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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Story by Catherine Wheeler and Sean Summers, Image by Hanna Madera
The Fort Lewis College Sociology Club has organized a caravan to Black Mesa in northern Arizona to benefit displaced indigenous peoples.
The Fort Lewis College Sociology Club has organized a caravan to Black Mesa in northern Arizona to benefit displaced indigenous peoples.
The purpose of the trip is to help families that have been relocated from their lands, Tomlyn Foran, a sociology club member, said.
The families relocated after the U.S. government seized their lands and livestock in the 1970s for strip...
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Story by Lauren Hammond, Photo by Charine Gonzales
The theatre department at Fort Lewis College is nearly finished with their productions for the fall semester of 2014. However, the theatre department held auditions for their spring productions today and will hold them again tomorrow.
The theatre department at Fort Lewis College is nearly finished with their productions for the fall semester of 2014. However, the theatre department held auditions for their spring productions today and will hold them again tomorrow.
Spring Semester Productions
The first performance, “A Chekhovian Sonata,” is a collection of three love stories that will be...
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