A look at the water at Spring Valley Reservoir.
Your Guide to Getting Outside
Explore the Palouse with this guide to the best trails around Moscow

It has been quite a taxing winter, full of tense news and gloomy weather. Luckily, spring is finally here and it’s time to get back outside. One of the best […]

A illustration of a woodpecker with feather falling off.
Poetry: Ruffled Feathers

If only if only the woodpecker cried, The farmers, they saw him and took both his eyes.They went to the market with marbles in pockets And sold his eye sockets […]

Crystals and rocks at Gem State Crystals.
Idaho rockhounds dig up their experiences
Rockhounds of all levels share their experiences and advice about the hobby

Nathan Staley, a fourth-generation rock collector, descended from ancestors who worked in iron mines. As a kid growing up in Texas, he was drawn towards the dirt, often digging his […]

An image of a dark forest with a stream running through it.
Flash Fiction: Good Brother

“Catch me if you can!” My younger brother, Mika, whizzes past me into the viridian evergreens. The snow has just melted off their pine needles, and everything around us in […]

An image of a blank canvas.
Poetry: Blank Canvas

Primed in white or black, or whatever color you please.   Or simply left natural, pure and solus,   The sparks of creativity are home to possibilities,  Ready to be painted upon the blank canvas.  Perhaps…  […]

A path in the arboretum surrounded by pine trees.
Missing Moscow
Many students will head home for months before returning--here's what they'll miss

As the University of Idaho transitions entirely to remote instruction after fall break, officials recommend students stay home until spring 2021.  While the campus will remain open, many will be […]

The goodbye hike

It was early Saturday morning, and Cree stayed in bed an extra hour. He didn’t want to stop feeling her warmth at his side. Then he was in the kitchen, brewing […]

Take a load off, Vandals
UI students break down the hobbies they picked up while being cooped up

COVID-19 gave many University of Idaho students a really long, stressful spring break spanning from mid-March to mid-August. Students left campus and were met with quarantine, strange living situations, unemployment, […]