THE INDEPENDENT

Zen and the Art of Validation

Opinion by Luke Perkins, Photo Illustration by Camden Smith, Julia Volzke and Sean Summers

I was recently talking to a friend about her lack of success in the dating world and she said something that, at the time was highly amusing but also kind of profound.

I was recently talking to a friend about her lack of success in the dating world and she said something that, at the time was highly amusing but also kind of profound.   She said something along the lines of, “when I start seriously dating someone I’m going to rent a microphone and go around campus screaming ‘someone validates me’.”   Now...

Acknowledging Addiction at FLC: What it Means to Students

Story by Keenan Malone

Recently, the excessive use of alcohol amongst members in the Fort Lewis College community has reached situations holding more gravity than simple warnings about alcohol. FLC's student wellness coordinator, Kendra Gallegos said it is important for everyone to pay attention to the reasons as to why they are using alcohol in their life.

Recently, the excessive use of alcohol amongst members in the Fort Lewis College community has reached situations holding more gravity than simple warnings about alcohol. FLC's student wellness coordinator, Kendra Gallegos said it is important for everyone to pay attention to the reasons as to why they are using alcohol in their life.   “I think it's possible to have...

How Should We Vote?

Opinion by Jarred R Green

With the upcoming United States Presidential election, people are asking themselves who they should vote for. They may consider whose political views they agree with or who does the most effective campaigning. People would usually vote for a presidential candidate that falls along their party affiliation or that somehow appeals to their personal identity.

With the upcoming United States Presidential election, people are asking themselves who they should vote for. They may consider whose political views they agree with or who does the most effective campaigning. People would usually vote for a presidential candidate falls along their party affiliation or that somehow appeals to their personal identity.   However, a more important...

Bark Beetles in the Southwest

Story and Photography by Hanna Maddera

As you look across Wolf Creek Pass, there are masses patches of trees that have grayed. In some areas, these graying trees outnumber the green, healthy ones, and each year in the Southwest, due to beetles, the patches of graying trees becomes larger and larger.

 

As you look across Wolf Creek Pass, there are masses patches of trees that have grayed. In some areas, these graying trees outnumber the green, healthy ones, and each year in the Southwest, due to beetles, the patches of graying trees becomes larger and larger.   The Spruce Bark Beetle   The spruce bark beetles are attacking Engleman spruce trees near and around Wolf...

A Digital Step in the Right Direction

Story by James Lilburn, Graphic by Julia Volzke

With the rise of the computer, technology in general and the ability for people to log their every movement, thought, feeling and meals to be immortalized in text or photograph on a digital platform, there is an entirely new realm of possibilities when it comes to protecting private information from invaders.

With the rise of the computer, technology in general and the ability for people to log their every movement, thought, feeling and meals to be immortalized in text or photograph on a digital platform, there is an entirely new realm of possibilities when it comes to protecting private information from invaders.   According to Lindsey Nyquist, social media director at Fort Lewis...

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