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Respect and Reverence

Respect and Reverence

Jacob Kernc May 19, 2019

As an avid hiker and backpacker, I have spent many hours looking down at the ground watching my hiking boots carry me along the trail. When I am scanning the path and step over mud, plants, and rocks...

Renewable thermal system under CMU

Jacob Kernc November 30, 2018

Hidden beneath Colorado Mesa University lies a behemoth, under the students commuting to class and under the teams practicing in the fields, silently pumping away. It is a more than 80 mile snaking beast...

Four weekend getaways

Jacob Kernc September 23, 2018

Classes are getting more difficult, stress levels are rising, it is time for an escape. Make a retreat this weekend to one of these fantastic locations. Ouray, CO - Too many adventures, so little time  Nestled...

Don’t give us labor day

Jacob Kernc September 8, 2018

It is a hot and dry summer day in downtown Denver. I am at Denver Zoo working as a leader in the kids camp, a place where tired parents can pay for a week of time free of their children. I had been working...

Body found in Colorado River

Jacob Kernc September 4, 2018

The dead body of an adult woman was discovered Saturday on Watson Island, along the Colorado River. It was found by a passerby on the island, which is home to a popular disc golf course. [media-credit...

Calling to the adventurer, the risk taker, the adrenaline junkie

Jacob Kernc September 2, 2018

[media-credit id=99 align="alignright" width="225"][/media-credit] “It’s like a hurricane inside your head, every nerve ending is saying don’t do this. Once you take that step, there is no coming...

Shaking the earth

Jacob Kernc August 31, 2018

Friday, Aug. 25, around 4 a.m. Grand Valley residents were rattled by a magnitude 4.1 earthquake. The earthquake came from about three miles deep on a fault less than 30 miles northwest of Parachute and...

Past of present criminal justice professors

Jacob Kernc May 3, 2018

"If you don't think that people are capable of change then I don't want you in the field of corrections or in my classroom," Kate Dreiling, associate professor of criminal justice said.  [media-credit...

Summer is coming… but so are finals. 

Jacob Kernc April 26, 2018

Warm summer nights, relaxing weekend trips, no more assignments due and no more grades—these things are all coming in just three short weeks. Three short weeks and you are free. But before all of that...

The best summer jobs for students (no matter your summer plans)

Jacob Kernc April 13, 2018

Not sure what you want to do this summer to make money? Whether you want an easy job, you will be too busy adventuring to keep a job or will forget to find a job till halfway through summer, here are four...

Professors before teaching criminal justice

Jacob Kernc April 12, 2018

One professor at Colorado Mesa University has a past as an FBI agent and another had a career as a police officer. Both are now teaching students in the criminal justice programs and using their experiences...

PAC: ‘We are never going to please everyone’

Jacob Kernc April 3, 2018

Perhaps the largest and most divided issue among the Colorado Mesa University Mavericks right now is the Programming Activities Council concert. No matter the feelings towards Lil Yachty, he is coming...

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