Chris Banyas Life Editor How many closed doors do you walk past every day on whatever course you take through the Idaho State University Campus? How many buildings do you hurry by on your way to whatever class or activity you’re running late for? Have you ever wondered what was […]
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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.
Terraka Garner Staff Writer Idaho State University’s Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) will be honoring the Chinese New Year, the year of the ram, by hosting “Chinese Night.” The event will take place on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, at 6:30 p.m. in the Pond Student Union Building Ballroom. The […]
Chris Banyas Life Editor Tumor. Cancer. Chemo. Three little words. Self-contained epic stories of horrifying discovery and uphill battles that all too often end in tragedy. The processes of chemotherapy and other radiation treatments are simple in theory: wage a war of attrition against an enemy by means of a […]
Terraka Garner Freelance Writer With a harness tightly fastened, a safety helmet strapped on and a carabiner attached securely at the belt loop, members of Idaho State University’s Climbing Sports Club continue to embark on each of their journeys with strategic planning and focused concentration on each of their goals. […]
Chris Banyas Life Editor For most international students who come to study at Idaho State University, it is often their first time not only outside of their native country but in the U.S. as well. This is not the case for Rogelio Lenin Peña Rodriguez, a native of Juarez, Mexico, […]
Chris Banyas Life Editor Beginning in 2014 and extending through the year 2018, the world will be casting its look backward and observing the centenary of World War I. Unlike more modern conflicts, voices are the only personal artifacts that remain of those who participated and lived through the Earth-changing […]
Terraka Garner Freelance Writer The Idaho State University Jazz Band will host its 28th annual Jazz Festival on Feb. 6 and 7. The presentations and performances will feature two members from the band “The Yellowjackets,” Grammy award-winning tenor saxophonist Bob Mintzer joined by keyboardist Russell Ferrante. Jazz bass player Aaron […]
Shelbie Harris Staff Writer If you’ve ever had to flip through the assembly walkthrough for a kitchen dining set or looked at the blueprint of your home or workplace, it’s almost a certainty that at some point a professional drafter was involved in its creation and development. Computer Aided Design […]
Tash Mahnokaren Staff Writer Gender-based occupations are increasingly becoming a phenomenon of the past as men and women transcend the gender occupational divide. The wage gap, however, remains a concern in gender-based occupations, even for men in female dominated fields. The San Jose Mercury News included secretaries, kindergarten teachers, speech […]
Shelbie Harris Staff Writer Melissa Hunt, an alumna of Idaho State University recently secured a grant worth $100,000 for her elementary school as part of the Farmers Insurance “Dream Big Challenge.” Hunt, a first grade teacher at I. T. Stoddard Elementary School in Blackfoot, Idaho, received her Master of Education […]
Shelbie Harris Staff Writer Herbert Maschner, Director of the Idaho State University Idaho Museum of Natural History (IMNH), will be leaving ISU to serve as a visiting professor in Italy and has accepted a position at the University of South Florida beginning in August. Maschner, who spent the last fifteen […]
Shelbie Harris Staff Writer Learning how to forge the signatures and handwriting of novelists such as Jane Austen and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes series, isn’t something you would normally expect to encounter in today’s collegiate setting. As a specialist in eighteenth-century British literature and professor […]
Chris Banyas Life Editor Digital photography has largely become the most popular method of working within the art form, based chiefly in technological advancements in the modern world and situations in which photographs need to be captured and processed. However, the older, more complicated and time involved process of developing […]
Staff Writer Shelbie Harris Albert Einstein once said, “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” The very large desk with stacks of neatly packaged miscellaneous papers, separated into sections by three-inch binder clips, scattered atop assorted books […]
Shelbie Harris Staff Writer Samantha Lange and her competitive jump rope team, Flight Crew, have taken the sport of jumping rope far beyond the playgrounds and the physical education classes it’s most remembered for. Flight Crew’s brand is unique and intense, with a team consisting of seven men and three […]