Chris Banyas Staff Writer An adjustment to the way in which club funding works has raised not only financial questions but questions concerning the level of interaction the senate has with the student body. At the Associated Students of Idaho State University senate meeting on Jan. 15 a vote was […]
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Sven Alskog News Editor For three days every February, Idaho State University’s Holt Arena becomes the stage for the Simplot Games, one of the top high school track and field events held annually. Sponsored by the J.R. Simplot Company, the event has been in existence since 1979 and has been […]
Chris Banyas Staff Writer After several years of conflict and reorganization, the Idaho State University Faculty Senate is finally getting back to business. A reorganization of many of the colleges at ISU, and the way it was handled was a major incident leading to the conflict. “Whenever you have new […]
Samantha Chaffin Editor-in-chief TRiO Student Services at Idaho State University, under the leadership of TRiO Director Sari Byerly, helps approximately 250 students at ISU through their college endeavors each year. TRiO are federal programs that provide services for high school and college students from what ed.gov called “disadvantaged backgrounds.” TRiO […]
Sven Alskog News Editor Candidate filing for the ASISU legislative and executive branches opened on Jan. 27 and will remain open until Feb. 19 when all paperwork is due. Current members of ASISU in good standing with a GPA above 3.0 are eligible to run for executive office, while those […]
Sven Alskog News Editor For seven years straight, the Idaho State University Society of Physics Students (SPS) has taken home the Outstanding Chapter Award from the National Society of Physics Students and the American Physical Society. The honor is one that the ISU chapter has received on an annual basis, […]
Chris Banyas Staff Writer A new website dubbed the Bengal Online Scholarship System, BOSS for short, was recently launched and aims to help students apply for and utilize scholarships. “I talked to some of my colleagues and I realized we were doing paper applications for everything and the way things […]
Tash Mahnokaren Staff Writer Pocatello is certainly not the first place that comes to mind when people think of fossils of the distinctive whorl tooth shark. This is however an area familiar to Leif Tapanila, the new chair of Idaho State University’s geology department. Tapanilla has been with the geosciences […]
Police and university officials responded to an injury accident on the corner of 8th Avenue and Lovejoy on the Idaho State University campus at around 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16 when a passenger pick-up truck struck the Physical Science Building. The driver of the pick-up was injured and transported […]
Levi Cavener Submitted article “We all know that we aren’t yet providing a world-class education for every child with a disability. And we won’t rest until we do that,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in 2010 while celebrating the anniversary of the Individuals With Disabilities Act (IDEA). Indeed, […]
Nicole Blanchard and Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief/Staff Writer Howard Grimes, vice president for research and economic development at ISU, was the subject of a travel audit at Washington State University, where he worked prior to coming to Pocatello. According to an article on KREM.com, WSU’s president, Elson Floyd, requested the audit after Grimes […]
Samantha Chaffin News Editor Idaho State University officials recently announced that a berm will be built below the iconic “I” on Red Hill to address safety concerns raised due to erosion. The berm is expected to be built after the new year. Earlier this year, the lowest trail on Red […]
Brenna Patrick Staff Writer ISU’s Business Professionals of America (BPA) will be hosting its fifth annual conference Friday, Nov. 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. in the College of Education building where 130-170 high school students are expected to attend. This is the only fall Leadership Conference held in […]
Brenna Patrick Staff Writer Across the United States, college tuition rates have increased with an often limited understanding of what the money is used for. For the 2013-2014 school year, ISU undergraduate full-time students in-state will pay $6,342 in tuition. Vice President for Finance and Administration James Fletcher said a […]
Samantha Chaffin News Editor Idaho State University’s Department of Computer Information Systems and Department of Computer Science have merged to become the Department of Informatics and Computer Science. The Department of Computer Information Systems is housed in the College of Business while the Department of Computer Science is housed in […]