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Martin Luther King Jr. March Martin Luther King Jr. March

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 | Junior Parrish

Martin Luther King Jr. March

Fort Lewis students and staff honor the civil rights leader

Why Does the Sticker Stick with you? Why Does the Sticker Stick with you?

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | Izzy Mora

Why Does the Sticker Stick with you?

From bumpers to bottles, Fort Lewis expresses itself through stickers

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


Sustaibably cultivating a garden: a student’s guide to growing their own food

By Coya Pair Indy Staff Writer

Students can grow their own food, whether it is indoors, outdoors or through volunteering at community gardens. Though giving space, time or money can sound intimidating, there are several ways to work around these issues.

Students can grow their own food, whether it is indoors, outdoors or through volunteering at community gardens. Though giving space, time or money can sound intimidating, there are several ways to work around these issues. How to grow food outdoors  In order to have an outdoor garden, students often run into issues with their landlords, Maggie Magierski, campus growing spaces...

FLC faculty calls for awareness of indigenous history through class curriculums

By Will Charles Indy Staff Writer

Some professors of Fort Lewis faculty support the idea of issuing mandatory courses that inform FLC students, faculty and staff  about their culture while exploring a history that accurately portrays indigenous people.

Some professors of Fort Lewis faculty support the idea of issuing mandatory courses that inform FLC students, faculty and staff  about their culture while exploring a history that accurately portrays indigenous people. Deanne Grant, visiting instructor of sociology, said that a basic Native American history should be implemented at Fort Lewis so that teachers and students are aware of...

Black Student Union speaks on the importance of Black History Month and campus inclusion

By Dorothy Elder Indy Staff Writer

“Black History is American History: and American History is made up of heroes big and small.”

“Black History is American History: and American History is made up of heroes big and small.” That is the statement spread across this year’s Black History Month posters, dispersed throughout campus, promoting a variety of month-long events to honor Black History Month, sponsored by the Black Student Union and Student Union Productions.  The Indy sat down with the...

Students raise concern about Native misrepresentation on campus

By: Amber Labahe Indy Staff Writer

The Fort Lewis College’s clocktower panels display images of the college’s history, military post, and Native American boarding schools.

The Fort Lewis College’s clocktower panels display images of the college’s history, military post, and Native American boarding schools.  The Charles Dale Rea Memorial Clocktower was named after the college’s first president from 1949 to 1962, and was completed in 2001.  “I noticed it mostly had history of the college but no history to contribute to...

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...

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