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T HE V OICE OF THE C OLORADO S CHOOL OF M INES , A SUPERIOR EDUCATION IN APPLIED SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

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F EATURES 6 E DITORIALS 8

R EC S PORTS 11 M INER S NOTES 12

Hilary BrownFeatures Editor

The doors to the Hall of Justicehave been locked for the last time.In late 2006, the Colorado School of

Mines decided to permanently closethe building after a leak appeared inthe roof.

The leak prompted officials toreevaluate the use of the building.Since the 2005 Campus FacilitiesMaster Plan called for the buildingsfuture demolition, the additional ex-

pense of signicant maintenance work could not be justied, said Paul Leef,Campus Architect.

CSM submitted a $6.3 millionstate-funded capital request for thedemolition of the Hall of Justice. Itwill come up for approval before July1, 2007. Demolition will begin in thefall if it is approved by the legislatureand the Governor. The ColoradoCommission on Higher Educationrecommended the project.

Preparations for the demolitioncould begin as soon as the funding isgranted. The reproong materialcontaining asbestos in the buildingwould be abated prior to building de-molition, said Leef. After completing

Bringing Down The HallFormer JeffCo. Courthouse Closed Ahead Of Schedule

the preparations, the Hall of Justicewould be demolished.

The new building would be aca-demically focused, according to the2005 Campus Facilities Master Plan.Preliminary planning meetings are

expected to begin during the spring.Outcomes of this planning effort will be to determine programmatic needs,the size of the future building and itscost, funding sources, and schedulefor completion, said Leef.

The Hall of Justice was built in1966 as the county courthouse. Ithas been a part of the campus sincethe early 1990s. Beginning in 1997,CSM entered into a temporary useagreement with the State of Coloradoconcerning the structure. The agree-ment limited use of the building to therst two oors and basement.

Several departments were dis- placed in this recent decision toclose the Hall of Justice. The EPICSdepartment is now located in the

Engineering Hall Annex. The MusicDepartment now resides in the former Credit Union (19 th St and Illinois) andin Bunker Auditorium. Other classesthat formerly met in the Hall of Justicehave been moved to other buildingson campus.

Courtesy Hilary Brown/Oredigger The Hall of Justice has served to house the EPICS and music depart-ments as well as several classes and the language center.

Dems In Denver

More Troops In Iraq To Start New YKatie KocmanStaff Writer

The new strategy I outline tonightwill change Americas course in Iraqand help us succeed in the ght againstterror.

President Bush believes that hisnew plan will change Americascourse in Iraq, and help us succeed in

the ght against terror. During hisspeech he stated that the situation inIraq is unacceptable to the American

people, and it is unacceptable to me.Our troops in Iraq have fought bravely.They have done everything we haveasked them to do. Where mistakeshave been made, the responsibilityrests with me.

The troop increase will be a multi-

stage operation. Two brigades willarrive immediately, and the other threewill wait to be deployed, depending onwhat happens in the eld.

In keeping with the recommenda-tions of the Iraq Study Group, Bushsaid. We will increase the embed-ding of American advisers in IraqiArmy units and partner a Coali-tion brigade with every Iraqi Army

division. The majority of these two brigades will go to Baghdad. Theywill be embedded in groups of four tosix hundred in nine military districtsin the city.

Our troops will have a well-de-ned mission: to help Iraqis clear andsecure neighborhoods, to help them

See DEPLOYMENT, Page 2

Sara PostCopy Editor

On January 11 th, Democratic Na-tional Committee chairman HowardDean announced that the 2008 Demo-

cratic National Convention would beheld in Denver, Colorado. There is noquestion that the West is important tothe future of the Democratic Party,Dean said in a prepared statement.

Denver has held one other NationalConvention. In 1908 the Democrats

nominated William Jennings Bryantfor the third time. It was in the newlycompleted Denver Arena Auditoriumthat Bryant gave his famous Crossof Gold speech. That convention

brought Denver to national atten-tion, and many hope that the DNC of 2008 will have a similar effect on theentire West.

The way weve approached this isto look at this as not just a conventionfor Denver or Colorado, but for theRocky Mountain West, said Denver mayor John Hickenlooper. Weve

been working with governors of neighboring states to locate resourcesand companies that want to support aconvention that showcases the West,showcases our ability to solve prob-lems and come together.

Were really, really excited herein Colorado to have the DNC meetingin 2008, said Patt Watt, chairwomanof the Colorado Democratic Party,in an interview with the Oredigger .

Not only will it give us a chanceto showcase the state, but also toreinforce that the West is the place tocome in politics. We have a growing

population thats really concernedabout things, like water rights and theenvironment, that are not necessarily

on the agenda in the East. From our standpoint this is an opportunity for usto tell the Western story to the rest of the country and also to nominate thenext president of the United States.

The DNC Hispanic Caucus is alsoenthusiastic about the potential politi-cal advantages to having the conven-tion in an area with a large Hispanic

population.By coming to Denver for the

convention, and selecting Nevadato hold one of the rst presidentialnominating contests, the DNC andchairman Howard Dean are provinga real commitment to having the His-

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The 90s rock groupRage Against theMachine is set toreunite to headlinethe Coachella Music

Festival on April 29 th .They will be joinedby the Red Hot ChiliPeppers, Bjork andmany others in theCalifornia desert.This will mark thefirst time all four members of Rageagainst the Machinehave shared a stagesince 2000.

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The jury selectionprocess has ended inthe trial of Cheneysformer Chief of Staff, Scooter Libby,who was broughtup on five felonycharges related toobstruction of jus-tice and perjury. Thisall stemmed from aninvestigation into

the leaking of former ambassador JosephWilsons Wifes nameto reporters.

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Simultaneous bomb-ing ripped throughpredominately Shiiteareas in Baghdadleaving 78 dead and150 wounded. While

the US death toll inIraq stands at over three thousand, esti-mates of Iraqi casu-alties range from thetens to hundreds of thousands.


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Bottom Line Gets A BoostState Increase Passes; National Measure Pending

Jason Fish

News Editor

For the rst time in 10 years, theColorado minimum wage has beenincreased. Businesses statewide arenow required to pay employees atleast $6.85 an hour, raised from the

standard $5.15 rate. Tipped employeesalso received a hike in their pay, goingfrom $2.13 to $3.83 per hour.

The increase went into effect onthe rst of the year after passing on thestate ballot as Amendment 42 in the

November, 2006 general election. Nationally, a similar measure was

proposed by the Democratic party to

raise the Federal minimum wage. Itwas defeated by the Senate in June,2006, but is back in the legislature

today.The most recent act was entered

onto the ballot by CongressmanGeorge Miller (D.-Calif.) and passedin the House of Representatives by amargin of 315-116.

The proposition, if passed, wouldraise the national minimum wagefrom $5.15 to $7.25 per hour in threeincrements over the next 26 months.Figures from the Economic PolicyInstitute estimate over 14.8 millionworkers will be affected across thecountry.

Having passed in the House, the bill must meet the approval of the Sen-

ate and, nally, the President. Bushhas said that he may sign the bill intolaw if Congress adds tax and regula-tory concessions for small businessesto the measure.

The Senate Finance Committee

held a hearing on some of these proposed tax incentives January 10 th. Asof Monday, there has been no wordon Senate or Presidential approvalof the bill.

Colorado was not the only stateto increase minimum wages in the2006 elections. Arizona, Missouri,Montana, Nevada, and Ohio voted for a raise as well. On Colorados ballot,

the vote was 3.3% above an even split,while in several of the other states,over two-thirds selected an increase.

Deployment Amid More Attacks protect the local population, and tohelp ensure that the Iraqi forces left

behind are capable of providing thesecurity that Baghdad needs, Bush

afrmed.Four thousand more troops will goto Anbar Province in the west, whichhas become a base of operations for al-Qaida terrorists. Over a billion dollarswill also be spent in economic aid andan additional $5.6 billion will be used

Continued from Page 1 to fund the troop increase.This new strategy will not yield

an immediate end to suicide bomb-ings, assassinations, or IED attacks,Bush cautioned.

More than 3,000 American mili-tary personnel have lost their livesto the war in Iraq. Iraqi and U.S.troops may nd themselves ghtingthe militia of Moqtada Sadr, radicalShia cleric, which is the largest andmost powerful of the Shia groups.However, the Mehdi militia currently

protects many Shia neighborhoodsfrom Sunni insurgents, and, to date,Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has notconfronted Sadr due to Sadrs politicalinuence in the Iraqi congress. Now,Bush said, the Iraqi government willappoint a military commander and twodeputy commanders for their capitol.The Iraqi government will deployIraqi Army and National Police bri-gades across Baghdads nine districts.When these forces are fully deployed,there will be 18 Iraqi Army and Na-

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tional Police brigades committed tothis effort along with local police.These Iraqi forces will operate fromlocal police stations conducting

patrols, setting up checkpoints, andgoing door-to-door to gain the trustof Baghdad residents.

Bush also said that he and hisadvisers carefully considered theIraq Study Groups suggestions toscale back, but we concluded thatto step back now would force a col-lapse of the Iraqi government, tear

that country apart, and result in masskillings on an unimaginable scale.Such a scenario would result in our troops being forced to stay in Iraq evenlonger, and confront an enemy that iseven more lethal. If we increase our support at this crucial moment, andhelp the Iraqis break the current cycleof violence, we can hasten the day our troops begin coming home.

panic community at the table.Colorado Republicans do not

seem worried about the prospect of a massive Democratic inux. Someare expressing optimism about theeconomic benets of the event, whichis expected to bring between $150and $200 million to the Denver area.Others, such as State RepresentativeBill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs,expect that the convention will bringColorado voters to the booths in favor of the GOP. I cant think of anythingmore motivating for Republicans to goout and vote than watching HowardDean and Hillary Clinton in [Den-ver], he said.

I think, what [this] really says,is that the Democrats are runningcandidates who are authentic, who arehonest, who are listening to the peopleof the state, and who are running onthe issues that they care about, Watt

told The Oredigger when asked aboutthe affect of recent elections on thestates political stage and the decisionof the DNC to hold the conventionin Denver.

That has really made a signicantdifference and it has been the policyof the state Democratic Party for the

past two years to make sure we havethe best candidates running. [Theyre]the right candidates talking about theright issues.

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Gov. Ritter Gives First SOSAndrew Aschenbrenner

Staff Writer

The rst two weeks in ofce have been busy for Bill Ritter, Coloradosnew governor. Following his swear-ing-in on January 9, he has met with

committees, finalized his Cabinet picks, met with county and state of-cials regarding continued blizzardrelief in southeastern Colorado, andeven gone on a whistle-stop train tour of the Front Range with LieutenantGovernor Barbara OBrien. Headlin-ing all this activity was Ritters rstState of the State address on January11 th.

In his speech, Ritter highlightedseven main points as part of hisColorado Promise, including aNew Energy Economy, education,transportation, and health care. Heidentied the Colorado Promise as:The promise of a brighter tomor-row, a new direction. Calling allColoradans great leaders, he ex-

pressed condence that partnershipsand communication with all levels of

government could be reached.Noting that he had cam-

paigned for almost two years andvisited all 64 counties, Ritter said thatthere was a common desire for prob-lem-solving. He promised to alwayslisten, and told those assembled that

his district stretches from Springeldto Cortez and Dinosaur to Julesburg,and includes every community in

between.Before sharing his goals for legis-

lation, Ritter announced that he wouldapply one litmus test to every billcoming to his desk: How does thiscreate a better future for our childrenand our childrens children? Healso encouraged creativity in order to accomplish goals within fiscallimitations.

Ritter spoke rst about the NewEnergy Economy, our calling cardto the 21 st century. While acknowl-edging that fossil fuels will still playa large part in the energy economy,he expressed a desire for Colorado to

become a renewable energy leader.He expressed anticipation to see other

bills that would advance the use of renewable energy, and announcedthe creation of the Governors Excel-lence in Renewable Energy Award,which would recognize people,

businesses, institutions, and non- prots who work in the renewable

energy eld. Next, Ritter spoke about healthcare, noting that 770,000 Colora-dans, including 180,000 children,lack health insurance. He calledthe fact that many businesses cantafford to offer health insurance un-acceptable, and expressed a visionto establish a Colorado Health Planthat provides every Coloradan withaccess to some basic form of healthinsurance and health care by 2010.He also said that he would use anexecutive order to join a multi-statedrug-purchasing pool, promptingHouse Republican leader Mike Mayto comment that the oversteppingof the legislature would be a scary

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State Of The State AddrRitter Focuses on Colorado Promise

beginning on the health care front.The Governor briey mentioned

transportation, saying that some-thing as simple as a well-paved roador a four-lane highway can be a bigeconomic development tool in placeslike La Junta and Lamar. He calledimproving the transportation systemkey to our overall economic develop-ment strategy.

In the largest part of his speech,Governor Ritter highlighted educa-tion, saying that the best economicdevelopment tool is a well-educatedworkforce. Noting that less thanhalf of the black, Latino, and Ameri-can Indian students who start high

school in Colorado actually nish,

he set a goal to cut the drop-out ratein half within 10 years. He also madeclear that higher education is vital torural Colorado, and called for col-leges and universities to double the

production of technical certicatesand college degrees over the next 10years.

Ritter also set goals in publicsafety, saying that prison costs arespiraling out of control and eatinginto our ability to fund education andhealth care. He targeted prison re-cidivism as the biggest problem, say-ing that a main way to control prisoncosts would be to develop programsthat allow inmates to successfully re-enter society.

Finally, Ritter announced the cre-ation of the Colorado GovernmentEfciency and Management Perfor-

mance Review. He described it as atool to put [state employees ideas]into action. He said that its our turnto keep the Colorado Promise, andconcluded with a hope that progresswould be made and problems would

be solved.Leading Democrats praised the

speech, with Senate President JoanFitz-Gerald calling it inspirational.Leading Republicans expressed someconcern, including Senate minorityleader Andy McElhany, who calledRitters goals laudable but com-

plained that he didnt hear a lot of specics about how we get there or how we pay for them. In the GOPresponse, state GOP chairman BobMartinez even called the address acampaign speech.

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The Chicago Bears brought theGeorge S. Halas trophy home, win-ning the NFC Championship at coldand snowy Soldier Field over the NewOrleans Saints. They return to the Su-

per Bowl stage for the rst time sincewinning Super Bowl XX in 1986.They will be joined on February 4 inMiami by the Indianapolis Colts, whowon the AFC Championship to reachthe big game for the rst time sincemoving from Baltimore.

Chicago won in classic Bears fash-ion, using a steady running game and a

pounding, turnover-inducing defenseto dominate the Saints 39-14. TheColts comeback was a conferencechampionship record, led by PeytonManning. The defense held off play-off-savvy Tom Brady, allowing theteam to post a 38-34 win.

With both teams posting suchdramatic victories, this years Super Bowl is sure to be chock full of ex-citement. To try and gauge each team,there are ve categories that need to

be analyzed.1. Bears offense vs. Colts de-

fense. The Bears, quarterbacked bythe widely criticized Rex Grossman,will have a challenge against a Coltsdefense that has recently found itself after giving up 173 yards rushing

per game during the regular season.Indianapolis defenders repeatedly

jumped routes against New England,so expect the Bears to try to counter with crisp passing. Rex Grossmanmust be on his toes against an India-napolis secondary that was rated sec-ond in the NFL. The Bears must havea successful passing game to succeedon offense. Combined with a Bearsoffensive line that successfully partedthe statistically better New Orleans

run defense and the rushing tandemof Thomas Jones and Cedric Benson,the Bears should be able to gain yardson a fast but vulnerable Colts defense.This battle will be won on the ground,giving the edge to Grossman and theBears offense.

2. Colts offense vs. Bears defense.Everyone knows about the deft pass-ing and leadership of Peyton Man-ning. At times, the secondary of theBears appears full of holes, but thisis largely because the Bears brandof zone coverage lacks strong safetyMike Brown, who has been out for the season. Man coverage looks much

better for the Bears. Joseph Addai and

Dominic Rhodes may have troublending holes against the swarmingBears defense, but the Bears havestruggled against receivers like Mar-vin Harrison, with the same defensegetting shredded in last years play-offs by Steve Smith. The Bears passdefense was ranked 11th against the

pass in the regular season, just aheadof 12th-ranked New England, whichgave up 349 yards through the air toManning and the Colts. Overall, theColts running game will have sometrouble, but Manning should connecton some big plays in the air, giving theedge to the Colts offense.

3. Special teams. The Bearsreturn man and TD-return recordholder Devin Hester, who made six

touchdown returns during the regular season, is a special teams coachsworst nightmare. The Colts counter with Terrence Wilkins, who is a de-cent return man but lacks Hestersexplosiveness. Turning to kickers, theBears Robbie Gould has been solidthis season, setting a team record byconverting his rst 26 eld goal at-tempts this season and nishing 32of 36. Gould also made the winning49-yard eld goal in overtime to beat

the Seattle Seahawks in the divisionalround. The Colts however have oneof the most famous kickers in NFL

playoff history in Adam Vinatieri.Vinatieri has been an excellent clutchkicker, with three winning eld goalsin the playoffs (two in Super Bowls)to his credit. With the game in Miamithe weather gures to be warm, and

barring any rain, the kicking battleshould be a draw. Any rain, however,and Hesters explosiveness could beneutralized and the edge would go toVinatieri and the Colts.

4. Coaching. The Bears LovieSmith and the Colts Tony Dungyshare the title of being the rst Afri-

can-American head coaches to coachin the Super Bowl. They worked to-gether in Tampa, with Smith coachinglinebackers under Dungy. Smith alsoworked as defensive coordinator inSt. Louis, where he helped the Ramsreach Super Bowl XXXVI. Bothcoaches have a defensive background,and Smith is noted for bringing theTampa Cover-2 scheme to Chicago.Both coaches should be familiar witheach others defensive coverage. This

battle will most likely come out tofavor Smiths explosive defense.

5. Intangibles. Getting Manningand the Colts famed offense out of the dome and into the outdoor Dol-

phins Stadium in Miami should helpthe Bears, who were 7-1 on the road

during the season. The two-week break will favor the Colts, who didnot have the bye week like the Bears.Rex Grossmans condence will playa huge factor, and Smith and the restof the Bears coaching staff would bewise to put his preparation as the top

priority for the Bears. The distrac-tions of Super Bowl week may hurtthe Bears, one of the youngest teamsin the NFL, and Grossman has only24 regular season games and three

Bears, Colts Dance in Super Bowl Shufe

Spotlight Brightens onManning and Grossman

Andrew Aschenbrenner Staff Reporter

playoff games to his name. Manningundoubtedly wants to silence critics

by winning it all, but the Bears arealso eager to nish out their quest for a title. Emotion should be high on

both sides, but the Colts may get lostin nally beating the Patriots when itcounts. In the most even battle of all,the Bears get the edge, owning seven

NFL Championships and one Super Bowl as a franchise.

After weighing all these parts, itsobvious that this years Super Bowl

will be one for the ages. Manning will

be on his game, but so will Grossman.The Bears will out-rush the Colts andcontrol the clock. This combined withthe big play nature of their defensedenitely gives the edge to the Bearsto become this years Super BowlChampions.

Pick: Chicago 38, Colts 27

Colts lineman Jeff Saturday pounces on Dominic Rhodes fumble on the one yard line to score a TD in the Colts record setting fourth quarter comeback Sunday

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Courtesy Sports illustratedChicago Bears coach Lovie Smith became the rst African-Ameri-can to go on to the Super Bowl with the Bears 39-14 win Sunday.


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Oredigger Track and Field Runs Amok School of Mines Opens Up Indoor Season With Joe Davies Open

The Colorado School of Minestrack and eld team opened up the2007 indoor season this afternoonwith its annual Joe Davies Open.

Both the mens and womensteams nished third behind AdamsState and Western State. On the mensside, Adams won the meet with 236

points followed by Western (147.5),CSM (81.5) and Metro (9). AdamsStates women also won the meet with

175 points, while Western was secondwith 171 points, CSM in third with 72and Metro in fourth with 17.

Mines had three individual win-ners, along with provisional qualify-ing times.

Larry McDaris led the Orediggerswith both a win and a national quali-fying time in the mens mile run. Histime of 4:18.26 is a national qualify-ing time. Also winning his event with

a qualifying time was Matt Walsh.Walshs time of 1:54.77 gave him athree second win over CSMs Mark Husted in the mens 800 meters..

2006 womens mile national run-ner-up Heather Beresford ran to a rst

place nish in the womens 800 meterswith a time of 2:18.97.

Mines will return to action on Jan-uary 27th at the Air Force Academy.

McDaris Leads Orediggers to Victory,Captures National Qualifying Time

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Colorado Christians Brian Stamer tallied a double-double with 18 pointsand 10 rebounds to lead the Cougarsto a 67-51 win over Colorado Schoolof Mines in Rocky Mountain AthleticConference action Saturday night atCougar Fieldhouse.

CCU (6-9, 3-6 RMAC) led 23-17at halftime and pushed the lead to asmany as 13 points in the second half.CSM was able to cut the lead to six

Courtesy CSM Athletics points with just under ve minutes to

play, but would get no closer.CSM sophomore guard Kyle Papescored a game-high 21 points, whilesenior forward Davey Iverson addedseven markers.

Justin Neuhaus totaled 15 pointsand eight boards to aid Stamer, whileJordan Long registered 12 points.

CSM (8-8, 3-6 RMAC) will returnto action Tuesday night when it hostsJohnson & Wales at 7:00 pm in Volk Gym.

Colorado School of Mines Associ-

ate Director of Athletics and former Head Wrestling Coach Dan Lewishas been selected as an inductee intothe USA California Wrestling Hallof Fame.

The induction will take place May19 at the Holiday Inn, Laguna Hills,California.

Lewis began his wrestling career at Fountain Valley High School andcaptured the California Interscho-lastic Federation Championship in1971 as he posted a 30-0 record with23 pins. He also placed third at theHigh School Nationals contested atOklahoma State.

He then spent two seasons at Or-ange Coast Community College wherehe was a two-time All-American and

posted 42 falls before moving ontoCal State-Fullerton for his nal twocollegiate seasons.

At Cal State-Fullerton, Lewiswas named the team Most Outstand-ing Wrestler in 1975 and 1976 whenhe captured conference titles at 177

pounds. He also qualified for the NCAA Championships in 1977. In1976, Lewis was 17-0-1 in duals. Heleft the program with a school-record

30 career pins and an overall recordof 67-6-1 in two seasons.

Lewis coaching career began at

LSU where he was an assistant coachfrom 1980-82. He then served as thehead coach at Cal State-Fullerton for the next 10 seasons and placed in the

NCAA top-25 in 1990 and 1991. In1991, Lewis guided seven wrestlerswho qualied for the NCAA Champi-onships. Cal State Fullerton was oneof only 14 teams to do so that year.

His 1991 team finished with a13-8 record and knocked off Okla-homa among many other top rankedteams.

Lewis then moved on to ColoradoSchool of Mines where he was thehead coach from 1992-2002. Duringthat time, he coached four NCAA II

National Champions, 10 All-Ameri-cans and was named the 1996 NCAA

II Coach of the Year after leading theOrediggers to a seventh place nishat the national championships. Hecoached three All-Americans and twonational champions that season.

Four of Lewis teams at CSM cap-tured the National Wrestling CoachesAssociation All-Academic TeamChampionship. Those came in 1994-95, 1995-96, 1997-98 and 1998-99.

Lewis Inductedinto Wrestling

Hall of FameCourtesy CSM Athletics

Mens B-Ball Drops to Colo.Christian; Fall to 8-8


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Hilary Brown

Features Editor John Tallerday is majoring in

Environmental Engineering, buthe still finds time to unicycle,memorize pi, and play classic videogames.

Q. What is your favorite activ-ity or sport?

Probably distance running. I docross-county, indoor and outdoor track for Mines.

Q. Whats the geekiest thingyouve ever done?

I dont know if I can narrowit down.

Q. Whats the geekiest thingyouve seen at Mines?

Athletes, including me, racingto solve Rubiks Cubes in the vanon the way to track meets. And dis-cussing Rubiks Cube algorithms.

Q. Can you solve a RubiksCube?

[Nods]. Yeah, I can solve manysizes, from the big 5-by-5 cubes allthe way down to the mini-cubes.

Q. Your thoughts on theratio

Its only weird when I go tofunctions outside of Mines. Ivegotten so used to it that it makes therest of society seem a bit strange.

Q. Whats your best geek joke?

Why did the engineer get Hal-loween and Christmas mixed up?

Q. Why?Because OCT31 is equal to

DEC25.

Q. Whats your favorite IMacronym?

Im great at wasting time onthe internet without using instantmessenger.

Q. What is the coolest thing inscience? Ever.

The innite nature of space.Q. What is your most hated

math thing?In Calc I or Calc II, we had to do

series and sequences, specicallyTaylor and Maclaurin. I never likedthose very much.

Q. Rumor has it that you uni-cycle, is it true?

I started unicycling last year. Irandomly decided to buy one andtake it up. It gets to be fun after youlearn enough.

Q. Do you like video games?I like the classic ones, like NES

and AtarisSuper Mario, Duck Hunt, Tetris II, Pong, Asteroids,etc. I can get through Super MarioBrothers, the original, without los-ing one life. I guess it proves I donthave a life.

Q. Can you recite pi?3.14159265358979323846264

3383279502884197169399375Q. What are your post-college

plans? Probably more school. I havent

planned too much of the future, noteven next week.

Would you like to nominatea friend for Geek of the Week?

Email [email protected]

Many Mines students have bornethe brunt of a nerd or geek joke.Its likely that they have ad hocdenitions that they use for instanceswhen they hear the terms. But whatdo these words really mean? Andhow are theydifferent?

Accordingto Merriam-Webs t e r, anerd is anun s ty l i sh ,unattractive,o r soc i a l l yinept person; especially one slav-ishly devoted to intellectual or aca-demic pursuits .A geek is a person often of anintellectual bent who is disliked or an enthusiast or expert especially in atechnological eld or activity.

The American Heritage Diction-ary has similar denitions. Butdo these denitions adequatelyreect the societal connotationsof the terms?

Perhaps the internet would be a good place to turn for thesedefinitions. Unfortunately, theUrban Dictionary and Wikipedia.org are replete with differingdenitions.

On Wikipedia, the meaning of geek is disputed factually, and thedenition of nerd contains originalresearch and unveried claims. Asthe denition section of geek says,

The denition of geek has changed considerably over time, and there is nodenite meaning

A geek is...an enthusiast or expert especiallyin a technological

eld or activity.

Joel LongtineGuest Reporter

Is There a DifferenceBetween Geeks and

Nerds?The denition of geek has changedconsiderably over time, and there isno denite meaning. The social andrather derogatory connotations of theword make it particularly difcult todene. The difference between theterms geek and nerd is widelydisputed...

The Urban Dictionary vacil-lates nearly as much. In fact,the top definition for nerdfrom the Urban Dictionary isone whose IQ exceeds hisweight. The second is anindividual persecuted for his superior skills or intellect, most of-ten by people who fear and envyhim. which seems to be similar

to the denition for geek given byMerriam-Webster. Yet more evidencefor the fact that these terms are hard toseparate from one another.

So, what can be gleaned fromthis morass of indecision? Any self-respecting geek/nerd would want aconcrete denition on which to base

their understand-ing of the use of those terms. Un-fo r t una t e ly, i tseems that there isnot much clarityto be found in theworld of defini-tions.

Where will an adequate answer befound? Send the Oredigger your per-sonal denition at [email protected] the end, however, perhaps all thegeeks and nerds can nd some comfort- at least youre not a dork!

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d i t o r i a l sEditorials Policy

The Oredigger is adesignated public

forum. Studenteditors have the

authority to makeall content decisions

without censorshipor advance approval.

T H E O R E D I G G E R

Learning to Love Linux With the rash of new op-

erating system releases, it isan opportune time to discussthe advantages of switchingto a GNU/Linux operatingsystem. Linux provides allthe features of a commercialoperating system with the

best price-tag ever: free. Bythe power of an army of paidand volunteer programmers,a very powerful operatingsys tem has been c rea ted .This operating system hasthe ability to perform all of the computing tasks neces-sary for a large percentageof users, without buying aWindows Vista license fee($129 to $499) or a systemwith Mac OS X. Linux has anexcellent web browser withMozilla Firefox, a great webclient in Mozilla Thunder-

bird, and the powerful officesuite OpenOffice.org. Whilemany Linux dis tr ibut ionsdefault with other software,the default configuration isusually more than enoughfor many users. However,there still remains the finalfrontier of Linux software

video games. Linux has avariety of free games, butmost people are interestedin playing the commercialgames theyve already pur-chased. Through the gallantefforts of the Wine Project,Windows games, such asWorld of Warcraft, can be

played on Intel processors though you should check the website before assumingthat your game will run. Plus,if you ever need any help,the local Linux User Groupwill likely help you out freeof charge.

Erich Hoover Guest Columnist

Why

ChooseWindows?Chris PhillipsAssistant Business Manager

Windows offers some major advantages over Mac OS andLinux. These advantages (es-

pecially for the average user)are highlighted by compatibil-ity and familiarity. Windows

still offers the largest programselection and it is growingdaily. Apple doomed itself inthe beginning when it refusedto allow software developersto learn how to program for their OS. The Linux folks haveworked to have an OS that can

be compatible with many Win-dows programs, but this com-

patibility has not reached 100%(and it may never do so).

The other advantage is fa-miliarity. Many people useWindows in one of its forms,and Vista will make changesto the look of the OS withoutchanging drastically the actualoperation. People are slow tochange; incorporating many of the familiar aspects that have

been around since Windows 95has proven an effective strategyfor Microsoft so much sothat other OS developers haveadopted similar features.

C o ur t e s y Wi k i p e d i a

The Apple PhenomenonZach AmanEditorials Editor

In 1984, Apple Comput-er, Inc. launched the first

pe r sona l compu te r t ha tuti l ized a graphical user

in ter face . In 1993, theyunveiled the first personaldigital assistant. In 2001,Apple uncovered the first3D-styled graphical user i n t e r f a c e w i t h M a c O S

X, and, in the same year,revealed the iPod digitalmusic p layer tha t domi-nates over 80% of Ameri-can market share today.In 2003, Apple integrated

the iTunes Music Storeinto the iPod dynasty. In2007 , App le showcasedthe iPhone a smart phonethat conquers music, vid-eo, photography, e-mail ,

w e b s u r f i n g , S M S t e x tmessaging, and more.

Put simply, Apple has been t he t e chno log i ca lleader of the pas t th i r tyy e a r s a n d t h e y r e o n l y

getting stronger. ApplesOS now offers a completeversion of Microsoft Of-f ice wi th a renewal duein 2008. Apples creative

professional applicationscont inue to ra ise indus-try benchmarks. ApplesiLife multimedia suite composed of GarageBand,iTunes , iMov ie , iDVD,and iP ho to i s beyondany other alternative in the

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Fool me once...shame...on you;fool me twice...shame...on...you cant

b e f o o l e dagain.

W h i l eP r e s i d e n tBush grewup in NewH a v e n , h eh a s e v i -dently been

profoundlyaffec ted byhis seeminglyendless time inCrawford, TX.

Early this January,Bush announced a plan to tempo-rarily increase troop levels in Iraq.Just one month prior, the Iraq StudyGroup - a bipartisan commission of leading political and judicial gures- issued a report encompassing allaspects of the war. Moreover, thegroup identied key areas of interestand specic recommendations for USforeign policy.

On the subject of increasing troopsize, the study group issued the fol-lowing statement:

Sustained increases in U.S. trooplevels would not solve the fundamen-tal cause of violence in Iraq, which isthe absence of national reconciliation.Past experience indicates that the vio-

lence would simply rekindle as soonas U.S. forces are moved to another area. As another American generaltold us, if the Iraqi government doesn o t m a k e

p o l i t i c a l progress, all the troops inthe world will not provide security.

It should be no surprise that themajority of America no longer sup-

ports the war or the President. AnAP-AOL News poll recently foundthat only 44 percent of Americans

believe the President is honest whilsta full two-thirds of the respondentsfeel that the nation is on the wrongtrack.

At this juncture, it would behoovethe President to seriously weigh theinterests of his constituency. No lon-ger does he enjoy post-9/11 politicalunity or the blind faith of the Christian

neo-Conservatives.Considering the conclusions of

the Iraq Study Group and the ac-

knowledged lack

of supportfrom the American pub-lic, it is inconceivably asinine for thePresident to proceed with this plan.

Bushs obstinance is no longer admirable; it has degraded Americanforeign policy to a point of disgustamongst the world community whilesimultaneously shattering bipartisanunity within American politics.

More than ever, this President must be held accountable for his words,accountable for his behavior, and ac-countable for his failures.

Zach AmanEditorials Editor

Demanding AccountabilityWhen the Constituency Is Left Behind...

Whats Your Beef With Mines?ASCSM President Answers Your Questions

Request: We shouldnt haveschool on Statutory Holidays.

Response: The state recog-nizes 10 national holidays andallows all state employees totake these 10 days off from work as paid holidays. These daysinclude Labor Day, VeteransDay, Columbus Day, MartinLuther King Jr. Day, PresidentsDay, July 4th, Memorial Day,Christmas, the New Year, andThanksgiving. Technically wedo get all 10 of these days off,

but they dont coincide with theactual date of that holiday. Thestate also requires that a studentmust have at least 750 contactminutes per credit hour (a 3credit class requires 2250 min-utes or 45 class times).

As state employees, our fac-

ulty and staff are allowed only10 days off from work through-out the year. One of the statu-tory holidays is on the day after Thanksgiving, so we can havethat long weekend. A morerecent ruling took four of thoseholidays (Presidents Day, La-

bor Day, Columbus Day, andVeterans Day) and moved themfrom their proper date to putthem in between Christmas and

New Years. This allows thefaculty and staff to have a week long vacation during the winter holidays. During this time thefaculty are encouraged to getresearch grants and even earnmoney from other institutions. Italso allows for the entire schoolto be shut down, which thereforesaves the cost of energy. Addi-

tionally, this ruling has allowedour winter break to be extendedan extra week. Without thoseholidays lumped together atthe end of December, our break would only be two and a half weeks.

We are essentially allowedto move our holidays aroundanywhere we desire as long aswe meet contact minute require-ments and leave enough time for there to be a summer sessionand two eld sessions. If thestudents so desire, we could haveLabor Day in the Fall or MLK Day in the Spring, but we wouldneed to start classes a day earlier or end a day later.

-Casey MorseASCSM President

Laboring onLabor Day

If there were a list for high quality schools that al-low students time off, the Colorado School of Mineswould not make the list. Students must attend classeven on national holidays, or days when the snowis so high that you need snowshoes to get acrosscampus. Even the days off that the school honors arecondensed when compared to other institutions.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology givesstudents frequent and extended breaks during theyear: they even observed 2 days of Columbus Day, aholiday that did not even register on the Mines radar.And the MIT students are not even back in sessionyet, classes start on February 6th.

Are Mines students less deserving of a break than the hardworking students of MIT? Classes areequally hard, and homework is as grueling, if notmore! Why, then, does the Mines administrationnot build in more breaks for students during theyear? Surely they recognize the strict standards thatstudents strive to meet, and that the efforts should

be rewarded occasionally with time to catch up onsleep, instead of homework.

There is no one on campus that could not use anextra day to relax and just enjoy life. So much of our time is devoted to lamenting our fate: the excessivequantities of CAPA, chemistry labs that are behindschedule, and the common-hour exams that take timefrom homework. It would be nice to be able to relaxonce in a while, if only to honor a lame holiday likePatriots day.

As the old saying goes, all work and no playmakes Jack a dull boy so cut us some slack,CSM!

Lily GiddingsStaff Columnist

Duffys CornerKevin DuffyStaff Columnist

The CSM Department of PublicSafety has often been describedin myth and storytelling. The real

facts and questions, covered up by a lack of information and com-munication between the dedicatedofficers of CSM and the studentsthey serve. The question of whothe Mines Police Officers are andwhat exactly their authority entailswill remain a mystery no longer.

Much to the surprise of thosewhom thought they were justsecurity guards, Mines police offi-cers are the real deal. CommunityRelations Officer, Brett Stanley,had this to say when asked aboutthe authority of Mines Police,police officers working for CSM are fully certified level 1Peace Officers and have the sameauthority as any police officer in

the State of Colorado. This state-ment was further backed up byOfficer Ryan Custer of the GoldenCity Police Department who com-mented on the positive workingrelationship between CSM andGolden Police forces. The neatlyconstructed web of authority,however, becomes muddled in adark cloud when one throws in theUniversity and its relationship tothe State and the Police force.

If CSM Police are State Of-ficers, understandably they canissue citations throughout theCity of Golden. Yet when an of-

ficer pulls an individual over who is a Mines student, he hasmore choices and options than if that person is a simple resident.He can choose at his discretionwhether to issue a legal citation

or a CSM fine that will be appliedto that students account. It is easyto see the gray area. CSM policeOfficers are not only carry respectand authority within the state, butwith in the school as well. Wheredoes all the money go for thoseoff-campus fines? The PublicSafety Charge. The school col-lects the money and will hold itagainst you until you pay up.

Over-zealous policing is a rec-ognized problem nation-wide. Inshort, police agencies benefit frommore arrests because it increasestheir productivity and gives rea-son for an increased budget thenext year. Consider it this way:if a police station never arrested

or ticketed anyone throughoutthe year, city, and governmentofficials would be hard pressedto okay a large budget for pos-sibly superfluous equipment andmissions. Considering the real-ity that CSM and Golden are notfull of would-be rival gangs andrioting crazies (like CU has tooffer), we need to continually ask ourselves the important question:are the CSM Police Officers justdoing their duty or are they intrud-ing upon your freedoms? Pleasesend Duffy your local concerns:[email protected].


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Smokin AcesUniversal PicturesAction

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Directed by Joe CarnahanSummary: Several hitmen have

been contracted for one hit with a bounty of a million bucks. Now itsa race to see who can put a bullet or two into a strung-out snitch.

Impression: Think of this like a porno, but instead of sex, its actionand violence. Not a lot of plot to behad here. If you make your way to seethis, make sure you know why.

Epic Movie20 th Century Fox

ComedyRated PG-13

Starring: Kal Penn, Adam Camp- bell, Jennifer Coolidge, Fred Willard

Directed by Jason Friedberg,Aaron Seltzer

Summary: The plot isnt impor-tant, I swear.

Impression: This lm is written by

Arriving Shortlythe same two writers of Date Movie . Incase you did not see that lm, it washorrible, like mutated dog vomit. Stayclear and away from this movie.

February 2 nd

The MessengersColumbia Pictures

HorrorRated PG-13

Starring: Kristen Stewart, DylanMcDermott, Penelope Ann Miller

Directed by Oxide Pang ChunSummary: A sunflower farm in

North Dakota has become prey to amysterious darkness that is causingsuspicion, murder, and mayhem. Theonly people that can predict theseoccurrences are children who aresupposedly able to sense darkness far

better than adults.Impression: The danger in this

plot is a little formulaic, but thisidea of children sensing evil is a newtwist. The tricky part is that its hardto decipher how much of a role thiswill play into the overall scheme of the movie. If youre in the mood for something unexpected, this should beright up your alley.

Chase HoffmanAsst. Editor-in-Chief

My (Hypothetical) Students Pick:V for Vendetta (2005)

Yeah, yeah. So this movie has beenout for a while. And it got pretty well

panned by a number of critics. And its been buried in my Netix queue for a longtime, while other, more compelling lmsgot pushed to the top. It even sat on topof our t.v. for weeks, while I tried to work up the interest to pop it in the DVD player.Truth be told, I expected to be really bored

by this movie.Because the poop was this: the Wa-

chowski brothers, the writers and produc-ers behind V and, of course, the Matrix trilogy, were sort of losing it. There wassome ght with the author of the book uponwhich V was based, and Larry Wachowskigot involved with a dominatrix and dis-appeared and is potentially becoming awoman, and Matrix superfans were letdown by the Matrix sequels (I mean, whatcan top the coolness that was bullet-timetechnology?). We were left feeling like the

people who are still hoping Guns N Roseswill get back together, only to be thwarted

by the weirdness that is Axl Rose.Anyway, it turns out that all of my

hesitation and hemming and hawing wasfor nought, because I really got into themovie. V is a borderline propagandisticcritique of the perils of fascism, which inthis lm looks a lot like neo-conservatism.

It is set in a futuristic Britain, a totalitarianstate fueled by fear and paranoia. A youngwoman named Evey (Natalie Portman)

gets caught up with a mysterious maskedman, V, who through some brilliantstrategery manages to stage a revolutionagainst the countrys dictator.

Some reviews said that the writing was poor: I didnt nd it so. In fact, I thoughtit was a smart movie. The Wachowskisare skilled at maintaining multiple plot-lines, ashbacks and ash-forwards, andthey always have something interestingto say about the current state of affairs.The anti-fascist message in this lm wasnot well veiled, but it didnt need to be.Sometimes it works just to name thingswhat they are.

Furthermore, I appreciated the Wa-chowskis moving away from the Matrixformulae to a different artistic vision. Thelm intentionally mimics the look and feelof a graphic novel (it is based on one), and

though it doesnt do it as well as, say, SinCity (also released in 2005), it is still astylistically consistent and exciting lm.

What I liked best about this moviewas the not-so-subtle message: freedommay mean chaos and danger, but far moredangerous is the supposed security of to-talitarianism. Sound familiar? Its a themethe brothers explore frequently. Im gladthis one nally made its way through thequeue, and I hope its not the last we see of the weird and wonderful Wachowskis.

My Pick: Bound (1996)

If you liked the Matrix movies and V ,

that doesnt necessarily mean youll liketheir debut project, Bound . But it might.In the documentary that depicts the

making of the Matrix trilogy (the Matri-ces?), the Wachowskis explain that theywere trying to secure studio funding to getthe movies made. None of the studios, of course, were willing to sink funding intothree fairly expensive movies being offered

by novice writer-directors, so the Brothersdecided to make a smaller movie rst, to

prove their mettle.The result was Bound , a gangster

movie starring two lesbian protagonists(played by Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly). In sum, its a bit of a cross between

Reservoir Dogs and The Usual Suspects , but with women as the bad-asses who getaway with all the swindles and double-crosses. Theres plenty of the typical

Wachowski uber-violence, but its got their vision and smarts, too.In fact, the only unfortunate thing

about this movie is that Gina Gershon has been unfortunately typecast forevermore,sentenced to always play the hammed-up

butch lesbian (dont believe me? See thefoul, foul 2003 movie Prey for Rock &

Roll ). Everything else about Bound works,and Warner Brothers agreed, allowing theWachowskis to make the Matrix. Check it out while youre waiting for their next

project.

Reel Geek A lm geek writes about geeks on lm.

Jen Schneider Columnist


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ORC Breaks inSpring for

Costa RicaThe Costa Rica Rainforest Out-

ward Bound School (CRROBS)has teamed up with CSM for afun-lled trip south of the border.From March 10th to 17th, youll

be able to enjoy hiking, rafting,sea kayaking, snorkeling, climbingand rappelling through rivers andluscious rainforests, and swimmingor surng on the incredible beaches(or just sit on your bum and tan).All of which, except for the loaf-

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