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Fashion Thrift Market at Fort Lewis College Fashion Thrift Market at Fort Lewis College

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | Scott Logan

Fashion Thrift Market at Fort Lewis College

Fashion at Fort Lewis, a Registered Student Organization, hosted a Fashion Thrift at 9 a.m. on Oct. 2, at the Student Union Plaza.  
The Indigenous Garden is Open! The Indigenous Garden is Open!

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | Izzy Mora

The Indigenous Garden is Open!

Fort Lewis College hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the long awaited Indigenous Garden opening to the south of the Art & Design Hall on...
Bears on Campus Bears on Campus

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 | Story by Zara Tucker, Photo by Melvin Scott Jr.

Bears on Campus

Black bear encounters have increased in Durango as bears search for food after a warm winter and a late freeze, leading to much higher human and...

FLC Homecoming Weekend Recap

by CJ Calvert, Becca Day, and Matthew Roy

Fort Lewis College’s homecoming weekend consisted of a multitude events around campus. The women’s soccer and volleyball teams were in action, the Friday night festivities went off without a hitch, and the FLC football team pulled off one of the biggest upsets in school history. Here is a recap of the entire weekend by reporters Becca Day, CJ Calvert, and Matthew Roy.

 

  Fort Lewis College’s homecoming weekend consisted of a multitude events around campus. The women’s soccer and volleyball teams were in action, the Friday night festivities went off without a hitch, and the FLC football team pulled off one of the biggest upsets in school history. Here is a recap of the entire weekend by reporters Becca Day, CJ Calvert, and Matthew Roy....

The Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis Hosts Black Violin

By Aidan Multhauf

The hip-hop duo Black Violin played at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College Wednesday night as a part of their Classical Boom tour.

 

The hip-hop duo Black Violin played at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College Wednesday night as a part of their Classical Boom tour.   The duo is from Miami, said Black Violin member Kevin Sylvester, who goes by “Kev Marcus.” Wilner Baptiste, who goes by “Wil B” is the other member of the duo.   They opened with their song...

Get The Led Out Performs at Community Concert Hall

By Benjamin Mandile

Get The Led Out performed Friday Sept. 22 at the Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall.

Get The Led Out performed Friday Sept. 22 at the Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall.   The six-person cover band does not want to impersonate Led Zeppelin, but instead plays the band’s music because they are fans, Paul Sinclair, lead vocals of Get The Led Out said.   The band was formed in the Fall of 2003 in Philadelphia, PA after some of the band members...

Fiesta on the Mesa Opens Hispanic Heritage Month

By: Benjamin Mandile

Fort Lewis College’s El Centro de Mucho Colores held its 13th annual Fiesta on the Mesa Friday night to kick off Hispanic Heritage Month.

Fort Lewis College’s El Centro de Mucho Colores held its 13th annual Fiesta on the Mesa Friday night to kick off Hispanic Heritage Month.   The celebration started 13 years ago, Shirena Trujillo Long, coordinator of El Centro de Mucho Colores, FLC’s Hispanic organization, said.   Fiesta on the Mesa is a celebration of Hispanic culture through food, dance, and...

Welcome to Your Life

By: Roy Adams

Animas Hall’s Faculty in Residence put on the first part of their Welcome to Your Life series with a student film showing in Animas Hall Thursday night. Michael Dichio, Animas Faculty Resident, was in charge of the coordination of the series which has speakers come throughout the semester covering a variety of issues and entertainment.

Animas Hall’s Faculty in Residence put on the first part of their Welcome to Your Life series with a student film showing in Animas Hall Thursday night. Michael Dichio, Animas Faculty Resident, was in charge of the coordination of the series which has speakers come throughout the semester covering a variety of issues and entertainment.   “It’s not really lecture...

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