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, […]
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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 […]
Shelbie Harris News Editor When he received his official investiture on Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, Idaho State University President, Arthur Vailas, was already an accomplished academic administer and biomedical researcher. Under his leadership, ISU has been on a trajectory for financial stability and growth in statewide, strategic areas such as […]
Please join us Wednesday, March 30 at 7:00 p.m. for a screening of Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story in which former U.S. Navy SEAL Christopher Beck embarks on a new mission as Kristin Beck. Kristin’s journey in search of the American ideals that she protected have a whole new life truthfully as a […]
The New York Times recently featured cultural issues at Idaho State University. More information is available on the New York Times website at http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/us/a-middle-eastern-tension-point-pocatello-idaho.html?_r=1.