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A record 4,321 fans packed the stands as Colorado Mesa University (CMU) rodeo athletes battled for regional bids and left it all in the arena. After breaking the attendance record with 4,100 fans on ...

Over the years, we have witnessed kids or young adults doing cringe impersonations of strange characters on social media or known someone notorious for obsessing over certain characters to the extreme ...

A 700 person protest demonstrated that Grand Junction does not tolerate the racist rhetoric that Jared Taylor brought with him to Colorado Mesa University (CMU). Led by the Mesa County Chapter of the ...

The people of the United States of America have a long and honorable history of fighting tyranny wherever it is found. We fought the British imperialists and drove them from our shores. We fought the ...

Western Culture Club has lawyered up. The club’s president, Maxwell Applebaugh, indicated that they have Texas-based attorney Jason Lee Van Dyke on retainer as a protective measure against threats and ...

Sororities have always had the reputation of being a pay-to-play friendship club. And honestly, while there is a financial commitment, that perspective doesn’t fully capture what being in a sorority ...

On this corner, the town of Grand Junction is divided. The intersection of North and 12th St. has recently become a popular place for people protesting ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and ...

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“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 a ...

My name is Gwyneth Elliott and I have been a part of the Criterion for three years. I joined my freshmen year as just a photographer, but like any photographer in the Crite I eventually was tasked ...

On April 23, Colorado Mesa University (CMU) student businesses had the opportunity to sell their goods at the Maverick Marketplace hosted by Sustainability Council and Entrepreneurship Club. The ...