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The Criterion

Hold your horses

Hold your horses

Makenna Livingston November 11, 2023

The Maverick rodeo team is lassoing in the excitement so far this season. Competing in unique events such as barrel racing, breakaway, and team roping, rodeo is one of the most interesting sports at Colorado...

Shopping Local in Grand Junction

Shopping Local in Grand Junction

Makenna Livingston March 6, 2023

Grand Junction has one of the best local shopping scenes on the Western Slope, with an abundance of small and family-owned businesses making it easy to support the local community and stray away from corporate...

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Smelling Des Fleurs in Grand Junction

Makenna Livingston March 5, 2023

Grand Junction has a vast community of small businesses, all ready to be explored, and one of them is La Fleur by Livvy.  La Fleur by Livvy is a natural perfume and beauty company that focuses on using...

Grand Mesa Ices Out Students

Grand Mesa Ices Out Students

Makenna Livingston February 24, 2023

Grand Mesa Hall, one of the dorms located on Colorado Mesa University (CMU)’s campus, has had a couple of issues this semester. From complete water shut-offs to a hot water outage, the residents of this...

European Cuisine comes to Junction

European Cuisine comes to Junction

Makenna Livingston February 19, 2023

International cuisine has been continuously diversifying in Grand Junction with the recent opening of Euromart, an Eastern European grocery store–adding a touch of Europe to the local community. Euromart...

A growing, organic business

A growing, organic business

Makenna Livingston February 5, 2023

Growing Organic, a new business focusing on organic gardening and natural homeopathic products, recently opened its first retail location in Grand Junction, Colorado. This niche storefront is located...

CMU should add bike lanes

CMU should add bike lanes

Makenna Livingston November 8, 2022

During rush hour on campus, usually between noon and 3:00 p.m., the sidewalks on campus are packed. Bikes, skateboards and scooters fly by weaving aggressively between pedestrians, with both parties making...

Do we actually recycle?

Do we actually recycle?

Makenna Livingston October 25, 2022

With rumors going around campus that we do not recycle and bins are only placed outside to make us feel better, the Head Advisor of Environmental Sciences Deborah Kennard clarified the process. "We...

Rate my housing: Grand Mesa Hall

Rate my housing: Grand Mesa Hall

Makenna Livingston October 23, 2022

College dorms, full of loud music blaring at 1:00 a.m,  clogged shower drains filled with hair and elevators broken for weeks on end, often aren’t the most soothing or comfortable place to be living....

GNAWING ON NOMAD BOWLZ

GNAWING ON NOMAD BOWLZ

Makenna Livingston October 20, 2022

The students have been waiting for something to mix up their normal diets of on-campus Sodexo food.  With the recent addition of Nomad Bowlz, in the form of a truck in the Plaza, students who...

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