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DIY on Campus: Students Sew Backpack Charms while Upcycling Materials DIY on Campus: Students Sew Backpack Charms while Upcycling Materials

DIY on Campus: Students Sew Backpack Charms while Upcycling Materials

By: Melvin Scott Jr.

The Environmental Center's Free Store at Fort Lewis College held a social event for students to sew backpack charms

Students work on their chosen crafts at 6 p.m. Oct. 1 in the Environmental Center. The Environmental Center's Free Store at Fort Lewis College held a social event for students to sew backpack charms at 5 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Environmental Center in Student Union 145.  The event turns old clothing into something new and teaches people ways to upcycle materials, Ava Leonard, Free...

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Bears on Campus Bears on Campus

Bears on Campus

Story by Zara Tucker, Photo by Melvin Scott Jr.

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 bear interactions than previous years.

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 bear interactions than previous years.  As of Aug. 13, bear reports in La Plata County had increased 23% from 2025, and within Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Southwest region, reports were 32% above the annual average, a recent CPW agency...

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Resources emerge and conversation sparks at the Queer Community Building Circle Resources emerge and conversation sparks at the Queer Community Building Circle

Resources emerge and conversation sparks at the Queer Community Building Circle

Maliyah Downing

 Resources emerge and conversation sparks at the Queer Community Building Circle 


 

The Queer Community Building Circle held a meeting involving a guest speaker in room 139 at the Reed Library on Oct. 2, 2026, at 12:30-2 p.m. They had a guest speaker from Alternative Horizon, Liza Williams, come in to talk about her organization, what she does in town and how she helps to bridge the gap between what happens on campus and what happens out in Durango, Leah Dworkin, the...

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Skyhawk Football starts the season 2-0 for the first time since 1979 Skyhawk Football starts the season 2-0 for the first time since 1979

Skyhawk Football starts the season 2-0 for the first time since 1979

Melvin Scott Jr.

Fort Lewis College football program made history with a dominant 2-0 start to the season, the first since 1979. 

Fort Lewis College football program made history with a dominant 2-0 start to the season, the first since 1979. Fort Lewis won its first two games, beating the Arizona Christian Firestorm 27-9 Sept. 5 and the New Mexico Highland Cowboys 31-28 Sept. 12 in an overtime thriller. “The 2-0 start is awesome, and the team has put in a lot of effort to get to this point,” Johnny Cox,...

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Hootenanny on the Hill Hootenanny on the Hill

Hootenanny on the Hill

By Izzy Mora

Hootenanny: a casual, lively gathering where people come together to play, sing, and listen to folk music. 

 

What started as a Luddite club has transformed into a Hootenanny.  A phone ban combined with a jam sesh is bringing Fort Lewis College Students together at 7 p.m. on Tuesday nights. “It makes us unthinking robots who are unable to make meaningful connections outside of our phones,” Josh Thiem, an FLC student, said.  Other than the phone ban, there are no rules,...

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