THE INDEPENDENT

Fort Lewis College Student Veterans

Story by Shandiin Ramsey Photos by Crystal Ashike

Over 1 million veterans are using their Government Issued bill to attend college after their service, however only 15 percent of these veterans are traditionally aged college students between the ages of 18 and 24, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.  

Editor’s Note: This article is the first story in a 4-part-series of profiles highlighting veterans at Fort Lewis College.   Over 1 million veterans are using their Government Issued bill to attend college after their service, however only 15 percent of these veterans are traditionally aged college students between the ages of 18 and 24, according to the Department of...

Fort Lewis College Partners with U.S. Air Force for Research

Story by Ryan Simonovich Photos by Crystal Ashike

Fort Lewis College will be installing a new Falcon Telescope this month in the Geosciences, Physics, and Engineering building as part of a collaboration with the Air Force.

 

Fort Lewis College will be installing a new Falcon Telescope this month in the Geosciences, Physics, and Engineering building as part of a collaboration with the Air Force.   The Engineering Department wrote a proposal to the Air Force Office of Scientific Research suggesting that FLC could try to track the same piece of space debris from two different locations at the same time,...

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...

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