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Indigenous People's Day 2025 Indigenous People's Day 2025

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | Written by Mya Simon, Photographed by M'iitra Pino

Indigenous People's Day 2025

October rain does little to keep FLC from celebrating Indigenous culture 

Safety First, Because Accidents Last Safety First, Because Accidents Last

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | Nels Christensen

Safety First, Because Accidents Last

Fort Lewis police report safety statistics in recent years. 

Hotels: the new Dorms? Hotels: the new Dorms?

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | Jimena Lopez

Hotels: the new Dorms?

Back to school! While some Fort Lewis students were making sure they had their backpacks ready to go, others were making sure they had somewhere...

FLC Brown Bag Lunches: Dedicated to Teaching

Story by Carolyn Estes Graphic by Camden Smith Photos by Talulah Gilroy

At Fort Lewis College brown bag lunches are a way for professors learn how to teach their students in a better and more efficient way.

 

At Fort Lewis College brown bag lunches are a way for professors learn how to teach their students in a better and more efficient way.   The meetings are not just an instruction, they are more like a workshop, Leslie Goldstein, senior lecturer on the math faculty, said.   Canvas was the latest topic at the brown bag lunch. Canvas is a course management tool that all...

El Niño: An Average Winter

Story by Lyle Iron Cloud Graphic by Allison Anderson

In the coming months, cold temperatures and snow will give way to longer days and warmer weather. This year’s El Niño will be over allowing summer to flourish.

In the coming months, cold temperatures and snow will give way to longer days and warmer weather. This year’s El Niño will be over allowing summer to flourish.     El Niño is a warming of water in the southern pacific ocean that brings changes to a weather system that is operating normally, Jonathan Harvey, assistant professor of geosciences at Fort Lewis...

FLC Students and Alumni Compete for Business Startup Money in First Ever “Hawk Tank” Competition

Story by Alison Uralli Graphic by Julia Volzke

The Fort Lewis College School of Business Administration is hosting a business plan competition modeled after the TV show “Shark Tank” where students and recent graduates can win up to $5,000 in startup money for their business.

 

The Fort Lewis College School of Business Administration is hosting a business plan competition modeled after the TV show “Shark Tank” where students and recent graduates can win up to $5,000 in startup money for their business.   The Competition   “We recognized there was a need and also a desire from students to do this, and so we just moved...

"Don't Breathe" art Exhibit by Grant Downing

Story by Alex Semadeni Photos by Hanna Maddera

Grant Downing’s art exhibit, “Don’t Breathe,” opened to the public Wednesday, January 27, 2016.

 

Grant Downing’s art exhibit, “Don’t Breathe,” opened to the public Wednesday, January 27, 2016.   The exhibit, located in the Art Building’s Exit Gallery, was attended by around 30-40 people, Downing, a senior art major at Fort Lewis College, said.   “It was great,” Downing said. “I got a lot of great feedback. I got a lot...

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