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 […]
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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, […]
Andrea Diaz Reporter Idaho State University has renovated Davis Field and they officially dedicated it November 19, 2020. Davis Field has been a part of ISU for 88 years and many events happened in that time, such as sporting events and concerts. The field has undergone many changes and renovations. […]
Dylon Harrison Managing Editor Both ISU’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are getting back on the court after having their previous season cut short by the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to keep the student athletes safe and healthy, ISU will be following the rest of the NCAA […]
Idaho State Athletics Submitted Content Idaho State football coach Rob Phenicie calls Isaiah Walter’s story a great college football story. “From the stand point of perseverance from putting your time in, not complaining, working hard and waiting for your time to come,” Phenicie said. “He is a fifth year senior […]
Joanna Orban Copy Editor Idaho State University history professor, Justin Stover, a doctorate in history was recently honored by the Idaho State Board of Education. Stover was named the 2020 Innovative Educator for Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing. According to a press release by ISU, “Starting in 2019, each […]
Logan Ramsey News Editor One of the effects the pandemic brought as it spread across the country has been an increase in housing insecurity, leading to a higher homeless population. Data on homelessness in 2020 is not widely available considering the year isn’t over, but communities have already felt the […]
Idaho State Athletics Submitted Content The Idaho State University Department of Athletics has announced that there will be no in-person fans at Reed Gym to start the 2020-21 basketball season due to the current COVID-19 pandemic.The University will continue to monitor the landscape of the pandemic with the intention of […]
Idaho State Athletics Submitted Content The Idaho State women’s basketball team has tied with Idaho for a first place finish in the coaches’ poll and finished second in the media preseason polls that was released by the Big Sky Conference on Wednesday. “The recognition of being picked first in any […]
Andrea Diaz Reporter COVID-19 has brought on many changes to this semester at Idaho State University and next semester looks to be no different. The semester is going to start on January 11, 2021, and end May 7, which follows regularly scheduled dates of previous semesters. However, the spring break […]
Dylon Harrison Managing Editor Cases of COVID-19 continue to climb around the world and across the country. In the United States, cases officially reached 10 million as of Monday, Nov. 9. This milestone comes after the US saw multiple consecutive days of more than 100,000 new cases reported daily following […]
Idaho State Athletics Submitted Content Idaho State women’s basketball Dora Goles has come to Pocatello from her hometown of Split, Croatia to make a name for herself off and on the court. Goles grew up in a family with two older brothers. “One is 32 and one is 28 I […]
Dylon Harrison Managing Editor The 2020 presidential election has come and gone, but the results of the election are likely to take some time to be accurately determined. With all of the unprecedented circumstances around this election, it is within the realm of possibility that the decision will be made […]
Joanna Orban Copy Editor Reigh Downs is a senior at Idaho State University and also, a published poet. Two of Downs’ poems were published in Black Rock & Sage, ISU’s only literary journal. Published annually through the Department of English and Philosophy, some iteration of the journal has been on […]