THE INDEPENDENT

Finding a Voice: Free Speech and Safe Spaces

By Becca Day and Ryan Simonovich

Freedom of speech has been a topic of discussion after a recent campus visit by a self-described public preacher.

 

Freedom of speech has been a topic of discussion after a recent campus visit by a self-described public preacher.   Keith Darrell’s religious views and opinions on westward expansion angered students such as Randy Banks, who was detained by the Durango Police Department after getting in an altercation with Darrell.   Polarizing Opinions   While...

Spotlight on FLC Student Veterans

Story by Shandiin Ramsey Photos by Crystal Ashike

Editor’s Note: This article is the third story in a 4-part-series of profiles highlighting veterans at Fort Lewis College.

 

Editor’s Note: This article is the third story in a 4-part-series of profiles highlighting veterans at Fort Lewis College.   Rhoda Skeet   Skeet served in the Marine Corps for four years.  She worked for a three star general working with classified materials at the Marine Corps headquarters in Washington D.C.   “I actually worked in a...

Review of Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move by Reese Jones

Review by Kirbie Bennett

When it comes to discussing the on-going immigration crisis that global states find themselves immersed in, the legitimacy of migrants and refugees to cross borders is always at the forefront.

When it comes to discussing the on-going immigration crisis that global states find themselves immersed in, the legitimacy of migrants and refugees to cross borders is always at the forefront. Often overlooked is the legitimacy of states imposing borders and restrictions in the first place. In Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move, Reese Jones radically reframes and subverts the...

STEM New Focus of Fort Lewis College

Story by Becca Day

Ramona Pierson, the newest Fort Lewis College strategic officer, announced that the college will transition into a STEM-focused school during the all-campus meeting Thursday afternoon in the FLC Ballroom.

Ramona Pierson, the newest Fort Lewis College strategic officer, announced that the college will transition into a STEM-focused school during the all-campus meeting Thursday afternoon in the FLC Ballroom.   The all-campus meeting was announced a week prior via a campuswide email, and its goal was to increase transparency about the transformation process.   Roughly half of...

UCCS Takes the Final Two Games of the Series Over FLC

By Matthew Roy

The University of Colorado- Colorado Springs Mountain Lions women’s softball came into Saturday’s pre-Easter doubleheader looking to win three out of four games against the Fort Lewis College Skyhawks in their four-game weekend series. They accomplished their goal by winning the first game 8-4 and the second game 5-4.

 

The University of Colorado- Colorado Springs Mountain Lions women’s softball came into Saturday’s pre-Easter doubleheader looking to win three out of four games against the Fort Lewis College Skyhawks in their four-game weekend series. They accomplished their goal by winning the first game 8-4 and the second game 5-4.   The series win puts UCCS at 12-25 overall and 11-21...

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