How to Be a Friend According to a 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately one in four women and one in seven men will be victims of intimate partner violence in their lifetimes. Research done by the National […]
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ISU to host detective festival From Sherlock Holmes to James Bond, the detective and spy genre captures interest across national boundaries like no other type of film or literature. Idaho State University’s Department of English and Philosophy and Department of Languages and Literatures will be hosting events as part of […]
Matt Bloxham & Taylor Jensen for President and VP I’m Matt Bloxham and I am from Blackfoot, Idaho. I am your current ASISU Student Body President and I am asking for your votes to re-elect me to this position. Throughout the past year I have worked closely with the ASISU […]
Collegiate debate has two major national championship tournaments, the National Debate Tournament and the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) tournament. A pair of Idaho State University debaters qualified for a trip to the National Debate Tournament, and ISU will be hosting the CEDA tournament over spring break. Matea Ivanovic and […]
ISU traditions span generations More than professors, studies, classes or clubs, traditions have a way of defining a university through generations. At Idaho State University, many of them are still developing while others continue to flourish. “I feel that if all students are aware of traditions, they are something that […]
Art student explores unknown land Universities are frequently seen as a place to form oneself, but as Idaho State University senior art student Alexa Goff shows, they can also be a place to create something else entirely. Goff’s Honors Bachelor of Arts senior exhibit “Terrae Incognitae” opens Monday, March 11, […]
According to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, an estimated 3.4 million people were reported victims of stalking during a 12-month period in recent years. Melissa Orgill, a graduate teaching assistant at the Idaho State University Wellness Center, defines stalking as “any behavior that causes victims […]
ISU’s Got Talent is scheduled to be held April 5. The talent show is an annual event at Idaho State University. “We’d like to bring all kinds of different talents, whether it’s singing, dancing, juggling or even magic, together to entertain,” said Alonzo Lemus, Union Programs Council (UPC) member. Lemus […]
The Office of Finance and Administration at Idaho State University has put forward a proposal for a 4.51 percent student fee increase that could take affect during the 2013-2014 school year. ASISU President Matt Bloxham and Vice President Anjel Zamora have been in numerous meetings regarding the budget and fee […]
On March 7 and 8 Idaho State University will be hosting a two-day $tart $mart workshop aimed at closing the wage disparity between men and women. The workshops will run from 3 to 5 p.m. on March 7, and from 3 to 5:30 p.m. on March 8. The workshop will […]
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, in more than one in five of every college dating relationships, one of the partners is currently being abused. Nearly one-third of college students report having physically assaulted a dating partner in the previous twelve months. In Idaho, there is one reported […]
Students in the Alpha Psi Omega theatre club will present two showings of the Agatha Christie murder mystery “And Then There Were None.” The performances are free to attend and will be held in the Rogers Black Box Theatre of the Stephens Performing Arts Center March 1 and 2 at […]
Getting Involved in ASISU Elections Active campaigning is underway as ASISU elections approach. As of Feb. 19, election packets were due from candidates, containing signatures supporting their campaigns as well as a campaign expenditure sheet, among other information. Candidates who submitted correctly are now eligible to run for ASISU office. […]
ASISU approves resolution On Wednesday, Feb. 20, ASISU senators approved a resolution urging state lawmakers to expand Idaho’s human rights laws. The resolution, introduced by Senator Emma Doupé, supports a state-wide amendment that would include the terms “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the Idaho Human Rights Act. While it […]
The twentieth annual College of Pharmacy Spaghetti Feed will be held Friday, Feb. 22 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Part of the proceeds go toward the Make-A-Wish Foundation, funding local 9-year-old Jaxson Long’s wish to travel to Hawaii. Long has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, an inherited disorder that involves muscle […]