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United Airlines is crap

Tyler Fransen April 16, 2017

If by now you haven’t seen the horrifying video trending all over social media of the doctor/United Airlines passenger being forcibly dragged off a plane, here’s a recap. According to an April...

Tyler’s Tyrades: My most disgusting tirade

Crite Staff February 15, 2017

by Tyler Fransen Men, we need to talk. It’s about cleanliness. Now look, I’m not your mother, but, as someone who has a mother, I feel it is important - nay, imperative - that I discuss a problem...

Everything wrong with the Colorado Rockies

Crite Staff February 12, 2017

by Tyler Fransen One of my favorite channels on YouTube is called “Cinemasins,” where the host narrates over a movie and counts a movie’s “sins,” whether it’s a continuity error, poor acting,...

Tyler’s Tyrades: Pepe and minions dabbed on that juju yelling, “damn Daniel”

Crite Staff February 8, 2017

by Tyler Fransen Memes: a way of saying, “I’m a slave to internet trends that distort pop culture, and I also spend way too much time on Facebook.” If you need your daily fix of the dankest of memes,...

Tyler’s Tyrades: Vacations all I ever wanted

Crite Staff January 27, 2017

by Tyler Fransen We’re barely back to school for a week and already I want a vacation. Sure, I could wait until spring break, but that’s so far away! Come to think of it, as of writing this, I can’t...

Pence is not the problem

Crite Staff December 5, 2016

Tyler Fransen If, by now, you haven’t heard about the "Hamilton" musical situation that occurred with Vice President-elect Mike Pence, here’s a quick recap. “Hamilton: An American Musical,”...

Betsy DeVos should be nowhere near education

Crite Staff December 5, 2016

by Tyler Fransen The semester is coming to a close, and I encourage you to embrace it. You took the chance with this experience, with your education and you stuck with it. Whether you’re graduating,...

Tyler’s Tyrade: A dumpster fire

Crite Staff December 5, 2016

by Tyler Fransen I know it seems a little early for the “year in review, ” but since this is the last Crite issue of the semester, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at all the great memories...

Student veterans stories

Crite Staff November 13, 2016

by Tyler Fransen Amongst CMU’s campus community are several students whom at one point in their life, decided to put their aspirations on hold, to go and fight for their country. These students are...

Ebenezer had the right idea

Crite Staff November 13, 2016

by Tyler Fransen “It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” is the beginning lyrics to a song about a time that is not the most wonderful of the year. Now I know you’re thinking, “he’s a...

Back in Black

Crite Staff November 13, 2016

by Tyler Fransen The Colorado Rockies have done something previously thought impossible under the Monfort administration; they’ve hired a respectable manager that can address a key issue to their struggles....

Tyler’s Tyrades: Fight like Hell

Crite Staff November 13, 2016

by Tyler Fransen Originally I had planned to submit a piece about National Geographic’s video of a penguin love triangle and how – up until Tuesday – it took Twitter by storm. However, I think I’ll...

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