Bicyclist struck at crosswalk from campus
At around 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, a female bicyclist was struck at the Mesa Avenue crosswalk while riding eastbound across 12th Street.
The woman was transported from the scene by ambulance and is expected to have no serious injuries according to Grand Junction Police Department spokesperson Heidi Davidson.
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Mesa’s ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ announces run for state legislature
On Jan 8, State Representative Yeulin Willet announced he would not seek re-election to House District 54. Concurrently, former Colorado Mesa University student and Delta, Colo. resident Matt Soper announced his candidacy to run for Willet’s seat. It has been 54 years since the last time a Delta resident won the House seat.
Investigation continues into former CMU student’s death
A former Colorado Mesa University student’s death is continuing to be investigated after a Jan. 4 bungee-jumping accident at Grand Junction’s Get Air at the Silo, a trampoline and amusement park that is part of a larger national chain. The park reopened a few days afterward but without the silo attraction where the accident took place.
Critique or censorship?
In their first meeting of the semester, the Associated Student Government of Colorado Mesa University saw one appointment and one joint resolution.
The appointment of Jasmin Tellez filled the vacant professional studies seat left by former Senator Kevin Kahuena, who graduated last December. Kahuena, one of the more vocal senators on ASG, left a large void to be filled, something fellow professional studies
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Senator Jarrott Brown brought up during the discussion. After personal recommendations from both Senate Leader Sam Gaasch and Senator Shelby Cerise, Tellez was appointed to the position unanimously.
ASG spent the remainder of its time for new business reading and discussing Joint Resolution 17-03. The resolution seeks to better define the relationship between ASG and other fee-funded organizations. The resolution states that ASG should be an example of professionalism to other organizations and that while ASG does not have the right to censor these organizations, it does retain the right to professionally critique them.
‘Si, se puede’
At 10:30 a.m. in Grand Junction’s Lincoln Park, thousands of people gathered for the 2018 Women’s March, which followed a route down 12th Street, to Grand Ave., and finally ending at the Old County Courthouse on Rood Ave. for a post-march rally.
