Andrew Crighton Editor-in-Chief This article will focus on the enhanced carry class that I attended in order to submit my application with the sheriff’s office for an Idaho enhanced concealed weapons license. The class that I attended was provided by E4 Tactical Solutions, a local company. The two instructors for […]
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Madeleine Coles News Editor The ISU Department of Art recently announced plans for two community art projects. The projects are each being led by art professor Doug Warnock and students Kristol Coker and Rebecca Merkley. Coker will be the principal artist on the project entitled “Voice of Pocatello: Past and […]
Kristi Austin Pocatello’s Second Saturday contra dance will be held October 14 at the First Congregational UCC Church, 309 N. Garfield (behind Pocatello High School). The dance runs from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. Callers Teri Peterson and Eric Limbach will teach and call the dances. The beginners’ session at 7:30 […]
Madeleine Coles News Editor The Majors and Minors Fair will be held Oct. 11 in the ballroom of the student union building. According to academic advisor Shawn Foley, the fair has been an annual event for around 20 years. “It’s really designed for the academic departments to bring representatives to […]
Madeleine Coles News Editor Keith Reinhardt, an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at ISU, wanted to understand why trees die. More specifically, he wanted to understand the phenomenon of whole forest mortality- when an entire forest dies off in instances of drought, even in typically cold, wet places. “I did […]
Madeleine Coles News Editor Editor’s Note: In part two of our continuing series on the possession of concealed firearms on campus, Madeline Coles spoke with Public Safety officers to understand the details specific to carrying on campus. For the past three years, students and faculty have been able to carry […]
Madeleine Coles News Editor Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, the associate dean of science and engineering, was recently named the U.S. At-Large Director of the American Nuclear Society. Dunzik-Gougar, who served on the society’s Board of Directors as a graduate student and wrote the bylaws that allowed a voting student representative to […]
Madeleine Coles News Editor The ISU Department of Psychology recently received a $50,871 grant to study spirituality in psychotherapy. The study will examine incorporating spirituality into therapy in a variety of ways, according to assistant professor of psychology Joshua Swift. “There are many different approaches for psychotherapists and counselors to […]
Madeleine Coles News Editor Engineering students at ISU recently finished renovating the Structural Dynamics Laboratory as well as building an entirely new Structural Laboratory. This was done with the assistance of Mustafa Mashal, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. “When I arrived here last year,” Mashal said, “I […]
Terryn Hardy Staff Writer The Idaho State Civic Symphony has named Julie Sorensen as its new interim conductor. Sorensen is one of only a few female orchestra conductors in the United States; however, she doesn’t let that hold her back. “When it comes to being a conductor, I’m a conductor […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Idaho State University athletic director, Jeff Tingey and University of Idaho athletic director, Rob Spear, announced the unveiling of a rivalry series that marks the first yearlong athletic competition between the two schools. For the next three years, the schools will partner with Idaho Central […]
Madeleine Coles News Editor Many rumors have been spreading about the recent earthquake swarm, but according to ISU geosciences assistant professor David Pearson, the earthquakes are completely normal and likely won’t lead to anything worse. Earthquakes occur along faults, which are fractures in the earth’s crust, and most faults in […]
Terryn Hardy Staff Writer Idaho State University has hired Michael Thomas as the new chair of the biological sciences department. Thomas, who is originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, attended the University of Nebraska, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Biology. After graduating from the University of Nebraska in 1991, […]
Madeleine Coles News Editor ISU’s HealthCare for Children and Families AmeriCorps program was recently awarded a $345,915 grant in order to provide health screenings and health education. The screenings will be conducted by 62 AmeriCorps members located all throughout Idaho, including in the panhandle, Wood River Valley and southwest and […]
Madeleine Coles News Editor Last Friday, ISU students marched from Holt Arena to the Student Union Building to defend DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. DACA, which was established by the Obama administration in 2012, allows individuals who entered the country illegally as minors to apply for deferred action from […]