THE INDEPENDENT

Redefining Masculinity

By Benjamin Mandile

In the past, men have been seen as tough and invulnerable, but in recent years across the world, the Mankind Project and other movements have started to redefine the issue of masculinity.

In the past, men have been seen as tough and invulnerable, but in recent years across the world, the Mankind Project and other movements have started to redefine the issue of masculinity. Within the Durango community, people are working to bridge the gap between men and women.     Masculinity is a system of meanings people associate with being a man, Keri Brandt, a professor of...

The Fort’s Spring Sports

By Matthew T. Roy

Men’s golf and women’s golf along with lacrosse, softball and track and field all begin their season this month.

Men’s golf and women’s golf along with lacrosse, softball and track and field all begin their season this month. The Independent sat down with all of the head coaches and a few players to get the inside scoop on all your Fort Lewis College spring sports teams. All varsity sports compete in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.   Men’s Golf Looking To Make Noise...

Netflix: What To Watch This Month

By Teal Lehto

After you finish your homework, of course. 

Unleashed (2016) Have you ever wished your dog was a person? Or perhaps you’re more inclined to desire feline companionship? If your answer to either or both of those questions was yes, Unleashed may be the movie for you. This quirky rom-com focuses on a recently dumped app-designer who loses all trust in the male half of our species as a result of the break-up. Then due to some...

Don’t freeze, go see “Black Panther”

By Kayla Cata

“Black Panther” is everyone’s story, and it inspires us all to stand up for what we believe in and make a difference, in our world.

Marvel’s “Black Panther” lit up the box office this past weekend grossing about $427 million worldwide and $242 million domestically, according to Vanity Fair.   While the hype for this movie’s release was huge, the delivery was even bigger and more powerful than imagined. Right from the start the people of Wakanda have viewers on the edge their seats and...

Art Exhibits in the Center of Southwest Studies

By: Becca Day

The Center of Southwest Studies rotated new artifacts out to its art gallery exhibits, Treasures of the Southwest and Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Colorado’s Renaissance Man, and will hold an opening reception Feb. 21  at 5:00 p.m.

 

The Center of Southwest Studies rotated new artifacts out to its art gallery exhibits, Treasures of the Southwest and Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Colorado’s Renaissance Man, and will hold an opening reception Feb. 21  at 5:00 p.m.   The art gallery opened a year ago but is rotating new items out of its collection into the gallery, Shelby Tisdale, director of the CSWS,...

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