2020 NBA Playoffs (So far): Bite-Sized Edition
The playoffs tipped off from the bubble in Orlando; here's what has gone down so far in the first round

The 2020 National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs are almost completed. 17 teams will advance to the postseason to compete but only eight teams will advance to the semifinals. In the […]

OPINION: UI sends a message, not the right one
With mixed messages and hybrid classes, how much more confusing can 2020 get?

When University of Idaho President Scott Green announced on July 16 classes would be moved completely online after fall recess, I was a little shocked and very confused. I didn’t see a point in having students, faculty and staff return to Moscow if they were just going to go back to learning remotely for the latter part of the semester.

Protesters Zach Sugano, Thys Ballard, Chris Ward and Jordan Hardy lie in the street during the Aug. 23 protest | Kim Stager
Vandal Lives Over Profits hosts protests during orientation events
Students against holding in-person classes attend protests as University of Idaho classes begin

Vandal Lives Over Profits (VLOP), a student group against in-person classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic, met on the Theophilus Tower Lawn with signs and a grim reaper costume Sunday evening.  The group members met on a Facebook group […]

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University of Idaho COVID-19 testing data updated
5,231 tests completed as of today, but approximately 10,000 people need to be tested

University of Idaho updated its case count page Monday, reporting the number of tests completed, number of positive tests and percentage of positive tests. As of Friday, 5,231 tests had been […]

Idaho soccer remains at the ready
Idaho soccer prepares to start fall practices in preparation for Big Sky spring season

The Idaho Vandals women’s soccer team is one of many teams who lost the chance to play in the fall after the Big Sky Conference (BSC) came to a decision […]

UI COVID-19 testing analysis lab now operational, emails stated
The university had previously been sending swabs from its on-campus testing site to private laboratories

University of Idaho’s much anticipated COVID-19 testing lab is now testing samples as they arrive from the swabbing site, according to emails from President C. Scott Green sent to Moscow-based students and employees. The email sent to […]

The delays and miscommunications of UI’s COVID-19 testing system: “Some things are beyond our control”
UI administrators emphasized test results would be available 24-48 hours after swabs were completed. So far, this has not been the case.

On Aug. 4, University of Idaho President Scott Green assured faculty and staff that swabs taken from the school’s testing site would deliver results in approximately 24 hours. But the UI-based analysis lab is still not up and running – […]

University of Idaho competitive seasons postponed to spring
UI Director of Athletics Terry Gawlik and football Head Coach Paul Petrino addressed questions on the following semester

Following the postponement of the Big Sky Conference to next spring, UI has canceled most non-conference games for the fall semester.  University of Idaho Director of Athletics Terry Gawlik addressed unknowns for the […]