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El Niño: An Average Winter

Story by Lyle Iron Cloud Graphic by Allison Anderson

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

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.

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...

Lighting a Fire or Filling a Bucket?

Opinion by Luke Perkins Graphic by Julia Volzke

Monday, February 8, 2016

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.

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...

FLC Students and Alumni Compete for Business Startup Money in First Ever “Hawk Tank” Competition

Story by Alison Uralli Graphic by Julia Volzke

Friday, February 5, 2016

The Fort Lewis College School of Business Administration is hosting a business plan competition modeled after the TV show “Shark Tank” where students and recent graduates can win up to $5,000 in startup money for their business.

The Fort Lewis College School of Business Administration is hosting a business plan competition modeled after the TV show “Shark Tank” where students and recent graduates can win up to $5,000 in startup money for their business. The Competition “We recognized there was a need and also a desire from students to do this, and so we just moved...

Purgatory Lift 8 and Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Video by Fort Fuel News

Thursday, February 4, 2016

"Don't Breathe" art Exhibit by Grant Downing

Story by Alex Semadeni Photos by Hanna Maddera

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Grant Downing’s art exhibit, “Don’t Breathe,” opened to the public Wednesday, January 27, 2016.

Grant Downing’s art exhibit, “Don’t Breathe,” opened to the public Wednesday, January 27, 2016. The exhibit, located in the Art Building’s Exit Gallery, was attended by around 30-40 people, Downing, a senior art major at Fort Lewis College, said. “It was great,” Downing said. “I got a lot of great feedback. I got a lot...