I am writing this letter in response to The Bengal’s story “Students Ignite over Smoking Ban,” where it states that there is a grace period before the ban goes into effect. The grace period is too long, and it does not encourage change, except for making the campus look horrible. […]
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Start wearing your ISU gear instead What if you were surcharged ten percent of all your purchases while wearing other university clothing, especially from Boise State? Would that make a difference in your Idaho State University school pride? Wearing orange and black shows you are glad you attend a university […]
There were good reasons why some 75,000 Idahoans signed petitions last year ¬to overturn three education-related laws enacted by the legislature: the Luna Laws are bad education policy and bad fiscal policy. They impose top-down, one-size-fits-all mandates that tie the hands of local school boards, divert money from our already […]
Facts about the education propositions are: PROPOSITION 1 If you vote yes on Proposition 1, you will put the school boards and the parents who elect the boards back in control of the schools. Teachers’ unions will be limited to open one-year negotiations for wages and health insurance, and must […]
Pocatello’s third annual Dia de los Muertos celebration has moved to Old Town, and the community is invited to participate! Dia de los Muertos, a celebration of the circle of life, is rooted in the pre-Hispanic indigenous traditions of Mexico. It is a way to honor the dead and to […]
Vote in favor of the Pocatello Animal Shelter bond Nothing is more relaxing than coming home from a long day of work and sitting in front of the TV to enjoy your favorite show. As you sit down with your late-night snack and turn on the television you are immediately […]
What’s next? Are we going to ban French fries, walking, perhaps reading? Maybe we shouldn’t be allowed to go outside after it snows and the ground becomes slippery? Call me crazy, but that was my reaction to Idaho State University officially instituting a smoking ban effective Sept. 1. I don’t […]
College is a once-in-a-lifetime experience – at least for most of us – and the opportunities it affords shouldn’t be wasted. It would be well and good for me to write an article that was emotionless and many people would glance over it and possibly take some of the advice […]