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The Pursuit of Outdoor Inclusivity The Pursuit of Outdoor Inclusivity

Friday, January 17, 2025 | Aleyna Kleinhaus

The Pursuit of Outdoor Inclusivity

Indigenous Adventure fund helps close the gap on accessibility

Seasonal Blues Seasonal Blues

Friday, January 17, 2025 | Izzy Mora and Zara Tucker

Seasonal Blues

Fort Lewis Experts break down Seasonal Depression

Keep Your Sleep Keep Your Sleep

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | Steven Ben

Keep Your Sleep

How sleep affects you, physically and mentally. 


Stritikus Commissions Search Committee to Find New Provost

By: Benjamin Mandile

Fort Lewis College President Tom Stritikus formed a search committee to find a new provost to replace Interim Provost Jesse Peters in late November 2018.

Fort Lewis College President Tom Stritikus formed a search committee to find a new provost to replace Interim Provost Jesse Peters in late November 2018. In an email sent to the general FLC community Stritikus announced the members of the committee and shared the charge they were given. The search committee features 11 people to ensure that the college is represented. The committee has...

Snow Build Up on Campus Creates Potential Safety Hazards

By: Meritt Drake

With the Durango area receiving more snow than in recent years past, piles of plowed snow have begun to form around parking lots and roads of Fort Lewis College. Displaced snow can cause safety hazards to drivers and pedestrians.

With the Durango area receiving more snow than in recent years past, piles of plowed snow have begun to form around parking lots and roads of Fort Lewis College. Displaced snow can cause safety hazards to drivers and pedestrians. Snow removal on campus parking lots and roads, including Rim Drive and 8th Avenue, is the responsibility of FLC’s Physical Plant. Snow built up on city...

Students Placed in Converted Rooms Due to Housing Shortage

Story by: Benjamin Mandile and Meritt Drake

Erica Cudkowicz, a freshman living in the Bader/Snyder complex, arrived on campus for the first day of orientation in the fall of 2018, excited to start her undergraduate education at Fort Lewis College.

Erica Cudkowicz, a freshman living in the Bader/Snyder complex, arrived on campus for the first day of orientation in the fall of 2018, excited to start her undergraduate education at Fort Lewis College. However when she arrived to campus, instead of moving into a traditional room, she began unpacking into a lounge in the dorm that had been converted into a makeshift dorm room with two...

New Executive Order Prohibits Smoking on State Grounds

Photo by: Benjamin Mandile Story by: Benjamin Mandile

Effective Jan. 1 2019 smoking will be banned on state campuses due to an executive order signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper on Nov. 2.

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated since publication. Effective Jan. 1 2019 smoking will be banned on state campuses due to an executive order signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper on Nov. 2. The use of any substance including marijuana, tobacco and cloves will be prohibited. Due to federal law marijuana is already a banned substance on Fort Lewis College’s...

The Decision Behind Closing the Front Hill

Photo by: Taylor Hutchison Story by: Taylor Hutchison

From there, officers inform Physical Plant Services know that the front hill is closed and will request that they use their snow removal equipment, like their snow plow, where necessary.

After a snowstorm hits the college campus, FLC Police determine whether or not to close E. 8th Ave., commonly referred to as the front hill, and request that Physical Plant services get to work on the snow removal process. To determine unsafe driving conditions, the officer on duty will drive down the front hill in a patrol car and break to see if it slips or slides, Brett Deming, the Fort...

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