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WESTERN CULTURE CLUB HIRE PATRIOT FRONT LAWYER

Julia Wildman, Opinions Editor • March 16, 2025

Western Culture Club has lawyered up. The club’s president, Maxwell Applebaugh, indicated that they have Texas-based attorney Jason Lee Van...

$Jared Taylor was invited to speak at CMU and is a known white supremacist and eugenics advocate. \\ Photo from American Renaissance$

WHITE SUPREMACY AT CMU

Julia Wildman, Opinions Editor • March 12, 2025

THE END OF AN ERA

Dana Dial, Accuracy Manager • March 12, 2025

A crowded assembly of new freshman hold up the “Mavs Up” hand sign at an event during the 2024 New Mav Days. Campus experienced a 30% uptick in enrolled freshman in comparison to years prior.

A CROWDED CAMPUS

Marigold Nugent, Staff Writer • March 12, 2025

CMU has numerous mental health resources available on campus. These include the Student Wellness Center, where students can seek help surrounding mental health.

MAVERICKS MATTER

Vicente Valadez, Staff Writer • March 12, 2025

Sports

$Jessalyn Gallegos pitching a game against Regis. She has an ERA of 1.96, ranking fifth in the RMAC. \\ Kari Bollinger for The Criterion$

MAVS HOLD STEADY

Julia Wildman, Opinions Editor • February 26, 2025

The opening game to the of RMAC play started off strong for the Maverick softball team but coasting may have cost them a chance at sweeping both...

$The Colorado Mesa Womens basketball team breaks their post-game huddle after defeating South Dakota Mines, 73-44. The Mavericks won their thirteenth straight game in their annual Blizzard at Brownson game.. \\ Jordan Messler for The Criterion$

RED-HOT MAVERICKS

Justin Shaw, Co-Sports Editor • February 26, 2025

$Sophomore Amber Siverts after a race in the RMAC Championship. Siverts’s women’s team won their seventh straight RMAC tournament last Saturday. \\ Shelby Streeter for The Criterion$

SWIMMERS GET SEVENTH STRAIGHT

Alicia Vuittonet, Staff Writer • February 26, 2025

$Senior right handed pitcher Evan Bunevich during last year’s RMAC tournament, in which the Mavericks won. This season, Bunevich has only pitched one inning, in which he allowed no runs or walks. \\ Stone Quinn for The Criterion$

REDEMPTION RUN

Dean Allen, Co-Sports Editor • February 26, 2025

$Then junior Paul Schoenfeld sliding into home in a contest against the New Mexico Highlands University Cowboys last year. Schoenfeld hit .412 last year, chipping in six home runs, 15 extra base hits, and 40 runs batted in. \\ Jordan Messler for The Criterion$

BACK IN BUSINESS

Dean Allen, Co-Sports Editor • February 12, 2025

Art & Life

COASTER CHORUS

Kazuo Salazar, Managing Editor • March 12, 2025

Everything must come to an end. This is the realistic truth that Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell aimed to hit in their musical “Ride the...

$One of NASA’s runway costumes referenced the rhetoric of residential schooling. The phrase on the back of this shirt refers to a speech by R.H. Pratt, who wanted to “civilize” Native Americans through forced assimilation. \\ Teagan Meens for the Criterion$