Tiana Padilla
What students should know about the weekly meeting from the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College
The Associated Students of Fort Lewis College began its weekly meeting on Feb. 26, in which they engaged in a workshop session. An agenda for the meeting was not posted publicly.
Before the workshop, the meeting began with Marisa Gutierrez and Suntilla Jack, president and vice president of Pueblo Alliance respectively, expressing interest in gaining assistance from ASFLC in sponsoring a...
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Jimena Lopez
First-year students launch into the community of punk rock.
Everyone has heard the jokes about attending a liberal arts school, but now there's even a class that teaches students how to be punk.
This is Fort Lewis College’s first year providing students with the opportunity to take a punk history class as their first year launch.
Through this course, first year students are able to learn music and culture, while finding the...
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Junior Parrish
Fort Lewis students and staff honor the civil rights leader
President of the Black Student Union, Elijah Smith, waits for the Fort Lewis Community to join the Martin Luther King Jr March on Jan. 20. This march has been a tradition for several years, and Smith aims to keep the tradition going in honor of the students who made the Black Student Union and Resource Center possible, Smith said.
Sophomore, Native American...
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Izzy Mora
From bumpers to bottles, Fort Lewis expresses itself through stickers
Stickers are everywhere and can tell a lot about a person, their passions, hobbies, memories, and experiences.
For this story, The Indy left notes and messages on stickered cars, and approached students with stickers on their water bottles and computers in hopes of finding why they stuck.
The possibilities for stickers are endless, whether it is to support a brand or a group, or...
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Aleyna Kleinhaus
Indigenous Adventure fund helps close the gap on accessibility
Fort Lewis College, located in the mountains of Durango, sits right next door to expansive wilderness and is located near several state and national parks.
According to the 2023 Socioeconomic Research of National Park ServiceVisitors Data Collection, 91% of visitors were white, while 2% identified as Native American/Alaskan Native.
Fort Lewis, an Indigenous-serving institution,...
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