This article was written by Merlin Macdonald, president of the Boise State Trans Alliance Club.
Idaho has always been a distant lover to me. We text each other sometimes — a late “goodnight” or the obligatory morning greeting.
I have lived here my whole life…
In March 2012, Treefort made its debut in Boise, Idaho, a community in recovery from an economic recession that skyrocketed the city’s unemployment rate and left small businesses scrambling to stay afloat.
In the following years, the music festival became a…
Editor’s Note: On Friday, March 4, the Idaho House State Affairs Committee passed House Bill 675, which would prohibit gender-affirming healthcare for trans people under 18, including hormone therapies, puberty blockers and surgical operations. Under the bill, which is an…
It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his two-ness,—an American, a…
Editor’s note: February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. The CDC reports that one in four womenfirst experienced intimate partner violence prior to the age of 18.
Trigger / Content Warning: This article discusses domestic…
This poem was written by Sydney Smith, a first-year biology major.
The first day of winter
In winter, the crows caw violently
As if angry with Mother Nature
Herself
The leaves shake, and swirl all around
My gaze falls, tired and disturbed,
On a…
For most of my life, I thought I was doing okay managing the challenges being thrown my way — that is, until the rigid structures of our world came tumbling down with the arrival of COVID-19.
It was hard knowing that I couldn’t control the pandemic that raged outside…
On Friday, March 13, 2020, Carmi Scheller, a fourth-grade teacher at Star Elementary, said goodbye to her class for the weekend with a declaration of “see you Monday.”
On Monday, March 16, West Ada School District moved online.
With a trembling voice and…
This feature was collaboratively written by Paige Wirta, opinion editor, and Ashley L. Clark, online editor.
It is common knowledge that the state of Idaho is no friend to the LGBTQIA+ community. Idaho was ranked #7 in a nationwide rating of the worst states for queer…
By Trisha Miller | Trisha is a recent Boise State alumnus and current Student Affairs staff member.
Content Warning: This article discusses gun violence and death.
On Monday I stood in the home section of Macy’s at the Boise Towne Square mall.
I was looking…