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Surgeon Dr. Evalina Burger (left), Elizabeth Cotton (right)

Fighting through the back pain

Mirthe Levels December 16, 2018

“I got diagnosed with something called ‘Scheuermann disease’ a couple years back.” 25 year old Elizabeth Cotton from Evergreen, Colorado, has gone through quite the eventful senior year at Colorado...

My first American Thanksgiving

My first American Thanksgiving

Mirthe Levels December 3, 2018

The amount of times people that have asked me if I celebrated Thanksgiving back home, is surprisingly high. I always thought it was a very American holiday. When I asked someone about this they told me...

Ready set, zombies!

Mirthe Levels November 30, 2018

Logan Triplett, a business student at Colorado Mesa University, recently had a great opportunity. He was cast for the TV show "The Walking Dead". His first role was to play as a zombie. “I am a model...

CDB Book club

Mirthe Levels November 30, 2018

Curious about other cultures? Colorado Mesa University began a club that is purely about cross-cultural books. Opening up large discussion and a way for students to reach into other cultures. At every...

Voulez vous parler plus lentement, s’il vous plaît?

Mirthe Levels November 15, 2018

Coming from Europe, I am used to hearing a lot of different languages around me. I live in the Netherlands near the German border. A lot of people go on vacation to countries like Spain, Italy and France....

Student Life misses payment to org leaders

Mirthe Levels November 12, 2018

On Oct. 26, Student Org leaders didn’t receive their salary as they were meant to. Pay came four days later, on Tuesday, Oct. 30. Julienne Stump, manager of Student Life Operations, explained the reason...

My first american football game

My first american football game

Mirthe Levels October 30, 2018

I will be honest with you; my extent of knowledge about American football was stretched to the concept that it is similar to rugby. It soon became significantly clear how little I knew when, shortly into...

Gay Straight Alliance holds toy drive

Gay Straight Alliance holds toy drive

Mirthe Levels October 22, 2018

During the whole month of October, there is a black box with red sparkly letters that spell “GSA TOY DRIVE” in the University Center next to the U.S. Bank table. The box has been put there by Avery...

2 guests speak at CMU for Ethics Week

Mirthe Levels and Lucas Vader October 3, 2018

For ethics week at Colorado Mesa University, the school invited two guest speakers to present their outlooks and experiences on ethics. These meetings were open to all students who wished to attend, though...

October? no . . . Artober

Mirthe Levels September 26, 2018

September is coming to a close and fall is officially in the air. This means that October is right around the corner and all the October activities are coming up. At Colorado Mesa University one annual...

So far so good

Mirthe Levels September 22, 2018

Starting a new semester is always a ‘thing’. You’re used to the holiday, where you had the freedom to plan your own days ahead. Like many others, I took a job in the summer. It was hot, and I was...

Hey, hoe gaat het?

Mirthe Levels September 15, 2018

At Colorado Mesa University there are currently 107 international students from more than 30 different countries. With the number of people coming from different cultures and speaking different languages,...

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