Joanna Orban Copy Editor As we have continued through the effects of living in a pandemic, most of our thoughts have now turned to a possible vaccination and the even more pressing question, when will that vaccination be available to me? The State of Idaho’s COVID-19 website has a section […]
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Logan Ramsey News Editor This story is part two in an ongoing series by The Bengal Newspaper regarding Black History Month. Others parts in the series can be read at isubengal.com. To deny that a racial group has a history is also to deny that group their own identity. Not […]
Andrea Diaz Reporter Content Warning: Strong Language Idaho State University students with varying political views came together to have an open discussion over Zoom. Questions covering a variety of political topics were asked and the students were free to give their opinions on each question. The students who participated in […]
Kyran Cates Reporter From Dec. 11 through Dec. 13, Idaho State University’s IT services rolled out an alteration of the university email format, leaving many students and staff with two email addresses and little explanation as to why the revision was made. Similarly, students have struggled with updating their preferred […]
Logan Ramsey News Editor Thanks to an endowment of $25,000, the Idaho State University College of Business has introduced a new scholarship called the “Hirning Family Excellence in Accounting Endowment”. This award, provided by Kelly, Kimberly and Art Hirning, the owners of Hirning Buick GMC in Pocatello, will go to […]
Logan Ramsey News Editor Idaho State University instituted a mandatory COVID-19 screening program as students returned back to campus for the spring semester, but it got off to a rough start when they had to cancel screenings with some students. This was due to a massive test backlog with the […]
Joanna Orban Copy Editor Edith Eva Eger was only sixteen years old when she was sent to the concentration camps. As a teenager, Eger had been hoping to join the Hungarian Olympic team as a gymnast before antisemitic laws forced her to quit. She, her sister Magda and the girls’ […]
Dylon Harrison Managing Editor Joseph R. Biden, Jr. took the oath of office and officially became the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. On his first day in office, President Biden signed a total of 17 executive orders in order to begin attempting to resolve […]
Joanna Orban Copy Editor College students around the country are no strangers to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As they’ve shuffled back and forth between their homes and dorms and taken classes online or on Zoom, they all have dealt with the loneliness that is plaguing many students. College is widely […]
Andrea Diaz Reporter Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day is an official statewide holiday that celebrates MLK’s life and accomplishments. This day is often associated with acts of service and is celebrated on every third Monday in January. King lived from 1929-1968 and in this time he progressed and changed […]
Logan Ramsey News Editor The arrival of the spring semester also brings the arrival of the Associated Students of Idaho State University (ASISU) election season. The dates when voting will take place will be from March 16 to March 20. Candidate packages will be available by February and they’ll be […]
Andrea Diaz Reporter COVID-19 has been around for nearly a year, affecting how Idaho State University went forward with the Fall 2020 semester and it doesn’t seem like it will be any different for the Spring 2021 semester. Many of the trends from the fall semester are predicted to be […]
Dylon Harrison Managing Editor How has the university been dealing with the budget deficit? Last Spring, ISU went through a comprehensive effort to balance the budget. Through that process, the University was able to identify almost $12 million in budget reductions to take place over two years. The primary goal […]
Joanna Orban Copy Editor A group of Idaho State University students recently founded a club called ISU Students Against Child Slavery. The club is a smaller part of the larger organization called Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R). This nonprofit organization founded in 2013 has the following mission statement, “We’ve gathered the […]
Chloe Reid Reporter With COVID-19 cases skyrocketing nationwide, and Idaho being among the top of the worst states in the nation in terms of local cases, Idaho has had a recent debate between its citizens on the requirement of a statewide mask mandate. “I’m all for it!” Said ISU freshman, […]