Kiran Pandey Staff Writer Nepal is home to Mt. Everest, the birthplace of Lord Buddha and almost 150 ISU students. To showcase their diverse culture to other students, members of the Nepalese Student Association hold an annual Nepalese Night, which will take place this year on Feb. 17 in the […]
Year: 2018
Renee Shaktivel Staff Writer Every generation has been labeled without their agreement. Demographic expert Peter Francese said that the baby boomers were the first generation to be named and groups before like the Greatest Generation and the Silent Generation were named after their era passed. However, Neil Howe named millennials […]
Lucas Gebhart Co-Editor in Chief and Sports Editor ISU is in desperate need of a new arena. But it seems now more than ever that a new arena is years, possibly even decades away from breaking ground. I have no doubt that ISU will eventually build a new arena. But […]
Pocatello’s Second Saturday contra dance will be held February 10 at the First Congregational UCC Church, 309 N. Garfield (behind Pocatello High School). The dance runs from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. Mike Cottle from Salt Lake City will teach and call the dances, with lively music provided by a group […]
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer ISU’s College of Business will begin offering the state of Idaho’s first Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program starting in the Fall 2018 semester. Previously, if an Idaho student wanted to pursue an MHA degree, they were forced to either take the required courses completely online […]
Clayton Koff Staff Writer Valentine’s Day is approaching, and ISU’s theatre department is celebrating with a love story. Performances of “Stop Kiss,” a play written by contemporary playwright Diana Son, will span two weekends at the Stephens Performing Arts Center this month. The play centers around two young women in […]
Madeline Leavitt Staff Writer ISU is looking to improve and expand its athletics facilities, but how they are going to do that has yet to be determined. In order to decide which route to take, Athletic Director Jeff Tingey said that the university will be holding a study as part […]
Clayton Koff Staff Writer Brenda Tracy, rape survivor and leader of the #SetTheExpectation movement, is taking the country by storm one university at a time. She travels across the country, telling her story to encourage college students, especially athletes, to “set the expectation” and create an atmosphere where sexual assault […]
January 31 ASISU voted to approve a Nerf Club, the purpose of which is to “strengthen bonds of friendship, leadership, and to be educated in the production of Nerf guns,” and which will have a sister club in Logan, UT for cross-state Nerf wars. ASISU voted to approve matched deposit […]
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer A recent study on ISU’s Pocatello campus has found that it could be possible that there are more concussions taking place in the NFL than are being reported. Dr. Caroline Faure conducted this study by reaching out to the wives of NFL players, asking if their […]
Madeleine Coles Co-Editor in Chief and News Editor If the intricate symbiosis between a university and the town it calls home can be seen as a relationship, CommUniversity is its couples counselor. CommUniversity, a committee made up of university representatives and community leaders and businesses, has been dedicated to, as […]
Renee Shaktivel Staff Writer ISU has appointed Marvin Schulte as the new chair of the Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Schulte has a long history and love of sciences. At the age of nine, he would sculpt hearts out of clay and built a personal laboratory on his family’s […]
Madeleine Coles Co-Editor in Chief and News Editor On my very first day at ISU, when I was just a little freshman, I was walking back to my car from my class in Rendezvous when a couple of guys in a truck slowed down, drove up beside me and yelled […]
Clayton Koff Staff Writer Leadership is changing in the ISU honors program following the retirement of former director Sherri Dienstfrey-Swanson. The search is on to fill the position. One potential candidate, current interim director Curt Anderson, spoke about his new position and his thoughts regarding the future of the honors […]
Kiran Pandey Staff Writer ISU College of Arts and Letters launched the Early College Program in the fall semester of last year to get high school students on campus and make them familiar with campus life. The number of participants in the program has increased from nine students in the […]