Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The College Football Playoff, (CFP) has caused what used to be the BCS bowl games like the Fiesta Bowl or the Rose Bowl to become irrelevant. The New Year’s Six feels like consolation games and furthermore, other bowl games feel like the two teams are just […]
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Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief In the intervening weeks since the conclusion of the fall semester I have accomplished many things, but I am most proud of finally reading Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment,” the consequences of which were far reaching. Over the course of two sittings I ventured into the lives of […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief Yesterday, upon the stair, / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today, / I wish, I wish he’d go away… I need to preface what I am about to detail by saying two things: first, the story I am about to […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor At “The Bengal” it is a tradition to have graduating members of the staff write a variation of a “senior sign off” so to speak. Following this edition of the paper I will be graduating, so here goes my rendition of the tradition. On a personal […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief I’ve heard a lot of things about a lot of things since assuming the position, (the editor position that is) and a lot of them go something like this: Vailas is nothing more than a jackbooted Mussoliniesque dictator who asserts complete control as often as possible and […]
Helene Dang It’s that time of year where the majority of fraternities and sororities start preparing their new members to get initiated to their place they can call their “second home.” Alpha Xi Delta are one of those sororities that are preparing for their new members to be initiated on […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief By now you have undoubtedly heard of the events that transpired across the French capital of Paris on Friday, November 13. Over the course of roughly one hour, from 9 to 10 p.m., a chain of terrorist attacks occurred which left, at the time of the writing […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor From an early age every athlete is taught the basics of what one word means. Sportsmanship. While it is preached often, it seems to me many still have no firm grasp of why this is important. I’d like to preface this by connecting what I am […]
Jerry Miller Bengal Adviser As many of you know by now, the staff at The Bengal is trying to make the paper more relevant to the students of Idaho State University. Whether you agree that’s a good idea, it is a good thing. Most of the funding for the paper […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief I am pleased to be able to inform you all that a previous headline, “Why This Paper Sucks” to be specific, garnered a lot of attention, much of which was apparently due to the extreme negative energy and bad vibes it exuded, never mind the actual content […]
Shelbie Harris News Editor It’s important to recognize, though I write for a weekly publication, for an average university in an average town, where average cops protect average citizens, “nobody’s” don’t exist and “anybody” can positively contribute to society. Goody’s Deli, because of its actual $5-foot-long subs, immersive bohemian conversation […]
Andrew Crighton Life Editor The Bengal is changing, and as with all change it will be accompanied by growing pains. In the search to begin writing and publishing articles that are more relevant to the student body, we are certain to find some avenues that work and others that don’t. […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief First and foremost, I need to address something that I incorrectly stated last week. While certainly a portion of the tuition that each and every ISU student pays into the university does go toward the purses of the administration and employees, it is not nearly as much […]
Sven Alskog Sports Editor As first reported during the ISU Coaches Show on Wednesday, Oct. 7, Head Coach Mike Kramer recently fired himself as the special teams coordinator for the football team. Brilliant. Let’s take a look at the numbers and happenings for the special teams group up to this […]
Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief Yeah, you read that right. So why does this newspaper suck? First and foremost, the Bengal has had a tendency over the last several years to take press releases sent out by the university and cover those as news. This regurgitation of information has ultimately led to […]