It is fascinating to look back at the last couple of years around Pocatello.

I had asked a lot of questions at forums for the Idaho State University presidential candidates. The following AP entry appeared on Wednesday January 25, 2006. It is an interesting reminder that anything you say at a forum or on a blog can, in fact, hit the national newswires.

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POCATELLO (AP)  The fourth and final candidate for Idaho State University's presidency visited the campus this week.

Larry Lemanski is the vice president for research and graduate studies at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla. He met with students, faculty and staff Monday and talked about the school's promising future, including potentially moving the Idaho State football team up to Division 1A.

"It would be interesting to see if that ever actually happens and to see how it is implemented because that kind of a move will have a huge impact on our resource allocation," Communications and Rhetorical Studies instructor Michael Strickland told the Idaho State Journal.