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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

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. 

Winter is Coming
Winter is Coming

Monday, January 13, 2025
Zara Tucker

Winter is Coming

The Science Behind Staying Warm


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ASFLC Meeting 10/16

Aleyna Kleinhaus

What’s On The Agenda

The Associated Students of Fort Lewis College commenced its weekly meeting on Oct. 16 at 7:07, where Senator Childers moved to approve the Taekwando Club from an RSO Ⅰ to an RSO Ⅱ for the club to receive a budget and fundraising abilities. ASFLC also moved to approve the Bee Club to receive support from the Financial Allocation Board. Bee club aims to get hands-on research for...

A Community Builds a Bookstore

Tiana Padilla

Maria’s Bookshop celebrates 40 years in Durango

 

People forming a line at the front entrance of Maria’s Bookshop for their 40th anniversary celebration Sept. 19.   Kealey Meyer, a Fort Lewis College student, and a bookseller at Maria’s reading off numbers for one of many book raffles happening throughout the night. Meyer has been going to Maria’s since childhood, she said. “As a college student,...

Vibrant Voices

Kiiyahno Edgewater

The past, present and future of representing diversity on campus.

Nearly half of Fort Lewis Colleges’s student population is Native American and Alaska Native, and students of color make up 59%. With such a large percentage of students with diverse voices from all corners of the world, how does FLC manage to represent every unique voice while maintaining all else?  Vice president of Diversity Affairs, Heather Shotton, came to FLC because of the...

The Hidden Cost

Story by: Matthew Claeson and Zara Tucker

Investigating Meal Swipes and the New Food Provider at Fort Lewis College

Fort Lewis College announced on Apr. 9 that Fresh Ideas will be taking over Fort Lewis College’s food service and dining contract, a place that has been filled by Sodexo for the past 15 years. This article takes a look into Sodexo’s food service system for students.  Skycards and Meal Swipes When it comes to skycards here at Fort Lewis College, they are a student’s...

The Coming Storm

Scout Edmondson

Lessons learned from the ‘22/‘23 winter and what could come with the looming El Niño.

  At the end of the 2023 winter, the San Juan Mountains, just north of Durango saw a record-breaking snowpack.  According to the National Resource Conservation Service, a branch of the US Department of Agriculture that tracks historical snowpack data, the snowpack in The San Juans topped out at 31.5 inches of snow-water equivalent (SWE) in mid-April. Purgatory Ski Resort,...

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