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Vandal women’s basketball goes 3-1 over Christmas Break

Vandals record winning record over the holidays

James Taurman-Aldrich01.14.2022

Idaho vs. Oregon State While most University of Idaho students headed home for winter break, the Vandal’s women’s basketball team headed to Lahaina, Hawaii to go against Oregon State and […]

UI concessions halted due to COVID-19

Rising Omicron cases lead to suspension of sales

Abigail Spencer01.13.2022

University of Idaho’s Administrative services announced that food and beverage sales will temporarily cease at all ticketed events, effective immediately. This decision was announced via email to all students, faculty, and staff Thursday afternoon. UI […]

UI’s mask mandate continues into spring semester

Vault tests for those showing symptoms and more vaccine clinics will be available soon

Anteia McCollum01.03.2022

As a result of the increasing spread and high transmission rate of the Omicron variant, University of Idaho President Scott Green announced in an email Monday evening that the mask […]

Jason Eck named new Idaho football head coach

Idaho names 36th head football coach

Teren Kowatsch12.18.2021

Idaho’s search for a new head football coach is over. On Dec. 18 at 4:05 p.m., Idaho announced the hiring of Jason Eck as the new head coach. In a […]

Porn shouldn’t be free

Being able to watch others have sex online is a service, not a right, and we should be paying for it

Dani Moore12.16.2021

How available creative content should be has been a concern for ages, and amplified by the internet’s existence. This question of who owns what and who can have it especially […]

Gritman and Public Health stress importance of vaccinations for children, college students

Flu season brings heightened importance to vaccinations

Royce McCandless12.12.2021

Idaho health professionals encourage vaccination for children aged 5-11 as vaccine rollout continues. Pediatric Physician Summer Day said that Gritman saw an enthusiastic response to a vaccine clinic held in November with over 450 sign-ups in the first […]

Idaho water polo club junior member Colin Berger (13) and a player from Central Washington swim for the ball during a game on Dec. 11, 2021, in the UI Swim Center. Cody Roberts | Argonaut

University of Idaho water polo holds first home game in over two years

Borrowed players and a substitute referee make for an easy-going game

Cody Roberts12.12.2021

The pool was glassy. There wasn’t a ripple in sight. But then, Jerry Garcia boomed over the loudspeakers and water polo players leapt into the UI Swim Center pool. The first whistle blew. Water flew. […]

Vandal men’s lacrosse during a scrimmage with Washington State University in 2021 | Courtesy of the Vandals lacrosse team

Rebuilding from COVID-19, Vandal men’s lacrosse launches a GoFundMe

‘No matter what the score is, we’re playing, and we weren’t playing a year and a half ago’

Cody Roberts12.12.2021

University of Idaho men’s lacrosse won’t make it to the end of the season without depleting their available funds. To counteract it, they’ve started a GoFundMe fundraiser with a $10,000 goal. Despite their financial problems, the club is just happy […]

OPINION: Young people are working less and that’s a good thing.

Nowadays, people are more focused on living their lives rather than spending their years working

Mark Warren12.11.2021

Now more than ever, young people are focusing less on work and more on their hobbies, and getting to experience life. In the past, there was a pretty straight forward path to living in this country. […]

COVID-19’s disparate impacts on communities of color

University of Idaho faculty discuss implications of COVID-19 within communities of color

Royce McCandless12.11.2021

Over the past year, COVID-19 has altered lives across racial, gender and class lines, and while these effects have been felt by many, COVID-19 brings disparate effects for communities of color. Studies […]