ISU student Colton Bankhead dreams of Travel

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ColtonBankhead is a Sophomore at Idaho State University. Like most students he dreams about what he going to do when he graduates but instead of a dream job, he's looking for a dream vacation

Be Ready For Travel!

 

 “I came to ISU cause it’s cheap.”, he said.

 Coming from Jerome, ID, Bankhead has made a lot of choice that make economic sense.

The scholarships he received for his GPA and SAT scores even softened the financial blow. 

             Bankhead says his financial situation is the source of many of his problems and he is attending school hoping to find a way to fuel his travel goals. 

“It’s just that everything takes money so I’m working on it” he said.  

             There is one problem. He doesn’t know what he wants to do. The classes he has taken so far have only been general studies and he has yet to find a profession that sparks his passion.

            Bankhead is not dissuaded by this. He knows one day he'll find the right job that allows him to travel the world.

            “There is an entire world out there but they (society) only live in one part of it.” he said.

             After three months, Bankhead is still chasing the dream at ISU and working for The Stephan's Preforming Arts Center.

Lance Roe Follows Love and Finds Education at ISU

Box full of balloons to reveal the gender.

Lance Roe, an Idaho State University junior followed his high school sweetheart to school at ISU and that's where he found the program he wanted to pursue. Roe started dating Hilary when he was a sophomore at Malad High School in Malad, Idaho.  After they graduated, Roe left for Santa Rosa, California for a two year mission with his church. Meanwhile, Hilary was attending ISU for culinary arts.


Once Roe returned from his mission, he decided to attend ISU because he wanted to be with Hilary. He was attracted to the instructional design master's program but needed to find a bachelor's degree program that would lead to that master's program. After searching for awhile, he found the organizational leadership performance program to be the best path to take.

Treats from the gender reveal party.

Throughout this entire journey, the couple stayed together and then got married. They have been married for two years now and are still madly in love. They live in a house together and have found out that their family will be expanding in September. The couple will be expecting a baby and had a gender reveal party to find out that they are expecting to have a baby girl.

Idaho State University Students Prepare for Valentine's Day.

Valentine Day cards

Students at Idaho State University are starting to prepare for Valentine's Day by stocking up on hearts, chocolates and even pick-up lines. Valentine's Day is just around the corner and students are beginning to come up with ideas on how they can make a romantic and special valentines night for their significant other.

Valentine's Day is a well known holiday for showing your romantic side to those you love and care about. The history of Valentine's Day dates back to the Romans with St. Valentine. This holiday’s roots began from a Roman festival and evolved into what we know today.

Creating the Perfect Gift 

As students come up with crafty ideas on how to show their love for their significant other, many students this time of year are left single. Well, this does not stop them from pulling out all their creativity to get themselves a date. The famous pick-up lines come out and many hope that phone numbers follow. A well crafted pick-up line is sure to put a smile on anyone's face and get that date that everyone wants for Valentine's Day.

However, many students put making plans and creating a romantic date till the night before the big day. This can often lead to stress and anxiety or the illusion of a well kept secret and surprise that not even you knew about until the night before. But for many, they show their love by gifting roses, chocolates and a romantic dinner.   

Idaho State Professor Arrested During Journalism Lecture

     During the middle of Judy Morris's journalism class lecture at Idaho State University, her husband, Todd Morris (also a professor at Idaho State) walks in and demands to talk to her. He confronts Judy with multiple pieces of evidence that proves that she has been with another man while married to himself. But there's more. Judy has been seeing not one, but two men whilst being married to Todd. After confessing her love for the three men in her life, Todd asks for a divorce as well as calls the cops to arrest Judy under the suspicions of bigamy. Keep in mind that the whole time this is happening, Judy's students are in sitting in their desks in utter awe.

Photograph of a moose taken by Judy Morris in
Grand Teton National Park

     Their marriage wasn't always rocky. The couple said their "I-Do's" on June 9th, 2006 and weren't anything less than head over heels for each other. During the beginning of their marriage they bonded over their love for moose for moose. They took many trips to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado to explore the wildlife and to take in the beauty of the moose they encountered. Moments like those are the ones they knew that they'd cherish forever. They later on got their fur-babies (dogs) that made their family feel whole.

     It wasn't until about four years prior to the recent in-class confession where Todd began suspecting that his beloved wife may have been cheating on him. After frequent "research" trips to Park City, Utah Todd noticed abnormally high restaurant bills on Judy's bank statements, as if she were buying dinners for two. While cleaning, Todd found an old photograph of Judy and her ex-boyfriend. When he asked her why she still had it after all of theses years, she responded by saying that she must not have thrown it away. When in all actuality, she kept the photograph because she was married to the man in the photograph. 

     And get this! Judy was delivered flowers while in the middle of Todd confronting her! Who must those flowers be from? Turns out they were delivered to Judy by a third lover. After minutes of denial, Judy realized that she should confess to Todd everything (or everyone) she had been hiding.

     After soaking in the information, an outraged Todd calls it quits on their marriage while calling in the cops to take her in for bigamy. The journalism students were absolutely shocked to see their professor get arrested. 

Idaho State University Football Player Finishes His Junior Season Strong

Holt Stadium is where the ISU football team hosts all of their home games. 

Nikko Taylor just completed his junior year football season at Idaho State University. Although he was a red shirt last fall, Taylor was able to compete in all of the spring scrimmages.

ISU Junior, Nikko Taylor 

Taylor is a California native that transferred from Riverside Junior College to ISU last fall in pursuit of a communications degree and a positive football experience. Overall Taylor has enjoyed his time in Pocatello on the football field. 

"My favorite thing about being at Idaho State is that I have the chance to improve myself on the field and in the classroom," Taylor said in an interview. 

Next year Taylor hopes to be the starting defensive tackle for the Bengals, a position that he is very familiar with. Taylor, along with the rest of his football family, looks forward to the year of football to come. 

Dr. Fahim Rahim Discusses His Eight for Eight Program at Idaho State University

Dr. Fahim Rahim spoke to an audience on the Idaho State University campus last month, introducing his organization: Eight for Eight.  This program provides help and support to post-disaster communities in third world countries.  He, and several others, do not just rebuild ecosystems and move on.  In fact, they focus much on empowering women in these areas and also creating friendships along the way.

Rahim hoped that his words and experiences with Eight for Eight would encourage audience members to want to learn more about the program and perhaps even be willing to lend an extra hand.  This happened to be the case, as several students were interviewed after the event, saying that it was something they'd actually be interested in.

Rahim did a great job at getting across the fact that his program also doesn't simply donate money to those countries that are struggling.  The act of service, he feels, is much more important to these communities and empowering them and giving them hope that they can recover quickly, leads to a much better outcome.  It is the necessary thing to do.

Professor's at Idaho State University Confirm Divorce in Front of Classroom Full of Students

Idaho State University Seal.

Todd Morris a chemistry professor at Idaho State University asked for a divorce from his wife while she was giving a lecture to her news writing students at ISU. Morris walked into the classroom and confronted his wife, Judith. He was persistent to talk to her at that moment, even when Judith suggested they talk about this at another time.

Morris had come to talk to his wife about suspicions he had been having for months now about her lying to him and cheating on him. After a string of events that only proved Morris correct about his suspicions there was no other choice but for his wife to admit her crime. She admitted to being married to two men, one being Todd, and in a courtship with a third man. 

After finding out that his suspicions were true Morris told his wife that he wanted a divorce as he pulled a piece of paper out of an envelope that he was holding, it was their marriage document. Morris bravely ripped the document into two pieces as he walked out of the room. Shortly after Morris left two public safety officers walked in and arrested Judith for suspicion of bigamy. 

Todd remains to be a chemistry professor at ISU as well as the star for a new program called Chemistry Corner at ISU. Morris may have lost his wife recently but is doing great for himself and his work in Pocatello. On the other hand Judith is awaiting her interview process at the Public Safety station and was humiliated in front of a classroom full of students.