Dylon Harrison Staff Writer People who find themselves victims of sexual harassment and assault often don’t know where to turn. In compliance with Title IX, ISU has taken steps to make sure members of the ISU community have someone to turn to in times of need. At the beginning of […]
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Fallon Deatherage News Editor Three students had some tense moments inside Turner Hall’s west elevator when it failed on Feb. 11, sending the students into an unwanted descent. Vivienne Westra, one of the students in the elevator, was riding the elevator from the fifth floor to the sixth with two […]
February 14 ASISU approved funding for a new club called “Nerf Club” in the amount of $200. ASISU moved to approve a deposit to Survey Club in the amount of $166.67. ASISU heard budget presentations from Bengal Theater, ISU Meridian campus, the Student Activities Board of Idaho Falls, ISU […]
Fallon Deatherage News Editor With its final selection coming in March, ISU is one step closer to having a new president. The five finalists, Ricardo Azziz, Robert Marley, Kevin Satterlee, Charles “Chuck” Wight and Laura Woodworth-Ney, each scheduled a visit to ISU campuses last week. The schedule for these visits […]
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer Going off to college for the first time can be intimidating enough on its own, but students starting college in a completely new town, state or even country face a unique set of challenges. The Student Acquisition and Cultural Assimilation Association, or SACAA, is a new […]
Fallon Deatherage Staff Writer Fernando Espinoza, a sophomore studying business administration, is getting steadily closer to his goal of sharing the gift of hearing with people in need by raising money to provide hearing aids. “The goal is just to help as many people as possible,” he said. He set […]
Kiran Pandey Staff Writer The ISU Career Center is hosting its annual Spring Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Feb. 21 inside the Pond Student Union Ballroom. The fair will provide an opportunity for students to interact with 72 companies across many industries. “Various local level companies, […]
Feb. 7 ASISU voted to approve a matched deposit to Law Club in the amount of $103.33. ASISU heard budget presentations from KISU, The Bengal, the Student Activities Board and Student Organizations Feb. 14 ASISU will vote on club funding for Nerf Club and matched deposit for Survey Club. ASISU […]
Renee Shaktivel Staff Writer Every generation has been labeled without their agreement. Demographic expert Peter Francese said that the baby boomers were the first generation to be named and groups before like the Greatest Generation and the Silent Generation were named after their era passed. However, Neil Howe named millennials […]
Pocatello’s Second Saturday contra dance will be held February 10 at the First Congregational UCC Church, 309 N. Garfield (behind Pocatello High School). The dance runs from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. Mike Cottle from Salt Lake City will teach and call the dances, with lively music provided by a group […]
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer ISU’s College of Business will begin offering the state of Idaho’s first Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program starting in the Fall 2018 semester. Previously, if an Idaho student wanted to pursue an MHA degree, they were forced to either take the required courses completely online […]
Clayton Koff Staff Writer Brenda Tracy, rape survivor and leader of the #SetTheExpectation movement, is taking the country by storm one university at a time. She travels across the country, telling her story to encourage college students, especially athletes, to “set the expectation” and create an atmosphere where sexual assault […]
January 31 ASISU voted to approve a Nerf Club, the purpose of which is to “strengthen bonds of friendship, leadership, and to be educated in the production of Nerf guns,” and which will have a sister club in Logan, UT for cross-state Nerf wars. ASISU voted to approve matched deposit […]
Madeleine Coles Co-Editor in Chief and News Editor If the intricate symbiosis between a university and the town it calls home can be seen as a relationship, CommUniversity is its couples counselor. CommUniversity, a committee made up of university representatives and community leaders and businesses, has been dedicated to, as […]