Julian Zastrocky
Mountain Middle School capitalizes on the "empty" space behind Animas High School.
Fort Lewis College approved Mountain Middle School's request to build a new building next to the recently built Animas High School location. It approved a 420 million dollar budget to help with the building process.
Tom Stritikus, president of Fort Lewis College, is slated to release an email tomorrow announcing the decision formally to the student population.
“We are so happy with how our students reacted to the opening of Animas High School on campus,” Stritikus...
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Anja Tabor
What it takes to get a dinosaur to Fort Lewis College
A dinosaur skeleton cast and cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex moves onto campus from the Bisti Wilderness Area in New Mexico, also known as the Bisti Badlands.
The fossil is being loaned to the college for undergraduate research this semester, professor of geosciences, Gary Gianniny said. But how is the cast coming to Fort Lewis College?
The most recent discovery of the dinosaur was found on the reservation by a Navajo man, and it is the most complete specimen found of the...
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AJ Repinski
During the first ASFLC meeting of the spring semester, several important agenda items were viewed.
During the first meeting of the 2024 spring semester, the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College viewed several key agenda items.
During the meeting, two resolutions successfully passed.
First, the proposed Financial Allocation Board Bylaw Amendments were approved. The new bylaws state RSO II’s wishing to become RSO III’s no longer need to apply solely in the fall semester, but can now apply year round.
Matthew Miller, the Financial Allocation Board...
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AJ Repinski
How artificial intelligence could replace expensive measuring instruments.
Artificial intelligence seems almost inescapable in today's increasingly technology driven world.
Deep learning models, such as OpenAI’s Chat GPT, have been at the forefront of public amazement and controversy since their mainstream introduction in late 2022.
Today, Fort Lewis College students are discovering new ways that artificial intelligence can be used to reduce the costs of studying the environment.
Lincoln Scheer, a third-year computer engineering student,...
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Morgan Smith and Sienna Reese
Fort Lewis College students will drive anything with four wheels!
Whether cars are used to get to the slopes, back home or simply the grocery store, some Fort Lewis College students see their vehicle as the connection they have to the world outside of campus.
Take a look into the tales of five FLC students and their beloved beaters, to see the trust, love and tears that are put into owning an old car.
1999 JEEP WRANGLER
Molly Quinn-Clynes, a third-year history and education major at Fort Lewis College leans on her...
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Kiiyahno Edgewater (Diné), Scout Edmondson, AJ Repinski, Derek Tippeconnie (Lenape)
Recognizing the past and reaching for the future of Fort Lewis College
On Tuesday Oct. 3, a group of Fort Lewis College students and faculty came together for the FLC Opportunities for Healing through Reconciliation Efforts event, held in the Center for Indigenous Research of Culture and Language to discuss a very troubling yet important topic: the release of History Colorado and FLC’s “Federal Indian Boarding Schools in Colorado, 1880-1920” report.
The report brought to light evidence of rampant physical abuse and cultural violence against...
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Lisia Lucero
Losing light and losing time but not losing yourself
What is your definition of self care?
Alita Lynch
Alita Lynch, 18, first-year student: Lynch defines self care as time with herself that is free of worries and free of figuring out if she needs to do work.
Kaneesha Bitsinnie
Kaneesha Bitsinnie, 19, first-year student: Bitsinnie said she sees self care as taking care of your well-being and doing more than you can.
Lilly Githara
Lilly Githara, 19, first-year student: “Taking time and taking a step back...
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Mia McCormick
Acquainting Myself with Death.
I’m sitting at the base of a gnarled pinion pine tree in the middle of the woods behind the Bader-Snyder complex. It’s dark and the rain has been pounding the saturated soil relentlessly, but I am dry, and looking up at my protector, the arching branches that stretch around me like arms.
The smell of earth, wet bark and seeping sap mingle in my nose as I close my eyes, work my toes deeper into the dirt and press my hand to my aching heart.
This isn’t just any...
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Mia McCormick
What are some of our Fort Lewis students going to be for Halloween tonight?
What are you going to be for Halloween?
Mya Simon third-year Music Performance and English major
Calla Carrigan, first-year undecided:
We are going to be wizard cowboys and will probably try to make our costumes or thrift them.
Mya Simon on left, Calla Carrigan on right
Jordan Mayhew second-year Psychology major:
I am going to Rapunzel and my boyfriend is going to be Flynn Rider.
Mayhew said she is thinking of thrifting her costume...
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Words: by Derek Tippeconnie Picture by: Jerry McBride of Durango Herald
Learning from past mistakes and what to expect this Halloween at the infamous Durango Zombie March.
For over a decade, hordes of zombies have descended on downtown Durango every Halloween, just as the clocks strikes midnight. But these zombies are different from the ones you may have seen in The Walking Dead or Zombieland. The hordes of undead are actually a combination of students, Durango residents and whomever finds themselves swept up in their midst as they march down Main Street, chanting“Whose Streets? Our Streets!” Whitney McClain has a unique perspective on the...
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