JFAC approves 4.4 percent increase for higher education funding
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved a budget plan March 7 that will give Idaho colleges and universities a 4.4-percent funding increase for FY 2014.
Graham wins 5-year battle – Jessica Graham: five years, four knee injuries, three surgeries, one Western Athletic Conference championship
It was pure pandemonium. Every Idaho fan in attendance was on the court, players were decked out in championship T-shirts and hats, and the band was screaming “Vandals! Vandals! Vandals!”
Tuition increase still unclear
University of Idaho administrators announced they will ask the Idaho State Board of Education for up to a 6 percent increase for undergraduate tuition for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Idaho sent east, will meet UConn Huskies
The crowd of players, coaches, and fans went crazy as soon as the word “Idaho” flashed on the projector screen of ESPN’s Women’s NCAA Tournament selection show. Fans discovered the […]
Road to glory – Vandal women narrowly beat San Jose State, Utah State to advance to tournament finale
Idaho vs. SJSU Entering Wednesday’s quarterfinal tilt, San Jose State looked to be a team battered, defeated and worn down by a demanding WAC regular season. It didn’t help the […]
Let’s dance — Vandals make NCAA Tournament, will go to Big Dance for first time since 1985
In a city that was built on the odds being stacked against you, Idaho women’s basketball coach Jon Newlee liked the odds he was given.
Off the Cuff
What the snow? I get sunburnt in southern Oregon during spring break and come back to a blizzard in Moscow. Can it be summer now, please? — Elisa
Expand care, don’t reduce
There’s a tacit fear lingering above health movements like GMO Right to Know, and the 40 percent of New Yorkers supporting Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s judicially defeated and intellectually-indefensible prohibition on […]
Proud to be an Idahoan
On March 11, the Idaho House of Representatives voted 55-13 to pass Rep. Mark Patterson’s Idaho Federal Firearm, Magazine and Register Ban Enforcement Act, or House Bill 219.
End of the line – Time to move on from Coach Don Verlin
The University of Idaho men’s basketball season came to an underwhelming conclusion apt for the team’s yearlong output. Questions about how a season primed for progress devolved into a great […]