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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 than the local legend that is Mike the Headless Chicken. Mike...

CMU Student Showcase

CMU Student Showcase

Edwin Francia May 1, 2023

Given the chance to show creativity, research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and artistic performance, multiple students did just that over the past year in this year's Student Showcase.  The Student...

Fighting for first generation Mavs

Fighting for first generation Mavs

Edwin Francia February 19, 2023

For several years, Colorado Mesa University (CMU) has been working hard to help their first generation students. First generation students are defined as the first in their families to seek education beyond...

Humans vs. the Machines

Edwin Francia February 18, 2023

As the world pushes into the future, with technological advancements every day, humans fear a future impending doom of machines taking all the jobs and humans will end up like the people in Wall-E. A current...

Study room reservations

Study room reservations

Edwin Francia December 3, 2022

Reserving a library room on the Colorado Mesa University (CMU) campus can be quite the hassle, as one must deal with app glitches, time constraints and the high demand of the rooms. Tomlinson Library holds...

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