Celebrating Indigenous People’s Day
Honoring and celebrating Indigenous communities through art and film
The Native American Student Center organized a keynote address and a film screening to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day on Oct. 12 and 13.
OPINION: We need Election Day as a holiday
There is no reason we don’t already have a federal holiday for election day
The pervasiveness of ordinary tasks and responsibility calls for the creation of a national election holiday.
OPINION: Masked kindness
Customer service to the “Karens” and flat earthers of 2020
I love my job. I love helping people, even if it is just helping people find a sweater and jeans they feel like they can kill it in. I am not an essential worker during these crazy times, and I feel a little ridiculous and out of place when I have a bad day at my job that I know I am lucky to have.
OPINION: Trump v. Biden: town hall edition
Trump and Biden go head to head for primetime dominance
Last week President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden participated in competing town halls. In one corner you have Biden, a 77-year-old man who is the physical embodiment of the phrase “that reminds me of a story…” In the other, Trump, a man who talks about policy like a husband caught in bed with someone named “Stormy.”
OPINION: The world during quarantine
When humans stay inside, does nature really rebound?
We all remember toward the beginning of quarantine in the U.S. when the viral photos of dolphins and swans in a crystal-clear Venetian canal gained attraction on the Internet, right? The caption declared that humans are the real virus and without us “nature is healing.”
OPINION: Let it snow, I’ll stay inside
Winter is nearly as terrible as the pandemic, but we can overcome it
Snow is massively overrated. The beautiful photos of snowcapped mountains leave me inspired and in awe, wanting to go visit those types of places for myself. Until I remembered snow is one of the most troublesome nuisances of my existence, especially in 2020.
OPINION: Drug use prevention
Dropping drug use numbers, helping with recovery
Drug use interfering with daily life is something we have all heard of, or maybe even experienced ourselves. You might even know of someone who has been negatively affected by drug use, whether they are celebrity, a family member, a friend or ourselves. It can be incredibly difficult to handle, to care for and to experience.
University of Idaho researchers investigate transmission of COVID-19 between humans and animals
Study focusing on how to prevent spread of virus and which species susceptible to infection
The National Science Foundation awarded University of Idaho researchers nearly $200,000 to investigate whether animals can transmit COVID-19 and how to block the spread from animals to humans.
University of Idaho surveillance testing to continue until Thanksgiving Break
Public health officials and university employees sharing results with those who test positive for COVID-1
University of Idaho aims to continuously test students for COVID-19 throughout this semester. To continue monitoring cases after initial testing, students have been subjected to random surveillance testing.