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Gerald Shorty: Indigenizing Psychology Gerald Shorty: Indigenizing Psychology

Saturday, May 21, 2022 | By Alx Lee Indy Staff Writer

Gerald Shorty: Indigenizing Psychology

FLC welcomes Shiprock local who aims to help Indigenous students succeed.

Bound Together by Train Bound Together by Train

Saturday, May 21, 2022 | By Mia McCormick

Bound Together by Train

The simple bliss of riding with strangers. 


The Bigfoot Question
The Bigfoot Question

Saturday, May 21, 2022
By Alx Lee Indy Staff Writer

The Bigfoot Question

Competing perspectives on the existence of sasquatch within the Navajo Culture
What’s fueling high gas prices?
What’s fueling high gas prices?

Saturday, May 21, 2022
By Kealey Meyer Indy Staff Writer

What’s fueling high gas prices?

How the conflict in Ukraine is impacting your commute to campus.

The Powwow Returns
The Powwow Returns

Saturday, May 21, 2022
By Tiara Yazzie and Cameron Maroney Indy Staff Writers

The Powwow Returns

PHOTO ESSAY: Two years after a pandemic hiatus, Hozhoni Days is back.

From half-pipe dream to paradise
From half-pipe dream to paradise

Tuesday, May 3, 2022
By Julian Zastrocky Indy Staff Reporter

From half-pipe dream to paradise

How two students pushed for a portable park and gave a growing community a place to skate.

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ASFLC Meeting 9/18

Kiiyahno Edgewater

During the Sept. 18 meeting of the fall semester, the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College passed two resolutions and detailed their plans for upcoming events.  Resolution 25-02 was unanimously approved, appointing Sen. Kyle Hornbuckle to the administrative parliamentarian position.  Sen. Thomas Bearden amended resolution 24-02 from the previous meeting to 25-03, which was...

ASFLC Meeting 10/16

Aleyna Kleinhaus

What’s On The Agenda

The Associated Students of Fort Lewis College commenced its weekly meeting on Oct. 16 at 7:07, where Senator Childers moved to approve the Taekwando Club from an RSO Ⅰ to an RSO Ⅱ for the club to receive a budget and fundraising abilities. ASFLC also moved to approve the Bee Club to receive support from the Financial Allocation Board. Bee club aims to get hands-on research for...

A Community Builds a Bookstore

Tiana Padilla

Maria’s Bookshop celebrates 40 years in Durango

 

People forming a line at the front entrance of Maria’s Bookshop for their 40th anniversary celebration Sept. 19.   Kealey Meyer, a Fort Lewis College student, and a bookseller at Maria’s reading off numbers for one of many book raffles happening throughout the night. Meyer has been going to Maria’s since childhood, she said. “As a college student,...

Vibrant Voices

Kiiyahno Edgewater

The past, present and future of representing diversity on campus.

Nearly half of Fort Lewis Colleges’s student population is Native American and Alaska Native, and students of color make up 59%. With such a large percentage of students with diverse voices from all corners of the world, how does FLC manage to represent every unique voice while maintaining all else?  Vice president of Diversity Affairs, Heather Shotton, came to FLC because of the...

The Hidden Cost

Story by: Matthew Claeson and Zara Tucker

Investigating Meal Swipes and the New Food Provider at Fort Lewis College

Fort Lewis College announced on Apr. 9 that Fresh Ideas will be taking over Fort Lewis College’s food service and dining contract, a place that has been filled by Sodexo for the past 15 years. This article takes a look into Sodexo’s food service system for students.  Skycards and Meal Swipes When it comes to skycards here at Fort Lewis College, they are a student’s...

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