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Politics in natural lands of beauty

Jared Rouse April 9, 2017

Our national parks and monuments are pristine gems of beauty and history scattered throughout our nation. According to the National Park Service website, in 1916 President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic...

President Trump versus the environment

Crite Staff February 12, 2017

by Cache Legault Trump and the environment, an omnipresent force in our lives and the reason we're all here, and then there is the environment. That pesky environment, always foiling the plans of republicans...

The President is being misjudged

Crite Staff February 12, 2017

by Jared Rouse British Prime Minister Theresa May invited President Trump to make a state visit to the United Kingdom just one week after his inauguration. Since then, some members of Parliament have...

The Great Wall of Trump

Crite Staff February 6, 2017

Lehua La'a President Donald Trump ran on a campaign promise to “build a great wall and have Mexico pay for it.” During his campaign Trump estimated the wall would cost between $8-12 billion. However,...

Making fun of the President’s kids: Should there be an unspoken rule

Crite Staff January 29, 2017

by Jared Rouse "Saturday Night Live" writer, Katie Rich, recently tweeted that Trump’s 10-year-old son Barron Trump, would be “America’s first homeschool shooter.” This brings about the important...

Trump’s Inaguration

Crite Staff January 25, 2017

by Jared Rouse On a gray and rainy day in Washington D.C. on Jan. 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. The crowds filled the steps of the Capital Building,...

Being a black face in an unwelcoming place

Crite Staff October 31, 2016

by Wonder Wachara In a speech given in late June, former President George Bush remarked,  “Too often, we judge other groups by their worst examples while judging ourselves by our best intentions.”...

What to expect on the election day ballot

Crite Staff October 31, 2016

Presidential Candidates: Hillary Clinton (w/ VP Tim Kaine): Hillary Rodham Clinton is the Democratic Party’s nominee for president and has served as a senator for New York and the U.S. secretary of...

Compassion without action: Trump visits Detroit

Crite Staff October 31, 2016

by Maddie Parise I was raised in Kalamazoo, Mich. by a family with close ties to Detroit. My father spent the early half of his life  there, we often visit family still in the surrounding area. And I...

Star Wars & Politics: Make the Empire great again

Crite Staff October 31, 2016

by Tyler Fransen For those of you who have been blissfully living under a rock throughout the 2016 presidential race, the two major party candidates and the two leading third party candidates are...

Politics on college campuses

Crite Staff October 31, 2016

The 2016 Presidential election has brought up an important ethical question: do politics have their place on college campuses, and if they do, where? Presidential debates are frequently held...

Trump holds rally in Grand Junction

Crite Staff October 23, 2016

by Ashlyn Gerbaz     Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a rally in Grand Junction on Oct. 18, at West Side Aviation. There were an estimated 5,000 people in attendance, and the line...

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