Please join the Idaho State-Civic Symphony, Camerata Singers, ISU Concert Choir, and our guest vocalists on Friday/Saturday, April 29/30, for our season finale and the kick-off to the 2016-2017 season ticket campaign. Friday night will include a pre-concert discussion by Conductor/Artistic Director, Dr. Grant Harville, in the Rotunda at 6:30, […]
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Olivia Love Staff Writer Regardless of the legality of marijuana, it has a presence almost everywhere – including the campus at ISU. Debates on the use of marijuana have taken the nation by storm. A few states have allowed for the legal use of marijuana but it still remains an […]
Olivia Love Staff Writer Walking around campus, you may notice a couple of construction projects going on. Two in particular include the renovations going on at Bud Davis Field and the ongoing project behind the Rendezvous building. The construction in front of Davis Field is mainly a rehab project. The […]
Andrew Crighton Life Editor Zackery Heern, professor of history at ISU, specializes in and instructs classes on the Middle East. As part of those classes, his students spearheaded a project he hopes will help present unbiased information to help answer questions about the Middle East and its culture. In essence, […]
Shelbie Harris News Editor Imagine uprooting your entire family to an unfamiliar country over 1,300 mountainous miles away and this was your only means to escape the constant barrage of artillery shells and AK-47 fire. You and hundreds of people boarded what has become “The Last Train to Europe,” longing […]
According to the Idaho State Journal, ISU’s provost is a finalist for the chancellor position at University of Alaska Fairbanks. http://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/isu-s-provost-in-the-running-to-lead-university-of/article_cbc40878-06eb-516f-8ec2-ee91792054b0.html
Public Safety Notice Public Safety has received reports of several attempted and successful burglaries at on and off campus housing units. The alleged suspect has been trying doors to see if they are unlocked and tampering with locks. Pocatello Police has been contacted and they are actively investigating all incidents […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer It has been said one thing can’t exist without it’s opposite; there wouldn’t be love without hate. How do the lovers then combat the haters, how do they evade hate crimes due to ethnicity, religion, class, gender identity, appearance and so on? Education is one way […]
Olivia Love Staff Writer A group of students from a public relations class taught by Karen Hartman has been working closely with the Idaho Department of Labor’s Volunteer to Career Program over the last semester to raise awareness about the benefits of volunteering. To do this, they will be co-hosting […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer For many students the yearly rising of tuition can be frustrating and difficult to plan for financially. ISU is planning on a pilot program starting fall 2016 for incoming in-state freshman that will lock tuition for four years. “This is about finding ways to improve affordability […]
Olivia Love Staff Writer After Gov. Butch Otter signed Senate Bill 1389 (S1389), residents of Idaho, age 21 and older, can carry a concealed weapon inside city limits without a permit as of July 1. S1389, also known as permitless or constitutional carry, relaxes gun laws in the state of […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Environmentalism or going green, is a movement most people, especially college students, are aware of, although the transition from a routine process into one with reduced environmental impact can be troublesome. Recycling, building a compost, or using alternative power sources are ways to help the environment, […]
Shelbie Harris News Editor Before the establishment of a stable government, guns, outcasts and lawlessness characterized the Wild, Wild West. Though unlawfulness no longer defines Idaho and the modern western frontier, firearms and foreigners are still the talk of the town more than 150 years later. Idaho Senators, cloaked in […]
Olivia Love Staff Writer Red Hill was once marked with a sign of ISU pride, a giant “I,” but it has since been removed. The class of 2016 recently donated its class gift of the Bengal Eyes on the side of the Rendezvous building. While a great legacy to leave […]
Olivia Love Staff Writer Maygen Cardona is a current student at ISU’s pharmacy school. She is in her second-to-last year of the program and has been given an impressive opportunity for her last year. The final year of pharmacy school is meant for a student to gain experience in the […]