Joanna Orban Copy Editor Idaho State University history professor, Justin Stover, a doctorate in history was recently honored by the Idaho State Board of Education. Stover was named the 2020 Innovative Educator for Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing. According to a press release by ISU, “Starting in 2019, each […]
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Logan Ramsey News Editor One of the effects the pandemic brought as it spread across the country has been an increase in housing insecurity, leading to a higher homeless population. Data on homelessness in 2020 is not widely available considering the year isn’t over, but communities have already felt the […]
Idaho State Athletics Submitted Content The Idaho State University Department of Athletics has announced that there will be no in-person fans at Reed Gym to start the 2020-21 basketball season due to the current COVID-19 pandemic.The University will continue to monitor the landscape of the pandemic with the intention of […]
Idaho State Athletics Submitted Content The Idaho State women’s basketball team has tied with Idaho for a first place finish in the coaches’ poll and finished second in the media preseason polls that was released by the Big Sky Conference on Wednesday. “The recognition of being picked first in any […]
Andrea Diaz Reporter COVID-19 has brought on many changes to this semester at Idaho State University and next semester looks to be no different. The semester is going to start on January 11, 2021, and end May 7, which follows regularly scheduled dates of previous semesters. However, the spring break […]
Dylon Harrison Managing Editor Cases of COVID-19 continue to climb around the world and across the country. In the United States, cases officially reached 10 million as of Monday, Nov. 9. This milestone comes after the US saw multiple consecutive days of more than 100,000 new cases reported daily following […]
Idaho State Athletics Submitted Content Idaho State women’s basketball Dora Goles has come to Pocatello from her hometown of Split, Croatia to make a name for herself off and on the court. Goles grew up in a family with two older brothers. “One is 32 and one is 28 I […]
Dylon Harrison Managing Editor The 2020 presidential election has come and gone, but the results of the election are likely to take some time to be accurately determined. With all of the unprecedented circumstances around this election, it is within the realm of possibility that the decision will be made […]
Joanna Orban Copy Editor Reigh Downs is a senior at Idaho State University and also, a published poet. Two of Downs’ poems were published in Black Rock & Sage, ISU’s only literary journal. Published annually through the Department of English and Philosophy, some iteration of the journal has been on […]
The Bengal Staff In August Idaho State University and catering partner Chartwells Higher Education announced that fast-food chain Chick-fil-A would open on the Pocatello campus in Fall 2021. Chick-fil-A was slated to replace Mandalay Express in the Pond Student Union Building. Chartwells announced the addition of Chick-fil-A alongside the announcement […]
Andrea Diaz Reporter Pocatello High School has both made history and caused controversy with its decision to change its Indians mascot. The board of trustees for the Pocatello/Chubbuck School district voted to retire the mascot after the 2020/2021 school year. The Indians have been the school’s mascot since the 1950s […]
Kaitlyn Hart Life Editor As I’m sure you’re already aware, voting is more important now than ever before. It is up to us, the voting public of the United States, to stand up for what we think is right, and vote for the candidate who we think will lead us […]
Andrea Diaz Staff Writer On Mind Tap, the newest show at KISU, they talk about mental health, the stigma behind it, how to improve it and the issues that affect Southeast Idahoans in particular. The hosts of Mind Tap are Christian Powell, Jessica Whitaker-Fornek and Scott Greeves, who are all […]
Dylon Harrison Managing Editor In response to a rise in cases of COVID-19, both nationally and locally, Idaho State University has put increased safety protocols into place. As of the writing of this article, there were a total of 61 cases of COVID-19 at ISU, a decrease from the 69 […]
Idaho State Athletics Submitted Content It was never in Gary Rendek’s plan to come to the United States to get an education and play tennis. As a teenager, the now Bengal graduate student, was content staying in Hungary to play tennis and attend school. His mind started to change when […]