Ever since I was young, I’ve had a bit of atelophobia. There are times that I feel like I’d rather do something perfectly or not at all, which can be a little problematic when the tasks at hand are non-negotiable. It has taken me a long time to get to […]
Opinion
We have an opinion about just about everything and so do you! We’ll tell you ours if you share yours. Submit your opinion articles to bgchief@isu.edu.
Chanelle Minor Advertising Representative 1. Get sweaty There are multiple fun runs in the area to keep you warm on a cool Saturday this fall. The Tater Trot in Blackfoot is held on Nov. 9. This celebrates potatoes in Idaho and the end of the potato harvest. Getting your blood […]
Nicole Blanchard Editor-in-Chief In the year and a half that I’ve spent writing this column, I have tried my best to avoid recycling the same ideas and articles over and over again. Nobody likes a broken record, but it’s hard for me to get certain tracks out of my head, […]
Denim Millward Sports Editor For decades, mascots have been pumping up crowds, performing potentially dangerous stunts and wacky antics and utterly terrifying small children at sporting events. Their presence at collegiate sporting events is as expected as over-priced concessions and chest-painted teenagers. Often overlooked, the mascot is an integral part […]
Kyle Griffith Submitted by NIATEC You may have come across the term ‘information assurance’ at one point or another. Okay, so maybe not. What you may have heard of is cyber security or computer security. These terms all refer to the same field. Something you might not know is that […]
Halloween is a difficult time of year for me. Not just because it falls around midterms, or because allergy-induced migraines have me in a painkiller coma, but because choosing a Halloween costume is, as a woman, a uniquely difficult endeavor. I like to be dead things for Halloween. I couldn’t […]
Josh Sommers Submitted by NIATEC October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and this week has been designated to bringing awareness to the next generation of “cyber leaders” regarding the opportunities that can be found in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Today’s youth will eventually become the […]
It’s getting to that time in the semester again where my brain is too fried to write about any events of actual importance, so I’ll have to settle for making vague connections to the things I actually have going on (bear with me). I’m at a point in my life […]
You guys. The other day I realized something that came as quite a shock, as silly as it may sound. Here we are, practically mid-October, and also practically midterms as well. I would be lying if I said I had any inkling of how far along we were in the […]
Ann-Marie Grice Submitted Article We need help! The Outdoor Adventure Center (OAC) needs volunteers to help set up the yurts this year. What are yurts? The Portnuef Range yurts are beautiful, sturdy dome-shaped structures. Each yurt is 16 to 20 feet in diameter and each will accommodate 6 to 10 […]
Nicole Blanchard Editor-in-Chief Over the weekend, most of the staff of “The Bengal” got together for some ice breaking, an entertaining lecture from guest speaker Dr. Tom Terry and information on being the best journalists, photographers and advertisers we can be. In planning our “Bengal Boot Camp,” as we called […]
Nicole Blanchard Editor-in-Chief Sometime last semester I stumbled upon an article about procrastination that really changed the way I thought about my own procrastination and how to keep it to a minimum. We’ve all seen magazine and internet self-help articles about how to stop procrastinating. “Make working fun!” they proclaim, […]
Adam Langbehn Opinion Dear Editor, I read the article in this week’s “Bengal” (9/11) and wanted to respond negatively to the current smoking policy. My first thought is towards the inclusion of e-cigarettes in the ban. I don’t see any reason why they would be included since they are the […]
Nicole Blanchard Editor-in-Chief A few weeks ago I was chatting with a friend about how she was enjoying her first few days at Idaho State University when she said she had been catcalled in the Student Union parking lot. At first I was shocked. In four years here, I have […]
SMA Submitted Article If you think that your roommate might be gay, there are a couple of issues that you might be wondering about. The first thing is whether or not you have a right to know about their orientation. The simple answer, is ‘no.’ Whether or not you believe […]