Logan Ramsey Editor-in-Chief It was 1969, and Alberto Velez had just landed in Newark Airport with nothing but his suitcase and a toolbox. Many people might rest after an 11-something hour flight, but Velez hit the pavement instead. He began approaching every business he could find in Union City, New […]
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Andrea Diaz Staff Writer The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) will make you work hard, but they will also help you play hard. It all began in 1951 at ISU and has seen much success over the years, as well as being the start of many students’ own success stories. […]
Joanna Orban Staff Writer During the Fall 2019 semester, ISU had 1720 master’s students, 1037 of which were full time. When speaking about whether or not the graduate school has had a change in enrollment over the past couple of years, Anna Siddoway, a graduate pathway specialist said, “There’s a […]
Logan Ramsey Editor-in-Chief Local: The FBI’s new facilities have been officially completed The FBI and its partners at the Department of Justice (DOJ) participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 18 for a new data center at the FBI’s facility in Pocatello, Idaho. The new data center will optimize infrastructure, […]
Hailey Nelson News Editor Early on Nov. 10, the emergency notification system of Idaho State University seemed to be delayed. An incident involving a local man running from police after sexual assault had occurred, but the timing of the alert notification and the actual event did not seem to line […]
Dylon Harrison Associate Editor Just before 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11, the ISU Alert System sent out a notification of a sexual assault near campus. It wasn’t until 10:53 a.m. the same day that another notification was sent out, informing the ISU community that the suspect was in custody. […]
Joanna Orban Staff Writer When L.J. Krumenacker was in middle school, he knew he wanted to work with dinosaurs. It was around that time that he had started collecting fossils and bringing them to the Idaho Museum of Natural History, thanks to the encouragement of his then mentor. Krumenacker, a […]
Kyra Finner Staff Writer Idaho State University hosted the 24th Annual Homeless Stand Down at Reed’s Gym on Oct. 26, offering the homeless local population veteran and civilian resources, health care services, hot meals, hygiene kits, clothing, hair cuts, job assistance, prepaid phones and more. According to the Bingham County […]
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE 1. Stephanie Foreman, Office of Student Affairs a. Student Emergency Fund i. The Student Emergency Fund was created three years ago to assist students with unforeseen financial hardships which otherwise would have prevented them from continuing their college education. ii. These funds cover financial emergencies such as […]
Logan Ramsey Editor-in-Chief Local: Three candidates are running for Pocatello City Council seat No. 2 Pocatello resident Claudia Ortega, Lance Kolbet, a former chairman of the county’s Republican party, and artist Colton Peterson are running for City Council seat No. 2. Kolbet said wages and benefits represent the city’s major […]
Hailey Nelson News Editor From within the confines of day to day life, educated minds are pushing the boundaries of perceived normalities in 2019. On Oct. 26, TEDxISU provided those inclined an opportunity to listen to various speakers at the Stephens Performing Arts Center. This conference’s theme was “2030. Where […]
Logan Ramsey Editor-in-Chief In the late 2000s, Dane Simmons had all his eggs in one basket. “I was a leading performer, and in the midst of one phone call, I could lose everything,” Dane said. At the time, Dane was working at Apria Healthcare, and he didn’t necessarily feel like […]
Local: The city is amending water facilities plans to accommodate for Northgate Pocatello’s engineering staff is finalizing long-term amendments to the city’s drinking water and wastewater facilities plans, as directed to evaluate impacts of Northgate, a multi-use project under construction in northeast Pocatello planned to eventually include thousands of homes […]
Kyra Finner Staff Writer Tim Magnuson was found dead on Oct. 5 in Yellowstone National Park near the Idaho and Wyoming Border. It was discovered that the microbiology professor from ISU suffered cardiac arrest while doing research on microbes that live in the hot springs. Magnuson was only 57 years […]
Edna Grant Staff Writer Over 100 local protesters in Pocatello picked up their signs and took action for climate change awareness outside of City Hall twice this past September, and hope to continue providing opportunities for the community to make their voice heard. The strike, led on September 20th by […]