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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...

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ASFLC Meeting 3/5

Kylie Small

What students should know about the weekly meeting from the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College. 

  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...

ASFLC Meeting 2/26

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...

Punks Rock!

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...

Martin Luther King Jr. March

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...

Why Does the Sticker Stick with you?

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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