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Monday, March 31, 2025 | Nels Christensen

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Monday, March 24, 2025
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Catalyzing Creativity

Undergraduate Students Get Hands-On Research Experience at Fort Lewis College
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Monday, March 24, 2025
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ASFLC Meeting 3/5

What students should know about the weekly meeting from the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College. 

ASFLC Meeting 2/26
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Tiana Padilla

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What students should know about the weekly meeting from the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College

Martin Luther King Jr. March
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Junior Parrish

Martin Luther King Jr. March

Fort Lewis students and staff honor the civil rights leader

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Faculty senate hears from administration on progress made on strategic plannin

Meritt Drake

Fort Lewis College Faculty Senate met on Thursday to hear from President Tom Stritikus and Provost Jesse Peters about work being done to create a strategic plan for the college.

Fort Lewis College Faculty Senate met on Thursday to hear from President Tom Stritikus and Provost Jesse Peters about work being done to create a strategic plan for the college. Strategic Plan Progress There are four groups working on the strategic plan, Stritikus said. These groups are mechanisms for organizing work and thinking of initiatives, he said. The groups are: Students at...

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Fort Lewis College Campus Blotter Fort Lewis College Campus Blotter

Fort Lewis College Campus Blotter

Article by: Benjamin Mandile Photo by: Colton Branstetter

The Fort Lewis College Campus Police released a crime log detailing incidents occurring from Oct 8 to Oct 16.

The Fort Lewis College Campus Police released a crime log detailing incidents occurring from Oct 8 to Oct 16. Monday, October 8 at 2:25 p.m. Police responded to a hit and run accident in the 1200 Block of Rim Drive Tuesday, October 9 at 8:04 a.m. Police responded to an incident of damaged property involving a chair and an elevator door in the 1300 Block of E. 8th Ave. Tuesday,...

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How to Recycle, Because It’s Confusing

Kim Cassels

As you polish off your last gulp of a beverage and spot a recycling bin nearby, you may find yourself joyously slam dunking that plastic bottle into it. You think you’re an absolute success, synchronizing hydration and saving the planet in one fell swoop, but sadly you’ve just done something terribly wrong.

As you polish off your last gulp of a beverage and spot a recycling bin nearby, you may find yourself joyously slam dunking that plastic bottle into it. You think you’re an absolute success, synchronizing hydration and saving the planet in one fell swoop, but sadly you’ve just done something terribly wrong. If the plastic bottle hasn’t been washed out or the cap is still...

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Budget and Enrollment Numbers Call for Optimism

Ryan Simonovich

The mood around campus is one of cautious optimism in response to this year’s budget and enrollment numbers.

The mood around campus is one of cautious optimism in response to this year’s budget and enrollment numbers. The Fort Lewis College General Fund budget for fiscal year 2018-19 is $51.9 million, Michele Peterson, associate vice president of finance and administration, said. That’s compared to $54 million in 2017-18. In April, FLC announced a $4.2 million budget reduction,...

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ASFLC Approves New RSO

Mandy Lorenson

Associated Students of Fort Lewis College met Oct. 10 to approve the newest RSO on campus, Keeping Women Wild.

Associated Students of Fort Lewis College met Oct. 10 to approve the newest RSO on campus, Keeping Women Wild. “We want to empower women in the outdoors,” Sara Moore, founder of Keeping Women Wild and senior at FLC, said. This has been something that they have wanted to create for a while but haven’t been able to find a solid group of women, Moore said. Keeping Women...

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