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Geosciences, Physics and Engineering Walkthrough

Photos by Talulah Gilroy

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The Theater Experience

Story by Alx Lee Graphic by Allison Anderson

Theater is a form of art that allows both the performers and the audience to be involved in production.   Production   The behind-the-scenes of theater includes the process of being a part of a hardworking team to bring the production to the stage.   “It’s a huge investment of time and energy,” Benjamin Mattson, the theater teacher at Durango...

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FLC Brown Bag Lunches: Dedicated to Teaching

Story by Carolyn Estes Graphic by Camden Smith Photos by Talulah Gilroy

At Fort Lewis College brown bag lunches are a way for professors learn how to teach their students in a better and more efficient way.   The meetings are not just an instruction, they are more like a workshop, Leslie Goldstein, senior lecturer on the math faculty, said.   Canvas was the latest topic at the brown bag lunch. Canvas is a course management tool that all...

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El Niño: An Average Winter

Story by Lyle Iron Cloud Graphic by Allison Anderson

In the coming months, cold temperatures and snow will give way to longer days and warmer weather. This year’s El Niño will be over allowing summer to flourish.     El Niño is a warming of water in the southern pacific ocean that brings changes to a weather system that is operating normally, Jonathan Harvey, assistant professor of geosciences at Fort Lewis...

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Lighting a Fire or Filling a Bucket?

Opinion by Luke Perkins Graphic by Julia Volzke

What is the purpose of education?   This was one of the questions that stuck with me from my very brief stint as a teacher education major.   It was something that I had never actually taken the time to articulate an answer to.   I always just kind of assumed it was as simple as you went to school to learn… but what are you learning and why?   For a...

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