie. This recipe not only tastes like your Thanksgiving meal from the day before, but it also gets rid of all those […]

Madison Shumway Staff Writer Cali Madsen clocked in, picked up her walkie-talkie and portable ticket machine and walked into the winter air. That day, the ISU ticket writer would patrol upper campus. It was her favorite location, and since she arrived first, she could call dibs. Bundled up in a […]