Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Idaho State trailed 17-13 at halftime but was outscored 31-7 in the second half as the Southern Utah Thunderbirds throttled the Bengals in-route to a 52-27 victory Saturday afternoon at Holt Arena, handing ISU its fourth consecutive loss. The Bengals have been outscored 177-75 the […]
Month: October 2016
Jenna Crowe Staff Writer Some supernatural beings are said to be seen once a year on Halloween, but according to the ISU custodial staff, ghosts can be seen year round at ISU. Connie Krisman, who has been a custodian for five years, has had a few spooky encounters, though most […]
Madeleine Coles Life Editor Hello boys and girls, faculty and staff, mom and dad and anyone else who might perchance be future readers of this column. Let me start by saying this is technically an advice column. I guess. It will work very similar to an advice column. You send […]
Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief Do you ever wish you had the option to unfriend certain people on Facebook until after the presidential election? I, like most everyone else I’ve talked to, cannot wait to be done with election season. It has been painful, exhausting, embarrassing for our country and I have […]
Bo Johnson Submitted Article In 2014, there were over 10 billion smart devices connected to the internet. Cisco, a leading network equipment manufacturer, estimates there will be over 50 billion devices connected by 2020, skyrocketing the Internet of Things (IoT) industry value to some $7.1 trillion. What is the IoT? […]
Madison Shumway Staff Writer Home to over 700,000 objects from animal skulls to arrowheads, the Idaho Museum of Natural History needs more space. As collections near full capacity, museum leadership pursues a decades-old dream: expanding into a new building of its own. “We’ve outgrown the old library that we’ve been […]
Madison Shumway Staff Writer A holiday fair hosted by the ISU Women’s Club to raise money for student scholarships will take place on Nov. 4 and 5 in the SUB ballroom. The fair, which will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor With a 26-23 halftime lead in the Big Sky Conference Championship game, the Idaho State women’s basketball team was 30 minutes away from punching its ticket to the NCAA tournament. A strong second-half performance from Jon Newlee’s Idaho Vandals was too much for the Bengals and […]
Jenna Crowe Staff Writer The Idaho Museum of Natural History at ISU plays a pivotal role in education by being one of the first museums in America to have a 3-D virtual museum. This is exciting for Leif Tapanila, an associate professor of geosciences and the director of the museum, […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Four years ago, Jakori Ford sat in a hospital room while doctors tapped the bottom of his foot, asking him if he could feel anything. He was 19-years old and a father to be. Ford knew why the doctors were tapping on this foot and knew […]
Madeleine Coles Life Editor 5. Dr. Slaughter’s House of Terror, Idaho Falls Dr. Slaughter’s is a classic haunted house that’s perfect for those who are easily scared. It’s scary without being overly terrifying, and they have a no-touch rule. Its admission price also supports the D.A.R.E. program. General admission is […]
Andrew Crighton News Editor Idaho State University is currently one of two defendants in a lawsuit from a former employee, Kelly Pokorny. Pokorny was the former education director at the Idaho Museum of Natural History, and claims that her supervisor at the time, Herb Maschner, sexually harassed her beginning in […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor In a game with two completely different offensive styles, a run-heavy North Dakota team (6-2) took down an air-it-out Idaho State squad (2-5), 28-21 Saturday afternoon in Holt Arena. ISU now has dropped its third consecutive conference game and falls to 1-3 in conference play while […]
Connor Pate Ok well maybe I won’t give you a million dollars, but read this and it might save you and/or your company a lot of money and time. If this article’s title was a link in your email inbox, I’m sure you wouldn’t click on it, right? Unfortunately, the […]
Madeleine Coles Life Editor Since the Stephens Performing Art Center opened in 2005, ISU students and Pocatello community members have had the opportunity to attend the yearly ISU Concert Series. The series, which typically begins in late September and ends in mid-April, features a variety of musical performances. According to […]