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Preview of Drag Show from the front of the audience
QUEENS CONQUER CAMPUS
August Jones, Staff Writer • September 30, 2024

Genders and Sexualities Alliance hosts annual student-led drag performance Pride is a time and place for queer-identifying individuals to...

Members of CMU’s club softball team show off smiles at their table.
MAVERICKS GO TO THE CLUB(S)
Evan Shelley and Quinn Harrer September 13, 2024

Clubs and Organizations show off what they’re made of at the Club Fair As week two of the new school year ended, students across campus...

View from the back
Arcadia Grand Opening
Matt Corsi, Editor in Chief • September 13, 2024

As Colorado Mesa University (CMU) says goodbye to a familiar place, it is also time to welcome in a new era of student engagement, community-focused...

Growing businesses and culture
Growing businesses and culture
Matt Corsi May 8, 2024

On April 23,  Colorado Mesa University (CMU) student businesses had the opportunity to sell their goods at the Maverick Marketplace hosted...

Social science success
Social science success
Vincente Valdez April 26, 2024

The 66th annual World Social Science Association Conference took place in San Antonio, Texas earlier this month with a presentation from Colorado...

Local legend: Mike the Headless Chicken
Local legend: Mike the Headless Chicken
Edwin Francia April 13, 2024

Who could have imagined that a two-foot animal would become a celebrity, drawing crowds to an annual festival? This is possible by none other...

Travel transforming lives
Travel transforming lives
Tahirih Bochmann April 13, 2024

Study Away is offering students the chance to travel to El Espino, El Salvador for 10 days this summer to learn about Latin American politics...

NeuroPong™ for a cause
NeuroPong™ for a cause
Zeke Magri-Nichols April 13, 2024

Last Saturday saw a fundraising table tennis tournament for everyone with a brain. The event, called Games for Brains, was hosted by the Colorado...

Maverick pride at the NULC
Maverick pride at the NULC
Matt Corsi April 13, 2024

On the weekend of March 29, Colorado Mesa University (CMU) sent 11 students to present their hard work at the 39th annual National Undergraduate...

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