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Students Test the Waters Students Test the Waters

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 | Nels Christensen

Students Test the Waters

Students take leaps for public health.

Home Away From Home Home Away From Home

Monday, April 14, 2025 | Anja Tabor

Home Away From Home

Exchange students at Fort Lewis shared their experiences. The ups, downs, and learning curves that come with studying abroad.
Listen to your Gut
 Listen to your Gut

Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Tiana Padilla

Listen to your Gut

How food insecurity impacts your stomach microbiome

ASFLC Meeting 3/12
 ASFLC Meeting 3/12

Monday, March 31, 2025
Nels Christensen

ASFLC Meeting 3/12

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

Catalyzing Creativity
 Catalyzing Creativity

Monday, March 24, 2025
Manhattan Adams

Catalyzing Creativity

Undergraduate Students Get Hands-On Research Experience at Fort Lewis College
ASFLC Meeting 3/5
 ASFLC Meeting 3/5

Monday, March 24, 2025
Kylie Small

ASFLC Meeting 3/5

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

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Bones from the Bisti Badlands Bones from the Bisti Badlands

Bones from the Bisti Badlands

Anja Tabor

What it takes to get a dinosaur to Fort Lewis College

A dinosaur skeleton cast and cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex moves onto campus from the Bisti Wilderness Area in New Mexico, also known as the Bisti Badlands. The fossil is being loaned to the college for undergraduate research this semester, professor of geosciences, Gary Gianniny said. But how is the cast coming to Fort Lewis College? The most recent discovery of the dinosaur was found...

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Screaming Rubber Band Chickens Screaming Rubber Band Chickens

Screaming Rubber Band Chickens

AJ Repinski

Contestants test their pain limit for Snowdown glory.

  Contestants and spectators pack into 11th Street Station’s “Screaming Rubber Band Chickens” Snowdown event at 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 2.    11th Street Owner Marcos Wisner prepares a tournament-style bracket for the event. Randomly drawn for the bracket after entering, contestants prepared themselves for several rounds of rubber band slaps all...

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ASFLC Meeting 1/24 ASFLC Meeting 1/24

ASFLC Meeting 1/24

AJ Repinski

During the first ASFLC meeting of the spring semester, several important agenda items were viewed. 

During the first meeting of the 2024 spring semester, the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College viewed several key agenda items. During the meeting, two resolutions successfully passed.  First, the proposed Financial Allocation Board Bylaw Amendments were approved. The new bylaws state RSO II’s wishing to become RSO III’s no longer need to apply solely in the fall...

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Measuring CO2 with Machine Learning Measuring CO2 with Machine Learning

Measuring CO2 with Machine Learning

AJ Repinski

How artificial intelligence could replace expensive measuring instruments.

Artificial intelligence seems almost inescapable in today's increasingly technology driven world. Deep learning models, such as OpenAI’s Chat GPT, have been at the forefront of public amazement and controversy since their mainstream introduction in late 2022. Today, Fort Lewis College students are discovering new ways that artificial intelligence can be used to reduce the costs...

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Durango's Beloved Beaters Durango's Beloved Beaters

Durango's Beloved Beaters

Morgan Smith and Sienna Reese

Fort Lewis College students will drive anything with four wheels! 

Whether cars are used to get to the slopes, back home or simply the grocery store, some Fort Lewis College students see their vehicle as the connection they have to the world outside of campus.  Take a look into the tales of five FLC students and their beloved beaters, to see the trust, love and tears that are put into owning an old car.    1999 JEEP...

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