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Indigenous People's Day 2025 Indigenous People's Day 2025

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | Written by Mya Simon, Photographed by M'iitra Pino

Indigenous People's Day 2025

October rain does little to keep FLC from celebrating Indigenous culture 

Safety First, Because Accidents Last Safety First, Because Accidents Last

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | Nels Christensen

Safety First, Because Accidents Last

Fort Lewis police report safety statistics in recent years. 

Hotels: the new Dorms? Hotels: the new Dorms?

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | Jimena Lopez

Hotels: the new Dorms?

Back to school! While some Fort Lewis students were making sure they had their backpacks ready to go, others were making sure they had somewhere...

Chee and Magat Take Gold in FLC Weightlifting Competition

By Shandiin Ramsey

Fort Lewis College hosts a men’s and a women’s powerlifting competition at the end of every spring semester at the Student Life Center. This year, Elise Chee won the women’s competition and Brandon Magat won the men’s.

Fort Lewis College hosts a men’s and a women’s powerlifting competition at the end of every spring semester at the Student Life Center. This year, Elise Chee won the women’s competition and Brandon Magat won the men’s.   The competitors get three attempts for each lift, deadlift, bench press and squat.  The winner is decided by calculating the total...

The ASFLC: RSO II Grant Eligibility

Story by CJ Calvert Photo by Jarred Green

The Associated Students of Fort Lewis College met on Wednesday to discuss whether or not grants from the Financial Allocation Board should be restricted to Registered Student Organizations that are level I.

The Associated Students of Fort Lewis College met on Wednesday to discuss whether or not grants from the Financial Allocation Board should be restricted to Registered Student Organizations that are level I.   Resolution 17-026 RSO Grant Eligibility was presented by senator and ASFLC presidential candidate Dustin Fink.   Currently, the FAB bylaws state that grant money is...

Center of Southwest Studies Delaney Dinosaur! Exhibit

Story by Ryan Simonovich Photos by Jarred Green and Crystal Ashike

A new exhibit featuring dinosaur fossils is on display in the Delaney Library in the Center of Southwest Studies.

 

A new exhibit featuring dinosaur fossils is on display in the Delaney Library in the Center of Southwest Studies. Dinosaurs! was researched, curated and built as a part of a capstone project for adjunct professor of geosciences, Jon Powell’s paleontology class, Powell said. The exhibit attempts to show what Southwest Colorado was like millions of years ago before the Ice Age, he...

Softball Renovations: Who is it Affecting and How?

Story by Matthew Roy Photo by Matt Talllman

The Fort Lewis College softball stadiums will begin to undergo a $3 million dollar renovation project. This project, which will start this month, is not scheduled to be finished until just before the softball season starts in the spring of 2018.

 

The Fort Lewis College softball stadiums will begin to undergo a $3 million dollar renovation project. This project, which will start this month, is not scheduled to be finished until just before the softball season starts in the spring of 2018.   The renovations will force the softball team to play their home games at Aztec High School for the season. The team will travel to Aztec...

Underpaid Faculty at FLC

Story by Becca Day Photo by Isaac Furtney

Contingent faculty, who are temporary or part time instructors, face many challenges at Fort Lewis College and other academic institutions, including low salaries, which has the potential to interfere with their ability to teach effectively. Across the nation, institutions are becoming more reliant on these part time and temporary faculty members as a source of less expensive and more flexible labor.

Contingent faculty, who are temporary or part time instructors, face many challenges at Fort Lewis College and other academic institutions, including low salaries, which has the potential to interfere with their ability to teach effectively. Across the nation, institutions are becoming more reliant on these part time and temporary faculty members as a source of less expensive and more flexible...

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