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Testing Tampons for Women's Health Testing Tampons for Women's Health

Thursday, May 1, 2025 | Written by Manhattan Adams, Photos by Manhattan Adams and Donovon Riley

Testing Tampons for Women's Health

Fort Lewis College chemistry researchers investigate heavy metals in tampons.

2025 Hawk Tank Gala 2025 Hawk Tank Gala

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | Written by AJ Repinski

2025 Hawk Tank Gala

Students from the southwest celebrate the end of the business competition. 

Catalyzing Creativity Catalyzing Creativity

Monday, March 24, 2025 | Manhattan Adams

Catalyzing Creativity

Undergraduate Students Get Hands-On Research Experience at Fort Lewis College

2018 Hozhoni Days Pageant Forum

By: Coya Pair

Three contestants for Ms.Hozhoni presented themselves in the Student Union ballroom at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

 

Three contestants for Ms.Hozhoni presented themselves in the Student Union ballroom at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.   The three indigenous women running for Ms.Hozhoni are Lacey Tewanema, Gwendolyn Tsosie and April Yazza.   The Ms.Hozhoni pageant is a pageant for Native American students who attend Fort Lewis College full time.   The contestants run on a platform based...

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Mozart's Così Fan Tutte

By: Kate Huxel

The Metropolitan Opera’s high definition version of Così Fan Tutte, which screened last Saturday in the Vallecito Room, showed diversity to all colors and personalities, including what some consider comic circus freaks.

The Metropolitan Opera’s high definition version of Così Fan Tutte, which screened last Saturday in the Vallecito Room, showed diversity to all colors and personalities, including what some consider comic circus freaks. The mixture of two sopranos, tenor, and bass voices communicated harmonic conversation to carry the plot.   The set individually rotated, exposing a new...

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Video: Fort Lewis College Presidential Search Student Forum Video: Fort Lewis College Presidential Search Student Forum

Video: Fort Lewis College Presidential Search Student Forum

By Ryan Simonovich

Watch the full recording of the event. 

The Independent hosted a student forum Thursday about the college presidential search. The panelists included three members of the search committee: Michael Valdez, Dustin Fink, and Sue Kraus; as well as Board of Trustees member Steve Short. Watch the recording of the event.                          ...

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Humane Pork Now Served at Fort Lewis College

By Becca Day

Humane pork is the latest Real Food Challenge Vote Real item that students selected at Fort Lewis College.

 

Humane pork is the latest Real Food Challenge Vote Real item that students selected at Fort Lewis College.   Humane food is about the humane treatment of animals that are used for meat, Rachel Landis, coordinator of the Environmental Center, said.   “It's everything from how they're raised, to how their slaughtered, to how they’re processed, and...

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Fort Lewis College Campus Blotter

By Becca Day

The Fort Lewis College Campus Police released the crime log and below is a summary of incidents that happened from March 18 to March 20.

 

The Fort Lewis College Campus Police released the crime log and below is a summary of incidents that happened from March 18 to March 20.   Sunday, March 18 at 3:13 pm. Police investigated criminal mischief involving $300 to $750 in the Education and Business Hall parking lot.   Monday, March 19 at 8:30 p.m. Police responded to an incident involving theft at a value...

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