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Vibrant Voices Vibrant Voices

Friday, May 24, 2024 | Kiiyahno Edgewater

Vibrant Voices

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

Friday, May 24, 2024 | Story by: Matthew Claeson and Zara Tucker

The Hidden Cost

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

Friday, May 24, 2024
Scout Edmondson

The Coming Storm

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

Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Scout Edmondson

Crying Wolf

Colorado's wolf reintroduction has become so emotional, so political, that it's no longer even about the wolves. 

Bones from the Bisti Badlands
 Bones from the Bisti Badlands

Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Anja Tabor

Bones from the Bisti Badlands

What it takes to get a dinosaur to Fort Lewis College

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Digital and Social Media Marketing at FLC

By Becca Day

The digital marketing landscape frequently changes, and Fort Lewis College’s marketing program has attempted to keep up with the industry.

 

The digital marketing landscape frequently changes, and Fort Lewis College’s marketing program has attempted to keep up with the industry.   FLC offers its students two courses within its marketing program, Digital Marketing and Social Media Marketing, Tomasz Miaskiewicz, assistant professor of Marketing, said.   “The fact that we already have two classes is...

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Redefining Masculinity

By Benjamin Mandile

In the past, men have been seen as tough and invulnerable, but in recent years across the world, the Mankind Project and other movements have started to redefine the issue of masculinity.

In the past, men have been seen as tough and invulnerable, but in recent years across the world, the Mankind Project and other movements have started to redefine the issue of masculinity. Within the Durango community, people are working to bridge the gap between men and women.     Masculinity is a system of meanings people associate with being a man, Keri Brandt, a professor of...

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The Fort’s Spring Sports

By Matthew T. Roy

Men’s golf and women’s golf along with lacrosse, softball and track and field all begin their season this month.

Men’s golf and women’s golf along with lacrosse, softball and track and field all begin their season this month. The Independent sat down with all of the head coaches and a few players to get the inside scoop on all your Fort Lewis College spring sports teams. All varsity sports compete in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.   Men’s Golf Looking To Make Noise...

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Art Exhibits in the Center of Southwest Studies

By: Becca Day

The Center of Southwest Studies rotated new artifacts out to its art gallery exhibits, Treasures of the Southwest and Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Colorado’s Renaissance Man, and will hold an opening reception Feb. 21  at 5:00 p.m.

 

The Center of Southwest Studies rotated new artifacts out to its art gallery exhibits, Treasures of the Southwest and Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Colorado’s Renaissance Man, and will hold an opening reception Feb. 21  at 5:00 p.m.   The art gallery opened a year ago but is rotating new items out of its collection into the gallery, Shelby Tisdale, director of the CSWS,...

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Softball Renovations Won’t be Completed by Opening Weekend Softball Renovations Won’t be Completed by Opening Weekend

Softball Renovations Won’t be Completed by Opening Weekend

Written By Matthew Roy, Photos by Shania Concha-Ortiz

The Fort Lewis College women’s softball team will be playing its opening weekend this Saturday and Sunday, and possibly subsequent weekends, in Aztec, New Mexico, due to the $3 million renovation project to the FLC softball complex being delayed.

The Fort Lewis College women’s softball team will be playing its opening weekend this Saturday and Sunday, and possibly subsequent weekends, in Aztec, New Mexico, due to the $3 million renovation project to the FLC softball complex being delayed.   Last season, the softball team was forced to drive 45 minutes away to Aztec for every home game.   The final things...

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