Samantha Chaffin Editor-in-Chief At least, that’s what they keep telling me. If you Google “quotes about Beyoncé,” you’ll find that the idea of having the same number of hours in a day as her is a pretty popular one. Apparently, so is disagreeing with it and feeling overwhelmed with everything—my […]
Opinion
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Austin Schutz Submitted Article If you have turned on ESPN in the last two weeks, you have heard about Michael Sam. He is about to be the first openly gay player in NFL history who is on an active roster. I have seen a lot of stories about why his […]
Dear Friend of Idaho State University, Higher education is a huge investment for our students and their families. It is one with a large payoff — during a 40-year working life, the average person with a bachelor’s degree can expect to earn 65 percent more than someone with a high […]
Denim Millward Sports Editor Here at “The Bengal,” we try to only write about issues relevant to Idaho State University. However, in the past few weeks, the sports world has been inundated with stories of poorly behaved fans and players, and subsequently disappointing reactions to those stories. I felt compelled […]
Samantha Chaffin Editor-in-Chief Early last week I received word that Idaho State University student Josh Kelly experienced a severe seizure and was on life support at Portneuf Medical Center. I was told he was showing no brain activity and would likely be taken off life support as soon as the […]
Samantha Chaffin Editor-in-Chief I don’t know about the rest of you but my Facebook News Feed has already been flooded with anti-Valentine’s posts and angry, accusatory statements directed at the greeting card and candy companies. Don’t get me wrong, I can absolutely sympathize with the loneliness and annoyance that can […]
Samantha Chaffin Editor-in-Chief To those of you who have been keeping up with my editorial for the past couple of weeks, you may be noticing a bit of a pattern forming. For that, I apologize—hopefully this will be the final piece of what I will henceforth refer to as my […]
Jen Hawkins Submitted Article In “Ending the Abortion Stigma” (The Bengal, Jan. 22, 2014), Jessica Milford claims “one in three women will have an abortion in their [sic] lifetime.” Does this statistic include over 160 million sex-selective abortions (favoring males) in Asia alone? This gendercide, writes Ross Douthat of “The New […]
Denim Millward Sports Editor A few short weeks ago I wrote a midseason report for the Idaho State University women’s basketball team in which I delved into the disappointing year the Bengals were having, and how the season appeared to be a rebuilding one that would fall short of the […]
Samantha Chaffin Editor-in-chief At the start of every new semester, I tend to lose my footing a bit. By that, I don’t mean that I fall down more often (I fall enough as it is, believe me). What I mean is that I tend to lose the ever-elusive sense of […]
Samantha Chaffin Editor-in-Chief Just less than three years ago, I moved away from my hometown of Payette, Idaho to come to Pocatello and attend Idaho State University. When I first arrived, I had little to no sense of direction and if I’m being honest, I was probably only here because […]
A little over three years ago I walked into the newspaper office, notebook and pencil in hand, for the first meeting I would ever attend as an employee of “The Bengal.” I was fresh out of high school, a little unsure about journalism and scared to death of Dr. Tom […]
Although fall semester is winding down, it feels like I’m winding up, and I can’t be the only one. Fall break is always a welcome, relaxing change, but the insane rush of papers, projects and studying that follow it are anything but. Finals are usually a challenging time for everyone, […]
Thanksgiving break is right around the corner (not that I have to remind any fellow college students, who are no doubt counting down the days), and I haven’t been this thankful for good news in a long time. Every year, Thanksgiving break feels like it’s practically light-years away. That is […]
Denim Millward Sports Editor After only one game for the ISU men’s basketball team, one thing is already crystal clear. For head coach Bill Evans, simply winning a game is not enough. Despite a dominant 99-62 victory over Evergreen last Saturday night, Evans eschewed effusive praise for his players in […]