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Catalyzing Creativity Catalyzing Creativity

Monday, March 24, 2025 | Manhattan Adams

Catalyzing Creativity

Undergraduate Students Get Hands-On Research Experience at Fort Lewis College
Martin Luther King Jr. March Martin Luther King Jr. March

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 | Junior Parrish

Martin Luther King Jr. March

Fort Lewis students and staff honor the civil rights leader

Why Does the Sticker Stick with you? Why Does the Sticker Stick with you?

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | Izzy Mora

Why Does the Sticker Stick with you?

From bumpers to bottles, Fort Lewis expresses itself through stickers


Artificial Invasion

By: Kiiyahno Edgewater and Lucien Verrone

A technical perspective of how AI is seeping into student life.

Artificial intelligence has long been used in science fiction as a motif for the unrelenting progress of technology. The AI HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey is a prime example of this motif. In the film, HAL was integrated into the system of a spaceship sent on a research expedition and was programmed to keep the mission’s purpose secret while also relaying accurate information. To...

Paradise for the Paranormal

By: Lisia Lucero and Sienna Reese

Sit back, relax, and prepare to get Spooked

There are few things more spine-shivering and stomach-solidifying than locking your keys in the apartment, dropping your earring down the sink, or actually leaving the stove on. Ghost stories are one of those few things.  With the spooky season starting to appear, let’s hear some paranormal encounters from some students at Fort Lewis College, if you...

Cookin' Stuff with Scout

Scout Edmondson

Tasty recipes for the hungry college student

  Just because you may be young, broke and stressed out about classes doesn’t mean you have to eat like a dog! These fall-centric, diet-restriction-friendly recipes for the hungry college student are easy to make, inexpensive and filling. They’re also made with ingredients that can be found in the Grubhub or ones that won’t break the bank at the grocery store....

On The Rocks

By: AJ Repinski

Confused by FLC’s alcohol policy? It’s not as bad as you think.

College students and alcohol–a classic stereotype. While prohibited at Fort Lewis College, the details around the drug and alcohol policy can be confusing.  “I know nothing about it,” Avery Wickes, a philosophy student at FLC, said. Charlie Johann, an economics and philosophy major, stated he is not familiar with the policies, aside from the Zero Tolerance rule for...

Nook of the Week

By: AJ Repinski

Check out a study spot in Schlessman Family Hall 

  Located in the newly constructed Schlessman Family Hall building, study space 1001A is convenient for any student. Tucked away by the southeast entrance, the Terry R. Bacon and Debra Parmenter Study is a short walk from the clock tower.   Study space 1001A features two armless chairs and several electrical outlets for finishing homework, and is open during normal...

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