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AFP&MD’s hosts annual film festival

Brette Huff May 19, 2019

On Friday, May 3, the Annual Film Festival took place in the Colorado Mesa University Center Meyer Ballroom hosted by the Bachelor in Fine Arts program: Animation, Film, Photography and Motion Design...

Courtesy of the CMU NAMI club

NAMI club could save a life

Brette Huff May 8, 2019

Grand Junction has one of the largest suicide rates in not only the state but also the country. According to statistics in from both 2017 and 2018, the suicide rate in the valley is about twice as high...

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The Pagans among us

Brette Huff May 5, 2019

When most people think of Pagan’s they think of either the summer solstice and people out in a field, flowers in their hair and praying to the moon. That or they think of witches and warlocks summoning...

Stay safe out there

Stay safe out there

Brette Huff April 30, 2019

According to neighborhoodscout.com, “With a crime rate of 51 per one thousand residents, Grand Junction has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from...

Courtesy of Kevin Cochrane

Hidden Gems: Globe trotting economics professor

Brette Huff April 28, 2019

This week’s Hidden Gem is none other than Economics Professor, Kevin Cochrane. Along with an incredibly impressive resume, he comes along with past-time hobbies that would lead even the most seasoned...

Preparation for finals

Preparation for finals

Brette Huff April 25, 2019

With officially less than a month until the last week of school is finally here, we all still have one final hurdle to get over. Finals. If you’re anything like me, seasonal gloom hit about February,...

ASL Club here to stay

ASL Club here to stay

Brette Huff April 11, 2019

Last semester, President Tally Pyles and Club Advisory Board representative Megan Clark created the American Sign Language (ASL) Club to bring awareness of the Deaf Community to the Colorado Mesa University...

Spring Concert Line-up

Brette Huff and Susan Moore April 9, 2019

“DRAKE. BELL.” Screamed no one ever while standing in the front row of a sold-out concert, girls crying with anticipation and men wearing his face on their t-shirt. Long story short, it’s mildly...

CMU cares deeply for its students

CMU cares deeply for its students

Brette Huff April 3, 2019

“With the overarching goal of supporting the residents of Western Colorado to achieve a higher degree of educational attainment by preparing students to function successfully in the future.” This...

Stop wasting everyone’s time

Brette Huff March 22, 2019

Hello freshman and welcome to college, now please take a seat and be quiet. Despite the leniency of a college lecture hall in comparison to high school classes, singing the hokey-pokey to the dreamy guy...

Mavs wage hope

Mavs wage hope

Brette Huff March 20, 2019

This year alone, more than 56,000 Americans will be diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer. It is amongst one of the hardest cancers to treat, due to the location of the pancreas in the torso and tumor development...

Who can survive without their phone?

Brette Huff March 6, 2019

Recently, as I was driving in from Montrose to campus, I reached Whitewater and my gas light came on and what did I not have with me? My wallet… But you know what I did have, my cell phone. Thank god...

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