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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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Cheap Style in Every Aisle: Thrift Shopping in Durango

Photo-slideshow by Cy Glaser

Clothes are interesting.  They help tell other people about you and your lifestyle in a few seconds. Whether you like it or not, people judge you based on what you wear.  

Clothes are interesting.  They help tell other people about you and your lifestyle in a few seconds. Whether you like it or not, people judge you based on what you wear.  As styles and personal taste are always changing, so are our clothes.  And who doesn’t like getting new clothes? Even though buying new threads is awesome, most college students do not have the budget to...

Market on your Calendar: Durango's Farmers Market

Story by Carolyn Estes Photo by Lucy Schaefer

Durango’s Farmers Market provides an opportunity for Fort Lewis College students to ease into Saturday morning. Supplying a unique environment with live music, shopping, and socialization opportunities with locals.

·  Open in October from 9 am to noon ·  Location: First National Bank of Durango parking lot ·  Regular season ends Oct. 29th ·  Thanksgiving market on Nov. 19th at fairgrounds ·  Holiday market on Dec.10th at fairgrounds   Durango’s Farmers Market provides an opportunity for Fort Lewis College students to...

Neighborhood art in Durango

Photos by Celeste Matovich and Lucy Schaefer

 

Many Durango residents walk down the sidewalk, head down buried in a phone, or looking straight ahead. The neighborhood art in Durango has just recently come to my attention. At the base of the trunk of many trees along 3rd street, there are what’s called fairy houses or fairy gardens.  Now that I know about these little fairy houses and other hidden pieces of eye candy, they seem...

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