Story by Carter Solomon, Photo by Remi Majeski
Higher education is an increasingly competitive environment. Fort Lewis College must take part in a strategic repositioning to remain competitive in the future.
Higher education is an increasingly competitive environment. Fort Lewis College must take part in a strategic repositioning to remain competitive in the future.
The Team
To work towards achieving this goal, a team was built under Mark Jastorff, the vice president for advancement, Jastorff said. This is a new position created to orchestrate this process....
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Story by Lauren Hammond, Sean Summers, and Dan Riley, Photo by Charine Gonzales
Leslie Irvine is an Associate Professor of Sociology at The University of Colorado, Boulder. She specializes in the areas of self and human-animal interaction and has published several works about those topics including books such as, “My Dog Always Eats First: Homeless People and Their Animals” and “The Self in Society.”
Leslie Irvine is an Associate Professor of Sociology at The University of Colorado, Boulder. She specializes in the areas of self and human-animal interaction and has published several works about those topics including books such as, “My Dog Always Eats First: Homeless People and Their Animals” and “The Self in Society.”
Irvine came to Fort Lewis College...
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Opinion by Jaimee Souder, Graphic by Julia Volzke
Recently, a few people have complimented me on different things. My new jacket, my sequined hat, my blue eyes, and my work ethic among other things have received compliments this week. I am not telling you this to brag. I am telling you this because these compliments brightened an otherwise tough week.
Recently, a few people have complimented me on different things. My new jacket, my sequined hat, my blue eyes, and my work ethic among other things have received compliments this week. I am not telling you this to brag. I am telling you this because these compliments brightened an otherwise tough week.
Obviously, compliments can be influential and important. A recent peer-reviewed...
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Story by Sean Summers and Catherine Wheeler
The Institutional Fee Review Board, a group at Fort Lewis College that reviews student fees for the college, meets once a year to review proposed student fees.
The Institutional Fee Review Board, a group at Fort Lewis College that reviews student fees for the college, meets once a year to review proposed student fees.
The IFRB review is the first step for new fees to be approved. The board is reviewing student fees that are charged per credit hour, Mark Mastalski, the chair of the IFRB, said.
If a fee is approved by the...
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Opinion by Julia Volzke
Hi. My name is Julia Volzke, and I am a 20 year old woman who has been catcalled, or by the politically-correct term street harassed, multiple times in my life. Now, I know that this sounds extreme, but if you had to stand in the shoes that over half the planet has had to, you’d have a problem too. Just walking down the street sometimes can be uncomfortable. I’m the type of girl that does not see if a person is checking me out. I look straight ahead, and I just don’t think about it. I ignore and keep walking because I just don’t want to see it.
Hi. My name is Julia Volzke, and I am a 20 year old woman who has been catcalled, or by the politically-correct term street harassed, multiple times in my life. Now, I know that this sounds extreme, but if you had to stand in the shoes that over half the planet has had to, you’d have a problem too. Just walking down the street sometimes can be uncomfortable. I’m the type of girl...
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