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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

Fresh Ideas at the Fort
Fresh Ideas at the Fort

Monday, January 13, 2025
AJ Repinski and Steven Ben

Fresh Ideas at the Fort

A retrospective on the new food provider on campus  

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A Creative Approach to Raising Awareness

Tiarney Andreas

Thousands of indigenous women go missing, are murdered, or are sexually assaulted in North America every year.

Thousands of indigenous women go missing, are murdered, or are sexually assaulted in North America every year. In honor of these Missing and Murdered Indigenous women, Kelsey Lansing, the Cultural Outreach Coordinator for the Sexual Assault Services Organization has begun an artistic initiative in hopes of raising awareness for these fallen sisters. Touched by the efforts of Tanaya...

How FLC Students Prepared for the Midterm Elections

Kimberly Cassels

Fort Lewis College students who voted in the midterm elections shared how they gathered information about candidates, amendments and proposals prior to casting their vote.

Fort Lewis College students who voted in the midterm elections shared how they gathered information about candidates, amendments and proposals prior to casting their vote. Many students used Google and the election booklets but also conversed with friends and faculty to educate themselves before casting their votes. CNN and NPR were online sources that FLC Will Berger used. Matt...

Fort Lewis College Replaces Old Parking Meters

Max Rodgers

Old parking meters were replaced in August for card-friendly meters that can be monitored remotely by Fort Lewis Police.

Old parking meters were replaced in August for card-friendly meters that can be monitored remotely by Fort Lewis Police. The previous meters were 18 years old and due for replacement, said Brett Deming, police chief of Fort Lewis College. The new meters have SIM cards so information ranging from malfunction diagnostics to time expiration can be monitored from a computer in the campus...

Stemming out: Research beyond the classroom

By Kimberly Cassels

Senior seminar students at Fort Lewis College have the opportunity to work on professional projects for the geoscience and biology departments. 

Senior seminar students at Fort Lewis College have the opportunity to work on professional projects for the geoscience and biology departments.  Geoscience students are working with NASA to create a satellite that will measure the water in snowpack on Red Mountain Pass.  A group of biology students is working on the early stages of the established lung-on-a-chip project, where...

INDY Inside: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

By Faith Owen

There has been an increased focus on sexual harassment in the workplace due to the national buzz following the #MeToo movement and the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings. 

There has been an increased focus on sexual harassment in the workplace due to the national buzz following the #MeToo movement and the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings.  The Independent recently spoke with a female Fort Lewis College student who experienced sexual harassment from her manager while working at a local Durango restaurant.  The student, who wished to remain...

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