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SINCERELY, C.R. ITERION

SINCERELY, C.R. ITERION

November 15, 2024

Question: What if I want to date my RA? (Technically he's the boy's side RA, but still on my floor) Dear Resident Admirer, There's nothing wrong with wanting to date an RA. Unless you have alterior...

THE GIST

THE GIST

Evan Shelley, Art & Life Editor November 15, 2024

"MEGAN: ACT II" fixes many issues that nagged me about MEGAN. This album sequel blows them out of the water. She attempts the club song sample again with “Like a Freak,” sampling the 2010 hit “Like...

The rent at this downtown apartment is listed at $2,000 for 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. 
Some have been struggling to find affordable housing and the outlook is grim based on availability..

HUSTLING FOR HOUSING

Martin Grajalez-Florez, Staff Writer November 15, 2024

The housing and rental market in Grand Junction is horrible. Too many people, including myself, are realizing it is harder and harder to find a place to live. Finding an apartment in this city has been...

The Cultural Inclusion Council (CIC) fashion show in the spring of 2024. 
Queer solidarity is prominent on campus with events like this.

“LGBT-E-I-E-I-O”

Evan Shelley, Art & Life Editor November 15, 2024

LGBTQ, GLBT, SAGA, GSM, GSD, the queer community, the alphabet mafia, or as Frank Gallagher from "Shameless" so memorably put it, the “LGBT-E-I-E-I-O.” What do you call those of us who happen to be...

HOROSCOPES 11/13/2024-12/3/2024

HOROSCOPES 11/13/2024-12/3/2024

Julia Wildman, Opinions Editor November 15, 2024

Aries 3/21 - 4/19 Use that competitive edge to your advantage and enter into a Mario Kart or Smash Brothers tournament, especially if there’s a prize involved. If that’s not you’re style, enter...

A hand drawn comic of a clumsy skier that gets trapped in a snow bank.

WINTER IS COMING

Kazuo Salazar, Managing Editor November 15, 2024

Perfect powder and weaveable aspen groves are part of what make Colorado such an attractive tourist destination for the winter. Colorado’s mountainous existence calls to everyone near and far. With...

A hand drawn comic of a pug laying nude on her enormous pile of money.

ACCOUNTING FOR NUDITY

Amanda Steckel, Staff Writer November 15, 2024

By way of modern day standards, the social implications associated with the professional stimulation of human desire remains unbalanced. Though residually risqué, platforms such as OnlyFans (OF) proves...

 A mural by CMU alumni Emily Adamson on the back of Copeka Coffee 
highlighting their inclusive values.

BEST BUZZ IN TOWN

Becca Dunn, Staff Writer November 15, 2024

  Not too far from campus stands a quaint little coffee shop called Copeka Coffee, the perfect place to sit down and crank out assignments, or even just to sit and enjoy a nice cup of joe. The environment...

A sparsely populated Beer Fest hosted during Parent's Weekend.
If it were the same weekend as Homecoming, it could have been a lot more lively.

DADDY ISSUES

Dean Allen, Co-Sports Editor October 30, 2024

Placing Parents’ Weekend and Homecoming on separate weekends was a cash grab. In recent memory, parents’ weekend and homecoming have fallen on the same weekend, allowing Colorado Mesa University (CMU)...

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SINCERELY, C.R. ITERION

October 30, 2024

Question: How do [I] get a girlfriend? Dear Hopeful and Lonely, This is a question that’s been pondered for all of human existence. Humans are complex and so are their relationships. If I may, I’m...

African American teachers from the Washington Teachers Union, Local 6 American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO on the picket line, Washington, D.C in 1979.
//Courtesy of the Library of Congress

THE POVERTY OF ELECTORAL POLITICS

Nikoli Weir, Staff Writer October 30, 2024

Americans have started to see the electoral system for what it really is – a laughable charade. This belief has become so widespread that even sycophants of the rotten system have been forced to acknowledge...

A GVT bus on route to pick up passengers.

GVT WOES

Martin Grajalez-Florez, Staff Writer October 30, 2024

I am grateful for Grand Valley Transit (GVT) because I took the bus frequently during my first year of college. It takes about 15 to 20 minutes for the bus to get to CMU Tech from the main campus. I used...

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