2008 Woodie Awards
The semester is winding down as another school year comes to a close, but plans are already being made for Welcome Week, to usher-in the 2005-2006 school year. Welcome Week 2005 will be the second annual week of events at Idaho State University and will take place Monday, Aug.
Small desks and inadequate learning conditions are among the reasons why the six students of the Gender Advocacy Strategies class are requesting new desk and seating arrangements in ISU classrooms. In the past, the proposal and request for new desks in various older buildings on campus has been an issue.
Pocatello - The grounds around the Idaho Museum of Natural History will be getting a facelift in the very near future. Thanks to another generous grant from the Ifft Foundation Fund, administered by the Idaho Community Foundation, the Museum will be creating the Idaho Natural History Garden.
IDAHO FALLS - The Idaho State Board of Education approved tuition and fees for the 2005 to 2006 academic year with increases ranging from 2.96 to 10 percent, depending upon the institution. The Board listened to extensive testimony by students and university and college administrators.
After almost 36 years as chair of the communication and rhetorical studies department, Bruce Loebs is stepping down to become a full-time professor. "I hope to continue teaching for several years," Loebs said. At 70, Loebs has served the longest at ISU as a department chair.
On 04/20/05 at approximately 0009 hours at Turner Hall, Public Safety and the Pocatello Police Department responded to a report of underage alcohol consumption by an ISU student. Case referred to the Dean of Students. On 04/21/05 at approximately 0958 hours on Stacy Dragila Way, Public Safety attempted to tow a vehicle for incurring $70.
"If the victim gives consent and then after sex feels guilty and accuses the other of rape." Zach Carrothers
Universities are finding themselves trapped at the center of a bitter battle over bandwidth--caught between the entertainment industry's crusade to end copyright piracy and tech-savvy students' casual sharing of songs and movies. The competing interests converged at a Digital Expo at Washington University, bringing together representatives from entertainment and technology with seven companies that market "peer-to-peer" file-sharing networks to colleges.
VATICAN CITY--As he formally assumed the helm of the Roman Catholic Church Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI continued to set a tone of humility, inclusion, outreach and optimism, using language that seemed designed to reassure those concerned about his 24-year-record of squashing dissent.
WASHINGTON--Wisconsin officials last week toyed with the idea of shooting 2 million stray cats. With white-tailed deer overrunning suburbia, a New Jersey environmental group wants more, not less, hunting. Fort Worth, Texas, may enlist downtown merchants to shoot firecrackers at an estimated 1 million noisy grackles.
QUANTICO, Va.--Air Force Senior Airman John Chege was driving a 5-ton truck in a convoy south of Mosul, Iraq, when a roadside bomb went off, splattering his vehicle with razor-sharp shrapnel. That blast last July killed a gunner in the back of the truck and wounded a passenger in the cab.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas--In a cramped basement office at Southern Methodist University, legal books share shelf space with photos of babies and toddlers. A wall calendar tracks court dates, and a white board lists phone numbers for juvenile court and Child Protective Services.
MONMOUTH, Ore. - On March 16, 2005, the Senate rejected an amendment sponsored by Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) that would have removed oil-drilling provision from next year's budget in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
DAVIS, Calif. - Students carrying massive credit-card or student-loan debt may face greater difficulties in declaring bankruptcy. Congress passed a bill Thursday that makes it more difficult for consumers to seek relief from overwhelming debt through bankruptcy.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Former President Bill Clinton and Vice President Dick Cheney, among others, gathered with victims' families and survivors in Oklahoma City on Tuesday to remember those who died in the April 19, 1995, bombing. "Ten years later, we still grieve and remember," Clinton said, who came to Oklahoma in 1995 for a statewide prayer service four days after the bombing.
College of Pharmacy Sponsors "Get Up and Get Going" Overall Health on Diabetes Saturday April 30 ISU College of Pharmacy 970 S. 5th Ave. offers many free diabetic services and presentations from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday April 30. There will be presentations covering excerisze and diabetes and psychology and diabetes.