Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief Albert Einstein is widely recognized for the idea that “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” I feel that this is an apt description of America’s collective reaction every time a school shooting takes center stage in […]

Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief My experience with ISU edition textbooks peaked when, upon my passage of the Math 1123 course, I subsequently turned the innumerable pages of that tome into packing material with which to ship my other books back to Amazon for a meager return on my investment. Thinking of […]

Chris Banyas Editor-in-Chief Remember that you must die. In Seattle, I paused at a busy intersection to better navigate the city, and I saw a man, more of a boy really, lying on his back atop a cement construct. He was pale, scruffy, filthy, and from the way his arms, […]

GaBrielle Boyd Production Assistant Due to being extremely busy and focused on getting everything done, the countdown to graduation didn’t actually begin for me until three weeks before the final day, and wow! I can’t believe it’s almost here. Four years ago, I transferred to Idaho State University from the […]

Samantha Chaffin Editor-in-Chief Three years ago, I applied as a staff writer at The Bengal after hearing about the opportunity from then-Editor-in-Chief Princess Young. At the time, I didn’t think much of it. I figured I would apply and perhaps earn a position as a staff writer that I could […]

Chris Banyas Life Editor I applied for a position with The Bengal after hearing about the posting from a friend. Not thinking that anything would come of it, I fired off my writing samples, resume and application to the email address of a person I had never met, to be […]