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Top Netflix Shows to watch

Top 10 Netflix shows to watch while quarantined

Tatiana Eggers April 22, 2020

10. Shameless Fiona Gallagher works to raise her younger siblings while juggling jobs and looking out for her alcoholic father in her mother’s absence. Shameless is another hilarious show to binge...

Styrofoam is destroying the planet

Styrofoam is destroying the planet

Tatiana Eggers March 30, 2020

The use of Styrofoam products at Colorado Mesa University (CMU) has a serious impact on the environmental sustainability of the Western Slope as well as a variety of health implications for students. Styrofoam...

Mav Music: Hit the books with this playlist

Mav Music: Hit the books with this playlist

Tatiana Eggers February 26, 2020

With midterms right around the corner, students will be hitting the books. What better way to study than with a study playlist? Students here at Colorado Mesa University shared their favorite songs to...

Spring into the outdoors

Spring into the outdoors

Tatiana Eggers February 26, 2020

This semester, the Outdoor Program (OP) will be hosting multiple trips over Spring Break, including a rafting trip to Labyrinth Canyon, a climbing trip to Red Rocks and a girls-only trip to Coyote Gulch...

Get up, get out: Outdoor Program trips to now keep on your radar

Get up, get out: Outdoor Program trips to now keep on your radar

Tatiana Eggers February 13, 2020

This spring semester the Outdoor Program (OP) will be hosting a number of trips including cross country skiing, ice climbing, hiking and rock climbing.   There will be a trip from...

Two time Grammy Winner coming to CMU

Tatiana Eggers November 21, 2019

Two-time Grammy Award winner, Kalani Pe’a , will be coming to Colorado Mesa University (CMU) on Thursday, Nov. 21 to perform his No ‘Ane’i- We Belong Here tour.  Pe’a is a Hawaiian contemporary...

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ASG travels to Montrose to discuss improvements

Tatiana Eggers November 18, 2019

On November 13, The Associated Student Government (ASG) traveled to the Colorado Mesa University (CMU) Montrose campus to discuss possible improvements at CMU Montrose. During Public Input, CMU Montrose...

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Service Day became a topic of discussion for ASG

Tatiana Eggers November 15, 2019

The Associated Student Government (ASG) went over multiple reports and discussed a possible “service day” to help the community during their Wednesday, Nov. 5 meeting. The “service day” would...

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Battle of the DJs

Tatiana Eggers November 13, 2019

On Thursday, Nov. 14, the Programming Activities Council (PAC) will be holding their Pac the Pub night featuring the “Battle of the DJs” at the Twisted Turtle from 8 - 11 p.m. The DJ battle starts...

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Horizon’s Launch Party

Tatiana Eggers November 13, 2019

Horizon Magazine will be holding their launch party at the Ale House located at 2531 North 12th St. across from City Market from 7 - 10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14. KSMA will be playing music at the...

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Hospice training comes to CMU

Tatiana Eggers November 6, 2019

HopeWest, the nonprofit organization in Western Colorado, and the Colorado Mesa University (CMU) Nursing Program teamed up on Monday Oct. 7 to train nursing students in hospice care. The training gave...

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ASG tables CNAFME Bill indefinitely

Tatiana Eggers November 4, 2019

The Colorado Mesa University (CMU) Associated Student Government (ASG) thoroughly discussed Bill 19-18 regarding funding for the music department to travel to the Conference for National Association for...

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