A wave of celebration and events will sweep over campus as ISU celebrates Earth Week from April 18 to April 22. The events will be kicked off on April 18 with a service project at the Museum of Natural History. Participants will help create a native plant garden on the west side of the Museum Building.
The summer air is fast approaching, but there is no time to take in the roses just yet. Enrollment for Fall 2005 is upon students, and they are to be equipped. By the end of the month, the ISU student body will be preparing for their next year's schedules.
Discovering a connection between the behavior and the brain patterns between an inch or two inch long frog and a more complex organism such as a human being may seem to be a stretch, but ISU's assistant biology professor, Dr. Gary Ten Eyck, and his students think differently.
With the semester nearing an end and only two more ASISU senate meetings, student senators were encouraged by ASISU president, Terry Fredrickson to finish out the year strong as they discuss student fees for next year. Fredrickson asked for senate attention on a certain committee, the Curriculum Council, who has not had student representation.
Out of the many student employees on campus, nominees were chosen from the various departments to be in the running for the Student Employee of the Year Award. Seventeen students were honored by their departments as valuable employees, but one particular ISU employee was honored above the rest, Jennifer Beaty.
"I'd rob banks so I could pay off my student loans." Dave Nguyen "I'd sneak into the hospital and watch a cardiac bypass surgery." Joy Olbertz I'd hit up all the offices of my professors and get their exam answers, then I'd follow people around and pester them.
VATICAN CITY--As hundreds of thousands of people waited in lines up to 24 hours Wednesday to file past the funeral catafalque of Pope John Paul II, the College of Cardinals established April 18 as the date to begin the conclave that will elect his successor.
WASHINGTON - Terri Schiavo died last Thursday, ending a long contested personal and political battle over her right to die. The feeding tube was removed almost two weeks earlier from the 41-year-old woman, who had spent 15 years in a vegetative state. The legal battle between her husband, Michael, and her parents was put to rest when the federal courts adhered to a decision refusing to allow Schiavo's parents to block an order to remove the feeding tube.
On 04/07/05 at approximately 1036 hours at the Education Building, Public Safety received a report of a hit and run accident. Upon arrival the owner of the damaged vehicle was contacted and wished to file a report with Pocatello Police Department. PPD was contacted and responded to the scene to take a report.
WASHINGTON--Pledging conciliation with Congress, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told senators Tuesday that he would accept some modifications to the USA Patriot Act, but he urged that all its major provisions be renewed to effectively fight terrorism.
WASHINGTON - Increasingly, women across the country are finding it more difficult to fill prescriptions for birth control pills and emergency contraceptives. Pharmacists citing religious and moral opposition to the medications are refusing to fill prescriptions.
DALLAS--In December, a man was sentenced for conspiring to steal customers' credit card numbers by hacking into the nationwide computer system used by Lowe's Cos., according to a Department of Justice statement. The U.S. Attorney credited two FBI special agents with leading the investigation that led to the prosecution and conviction, but there's always a long list of unnamed heroes who made it possible.
Glenn Miller Orchestra to play in Jensen Concert Hall May 7 The Glenn Miller Orchestra will play a concert of big-band hits at 7:30 p.m. May 7 in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall within the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.