THE INDEPENDENT

Chee and Magat Take Gold in FLC Weightlifting Competition

By Shandiin Ramsey

Fort Lewis College hosts a men’s and a women’s powerlifting competition at the end of every spring semester at the Student Life Center. This year, Elise Chee won the women’s competition and Brandon Magat won the men’s.

Fort Lewis College hosts a men’s and a women’s powerlifting competition at the end of every spring semester at the Student Life Center. This year, Elise Chee won the women’s competition and Brandon Magat won the men’s.   The competitors get three attempts for each lift, deadlift, bench press and squat.  The winner is decided by calculating the total...

Skyhawks Push Win Streak to Three Against Grizzlies

By Matthew Roy

The Fort Lewis College Skyhawks women’s lacrosse team dominated the Adams State Grizzlies Friday at home in a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference matchup that was over from the opening draw and had a final score of 15-2.  

The Fort Lewis College Skyhawks women’s lacrosse team dominated the Adams State Grizzlies Friday at home in a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference matchup that was over from the opening draw and had a final score of 15-2.     The Skyhawks (5-5, 5-2 in the RMAC) will remain in fourth place in the RMAC, behind two undefeated teams, Regis and Lindenwood, and Colorado Mesa, who...

KDUR New Music Review: More Life and Emperor of Sand

Opinion by Douglas DuPont Photo by Jarred Green

Greetings, reader. It’s Douglas here, back with some music that’ll hopefully make you uneasy. The Independent News Organization and myself will be bringing you these short-yet-sweet breakdowns of two new interesting records bi-weekly. Today, both records come from very different genres. A testament to the diversity one can hear regularly on KDUR–where these discoveries occur, and where the music matters.

DRAKE – More Life – OVO/Young Money              DAMNIT. I didn’t want to enjoy this record, because even before hearing it I knew that I would not be permitted to put it into rotation for KDUR– remembering last year in an interview renowned rap artist Vince Staples told me that Drake was one of the primary...

FLC Pulls Out the Dominant Victory over Rockhurst

By Davis Deussen

The Fort Lewis College women’s lacrosse team beat the Rockhurst University Hawks 10-5 on Tuesday in a game that FLC held the lead for its entirety.

The Fort Lewis College women’s lacrosse team beat the Rockhurst University Hawks 10-5 on Tuesday in a game that FLC held the lead for its entirety.   This moves the Skyhawks to a 4-5 record overall for the season and a 4-2 record in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Rockhurst falls to 6-5 overall and 3-2 in the RMAC. FLC is now in fourth place in the RMAC and Rockhurst...

#22 Mavs Finish Off Sweep of Reeling Skyhawks

By Matthew Roy

The #22 Colorado Mesa University Mavericks finished off the four-game series sweep of Fort Lewis College Skyhawks today in devastating fashion, winning the first game 17-1, in five innings, and the second game 9-8 in extra innings.

The #22 Colorado Mesa University Mavericks finished off the four-game series sweep of Fort Lewis College Skyhawks today in devastating fashion, winning the first game 17-1, in five innings, and the second game 9-8 in extra innings.   The Mavericks, 28-4 overall and 21-2 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, were a force to be reckoned with all weekend long, averaging nearly 11...

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