Dylon Harrison Staff Writer ISU is making a change that could completely redefine the way the school is viewed within the state of Idaho and in the U.S. Since President Satterlee arrived, ISU has seen a big push to change its brand. The next step in changing that brand is […]
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Fallon Deatherage-Bradley News Editor ISU’s occupational therapy students had the opportunity to participate in the 10th annual CarFit event on Sept. 24. CarFit is a program that was created by the American Society of Aging in partnership with AAA, the American Occupational Therapy Association and AARP. It uses a twelve-point […]
Clayton Koff Staff Writer This weekend, I had the pleasure of watching ISU’s production of the contemporary musical “First Date.” Never have I witnessed such a display of dedication and passion delivered in such a sexy, witty and cohesive way. Every actor and actress involved went above and beyond during […]
Finance Committee: Two graduate students came to Finance Committee to request contingency funding. They are traveling to San Antonio, Texas, to present their 8-part podcast on how immigration affects Southeast Idaho. This will be great for ISU but in the Bylaws, ASISU can only fund up to a 1/3 of the cost. However, […]
Madison Shumway Life Editor Over the past three weeks, The Bengal has examined the salaries of university employees. The first report in the series focused on ISU’s 80 highest-paid employees, who mostly belong among upper administration. Subsequent reports analyzed how discipline and promotion affect faculty pay (to recap, significantly). In […]
Sept. 5th Contingency Fund Request- There are two students who are planning to attend a conference meeting in October and requested $1,516.88 to help cover the expenses. Vice President Sargeant- MOVE TO COMMITTEE FOR 10 MINUTES Sargeant/Jewkes. Unanimous. MOTION CARRIED. MOVE OUT OF COMMITTEE. Schmidt/Sargeant. Unanimous. MOTION CARRIED. Finance Officer […]
Lucas Gebhart Editor-in-Chief Thumbs up: Homecoming bonfire is on Friday this year Why was this not done years ago? This is the best part of Homecoming week. I mean, we literally burn the other team’s logo to the ground. How cool is that? But nobody could go before because it […]
Logan Ramsey Associate Editor Recreational and medical marijuana is looking like it’s on track to becoming legal in all 50 states. More and more states legalize it every year, but there’s still holdouts all over the country and Idaho is one of these holdouts. It doesn’t look like marijuana will […]
Fallon Deatherage-Bradley News Editor Idaho gas prices are nearly 47.3 cents higher than they were this time last year. As of Sept. 9, the average price per gallon of unleaded gasoline in the state was $3.20, 35 cents more than the AAA’s estimated national average of $2.85. Idaho regularly ranks […]
Madison Shumway Life Editor Last week’s installment of The Bengal’s series analyzing the salaries of ISU administrators and faculty confirmed that field influences pay. Business professors make more than professors in the health professions, and health professions professors make more than professors in humanities. The report also found that even […]
8-22 Senator Kaitlyn Jewkes was elected Pro-Tempore. 8-29 MOVE TO INSTALL KRYSTOFF KISSOON AS THE SENATOR FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL. MOTION CARRIED. MOVE TO INSTALL GANESH SAPKOTA AS THE FINANCE OFFICER. MOTION CARRIED
Fallon Deatherage-Bradley News Editor I had a near-perfect summer if you can forget about two incidents that soured it. The first was when a neighbor called the sheriff when he saw me driving home. Later, when I asked why he felt the need to call law enforcement after observing me […]
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer Over the course of an ISU student career, some will be faced with the ugliest monster in academia: academic dishonesty. For most, the lucky ones, it may only be encountering a paragraph on every syllabus with a strict warning, but for others, it could be another […]
This figure visualizes the range in faculty salary for each ISU college. Each college’s lowest, highest and median salary are expressed numerically. The colored boxes represent the majority of faculty within each college (the 25th to 75th percentile). The whiskers or lines extending from the boxes represent the lowest- and […]
Logan Ramsey Associate Editor The thing about ISU’s campus that infuriates me the most as an off-campus student is the parking situation. In this regard, the structure of campus is severely lacking in where it needs to be, and the result is packed parking lots that don’t properly suit the […]