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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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A Durangotang’s Guide to Summer Music Festivals

Story by Alison Uralli Photos by Callie Hagman

Attending outdoor music festivals is a popular summer pastime among students at Fort Lewis College.

 

Attending outdoor music festivals is a popular summer pastime among students at Fort Lewis College.   “I’ll be attending Telluride Bluegrass Festival for the music and the chill atmosphere,” sophomore Sean Spainhower said. This festival is not as big as some of the others, like Summer Camp, but it's beautiful there. The bluegrass crowd is always friendly...

Colorado Conservatives Push Against Publicly Funded IUDs

Story by Alison Uralli Graphic by Julia Volzke

The Colorado Family Planning Initiative, an organization that helps lower the cost of contraception, is facing difficulty from state Republicans who argue that intrauterine devices are a form of abortion.  The state of Colorado does not have the jurisdiction to fund abortions.

The Colorado Family Planning Initiative, an organization that helps lower the cost of contraception, is facing difficulty from state Republicans who argue that intrauterine devices are a form of abortion.  The state of Colorado does not have the jurisdiction to fund abortions.   IUDs like the Mirena and Skyla mainly work by causing the mucus in the female cervix to thicken so...

Keystone XL: Senate Fails to Override Veto

Story by Catherine Wheeler and Luke Perkins Graphic by Julia Volzke

The recent failure by the U.S. Senate to override President Barack Obama’s veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act has opened the door for fresh criticism from environmental advocates to Republican critics.

 

The recent failure by the U.S. Senate to override President Barack Obama’s veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act has opened the door for fresh criticism from environmental advocates to Republican critics. “There is always backlash for whatever the other side does,” Brad Clark, associate professor of political science and faculty affiliate with the Environmental...

Obama Proposes to Lower the Cost of Community College -- to Zero

Story by Lauren Hammond and Alison Uralli Graphic by Julia Volzke

In the 2015 State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama spoke of his proposal to make two-year degrees from community colleges in the United States as free and accessible as a high school education.

 

In the 2015 State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama spoke of his proposal to make two-year degrees from community colleges in the United States as free and accessible as a high school education.   Obama’s Proposal   As far as outcomes go, the community college proposal will allow the portion of the population that does not have access to college due to...

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