Leadership and Power: Struggles of a Contemporary World will be the theme of the 42nd annual Frank Church Symposium which begins Wednesday, Feb. 27. The symposium will be held on the third floor of the Pond Student Union Building in the Salmon River Suite, with the exception of the keynote […]
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HALO hosts a fiesta Idaho State University’s Hispanic Awareness Leadership Organization (HALO) will be holding its annual “A Night in Mexico” cultural event Saturday, Feb. 23. The festivities begin at 6 p.m. in the Pond Student Union Ballroom. Ticket pricing for the event is $7 for ISU students with a […]
Alyson Hagy, author and English professor at University of Wyoming, will be visiting Idaho State University on Tuesday, Feb. 26, for a book signing at 6:30 p.m. in the Bengal Café. Hagy will also read from her novel “Boleto” following the signing, and her works will be available for purchase. […]
New information about the Rotaract club’s request for $10,000 took ASISU members by surprise. Based on ASISU bylaws, the club may not have been eligible for money from the student government’s contingency fund at all. The club’s effort to build a school in Mali, led by member Brandon Comish, was […]
Good Fun and Great Food Africa Night was held Saturday, Feb. 9, at 6 p.m. in the Stephens Performing Arts Center at Idaho State University. The event was hosted by the African Student Association and included dinner immediately followed by a variety of performances including poetry, dance and drama influenced […]
The premiere episode of the student-produced television show “The Portneuf Prowler” aired on Channel 12 on Sunday, Feb. 10, at 10:30 pm. The episode will air once more on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 9:30 pm. The Portneuf Prowler is the result of the initiative of Mass Comm 4450 — Television […]
The ISU Career Center is hosting the annual Career Fair in the Pond Student Union Building Ballroom on Tuesday, Feb. 19. It will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. “[This year’s fair] will be very similar to fairs we’ve held in the past,” said Interim Director of the Career […]
Trained for Quick Response Pocatello’s school board recently voted to place semi-automatic rifles in gun safes at each of Pocatello’s middle and high schools, making them easily available to the schools’ resource officers. Steve Chatterton, Idaho State University’s director of Public Safety, said that would not be the best option […]
It was announced on Jan. 14 that an active case of tuberculosis, also known as TB, was confirmed on Idaho State University’s Pocatello campus. According to ISU Student Health Services’ MD Ronald Solbrig, after being put in isolation and on medication for a few weeks, the student diagnosed with TB […]
Filtered water now in convenient locations on campus Over the last year, Idaho State University has installed new water fountains in various locations across campus. These water fountains, present now in Reed Gym, the Student Union Building and other locatoins provide filtered water for students. “We’ve had a lot of […]
Staff members of “The Bengal” have recently begun working with Idaho State University Mass Communication program students on an entirely student-produced weekly preview video series. “I had the idea about two years ago after seeing other college newspapers using a YouTube link to put stories on their websites,” said Jim […]
Improv comedy group, The Society, will return to Idaho State University for the fourth time on Saturday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. in the Frazier Hall auditorium. Pre-show tickets are $8 for students and $10 for the general public, with prices increasing by $2 at the door. The ISU International […]
From Mali to Pocatello The citizens of Mali are no strangers to being caught between two powerful forces. Not only is the country in a civil war but now two student organizations at Idaho State University are at odds over a proposal to build a school there. The Associated Students […]
Bengal Cards are potentially one of the most useful tools given to students upon admittance to Idaho State University. All full-time and part-time students at ISU are issued Bengal Cards at the start of their time at ISU to verify their enrollment status. These cards could be considered a student’s […]
Now Accepting Submissions Black Rock & Sage, Idaho State University’s creative arts journal, is accepting students’ submissions until Thursday, Feb. 14. The journal is published yearly by the English Department. Artistic categories published in Black Rock & Sage include fiction, poetry, essays, photography, paintings, music, maps, costume design and more. […]