Madeleine Coles Staff Writer Marilyn Evans was at her granddaughter’s house on Dec. 29, 2016, when she received a call that her motorhome was on fire. When she got there she said that it was a mess. “It wasn’t burned on the inside,” Evans said, “but everything was blackened.” Evans […]
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Shelbie Harris News Editor Multiple departments within the College of Science and Engineering recently merged as a means to generate synergy and additional collaborative opportunities. The Department of Physics, Nuclear and Electrical Engineering was created by combining the departments of Physics, Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics and Electrical Engineering. “One very important thing we need to […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer The Old Bannock Hospital, constructed in 1950, has run out of time here in Pocatello. The red brick part of the hospital will be demolished this year. “It opens up an opportunity for somebody to come in and build apartments, build office space, or build something,” […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Loud music and young adults rushing to make last minute touches on their ball-heaving robots set the mood for the VEX Robotics championship Friday, Jan. 29. The Pond Student Union Ballroom opened its doors to 25 robotics teams from around Idaho, eager to test the limits […]
Operation Immunization, is providing free Type B Meningitis vaccinations at the Meridian and Pocatello campuses of ISU Wednesday, February 3rd from 10am to 2pm at the Rendezvous Building on the ISU Pocatello campus during the Healthy Bengal Wellness Fair. This particular form of meningitis is deadly if contracted and specifically […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Imagine feeling trapped in a body, failing to identify with your exterior shell, hiding behind a pre-set social conformity and wanting only to feel comfortable and understood. Everyone has a gender identity, an internal feeling of being either masculine, feminine or something in between. A person’s […]
Shelbie Harris News Editor Finding ways to attract new, distinguished professors with competitive salaries while remaining fair and just to existing faculty members has put many universities into a human resource quandary. Idaho State University is no exception. “There is substantial salary inversion in all of the departments in this […]
Shelbie Harris News Editor If you’re enrolled in anatomy and physiology (A&P) courses at Idaho State University now, or within the next two years, it may be exciting to learn the classrooms used for labs located within the Gale Life Science building are entering the second phase of renovations. Architects […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Do You Believe In Bigfoot? If you grew up, traveled to or spent any time in the Northwest, chances are you have heard stories of a giant bipedal ape roaming the mountains, clandestinely living in the shadows off of whatever shrubs and plants it can find. […]
Pamela Park Professor of French Emerita Board Member of Phi Kappa Phi The GRE prep webinar is Tuesday, January 26th from 12:15-1:15 p.m. (Mountain Time). Students should register online with the Princeton Review HERE. Students can also attend the webinar in-person with fellow prospective graduate students (with food provided by […]
Andrew Crighton Life Editor Two of the most recent buildings on the Idaho State University campus are the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center and the Rendezvous Complex, which cost $34 million and $43.5 million respectively. While both buildings cost large sums of money, they were funded in […]
Payton Mitchell Staff Writer Perseverance, the striving to achieve a goal no matter what stands in the way. There is nothing more satisfying for someone than to accomplish a set goal after overcoming every obstacle thrown their way. Success is achieved through hard work and dedication, no matter what the […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief “Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears…in…rain. Time to die.” Yeah, I typed that from memory, and who are you to say who is […]
Shelbie Harris News Editor Idaho State University’s spring 2016 semester is officially underway, and by now, current students and incoming freshman should be laying the foundation for a successful 16 weeks of instruction. After three weeks of winter vacation, this may involve students changing their sleeping schedules, purchasing textbooks and […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer A gas leak threatened the Idaho State University community in the Lillibridge Engineering Building on Dec. 14, 2015. A piece of equipment that is part of a neutron detecting system, which looks similar to a gas cylinder, containing the toxic gas, Boron trifluoride, began to leak […]