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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 

Fort Lewis College Leaning Clock Tower Fort Lewis College Leaning Clock Tower

Fort Lewis College Leaning Clock Tower

By: Mia MCCormick Indy Staff Writer

The Fort Lewis College clock tower has stood tall and sturdy since the turn of the century, never faltering, never swaying, until this year, when it began to lean.  The clock tower is a staple of FLC, it marks the campus quad, chimes relentlessly every hour and is anything but camera shy.  Recently though, our poor clock tower, like some of us, has started to feel the effects...

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Debunking Fungiphobia: Don't get in truffle

By: Zoe Coughlin Indy Staff Writer

A look into mushrooms growing in the area, where to find them and why they are so important.

Have you been walking in the woods in Durango or even your yard and stumbled upon a patch of mushrooms growing? If you have, that's because mushroom season is right now.   Did you ever wonder whether these mushrooms were edible or poisonous?    Mushrooms, which are part of the fungi kingdom, are decomposers and get their nutrients from organic waste material....

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Gerald Shorty: Indigenizing Psychology Gerald Shorty: Indigenizing Psychology

Gerald Shorty: Indigenizing Psychology

By Alx Lee Indy Staff Writer

FLC welcomes Shiprock local who aims to help Indigenous students succeed.

The Counseling Center added a new staff member, Gerald Shorty, assistant director of diversity and Outreach Initiatives, this semester.   Born in Shiprock, Shorty attended Nenahnezad boarding school in his childhood, he said. It was an adjustment coming from that academic setting to Shiprock High School, and later, college.  Shorty focused his studies in criminology at San...

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What’s fueling high gas prices? What’s fueling high gas prices?

What’s fueling high gas prices?

By Kealey Meyer Indy Staff Writer

How the conflict in Ukraine is impacting your commute to campus.

In Durango, you can stroll through downtown and find plenty of donation cash jars in businesses, window paintings, and street art in support of Ukraine. If these elements don’t serve as a large enough reminder of the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, a trip to the gas station might.  The war not only put countless Ukrainian citizens in danger and constant fear but is...

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The Powwow Returns The Powwow Returns

The Powwow Returns

By Tiara Yazzie and Cameron Maroney Indy Staff Writers

PHOTO ESSAY: Two years after a pandemic hiatus, Hozhoni Days is back.

With suitcases in hand and braids in place, people of all ages stood in line at the Whalen Gymnasium on April 1, eager to take in the excitement of The Hozhoni Days PowWow at Fort Lewis College after two years of its absence due to the pandemic. ‘Honoring those who never made it home’ was the theme for the 56th annual powwow at FLC,   in regard to the boarding schools where...

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