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Don’t be homeless

Mason Moore November 28, 2018

Spring applications have sprung and you are sitting in front of your computer wondering where you want to live, well fret not young Freshman, for I am here to tell you where you need to shack up for the...

Fighting depression with fitness

Mason Moore November 13, 2018

Colorado Mesa University’s Health and Wellness Center has recently partnered up with the Maverick Center to combat mental illnesses, such as depression. The new program is all about the students, regardless...

Mavericks advance in RMAC Tournament

Mason Moore and Matt Kennedy November 7, 2018

Colorado Christian University (CCU) was a piece of pre-Thanksgiving pie for the Colorado Mesa University volleyball team for the start of the RMAC tournament. A three-set sweep of the Cougars has the Mavericks...

Kozel to remain interim head coach for 2019 season

Mason Moore November 1, 2018

Earlier this year the Colorado Mesa University softball team lost its head coach. Head Coach Ben Garcia left CMU for the University of Nothern Colorado and now it is up to the program to pick up where...

Mavericks sweep weekend, defeat #1 Mines

Mason Moore October 30, 2018

After two weeks of split weekends, the Colorado Mesa University volleyball team came back around and took over the weekend with two straight wins. The Mavericks defeated UCCS with a clean three-game sweep....

Ear to the ground

Ear to the ground

Mason Moore October 22, 2018

Grand Junction (GJ) - a town of the book cliffs, Colorado Mesa University and… a desert. Well, there might not be much around the town, but it happens to be home to a proper music community. With so...

Volleyball splits another road weekend

Volleyball splits another road weekend

Mason Moore October 22, 2018

The Colorado Mesa University volleyball team had another weekend of splitting a weekend on the road. CMU’s first game against Adams State University (ASU) ended with another notch victory belt while...

Great glowing ball of volley

Great glowing ball of volley

Mason Moore October 22, 2018

The night was young, and the air was electric with the atmosphere of competition permeating through the Mav Pav. On Friday night the International Student Alliance ran a glow in the dark volleyball tournament...

Meet the women wrestlers

Meet the women wrestlers

Mason Moore October 18, 2018

It is official. The Colorado Mesa University inaugural Women’s Wrestling team is about to enter their inaugural season. Under head coach Travis Mercado, the team is looking to perform strong and make...

Mavericks split home series against RMAC foes

Mavericks split home series against RMAC foes

Mason Moore October 15, 2018

In a competitive weekend at home against RMAC foes in Westminster College (WC) and Dixie State (DSU), the Mavericks were able to come out with a 1-1 split over the two days. On Friday, McKenzie Edwards...

Leading the Stampede

Leading the Stampede

Mason Moore October 15, 2018

Horns, leather, helmets, drums, students, grass, beer, hot dogs and the band. All of these are aspects that make or break a football game, and one that has been making more and more of an impact on the...

Mavericks remain undefeated at home after impressive weekend

Mavericks remain undefeated at home after impressive weekend

Mason Moore September 30, 2018

As September comes to a close, the Colorado Mesa University volleyball team made a clean sweep against their opponents at home this last weekend. Both Regis University (RU) and Colorado Christian University...

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