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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.

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


Re-election and Next Semester's Agenda

Story by Lauren Hammond, Photo by Hana Mohsin

Even while the Fort Lewis College Student Government delves into the re-election process, next semester’s agenda is already on the minds of our young politicians.

One of the biggest issues that the ASFLC Student Government will be facing next semester is Fort Lewis College’s reaccreditation process.

Even while the Fort Lewis College Student Government delves into the re-election process, next semester’s agenda is already on the minds of our young politicians. One of the biggest issues that the ASFLC Student Government will be facing next semester is Fort Lewis College’s reaccreditation process. Student Body President Alex Thompson said, “2015 is...

Listen Up, FLC! Free Language Learning Assistance for Students

Story by Lio Diaz, Photo by Jonathan Helvoigt

Fort Lewis College offers a variety of academic resources to ensure student success. One resource is the FLC’s Language Lab, which offers free assistance to all students learning a foreign language.

The Language Lab, located in Noble Hall, is open to all students on campus whether or not they are enrolled in a language class.

Fort Lewis College offers a variety of academic resources to ensure student success. One resource is the FLC’s Language Lab, which offers free assistance to all students learning a foreign language. The Language Lab, located in Noble Hall, is open to all students on campus whether or not they are enrolled in a language class. Ellen Hartsfield, chair of the modern languages...

Internships: What You Need to Know

Story by Tyler Jimenez, Photo by Jonathan Helvoigt

Internships can provide students with invaluable experience in their respective fields, which proves especially useful in today’s economic and educational market.

“Internships are supposed to be, by definition, an extension of the classroom,” said Pat Dommer, the career services coordinator of the School of Business Administration at Fort Lewis College.

Internships can provide students with invaluable experience in their respective fields, which proves especially useful in today’s economic and educational market.   “Internships are supposed to be, by definition, an extension of the classroom,” said Pat Dommer, the career services coordinator of the School of Business Administration at Fort Lewis...

FLC Summer Innovative Months Cancelled this Year

Story by Lio Diaz, Photo by Jonathan Helvoigt

Fort Lewis College’s Summer Innovative Months Program has given students opportunities to experience different cultures around the world through five five-week programs led by FLC professors. This year the program has been cancelled.

Fort Lewis College’s Summer Innovative Months Program has given students opportunities to experience different cultures around the world through five five-week programs led by FLC professors. This year the program has been cancelled. Prior to this year’s cancellation, Summer Innovative Months Program took place around the world, including different areas of Europe, Central...

Health and Happiness: How to Balance the Basics in a Hectic World

Story by Livia Hooson, Photo by Andrea Araiza

Maintaining a healthy balanced lifestyle may seem like a challenge while working long days and pulling all-nighters to succeed in school.Yet, the importance of sleep, diet, exercise and mental health are essential to succeed in life.









Maintaining a healthy balanced lifestyle may seem like a challenge while working long days and pulling all-nighters to succeed in school.Yet, the importance of sleep, diet, exercise and mental health are essential to succeed in life. Our bodies need sleep first and foremost to thrive in an ever-stimulating world. Sleeping is seen as doing nothing in American culture, and...

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