Sven Alskog News Editor Candidate filing for the ASISU legislative and executive branches opened on Jan. 27 and will remain open until Feb. 19 when all paperwork is due. Current members of ASISU in good standing with a GPA above 3.0 are eligible to run for executive office, while those […]
Year: 2014
Chris Banyas Staff Writer Students at Idaho State University will have a unique opportunity to win prizes by interacting with the school’s social media platforms through a contest called Ultimate Bengal. Beginning Jan. 14, and ending April 25, students will have the chance each day to earn entries into a […]
Tash Mahnokaren Staff Writer The start of a new year commonly evokes feelings of change and the desire to start over. However, following through on resolutions isn’t always easy. To embrace the new year, try a different approach: reinvention. Splurge a little bit on yourself. Get excited about being you […]
K-lene Kuhn Staff Writer While many college students seize winter break as an opportunity to catch up on sleep and Netflix, some adventurous Bengals used their free month to travel the globe. Some Idaho State University students traveled to California, while one even traveled to Poland and got engaged. Krystal […]
Sven Alskog News Editor For seven years straight, the Idaho State University Society of Physics Students (SPS) has taken home the Outstanding Chapter Award from the National Society of Physics Students and the American Physical Society. The honor is one that the ISU chapter has received on an annual basis, […]
Samantha Chaffin Editor-in-Chief Just less than three years ago, I moved away from my hometown of Payette, Idaho to come to Pocatello and attend Idaho State University. When I first arrived, I had little to no sense of direction and if I’m being honest, I was probably only here because […]
Chris Banyas Staff Writer A new website dubbed the Bengal Online Scholarship System, BOSS for short, was recently launched and aims to help students apply for and utilize scholarships. “I talked to some of my colleagues and I realized we were doing paper applications for everything and the way things […]
Jessica Milford Submitted Article One in three women will have an abortion in their lifetime. This of course means that it is highly likely that you, the person reading this right now, know someone who has had an abortion, will get an abortion or is contemplating abortion right this minute. […]
Denim Millward Sports Editor In the 2012-2013 men’s basketball campaign, the Idaho State Bengals, led by first-year head coach Bill Evans, struggled mightily and posted a 6-24 overall record. Though a good defensive team statistically, the squad was pretty dismal on the offensive end. Boy, what a difference a year […]
K-lene Kuhn Staff Writer Melissa Bodily, a theater major, presented her senior performance, “Life, Love and Loss: A Senior Recital,” on Wednesday, Jan. 15, in the Black Box Theater at the Stephens Performing Arts Center. The recital was a compilation of pieces of work Bodily borrowed from plays, including “A […]
Tash Mahnokaren Staff Writer Pocatello is certainly not the first place that comes to mind when people think of fossils of the distinctive whorl tooth shark. This is however an area familiar to Leif Tapanila, the new chair of Idaho State University’s geology department. Tapanilla has been with the geosciences […]
Denim Millward Sports Editor After a reasonably successful 2012-2013 season, the ISU women’s basketball team said a bittersweet goodbye to five different senior players. Included in the group of departing players were the top two scoring options for the Bengals, seniors Ashleigh Vella and Kaela Oakes. As is the case […]
Police and university officials responded to an injury accident on the corner of 8th Avenue and Lovejoy on the Idaho State University campus at around 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16 when a passenger pick-up truck struck the Physical Science Building. The driver of the pick-up was injured and transported […]