Renee Shaktivel Staff Writer 73 percent of students in fraternities or sororities have experienced some type of hazing during their affiliation, which is any action that recklessly endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student. This can also be a practice that creates risk of injury, discomfort, […]
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Dylon Harrison Staff Writer Less than a year after the fire in Schubert Heights, another fire was found burning in another university-owned housing complex. A fire was found burning in a garbage can in a second-floor bathroom in South Complex’s Redfield dorm on the evening of Aug. 27. The fire […]
Madison Shumway Life Editor From associate professors to transcript evaluators to administrative assistants to vice presidents, ISU employs 1,802 public personnel. Transparent Idaho, an accountability effort maintained by Idaho’s state controller, documents each employee’s salary and position. It also releases a list of the state’s 482 highest-paid employees, who all […]
Clayton Koff Staff Writer I often contemplate why music is such a polarizing activity. It is one of the purest and most natural forms of enjoyment on the planet. As a species we are completely saturated in music, from movies, videogames, the radio and even the rhythmic sounds of nature. […]
Lucas Gebhart Editor-in-Chief Thumbs up: New direction for athletics I know I pump up President Satterlee a lot in this column, but he’s been pushing ISU in the right direction ever since he got here. The change in direction of athletics is another step to putting ISU on the map. […]
Alex Mosher Staff Writer Over 58 different countries and 40 U.S. states come together to represent the diverse culture at ISU. Amongst the diversity is ISU’s undermined population of nontraditional students. A nontraditional student refers to a category of college students that begin their college career at the age 25 […]
Photo-Credit: Idaho State Journal Logan Ramsey Associate Editor After a whirlwind of news surrounding the athletic program, ISU has officially announced that former athletic director Jeff Tingey will not be returning to the university after his paid leave ends. Tingey will remain on paid administrative leave until June 2019 when […]
Photo-Credit: Idaho State Journal Seiji Wood Sports Editor President Kevin Satterlee has named Pauline Thiros ISU’s interim athletic director. Prior to naming Thiros, the university said that the interim athletic director would not be considered an applicant for the permanent position, which was left vacant by former athletic director Jeff Tingey […]
Logan Ramsey Associate Editor It’s seemed to me that over the course of selecting a new president, we in the community have been holding our breath. Even now after Kevin Satterlee has become president, we’re still waiting to see what kind of job he’ll do and if he’ll be able […]
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer On Aug. 15, ISU announced that Wi-Fi will now be free to all current students and this policy change is not expected to reduce internet access across campus. The Information Technology Services (ITS) department is still figuring out the details on refunding students who already bought […]
Photo-Credit: Idaho State Journal UPDATED Logan Ramsey Associate Editor ISU athletic director Jeff Tingey was placed on administrative leave last Friday. The Idaho State Journal reported Wednesday that Tingey will not return to ISU and that the move was made in an effort to change the direction of ISU athletics. […]
Fallon Deatherage News Editor For the 13th time in school history, ISU has a new president. Kevin Satterlee took over for former president Arthur Vailas, who retired this last summer. The Bengal sat down with Satterlee for an exclusive interview last week. The full interview can be found on The […]
Photo-Credit: Idaho State Journal Logan Ramsey Associate Editor ISU athletic director Jeff Tingey has been placed on administrative leave, and it is unknown if he will return after his leave of absence by June 2019 when his current contract expires. ISU President Kevin Satterlee’s reasoning behind the dismissal remains unclear. […]
Lucas Gebhart/ Madison Shumway Editor-in-Chief/ Life Editor At the beginning of last semester, this newspaper was on life support. We were an understaffed, underfunded, deserted newsroom using equipment bought way too long ago. To say The Bengal required a clean slate is an understatement. But we didn’t just clean the […]
Lucas Gebhart Editor-in-Chief Thumbs up: President Satterlee It already feels like President Satterlee is turning ISU around. He sees the potential ISU and the Pocatello community have and the atmosphere around campus is a lot different from a year ago. For the first time since I’ve been at ISU, it […]