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Fast FAFSA Facts Fast FAFSA Facts

Thursday, December 12, 2024 | Tiana Padilla

Fast FAFSA Facts

What students should know about the new financial aid form.

Social Gaming with Skyhawk Pride Social Gaming with Skyhawk Pride

Thursday, November 7, 2024 | Junior Parrish

Social Gaming with Skyhawk Pride

Gamers join each other for a night of fun at the LAN Part
Costumes at the Fort Costumes at the Fort

Thursday, November 7, 2024 | Tiana Padilla

Costumes at the Fort

Students show spirit for Halloween 


BSU and SUP host various activities over February to honor Black History Month

By Dorothy Elder Indy Staff Writer

The Black Student Union and Student Union Productions have collaborated to bring Fort Lewis students, as well as the larger Durango community, events throughout February in honor of Black History Month. 

The Black Student Union and Student Union Productions have collaborated to bring Fort Lewis students, as well as the larger Durango community, events throughout February in honor of Black History Month.  Black History Month, according to Katherine Smith, a FLC Sociology professor who also serves as the faculty coordinator of BSU, is an important way to recognize African American...

The Diversity Collaborative is to start a search for a new GSRC director in February

By Taylor Hutchison Indy Staff Writer

Nancy Stoffer is no longer the director of the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center as of this spring 2020 semester.

Nancy Stoffer is no longer the director of the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center as of this spring 2020 semester. Neither Stoffer nor Julie Love, associate vice president of student affairs, confirmed the reasons for her departure, saying it was a personnel matter.  Last week, The FLC Insight, a weekly email sent to students by the marketing and communications department,...

Student Senate identifies issues with Land Acknowledgment and discusses changes to the ASFLC constitution

By Dorothy Elder Indy Staff Writer

The Associated Students of Fort Lewis College discussed the implementation of the Land Acknowledgement, a new FLC syllabus suggestion, during its meeting Wednesday night. 

The Associated Students of Fort Lewis College discussed the implementation of the Land Acknowledgement, a new FLC syllabus suggestion, during its meeting Wednesday night.  The Land Acknowledgment was encouraged by FLC administration to be included in every course syllabus  at FLC this semester after the combined efforts of the Student Senate and FLC’s Native American...

One story, a decade later, carries lasting impact for Native women

By Barbara Edwards Indy Staff Writer

Diane Millich, a Southern Ute tribal member and advocate for the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, shared her experience of domestic violence on the reservation at the Violence Against Native Women symposium in the fall of 2019 to stress the importance of support services and legislation for women. 

Diane Millich, a Southern Ute tribal member and advocate for the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, shared her experience of domestic violence on the reservation at the Violence Against Native Women symposium in the fall of 2019 to stress the importance of support services and legislation for women.  VAWA was first passed in 1994 in order to improve the law enforcement and service...

The Meaning of Consent: FLC’s Approach to preventing Sexual Assault

By Kim Cassels Indy Staff Writer

The beginning and end of colleges’ academic years tend to have higher rates of sexual assault cases, which sources attribute to the increased use of drugs, alcohol and the misunderstanding of consent.

The beginning and end of colleges’ academic years tend to have higher rates of sexual assault cases, which sources attribute to the increased use of drugs, alcohol and the misunderstanding of consent. One in five sexual assault cases nationwide are reported to law enforcement, Christain Champagne, the 6th Judicial District Attorney said. People who are at the highest risk for...

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