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 […]
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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 […]
Jaclyn Figg Staff Writer Imagine being stranded in a war zone, your family is in imminent danger and there is no escape but to flee the country. Now imagine being in a country where everyone around you is terrified of being the next one to be attacked. What is the […]
Shelbie Harris News Editor Academic Affairs is restructuring the International Programs Office (IPO) in order to further diversify the campus, and improve recruiting efforts for the fall 2016 semester. International programs issues and questions should be directed to Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management, Scott Scholes, as former director, Maria […]
Payton Mitchell Staff Writer For three years, Idaho State University’s Theatre Department has hosted a gala event for New Year’s Eve, which is put on, “In order to raise money for scholarships for students who are in the visual and performing arts,” said Melissa Lee, who helps plan and set […]