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 […]
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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.
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 […]
Andrew Crighton Life Editor It’s time to kick off the holiday season, and what better way to do it than to get an early start on Christmas shopping? The ISU Women’s Club is holding its forty-fifth Annual Holiday Fair Friday Nov. 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday […]
Shelbie Harris News Editor Life is like jazz music: its best to improvise, it never resolves and sometimes, when things get chaotic, you get the feeling everything is spiraling out of control around you and then suddenly you’re somehow able to reel it all back together into something wildly impressive. […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Being thrown into a culture different from a person’s own, across an ocean, where the natives speak a foreign language during the first years of adulthood can be a tough endeavor. Many students from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait take this journey eagerly to be immersed in […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Contrary to popular belief, Mustangs, Camaros and other muscle cars are available for purchase in Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Though some people there do drive American muscle cars, as well as other sports cars, there are those who are encouraged to stay […]
Terraka Garner Life Editor You hear the buzz of the tattoo gun, smell the clean of the green soap, and see the cups of ink gathered in an alluring pattern, ready for an everlasting design, poking and prodding at your skin; pleasure and pain in conjunction to forever represent something […]