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Carson Brings RENT to Life at the DAC: A Night of Broadway on 2nd Ave

Story by Jamie Draper, Graphic by Julia Volzke, Photography by Brent Belone

Monday, September 21, 2015

This coming weekend marks the last performances of the Durango Arts Center’s ongoing production, “Rent.” The musical was first performed on Broadway in New York, NY, in the spring of 1996, and the show remains significant this fall on Durango’s 2nd Avenue.

This coming weekend marks the last performances of the Durango Arts Center’s ongoing production, “Rent.” The musical was first performed on Broadway in New York, NY, in the spring of 1996, and the show remains significant this fall on Durango’s 2nd Avenue. Even though the issue of AIDS in the United States is less prevalent today, discussion around the...

Grandin is “Honoured” for Common Reading Experience: Thinking In Pictures Comes to FLC

Story by Brandon Castle

Saturday, September 19, 2015

For the Fall 2015 Semester, The Common Reading Experience was offered to students once again. This year, Dr. Temple Grandin’s Thinking In Pictures was chosen as the novel students were encouraged to read.

For the Fall 2015 Semester, The Common Reading Experience was offered to students once again. This year, Dr. Temple Grandin’s Thinking In Pictures was chosen as the novel students were encouraged to read. According to the Common Reading Experience Web Page, the experience aims to provide an avenue for discussion among students, faculty, administration, and members of the...

The Animas Doesn’t End in Durango

Opinion by Sean Summers, Graphic by Julia Volzke

Thursday, September 17, 2015

The Animas River has been making national news for some time now and has taken a front row seat in the local news arena consistently since the initial spill of toxic materials from the long-dead Gold King Mine.

The Animas River has been making national news for some time now and has taken a front row seat in the local news arena consistently since the initial spill of toxic materials from the long-dead Gold King Mine. Locals in Durango have been talking ad nauseum about the spill, its effects and its implications, and it is a conversation that needs to continue. What...

Polarizing the Polls

Story by Keenan Malone, Archer Gordon and Lauren Hammond, Graphic by Julia Volzke

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Since the late 1970s, the United States government and its politics have become increasingly polarized. There is an extreme, visible version today in the current presidential primaries.

Since the late 1970s, the United States government and its politics have become increasingly polarized. There is an extreme, visible version today in the current presidential primaries. Michael DIchio, assistant professor of political science at Fort Lewis College, said political polarization is, more the norm than the exception when it comes to U.S. politics. The U.S. political...

Ska Leads Heavy Metal Extra Pale Ale - EPA

Story by Keenan Malone, Photography by Nate Obici

Monday, September 14, 2015

Ska Brewing was in the beginning stages of their most recent batch of charity driven beer, the Heavy Metal Extra Pale Ale, on August 6. The beer was inspired by the Gold King Mine spill which occurred a day prior to the formation of the idea.

Ska Brewing was in the beginning stages of their most recent batch of charity driven beer, the Heavy Metal Extra Pale Ale, on August 6. The beer was inspired by the Gold King Mine spill which occurred a day prior to the formation of the idea. The Spill The spill resulted in 3 million gallons of wastewater being released accidentally from the abandoned Gold King Mine...