In photos: Adventurous Mountaineers hone their climbing skills on annual Unaweep Canyon trip
Photo feature by Kira Córdova For the past three years, student instructors at Wilderness Pursuits (WP) have run an annual climbing trip to Unaweep Canyon, near Grand Junction. Unaweep is…
Op-ed: Western’s Master’s of Environmental Management faculty, staff, and students could benefit from an intentional slowdown
MEM students and faculty from the 2022 and 2023 graduating cohorts In the opening weeks of Western’s Master’s of Environmental Management (MEM) program, founder and former dean Dr. John Hausdoerffer…
Photo feature: Western students take artful flight in special trapeze course
By Kira Córdova In COM 317: Trapeze Dance and Movement, a theater special topics class that explores storytelling and expression through low-flying dance trapeze, professor Steven Cole Hughes and students…
Paradise lost? Reckoning with human waste in Colorado’s increasingly crowded backcountry
By Courtney King Another hike, another piece of toilet paper found flowing in the breeze. A bit of an exaggeration, perhaps, but it’s hard not to get frustrated (really, disgusted)…
Undefeated Mountaineers travel to Golden for gridiron showdown with #1 Orediggers
Mountaineers dispatched with New Mexico Highlands 62-0 at home on Oct. 21. Photo: Matilda Sleider On Saturday, Oct. 28 the 8-0 Mountaineer football team — ranked #9 in Division II…