Andrea Diaz Staff Writer During the maelstrom of criticism facing the university, BYU-I allegedly blocked its student newspaper, the Scroll, from reporting on student protests of the University’s Medicaid policy. Brigham Young University Idaho (BYU-I) is located in Rexburg, Idaho and is managed by The Church of Jesus Christ of […]
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Dylon Harrison Interim Editor-in-Chief ISU’s branding has gone through some major changes in the last few months. One of these changes was the redesign of ISU’s Bengal head logo. This new logo featured a more modern design with less details, sharper edges, ears poised in attack position and an open, […]
Hailey Nelson News Editor Idaho State University is known for its educational success in many ways. Many revere its extensive nursing program, triumphant theater department, and many other routes that students may take to become the successful individuals they would like to be. However, a change in the 2019-20 and […]
Kyra Finner Staff Writer On November 18, 2019, the FBI Center in Pocatello was officially opened after 2 years of renovations. According to FBI.gov, the purpose of the new renovations of the center are to consolidate information from almost 100 data centers in the Department of Justice. It will also […]
Andrea Diaz Staff Writer If you are a member or president of a club here are some new rules for incentive points. Instead of a club only getting points if a certain amount of people from that club participate, the point system will now be a tiered system. This means […]
Logan Ramsey Editor-in-Chief It was 1969, and Alberto Velez had just landed in Newark Airport with nothing but his suitcase and a toolbox. Many people might rest after an 11-something hour flight, but Velez hit the pavement instead. He began approaching every business he could find in Union City, New […]
Andrea Diaz Staff Writer The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) will make you work hard, but they will also help you play hard. It all began in 1951 at ISU and has seen much success over the years, as well as being the start of many students’ own success stories. […]
Joanna Orban Staff Writer During the Fall 2019 semester, ISU had 1720 master’s students, 1037 of which were full time. When speaking about whether or not the graduate school has had a change in enrollment over the past couple of years, Anna Siddoway, a graduate pathway specialist said, “There’s a […]
Logan Ramsey Editor-in-Chief Local: The FBI’s new facilities have been officially completed The FBI and its partners at the Department of Justice (DOJ) participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 18 for a new data center at the FBI’s facility in Pocatello, Idaho. The new data center will optimize infrastructure, […]
Hailey Nelson News Editor Early on Nov. 10, the emergency notification system of Idaho State University seemed to be delayed. An incident involving a local man running from police after sexual assault had occurred, but the timing of the alert notification and the actual event did not seem to line […]
Dylon Harrison Associate Editor Just before 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11, the ISU Alert System sent out a notification of a sexual assault near campus. It wasn’t until 10:53 a.m. the same day that another notification was sent out, informing the ISU community that the suspect was in custody. […]
Joanna Orban Staff Writer When L.J. Krumenacker was in middle school, he knew he wanted to work with dinosaurs. It was around that time that he had started collecting fossils and bringing them to the Idaho Museum of Natural History, thanks to the encouragement of his then mentor. Krumenacker, a […]
Kyra Finner Staff Writer Idaho State University hosted the 24th Annual Homeless Stand Down at Reed’s Gym on Oct. 26, offering the homeless local population veteran and civilian resources, health care services, hot meals, hygiene kits, clothing, hair cuts, job assistance, prepaid phones and more. According to the Bingham County […]
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE 1. Stephanie Foreman, Office of Student Affairs a. Student Emergency Fund i. The Student Emergency Fund was created three years ago to assist students with unforeseen financial hardships which otherwise would have prevented them from continuing their college education. ii. These funds cover financial emergencies such as […]
Logan Ramsey Editor-in-Chief Local: Three candidates are running for Pocatello City Council seat No. 2 Pocatello resident Claudia Ortega, Lance Kolbet, a former chairman of the county’s Republican party, and artist Colton Peterson are running for City Council seat No. 2. Kolbet said wages and benefits represent the city’s major […]