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DURANGO’S

FARMER’S MARKET IMMIGRANTS TO RECIEVE IN-STATE

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Issue 43 - There are various different ways to pay a bill at the FLC Health Center like charging accounts, Skycash, cash, check or a take-home bill (page 12). -The FLC Health Center can refer students with or without health insurance to specialists within their health providers network or not in network (page 12). -The FLC Health Center is one of the cheapest places in Durango for students to receive care for most services (page 12). -The author of the “Don’t Drink the Water” story was Alec Cairns, not Deanna Atkins (page 3). -Debbie Burgin’s name was misspelled as Gabby (page 12) Issue 44 -Molluscum is not a genital wart, it is one of many viruses that can be passed from bare skin to skin contact (page 10). -There is no test for Molluscum, there is only a visual examination (page 10).

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Issue 45 -The photo caption was misspelled. It should have read “... one place in town that offers...” (page 7) -LSD was mistakenly labeled as LCD (page 10)

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FROM THE E d i t o r ’s D e s k

Immigrants to Recieve In-State Tuition at FLC Story by Deanna Atkins

Money Saver

Dumpster Divers Find Treasure in Trash

Dear Indy Readers,

Story by Meagan Prins

COVER

Up and Coming: Durango’s Farmer’s Market Story by Meagan Prins

Sex

10 Facts on the Morning After Pill Story by Deanna Atkins

Campus Living

Be Prepared, Not Scared of Senior Seminar Story by Carter Solomon

Green

Single Stream Recycling at FLC Story by Carter Solomon

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To say that the past two years have gone by fast would be an understatement; I remember applying to schools and thinking that college would go by so slowly. At that time, four years seemed like an eternity. At the beginning of the semester our Editor and Chief talked about how the semester was upon us and how we had time for new goals and achievements. Now that the semester is coming to a close, it is time to reflect on these past four months, all the accomplishments, the setbacks and the new challenges. Often the disappointments and the bumps in the road cloud our vision, making our goals seem out of reach. But much like spring, it is a time of renewal. Let this time of the year be a time to clear your mind and to renew the passion that has put you on this path. For you see the beauty of a new day, that it is a new opportunity, a blank canvas. It is in your power to decide what you want to create. When I wake up in the morning I think back on something my mother says every morning, let your past make you better and let today be another opportunity to get it right. So look back on how far you have come this year, all of the beautiful and memorable experiences that you have had and let them be the motivation to finish off the year strong. The best part of being a student is that a new beginning is waiting at the beginning of each semester. This is our time to grow and to discover who we are and why we are here. One of my favorite quotes is from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “What lies behind you, and what lies in front of you, are small matters compared to what is inside of you.” All we ever need to make our life wonderful is already inside us, so remember to look no further than at yourself because your dreams are right in front of you. Be courageous enough to chase them. Best,

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Campus News

Immigrant$ to Receive In-$tate Tuition at FLC

Story by Deanna Atkins Photo illustration by Hana Mohsin

n March 8, 2013, the Colorado legislature passed Bill 33, which allows undocumented immigrant students to pay in-state tuition instead of out-ofstate tuition at all colleges and universities within the state of Colorado. Bill 33 is more commonly known as the Colorado ASSET and awaits the signature of the Colorado governor, John Hickenloooper, until the state will see its effects. Fort Lewis College, under the Colorado ASSET, will now be able to charge in-state tuition for all qualifying undocumented immigrants. For FLC, in-state tuition is $5,200 and out-of-state tuition is roughly $16,000. To be considered for the ASSET, the student must match certain criteria and eligibility, such as attending and graduating high school in the state of Colorado. The student must also receive lawful immigration status by applying for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in which they must prove they have been in the state of Colorado for 18 months and arrived in the state prior to June 15, 2007. If the student does not have lawful immigration status or

legal residency, they must sign an affidavit form stating they have applied for the DACA, received it, or was concluded not eligible for it. Durango High School senior, Alex Rodriguez, has qualified for the ASSET implementation. He has received his DACA and will graduate in May of this year and plans to use the new legislation to his advantage.

bill is beneficial and “This considered a case on a long term return on investment. ” -The FLC President Dene Thomas

“I plan to go to college, I have applied at Fort Lewis, Adams State, and community college,” Rodriguez said. “I want to major in architecture or structural engineering.” Rodriguez also received his social security card and

driver’s license and has his own radio show on KDUR, a FLC campus and community radio station. He was also a part of the Durango DREAM youth group last year that fought for the DREAM Act, which is the Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors. This act proposed to allow students who came to the country with their parents as minors without documents to earn legal status, but it did not pass. “We fought for this and went around and did workshops to inform people of what it was,” he said. Rodriguez will not be the only student to receive such benefits in Colorado.

fought for this and went “ We around and did workshops to inform people of what it was. ” -Durango High School Senior, Alex Rodriguez

Currently nine students at FLC would fit the criteria and eligibility for the ASSET bill, said the FLC President Dene Thomas. “These students are undocumented and are paying out-of-state tuition,” said Steve Schwartz, the FLC vice president of finance and administration. Thomas and the FLC Board of Trustees support the bill, and feel it is the right thing to do, she said. “This bill is beneficial and considered a case on a long term return on investment,” Thomas said. These students have the potential to be contributing members of the regional and state economy and the western region, she said. With this new legislation, the FLC budget will not encounter drastic changes. “It is really very modest,” Thomas said. “We have many

grants that provide income and they won’t change.” The ASSET bill will directly affect the Colorado Opportunity Fund, which gives roughly $900 for each Colorado in-state student this year, she said. Immigrants under the ASSET will qualify for the COF because they graduated from a Colorado high school and lived in the state since the year 2007, Thomas said. This is money that FLC would not be receiving in terms of finances and revenue, but it is not a hefty amount in terms of other payments, she said. Schwartz notes the difference in tuition charges as funding differences for the college under the bill. The difference from in-state and out-of state tuition for the undocumented students would roughly be $10,000 per student, 9 of which would benefit from the bill, Schwartz said. “This means it is very roughly $90,000 less revenue to the college,” he said. Immigrant students would most likely be able to apply for scholarships as well, but they would not be able to fill out the FAFSA, she said. The Merit scholarship, Dean’s scholarship, and departmental scholarships that come directly from FLC are based on GPA and in the future should be available to undocumented students, Schwartz said. The Merit scholarship would apply to immigrant students by their index score within the foundation that awards them, he said. “Some scholarships called endowed scholarships would not be available because they could be from a restricted donor,” he said. Rodriguez is currently working on applying for scholarships. “I’m still looking for more because I’ll really need them,” he said. Undocumented citizens may be able to receive these new benefits by the next fiscal year. It is providing students with unsupported financial backgrounds the opportunity to attend higher education, Schwartz said.

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Dumpster Divers find Treasure in Trash Photos by Bryanna Kinlicheene

Story by Meagan Prins

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Useful items, from a hot tub to a feather comforter, have been found by dumpster divers on campus.

n the large dumpsters around the Fort Lewis College campus, there is not just trash. Especially around the end of the spring semester, dumpsters can house useful items. Bathrobes, rugs, and blankets are just a few things that can be found thrown away in dumpsters, said Ellen Paul, a professor of history at FLC and dumpster diver. “I found a feather comforter once that was nice,” Paul said.

Other things that are good to look for are plastic bins, portable shelving, and drawers, she said. Some people can get pretty lucky. One of Paul’s friends found a good portion of money when they were diving on campus that someone accidentally threw away, she said. The best time to look is later in the year when students start moving out of dorms and apartments, because sometimes students realize a car can only hold so much, so

“ On top of the furniture and clothing, divers can

find skis, golf clubs, televisions, couches, and lots of ramen noodles.

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-Michele Malach, an associate professor of English at FLC

they dump things, she said. “The worst thing I found was boys bedding that hadn’t been washed all year,” she said. Michele Malach, an associate professor of English at FLC, has also found some pretty strange things in the large dumpsters left on campus during finals week. “We once found a hot tub and another time we found a horse saddle,” Malach said. On campus, where a few English and history professors like to dive, there have not been as many things to salvage the past few years, Paul said. In 2005, 2006, and 2007, there was just more to throw away, Paul said. “You can tell a lot about what students like by what they throw away,” Malach said. One year, there were a lot of hookahs, she said. On top of the furniture and clothing, divers can find skis, golf clubs, televisions, couches, and lots of ramen noodles, Malach said. Shampoo and other practical items are the easiest to find. “I haven’t bought

shampoo, conditioner, dishwasher detergent, and laundry detergent in years,” she said. Some people do not even take these items for themselves. They pull useful items out and sell them in yard sales or give the items to homeless shelters or soup kitchens, she said. Dumpster diving is even legal. Once a person discards an item, they no longer want it. There is no law against it, said Arnold Trujillo, the chief of FLC Police, in a phone interview. The only problem that people can run into with police is if they are making a mess. Throwing stuff out of the dumpsters and leaving it causes extra work for the Physical Plant, Trujillo said. For those who do choose to try to turn some trash into treasure, be careful. Dumpster diving is dangerous, and the police department in no way encourages people to jump into the trash receptacles, not knowing what is inside, he said. Always wear long sleeves, gloves, and boots, as well as ratty clothing, Malach said.

Cover Story

Up and Coming: Durango’s Farmer’s Market Story by Meagan Prins Photos by Hana Mohsin

A variety of fresh produce will be available at the Farmer’s Market, which will begin during the second weekend of May.

ith spring in the air, local Durango companies are gearing up for the opening of the Farmer’s Market. The Durango Farmer’s Market is scheduled to open the second weekend in May, and will be in commission every Saturday, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., from May to October. It will be located in the parking lot of First National Bank at 259 West 9th Street in downtown Durango. The final market day will be Oct. 27th. The market consists of a variety of booths, ranging from hot foods, produce, meats, and jams, said Carolyn Blehm, the organizer of the market, in a phone interview. Returnees include James Ranch, Homegrown Farms, Cedar Hill Farm, Santa Rita Ranch, Stubborn Farms, and more, along with new faces, Blehm said. People come to the market because they are happy to contribute to locally grown and raised food because the food sold is far superior to anything that can be found commercially, said Jeff Mannix, the owner of Santa Rita Ranch, which has contributed selling meat to the market for 15 years, in a phone interview. Other than organic beef in a variety of cuts, the Santa Rita booth will offer their famous sliders, Mannix said. Once the market starts in May, the Santa Rita staff is up by 5:00 a.m. on Saturday mornings to load six coolers of beef to bring, along with all necessary supplies for the booth.

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The market is fun and a major outlet for beef sales, he said. Ranches do not have as much preparation as green growers. For those selling produce, timing is more crucial. They are out the night before and very early in the morning picking and preparing to make sure things are fresh, he said. Stubborn Farms, owned by Dustin Stein, specializes in produce and is in its second year at the market. On top of grass-fed, all natural beef, the farm grows and sells lettuce, spinach, kale, onions, garlic, string beans, cucumbers, and other produce, Stein said in a phone interview. Preparation to plant and grow produce starts now, and once the market begins, the harvesting, washing, and packaging will happen one or two days before market day, he said. Not only does the market provide a way to sell everything that is grown, but it is also the social highlight of the week, he said. The market is a nice, fun atmosphere with people, food, and music, Mannix said. The booths do not always have to incorporate food, Blehm said. The application process for the agricultural products depends on what is sold and when it is available, Blehm said. The farmer’s market does not require all agricultural products to be certified organic, but they should be grown without a ton of pesticides and chemicals, she said. Attendees will be able to ask those working the booths about their products, as those working on Saturdays are involved in the growing

Not only does the market provide a way to sell everything that is grown, but it is also the social highlight of the week,

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-Dustin Stein, the owner of Stubborn Farms

process, which the application for the market requires, she said. That way, customers can ask information about the growing process, she said. On top of produce and meat, the market also has a variety of crafts, pottery, soaps, and skin products. Also in attendance will be a booth for the Durango Compost Company and Master Gardeners, which give tips and advice on weird weeds and other plant issues, she said. The price to have a booth at the market is going up this year. Last year, it was $300 for the whole season, or $30 a Saturday up until 10 Saturdays, but because advertising costs and other costs for

organizing and promoting the market increased, the price has moved up the $360 for this whole season, Blehm said. Each week, Blehm has a large role in the preparation of the market, being in contact to all booths in attendance, creating a map of the parking lot, including the spacing and layout of all the booths. Everyone tends to have the spots that they like, so the sellers get there early to set up their booths and get ready for customers, she said. Blehm also runs the information desk at the market and takes inventory of booth fees and sales for market books, which are coupon books used specifically for the farmers market. DFM bucks can be purchased and used on anything at the market.

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omen participating in sexual intercourse may feel the need to seek emergency contraception if pregnancy is at risk. The Plan B pill, also known as the morning after pill, is available for women in the event of an emergency such as condom breakage, unprotected sex, or incorrect birth control usage. “Plan B prevents ovaries from releasing an egg,” said Rachael Carlevale, the education program manager at Planned Parenthood. The pill contains progesterone, or levonorgestrel, which is one of the female hormones that works to inhibit ovulation, said Deborah Poirier, a nurse practitioner at the Fort Lewis College Health Center. A person does not have to wait until the morning to take the pill, said Caitlin Prescott, a nurse practitioner at the San Juan Basin Health Department in a phone interview. If the person waits too long, the body may have already released the egg, so the sooner the pill is taken the better its effectiveness. “It is most effective when taken within 72 hours of the incident,” said Connie Kane, a registered nurse at the FLC Health Center. The pill is about 97 to 99 percent effective if the ovary has not already released the egg, Carlevale said. This statistic can also depend on the body and what cycle a woman’s body may be going through. “Sperm can live inside of the body for up to seven days and there are some days that you are more fertile than others,” Carlevale said. “This increases your risk of becoming pregnant.” Similar hormones are found in many birth control methods such as the pill, patch, or ring, she said. Plan B does not affect a woman’s ability to be pregnant but it

can affect menstruation, causing it to be earlier, later, longer, or heaver, Prescott said. “Plan B does not cause abortions,” Poirier said. “It is never used to cause an abortion and it simply would not.” It also does not prevent sexually transmitted infections and has no effect on the pregnancy if the egg has already been released in the body, she said. The Plan B pill, like the name suggests, is only supposed to be a back-up plan. A type of contraceptive or another preventative method like a condom or the birth control pill is better to use, Prescott said. It is not intended for birth control, but a woman can take the pill several times, she said. Age is a contributing factor in obtaining the pill and where to receive it. “If you are 17 and younger, you need to get a prescription from a doctor, and if you’re over 17, you can go to a pharmacy and buy Plan B over the counter,” Carlevale said. The cost can also depend on whether the individual has a health insurance, and if so, the guidelines of that plan, she said. It can be priced anywhere from free to a variety of costs if bought over the counter or through a pharmacy, Prescott said. Price can depend on where the person goes to purchase it. The FLC Health Center carries the pill at an affordable price and educates students on the pill concerning incidents like a condom breakage, Kane said. Although Plan B helps eliminate the risk of unwanted pregnancy, women should only take the pill in case of emergencies.

Be Prepared, Not Scared of by Carter Solomon Senior Seminar Photo byStory Tom Rosenbaugh

Campus Living

Senior Brett Rosenbaugh works on a business senior seminar project

senior seminar course is required for each major upon graduation from Fort Lewis College, and differing majors require differing expectations upon completion of the course. “It really should be the final experience that professionalizes students, so you know what professionals in that discipline do,” said Maureen Brandon, the dean of the school of the natural and behavioral sciences and the interim dean of the school of arts, humanities, and social sciences at FLC. Students prepare for their senior seminar class from the very start of their major, building as they progress, Brandon said. In the school of business administration, senior seminar is a “cap stone course” to apply everything that a student has learned within their major up to that point in an integrated manor, said Doug Lyon, the dean of the school of business administration. “Students take senior seminar within the school of business administration after they have completed virtually all of their other course work within the school of business,” Lyon said. “We have very strict requirements regarding the prerequisites for senior seminar, and we do that in order to ensure that students are maximally prepared for a very rigorous senior seminar experience.” The senior seminar for all business students, BA 496 Senior Seminar and Strategic Management, does not just integrate previous course material, but it also gives students real-life experience in the classroom, said Mika Kusar, an assistant professor of management at FLC. “The students are in charge of working on a project with a local organization, so the projects really vary in topics,” Kusar said. Kusar works with local businesses and organizations to see what projects are out there, and then matches her students based on their interests and strengths with a project for a business, she said. A big goal of these projects is to act as a bridge between educational and real world work, she said. “The projects very often have vague guidelines and the students have to work with the leader of the organization to really define what is expected of them,” Kusar said. By working with the organization, students work on communication skills, she said.

“Students across the campus should expect a rigorous and integrative experience that ties together their previous course work in their major,” Lyon said. Not all senior seminar courses are the same, varying greatly in each discipline, Brandon said. Engineers may work in teams for their design project because that’s what will happen in the real world, whereas a history senior seminar may require a single student to research a specific event and write a paper and presentation for the class, she said. Seminars can vary in the departments themselves, said Michael Anziano, the psychology department chair and current psychology senior seminar teacher. “The large project is their independent research that involves either an empirical study where they collect data and analyze it, or a synthesis of library research on a topic where they have to create a thesis,” Anziano said. This is accomplished in the first half of the term, and the papers are bound into a book, he said. “They’re the authors of the book and then the book is the required textbook for the second half of the course,” Anziano said. “And in the second half of the course, everybody reads the articles that are in the book, and each student does a full-class period oral presentation of their work.” In some departments, a senior thesis course is offered, he said. This is an option where students elect to conduct an individual study of a topic of their design using empirical methods, working independently under teacher supervision, he said. Many professors will mentor and guide students through the process of completing their seminar project, Brandon said. “There’s a variety of ways that disciplines and department faculty manage or design their senior experience,” Brandon said. It will be scary at first, but as students progress, everything should begin to come together, and with some effort, the project will slide into place. “The senior sem should be fun,” Brandon said. “It should be exciting and interesting because you have been building and building over the previous three or so years for this to happen.”

Green Single Stream Recycling at FLC Story by Carter Solomon Photos by Tom Rosenbaugh

urango and Fort Lewis College incorporated a new method of recycling, making it easier for the average Durangoan and Skyhawk to dispose of products that can be reused in the future. FLC incorporated single-stream recycling on Feb. 1, largely due to Durango converting to that particular method, said Ted Gross, the service center manager at Physical Plant Services at FLC. Single-stream recycling takes all papers, non-corrugated cardboards, empty plastics #1-#7, and empty aluminum and steel cans in one convenient bin, said Wayne Kjonaas, the director of Physical Plant Services at FLC. The idea of single-stream is for it to be more convenient for people to recycle, said Rachel Landis, the interim coordinator of the Environmental Center. “Our hope is that single stream is easier because you don’t have to sort things out,” Landis said. “So, maybe we’ll have higher participation rates.” Any types of glass and corrugated cardboards are sorted separately to be recycled, he said. “So far, it’s not a huge change,” Kjonaas said. “We have had to go out and put some stickers on containers but we don’t go out and change out the containers on campus.” The hold-off on changing the recycling containers is because

the plant is waiting to see how successful single-stream is on campus, and because there are expenses behind changing the containers, he said. This could be helpful in areas of low-volume, where one single-stream bin would make more sense than having four separate and hardly full bins in an area, he said. The change hasn’t affected the workload for Physical Plant Services so far, he said. “The big issue that we are still facing is contamination,” Kjonaas said. “Single-stream does not mean garbage.” Glass, food, or other waste items not compatible with single stream, contaminate the recycle containers, and if a container is too contaminated it is no longer recyclable and all the contents are thrown away, he said. Plastic bags, single use coffee cups and silverware from the cafeteria, Styrofoam, really bright neon paper, and bottle lids without a recycle logo on them are not recyclable, Landis said. “If it’s a pop bottle or something like that, it needs to be empty,” Kjonaas said. Containers with partial food waste still inside should be rinsed out before being recycled, he said. “That’s the problem that we’re having, is that there’s too many contaminates in the recycled bins,” Gross said. “So they’re get-

Fort Lewis College now offers single-stream recycling containers, in the hopes that this easier, hassle-free method of recycling will help reduce landfill waste.

ting dumped into landfill trash.” If the single-stream program were working properly, the amount of landfill trash should be going down instead of going up, which it has been in the past few years, Gross said. The reaction to single stream has been positive within the core of the campus, Landis said. There isn’t concrete data on how the volume of campus recycling has changed yet, she said. There are continuing problems with recycle participation within the residence halls, she said. “The residence halls are having a ton of issues with contamination in the recycling receptacles outside of the residence halls themselves,” Landis said. Some Skyhawks have gotten involved in the effort to improve recycling on campus. Students Maggie Bachrodt, Mo Igoe, Kelkiyana Yazzie, and Drew Walters are bringing the first campus-wide residence hall recycling program to FLC, Walters said. Their efforts include gaining grant funding to purchase the blue recycling bins placed in all of the residential rooms, educational posters, an educational campaign in the residence halls about contamination, and hosting a residence hall recycling competition, he said. “Much of the programming for this semester is piloting for long-term residence hall programming,” Walters said. “We are in the process of creating a replicable program powered by an Environmental Center and Housing Department partnership.” These efforts are in response to students being unaware of contamination of the recycling bins as being such a large issue, he said. “If a student is ever unsure if an item is recyclable after consulting these resources, when in doubt throw it out,” Walters said. Single-stream has great potential if community members put empty recyclable products, not other waste, into the bins.

Posters around campus let recyclers know what is compatible with single stream.

If people recycle items with contaminates, like liquids or food products, the items will be thrown away.

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Horoscopes

Aries (March 20 – Apr. 20) Spread your love and kindness with others. Let the selfish part of you fade and be caring to others without developing expectations.

Virgo (Aug. 24 - Sept. 23) Relaxation is coming your way. The universe will open up to you and you will explore it with full force. Remember to ever deny your inner self!

Taurus (Apr. 21 - May 21) The first part of this Libra (Sept. 24 – Oct. 23) You’ll have a very anamonth may be a struggle, but expect beautiful lytical eye for things this month. You may uncover a things to come your way after. Your life will be full secret or investigate the unknown. of harmony and balance. Gemini (May 22 - June 21) You’ll be awfully social in the next few weeks. Take advantage of this and enjoy your friends. You’ll miss out on something special if you don’t.

Scorpio (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Expect to be full of energy soon. Venture to get out and try something new and exciting. You never know what you will find!

Aquarius ( Jan. 20- Feb. 18) This will be a month of communication for you. Expect old friends and lovers to try and contact you. Narrow your desires and move forward.

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361 S Camino del Rio Durango, CO 81303 970/385-9550 M-F 8:00am-6:00pm Sat 10-1 located in the Centennial Center across from Nature’s Oasis

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1015 Main Ave • Durango, C0