Andrew Crighton News Editor This recipe has been the go-to in my house since before I can remember. It creates light and fluffy muffins that are super easy to customize with a little bit of flavored extract added to the batter, topped with glaze and sliced almonds, or sprinkle berries […]
Life
All about life on campus at Idaho State University. This includes club events, activities sponsored by Union Programs Council and the Student Activities Board.
Madeleine Coles Life Editor Dear Badvice, Do you have any tips on good New Year’s resolutions and/or how to stick to them? Sincerely, New Year, New Me Dear New Year, New Me, I actually feel quite sorry for you. You have somehow made it to college without yet being taught […]
Madeleine Coles Life Editor Valet parking. A coat check. Women in evening gowns and men in three piece suits drinking champagne. Waiters carrying trays of French cuisine. It is a scene far more often associated with big city socialites than the community members of Pocatello. However, this is the scene […]
Madison Shumway Staff Writer In the United States, Christmas might bring to mind candy canes. In Romania, it’s a sweet bread, and in Sweden, it’s a coconut cookie. In France, the holiday treat of choice is a sugary cylinder known in English as a Yule log cake. These cultural differences, […]
Madeleine Coles Life Editor In most respects, Pocatello is a conservative community, but ISU’s New Year’s Eve Gala, hosted by the College of Arts and Letters, is all about extravagance. This year is the fourth annual gala, and the theme is “Le Salon de Artistes.” Guests will be treated to […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer Any student walking around the Fine Arts building for the past couple of months may have stopped to take notice of the strange, beautiful and interesting art pieces populating stairs, doorways, hallways and more. Walking through the east-side door, students are briefly surrounded by colored orbs, […]
Thomas Attebery Staff Writer Every year, ISU holds a contest to design the annual ISU holiday card. This year, the award was given to Dylan Childress, a senior art student graduating this semester. In a rare, but not entirely unprecedented turn of events, this was his second year winning the […]
Madeleine Coles Life Editor Dear Badvice, I love Christmas, and I really want to start decorating for the holidays. But my roommates think it’s too soon. What’s the acceptable time to put your Christmas tree up? Sincerely, A Holiday Lover Dear Holiday Lover, You disgust me. I’m going to stop […]
Jenna Crowe Staff Writer In the tradition of a feast, Thanksgiving yields many leftovers. Chef Sandra Lee from Food Network provides a perfect solution with her recipe, Thanksgiving Pie. This recipe not only tastes like your Thanksgiving meal from the day before, but it also gets rid of all those […]
Madison Shumway Staff Writer Cali Madsen clocked in, picked up her walkie-talkie and portable ticket machine and walked into the winter air. That day, the ISU ticket writer would patrol upper campus. It was her favorite location, and since she arrived first, she could call dibs. Bundled up in a […]
Jenna Crowe Staff Writer Many ISU students come from towns surrounding Pocatello, or at least places in the country. This makes it much easier for them to go home during Thanksgiving break. For international students, however, they often spend short breaks with friends or extended family more often than their […]
Madeleine Coles Life Editor An experimental course in 3D video game development is being offered at ISU next semester. Adjunct professor Kirk Young will be teaching the course in which students will design an interactive, virtual reality space. Young spent over 20 years in the video game industry as an […]
Jenna Crowe Staff Writer Regionalism and law combined in an unlikely way at the new art installation, Securement, in the ISU Transition Gallery. Lily Martina Lee, artist and Boise State University professor, was brought to ISU by the Bistline Foundation Fund, written by Naomi Adams, and the Quick Funds Grant, […]
Madeleine Coles Life Editor Many people can remember learning all about Smokey the Bear and how to prevent fires. The Idaho Museum of Natural History invite people to relive those days at the opening of a new exhibit, Living with Fire. The opening, which occurred Nov. 12, featured a fire […]
Madeleine Coles Life Editor Virtually any movie or television show that has even one scene set at a college will feature the same things: beer pong, loud music, drunken students taking turns riding a slip n’ slide down the dorm hallways and the like. It’s the stereotypical “college atmosphere.” But […]