By Tiara Yazzie and Alx Lee Indy Staff Writers
PHOTO ESSAY: Durango’s popular drag scene arrives on campus
Kassandra Carrasco, Assistant Director of El Centro and The G, felt like there was a lack of LGBTQ representation on campus, she said.
After attending Drag Trivia at the Starlight Lounge in downtown Durango,Carrasco took interest in the connection of Puerto Rican descendancy and drag queen identity of the host, Aria PettyOne. Carrasco noticed the intersectionalities of identities and wanted to bring that to campus.
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By Mia McCormick Indy Staff Writer
Historical or hideous: Buried cars on campus once served as erosion control. But now, some say they’re little more than trash.
Imagine walking down a trail or beside a riverbank and coming upon an old rusty car sticking out of the ground. Deep in the forest behind the Bader Snyder dorms at FLC, there lie two buried cars with caved-in roofs and hollow windows protruding from the earth.The rusty cars look decades old. They are mildly dilapidated and covered with graffiti. The interior, except for the steering wheel, is ripped out and full of dirt, rocks, and accumulated trash.These remains sit in an area called,“The...
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By Garrett Middleton Indy Staff Writer
Through a largely student-run group, The Environmental Center, sixteen project leaders aim to keep the college environmentally conscious through a variety of efforts.
How does Fort Lewis involve students in campus sustainability? Through a largely student-run group, The Environmental Center, sixteen project leaders aim to keep the college environmentally conscious through a variety of efforts.
The FLC Environmental Center is a Student Sponsored Organization in which students are given the chance to run campus sustainability projects with the assistance of staff members, Sadie Magnifico, co-coordinator of the EC, said.
The projects are one of three...
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By Mia McCormick Indy Staff Writer
The Fort Lewis College mountain bike team had the home field advantage at the Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals, or so they thought, until all of sudden, Durango got hit with a snowstorm.
The Fort Lewis College mountain bike team had the home field advantage at the Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals, or so they thought, until all of sudden, Durango got hit with a snowstorm.
The major race was at the local Durango ski slope, Purgatory Ski Resort, on October 14-17, two days after the mountain received an estimated 6-inch layer of snow.
The snow didn’t dampen the FLC riders’ spirits though, instead, the team and other local volunteers worked...
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By Bailey Duplessis Indy Staff Writer
Rain, wind or shine, FLC students can’t stop walking the line.
Walking in a straight line doesn't seem so hard right? Try doing it on a piece of webbing that is only a couple inches wide and above the ground. This is called slacklining.
Slacklining, nicknamed slacking, is a popular sport around Fort Lewis College with brightly colored lines set up constantly connecting the trees of the campus.
The most popular place to find slack-lines is in the yard of the Bader-Snyder Complex, where on most sunny afternoons, you can find FLC...
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