Andrew Crighton News Editor President-elect Donald Trump has been making headlines with his transition team and who he will appoint to Cabinet positions once he takes office. Since his election, we have also finally been getting some more specific information on the policies he proposed during his campaign, education included. […]
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Folk music duo Sassafras Stomp from Maine will be in Southeast Idaho in early December and will offer a free music workshop in Pocatello and a concert in Idaho Falls. Appearances in Idaho by this professional band, known throughout the United States and Canada as both a contra dance band […]
Madison Shumway Staff Writer Strings of lights twinkle and holiday music blares every year in Old Town in a celebration of the Christmas season. Hundreds of community members and families will brave the cold the day after Thanksgiving to join in on the festive fun. This year, Old Town will […]
Andrew Crighton News Editor Environmental issues and concerns don’t stop at borders. Whether they are borders between private and public lands, between states or even international borders between countries. That’s what the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Advisory Committee is developed for, to develop ideas from as many perspectives as possible […]
Madison Shumway Staff Writer ISU’s cosmetology and radiographic sciences programs recently received academic excellence recognitions from the Community for Accredited Online Schools, a college accreditation information website. CFAOS ranked the cosmetology program as second in the nation and the radiologic technologist program as fourth. “We’re really honored by their including […]
Andrew Crighton News Editor The 2016 election has felt extremely long to some, and Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been at the center of it for over a year. Tuesday the 8th it all culminated in a surprising result. Almost all polls showed Clinton winning by varying margins, but […]
Andrew Crighton News Editor Paul Sivitz, an ISU Professor of History, has been involved with a project mapping early Philadelphia since 2009, and recently has released the newest map showing free African-Americans in 1790s Philadelphia. While still in graduate school at Montana State University, Sivitz’s Ph.D. advisor, Billy Smith, approached […]
Jenna Crowe Staff Writer Pocatello streets are getting a makeover with the redesign of a few key intersections throughout town. The intersections mentioned in this article will be or have recently been redesigned because of a safety hazard or because this intersection was overly-congested. There are two main intersections that […]
Madison Shumway Staff Writer On the last day of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, advocates met at the Rendezvous suites to discuss what community members and leaders can do to end domestic and dating violence. “Relationships Should Not Be Scary,” named in reference to Halloween, featured panelists Senator Mike Crapo, ISU […]
Pocatello’s Second Saturday contra dance will be held November 12 with Teri Peterson and Eric Limbach teaching and calling the dances, with live music from Barley and Sage (Steve Marty, Bozeman, and Betsy Richards, Salt Lake City) playing the music. The beginners’ session at 7:30 pm is highly recommended for […]
Andrew Crighton News Editor The ISU College of Arts and Letters hosted its second annual Humanities Cafe to promote and celebrate the diversity among the community. Individuals spoke on everything from personal experiences as a refugee to what it’s like to create ceramics. Mona Kashani Heern was born and lived […]
Andrew Crighton News Editor There has been an increasing trend over the past several years among college students, to use prescription medications like Adderall and Ritalin to increase their studying ability.The perception that these drugs can increase a student’s studying and learning performance has caused them to be taken outside […]
Madison Shumway Staff Writer With a laboratory renovation planned for this summer and another $12 million project requested, the Gale Life Sciences Complex could look much different within the next few years. While smaller upgrades have been completed since the building’s construction in 1970, the complex has not yet undergone […]
Madeleine Coles Life Editor There is no doubt that some majors have much higher enrollment rates than others; this is true across the board. For example, more students will be majoring in business management than in 16th century French poetry at pretty much any college. ISU is no exception. While […]
Jenna Crowe Staff Writer The ISU Rupp Debate Society opened the community’s eyes when the iDebate Rwanda team visited campus. The topic of the debate was whether forgiveness or justice is more important in the wake of genocide. In 1994, Rwanda experienced a genocide involving the two major ethnic groups […]