When picking the winner of this year’s Student of the Year award, Associated Students of Idaho State University officers found the selection process to be easy. Kale Bergeson, a former Marine who is now a human resource training and development major and Veterans’ Sanctuary career closet coordinator was the clear […]
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Assistant Professor of Sociology Jeremy Thomas specializes in research areas as controversial as they come. “My research interests primarily concern religion, sex, deviance and the body,” said Thomas. Thomas, new at Idaho State University since fall of 2012, received his doctorate from Purdue University last year. His current research focuses […]
Idaho State University doctoral candidate Michael Riley and his seven-year-old service dog, Annie, have been together for over six years. In those years, Riley said he has come to see Annie as much more than a service dog. “The law sees [Annie] as a tool, I see her as an […]
The 14th annual Take Back the Night event will take place Friday, May 3, at 5:30 p.m. “The march will begin at Family Services Alliance (355 S Arthur Ave.) where we will pass out free Take Back the Night T-shirts and it will end at the Old Town Pavilion where […]
Chart-topping country music band Emerson Drive played at Idaho State University on Friday, April 19. The concert was the culminating event of Springfest. “Our fans up here have always been strong over the years and it just goes to show that country music is still going good here,” said lead […]
Seventy pieces of carefully selected undergraduate students’ artwork are currently on display in the John B. Davis Gallery in the Fine Arts Building. The annual Undergraduate Art Exhibition’s opening reception was Monday, April 8. “It was a great turnout, there were students, family, parents and friends,” said Amy Jo Popa, […]
Caught in a bad bromance “The Odd Couple” premiered Friday, April 12, in the Rogers Black Box Theatre in the Stephens Performing Arts Center. Performances will also be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, and Friday, April 19. Admission is $7 for students with Bengal ID, $10 for […]
Students attending Idaho State University while serving in the military may see their tuition aid cut as a result of the sequester. When the government sequester went into effect Friday, March 1, the military responded to budget cuts by indefinitely suspending its tuition assistance programs. Prior to the budget cuts, […]
ISU professor studies and speaks Welsh, Shoshoni and more Anthropology professor Chris Loether is the director of the American Indian Studies Program, director of the Linguistics Program, and co-director of the Shoshoni Language Project at Idaho State University. Growing up in a language-rich area inspired him to study multiple languages. […]
Veterans’ Sanctuary offers helping hand An easily recognizable figure on campus is Kale Bergeson and his orange and black mohawk. What many may not know is that Bergeson is a former Marine. Now a junior at Idaho State University majoring in Human Resource Training and Development, Bergeson is the Career […]
ISU dance groups raise funds On Saturday, April 6, Idaho State University’s Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Club and The Company will present “Dancers Against Cancer.” The dance workshop and performance showcase will be devoted to raising money for the mobile mammogram service Drive for the Cure. A choreography workshop on […]
A new youth art program called An Art Experience will be conducted at Idaho State University Saturday mornings April 5 through May 31 in Room 303 of the Fine Arts Building. The idea was art graduate student Lori McPherson’s, who got the idea from a college she attended outside of […]
Country music band Emerson Drive will be performing at Idaho State University on Friday, April 19. The concert is scheduled for the final day of the Student Activities Board’s SpringFest events and will be at 7 p.m. in the Pond Student Union Building (PSUB) Ballroom. Ticket prices are $5 for […]
Idaho State University student Sarah Kim’s senior piano recital will be held Thursday, March 21, in Goranson Hall in the Fine Arts Building. One piece that will be performed is “Prelude and Fugue in A Minor” by Johann Sebastian Bach. “Bach is a favorite to the music community,” said Kim. […]
Spring break is next week, which often means travel and celebration for students. Although it’s a time for relaxation and fun, students need to be careful and stay safe during their week off. Whether students are traveling or staying in the area, local officials have recommended certain precautions for students. […]