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The Voice of the Students at Colorado Mesa University

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The Voice of the Students at Colorado Mesa University

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Album Review: "Let's Start Here"

Album Review: “Let’s Start Here”

Will Locascio May 15, 2023

Polarizing album releases in the modern hip-hop community often usher in repetitive opinions, confused hypebeasts and a divisive internet discourse where nobody appears to be right, or in their right mind....

Album Review: Kelela's "Raven"

Album Review: Kelela’s “Raven”

Will Locascio March 13, 2023

​ ​Every couple of months, I come across an R&B record that completely knocks me off my feet. It’s usually experimental, a little bit out of left field and sung by a woman with the mythological...

major pros and cons

Major Pros & Cons- Graphic Design

Elias Born May 9, 2022

I chose to get a minor, and later a major, in graphic design to pair with a mass communications degree, figuring that getting experience with design would help out my job aspirations in television and...

major pros and cons

Major Pros & Cons: Education

Dane Campbell April 18, 2022

Most people grimace at the thought of returning to their awkward-filled high school years. However, education is one of the most fundamental and respected professions.  I chose to be an education major...

Day Trippin'- Utah & The National Arches

Day Trippin’- Utah & The National Arches

Gwyn Elliott March 30, 2022

There are many advantages to living in Grand Junction: the university, the nature or its 245 days of sunshine. Another great thing about Grand Junction is that its proximity to notable towns and scenic...

RateMyHousing- Aspen Apartments

Brenna Barkley March 30, 2022

If you still want to live on campus but get the experience of being on your own, Colorado Mesa University (CMU) provides apartment-style dorms like Lucero, Orchard, Walnut and Aspen for sophomores and...

Major Pros & Cons: English Writing

David Martinez March 6, 2022

            As a student pursuing a bachelor’s in English writing I am intimately aware of all the good and bad that comes with the study: from being bullied by all my S.T.E.M. major friends...

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