Trinity Episcopal Church in Pocatello is kicking off their spring 2016 LGBTQ film series with a screening of Love Free or Die, a documentary about Gene Robinson, the first openly gay and partnered bishop in the Episcopal church. All are welcome to view and discuss this film in the parish hall at 248 […]
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Olivia Love Staff Writer Debt—one of the words that is constantly on the minds of college students pursuing their degree. It is nearly impossible to pursue a post-high school education without incurring some kind of debt whether it is in credit or student loans. To help ease the flustered minds […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Research can always benefit by input from varying fields of study. To integrate this concept, ISU faculty created the Integrated Research Center. Located in the basement of the Business Administration building, the College of Arts and Letters opened the center in December. “We ended up with […]
Shelbie Harris News Editor Despite a decrease of nearly five percent in total student enrollment for the fall 2015 semester, Idaho State University’s unrestricted net position for fiscal year 2015 exceeds $109 million. According to audited financial statements for ISU, revenues have exceeded expenses for the past nine years, and […]
Madeleine Coles Staff Writer ISU will be hosting the sixth annual Celebrate Idaho State event in the Pond Student Union on Wednesday, Feb. 10. While this event has been going on for six years, this year the committee planning the event hoped to change things up a little bit. “In […]
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 […]
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. […]