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Spring Break comes to campus

Spring Break comes to campus

Nico Ortega April 1, 2021

Campus expansion continues as President Tim Foster decided to lift spirits and build a beach in the middle of the campus. “It’s my last few months here. If I can’t go on spring break, I may as well...

EIC goes on power trip, fires everyone

EIC goes on power trip, fires everyone

Nico Ortega March 31, 2021

The Criterion’s Editor-in-Chief snapped and went on a power trip in a strange and crazy turn of events earlier this week. Nico Ortega, The Criterion’s Editor-in-Chief, decided he was more knowledgeable...

The wonderful world of “Cabaret”

The wonderful world of “Cabaret”

Nico Ortega and Emily Eckland March 3, 2021

“Cabaret” is a musical set in Bohemian Berlin in the early 1930s as the emerging Third Reich begins to slowly take over Germany. Originally created in 1966, the Broadway production had music by John...

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Classes are moving online a week earlier

Nico Ortega November 13, 2020

In an unsuspected but not surprising turn of events, the Colorado Mesa University (CMU) campus is moving to online classes one week early. In an email sent out by CMU President Tim Foster on Nov. 12,...

A Message from the President and What it Means

Nico Ortega November 10, 2020

Colorado Mesa University President Tim Foster asks students to self-quarantine with the exception to attend class, get food, or to exercise/self-care in an email sent out to the campus community. On...

Former CMU student pleads guilty to class 4 felony

Former CMU student pleads guilty to class 4 felony

Nico Ortega February 11, 2020

Former Colorado Mesa University student, Aaron Apatang, pleaded guilty on Monday, Feb. 10 to enticement of a child at the Mesa County Justice Center after being arrested last April. Apatang was originally...

CMU Blotter: CMU student issued a MIP

Nico Ortega December 9, 2019

Disclaimer: The Colorado Mesa University blotter comes directly from the crime log and are open police records. The blotter is not meant to highlight any one party in particular. It is only meant to report...

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Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol

Nico Ortega December 5, 2019

The Colorado Mesa University (CMU) Theatre Department will be performing a one-man show titled Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol. Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol is the story of Ebenezer Scrooge’s...

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WCCC and GJPD team up for crosswalk film

Nico Ortega December 4, 2019

The Colorado Mesa University (CMU) campus saw police presence on 12th Street near the University Center parking garage on Sunday, Nov. 17. This was due to a Public Service Announcement (PSA) on how to...

CMU Blotter: student receives MIP

Nico Ortega November 24, 2019

Disclaimer: The Colorado Mesa University blotter comes directly from the crime log and are open police records. The blotter is not meant to highlight any one party in particular. It is only meant to report...

CMU Blotter: student accused of sexual assault

Nico Ortega November 18, 2019

Disclaimer: The Colorado Mesa University blotter comes directly from the crime log and are open police records. The blotter is not meant to highlight any one party in particular. It is only meant to report...

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Blood Drive

Nico Ortega November 7, 2019

Update: Originally the article stated that the Student Nurses Association was sponsoring the event. This has been corrected to show that GEMS was sponsoring the event. The Graduate Education and Medical...

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