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Kylie Small

Author: Repinski, Alex/Monday, March 24, 2025/Categories: Home

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The Associated Students of Fort Lewis College, conducted their weekly meeting on March 5, 2025. This meeting featured speakers from student organizations and sports teams, as well as from campus resources.

The meeting began with words from Jane Cobb, a health practitioner that works at the Fort Lewis College Student Health Center. Cobb presented to the group the various things that the student health center provides, highlighting how they are working to best serve the student body.

Cobb said that students can come into the health center to get vaccinations, get needed medications, and get contraception and STI tests. 

“There’s no shame in taking care of yourself,” Cobb said.

After Cobb spoke, ASFLC heard from a few student body groups, starting with words from Chris Melvin, the president of Fort Lewis College’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance.

At this time, the SAGA president spoke about the college’s Queer Prom, an event coming up on Apr. 5. The president’s request for funds to help run the Queer Prom was approved by ASFLC in a unanimous decision.

“It’s a very big deal for a lot of queer students to attend a prom,” said Melvin.

The meeting also saw members of the Pueblo Alliance, an on-campus organization that seeks to help Pueblo students feel welcome, take the stage.. 

Each year, the Pueblo Alliance hosts a Feast Day, which in addition to being their most popular event helps give students a sense of community at FLC. This year, the event will have the surrounding theme titled “Decade of Dedication: Honoring the Past and Feeding the Future”.

The Pueblo Alliance came to ASFLC in a request for funds to have the Next Generation dance group attend their event, citing that the sponsorship would give the group experience and exposure while also bringing more enthusiasm to the event.

ASFLC approved the Pueblo Alliance’s request for funds in a unanimous decision. Interested students can attend the Feast Day on campus on Mar. 8.

After this, the student body group heard from the Fort Lewis women’s lacrosse team and their request for funds for their upcoming Pride Game on Mar. 23. 

This pride game is a tradition for the FLC lacrosse team, and several team members said that it is an event many girls on the team look forward to.

“A pride game is more than just a game,” said Kaitlyn Silva, a member of the lacrosse team.

The team had originally requested a sum of $950 to help cover their t-shirt and bouquet fees, as well as to help pay for a local drag performer to attend the event. After a discussion between board members, ASFLC decided to give the team a total of $2450 to fully cover their t-shirt costs.

After this motion and a few words on the upcoming ASFLC elections, the meeting was adjourned at 7:38 p.m

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