Andrew Crighton Life Editor There are currently many candidates to choose from when it comes to the 2016 presidential election. Two Democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders, and eleven candidates in the Republican field, with Donald Trump in first, Senator Ted Cruz second and Senator Marco Rubio third […]
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All about life on campus at Idaho State University. This includes club events, activities sponsored by Union Programs Council and the Student Activities Board.
Shelbie Harris News Editor It’s safe to assume whether you’re a senior residing on the fringe of graduation, or an incoming freshman with four more years of school looming overhead, one things for certain: College can be stressful. The first week of classes can take its toll on any student, […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer For most students, the spring semester represents a continuation of the efforts they began in the fall, but there are a significant number of individuals who begin their college experience at the outset of the second half of the academic year. These first-time freshmen may have […]
Payton Mitchell Staff Writer Idaho State University has an extensive student body full of talent and promise, and Gage Horne happens to be one of those individuals. A dance major at Idaho State University and a member of the Bengal Dance Team, Horne started dancing in his freshman year of […]
Payton Mitchell Staff Writer Christmas break is a time to forget about grades, classes and exams and is a time of family, celebration, eggnog and ugly sweaters. For some students though, there are circumstances that prevent them from returning home. Cody James is a former ISU student who stayed in […]
Andrew Crighton Life Editor The Greek gods drank nectar, but who needs it when there’s a plethora of local coffee houses brewing up their own elixirs? There are three local coffee shops within a 10 minute walk from the ISU campus: The College Market, Mocha Madness and CoHo Coffee (The […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer It’s easy to become consumed with the materialism that soaks into nearly every fiber of the winter holidays: from Black Friday to Cyber Monday, we are encouraged at every turn to spend, spend, spend. But amidst the retail season, there are many individuals and organizations that […]
Payton Mitchell Staff Writer As a theatre major at Idaho State University, I have been able to utilize much of what the College of Arts and Letters has to offer. The college branches out to students who are majoring or minoring in the world of the arts. From my perspective […]
Andrew Crighton Life Editor Nov. 14, 2015 was a big day for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In front of the temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, as many as 1,500 individuals formally resigned from the church, and many stayed to protest afterwards. The leak of new […]
Andrew Crighton Life Editor Just over one year ago Pocatello became home to one of the seven mosques in Idaho. Located on Fifth Avenue, about two blocks from the ISU campus, it is run by The Islamic Society of Southeastern Idaho (ISSI). The ISSI was organized approximately 25 years ago […]
Payton Mitchell Staff Writer Since the 70s, Idaho State University has had a chess club for students to stimulate their brains, learn a new game and make new friends. Peter Eckert, a junior at ISU, started a petition this past fall to open the chess club again. In order to […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer As October comes to a close and those little pink ribbons linger in our mind, we welcome No-Shave-November and Movember. Perhaps these movements are worthy of a ribbon but maybe a mustache pin would be more suited. For the month of November, men are encouraged to […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer It is easy to stay within the comfortable boundaries of one’s own culture, but perhaps sometimes an escape is necessary. Japan Night offers exactly that: an evening escape from American culture with a sneak peek into the music, cuisine and arts of Japanese culture. This event […]
Andrew Crighton Life Editor Every student on campus has a story, and this is Kalon Ludvigson’s. Kalon Ludvigson, originally from Sterling, Utah, is a junior at ISU currently in the process of applying for entrance into the College of Pharmacy. Before he was a full time student, he competed on […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer November 11, proclaimed as Armistice Day in 1919 to honor the end of World War I, became a legal holiday in 1938 to celebrate “the war to end all wars.” After World War II, and the largest mobilization of troops in history, the name was changed […]