The day Lisa Beard retired, they sent an email to President John Marshall about unaddressed maintenance concerns and the poor living conditions of the Jay Tolman Residence Hall. The now-retired custodian...
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ASG did not publish minutes for...
Associated Student Government (ASG) passed a joint resolution to increase student fees by $5 per credit hour on April 22. This fee will finance the construction of a new parking garage on the Dominguez...
Transparency around staff and faculty salaries is not readily available at CMU according to Faculty Senate President Dr. Stephen Merino. He said he doesn’t know exactly how pay increases operate for...
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• April 27, 2026
Three candidates are running for a seat in the House of Representatives in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District this year. The primary election is on June 30. That election will decide which names...
CMU’s Asteria Theatre reportedly does not contract a recycling service and sends its dumpsters full of waste to a landfill every week. The theatre serves tens of thousands of people annually and is currently...
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All fees and fee increases are reviewed and approved annually by the Trustees of Colorado Mesa University....
Joint Resolution 26-02 proposed to cut the budgets of nine student-fee funded organizations (Orgs) at an Associated Student Government (ASG) House of Representatives meeting on Mon. April 13. It passed...
Public universities anticipate cuts to higher education funding as the state of Colorado grapples with a $1.5 billion budget deficit. In an attempt to stay ahead of this, President John Marshall said that...
Residents of Walnut Ridge said heat made it difficult to do activities inside their apartments since the spring semester began.
Walnut Ridge Apartments use swamp coolers to cool student rooms. Residence...
Instructor James Coburn frequently has an office filled with student researchers. His walls are covered in a variety of research progress trackers, calendars and Asian decor. He’s packed a few extra...
President John Marshall hosted one of two Beyond The Townhall meetings on March 24 that allowed CMU faculty to ask follow-up questions after the President’s Townhall Meetings in December.
Townhall...
