The Oredigger Issue 2 - September 13, 2010

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Volume 91, Issue 2 September 13, 2010

NEWS 3 FEATURES 4 SPORTS 8 OPINION - 10~world headlines

~scientific discoveries~geek of the week

~club spotlight~athlete of the week ~csm womens soccer

~morals to your story ~minds at mines

SATIRE 11~top ten parking~the tp bomber

CSM Republicans commemorate 9/11

STEVEN WOOLDRIDGE / OREDIGGER

Barnes and Noble, owner of ourcampus bookstore, has decidedto add a new line of clothing tothe store. Alta Garcia, a sector of Knights apparel, will run our schoollogo on t-shirts for $17.98 and onhoodies for $34.98. Sounds justlike any other company that sellsus clothes, right? However, AltaGarcia is different.

We could have given the com-munity a check for $25,000 or$50,000 a year and felt good aboutthat, says Donnie Hodge, Presi-dent of Knights Apparel, But wewanted to make this a sustainablething. Alta Garcia, which suppliesover 350 school bookstores withclothing, pays their workers enoughto live in the world today. Accord-ing to the company website, Wedecided to create the Alta Garciabrand and pay our workers threetimes more than we were requiredto - a living wage - so that they canprovide their families with adequatefood, clean water, clothing, shelter,education, and health care.

Having the privilege to see theclothes before they go out on theshelves, it is apparent that the qual-ity of the product is very high. Thecotton fabric is even softer than thetraditional brands such as Jansport

or Champion. The book store willstill sell these main brands, but asbookstore manager Ed Showerssays, [It is] alternative merchandisefor people who want to help under-privileged people.

Looking on the brands websiteyou can see the contribution that thiscompany has made for its workersin the Dominican Republic. All 120workers from the factory have ad-equate healthcare and education.We invited the Workers Rights Con-sortium, an independent labor rightsorganization, to make sure that wecontinue to uphold the high stan-dards that weve set for ourselves,writes Hodge on the websites blog.Weve done all this without compro-mising on the quality of our colleget-shirts, sweatshirts, and hoodies,and its not more expensive thanother premium brands.

Like Showers says, Any time wecan help someone out in this world,it is a good thing. Alta Garcia prom-ises healthy and safe working condi-tions, a decent salary, and qualityhealth care for their employees whileproviding great quality t-shirts andsweatshirts to campuses across thecountry. You can support the work done by Alta Garcia by spreadingthe word, nding them on Facebook and Twitter, or just buying Alta Garciaclothing. For more information, visit

AltaGarciaApparel.com

Alta Garcia ap-pears at MinesCharlotte AdamsStaff Writer

While largely unattended, last Thursdays Associated Studentsof the Colorado School of Mines(ASCSM) meeting discussed manynew issues facing the student bodyincluding current discussions in theundergraduate council and the pos-sibility of new traditions for students.

Jesse Earle, At-Large Senator tothe Faculty, reported that the ideaof an activity credit is back in theundergraduate council. The basicidea being that students would doeight semesters of activities (yet tobe de ned) that would be requiredfor graduation but would not counttowards students GPAs. This ismeant to replace the current systemof PA credit.

A number of questions werebrought up at this announcement.One student, after pointing out thatthere is at least one departmentrequiring close to 140 credit hours,stated that this seems to be an at-tempt for the undergraduate councilto give us more to do and avoid statecredit hour limits. When asked if theundergraduate council was interestedin student input, Earle responded,We dont know. Honestly, the docu-ment is dated October 2006. They getstuff done very, very slowly.

Senior Class President Ben Selingand Graduate Student Association

President met with Dr. Mark Eberhart,head of the faculty senate on the topicof campus traditions disappearing.

The three main traditions brought upwere the Graduate Student Associa-tion Pub Crawl, the M-Climb, and Se-nior bus. Not much appeared to havebeen discussed regarding the actualtraditions, but Eberhart expressed thatthe students have faculty support.

Since one of the major issues oncampus recently has been pedestriantraf c, a pedestrian corridor will bemade out of 16th Street, barring be-ing voted down by city council. It wasnot discussed at the meeting how thiswould impact the ow of cars throughand around campus, although at leastone member expressed dismay atthe plan.

Also, because of the cheatingincident last semester, Provost StevenCastillo expressed a desire to ASCSMto reevaluate the student honor codeto update it for new technologies. Itwas decided that members wouldlook over the honor code and bringissues and ideas to the next ASCSMmeeting.

Important policy changes andpossible curriculum changes are alsoon the agenda for the undergradu-ate council. The dead week policy isinconsistent between departmentsand student athletes are taking testsduring dead week, a violation of thepolicy, which will hopefully be revisedwithin the next semester.

The undergraduate council is alsoconsidering adding an UndergroundConstruction minor which wouldinvolve 7-8 classes.

The topic of student employeesbeing classi ed as state employeeswas also discussed with Eberhartbrie y, with the conclusion that thereis the possibility that the school hasbeen switching between them to suitthe needs of the job.

The Legislative Day (L-Day) com-mittee, historically responsible for L-Day and nothing else, may be gettinga change to introduce more countyand local politicians to the campus.Long-term plans would involve get-ting involved in more state politics andcollaborating with other campuses.

Minor reports included the seniorssetting their of ce hours in Coors Labon Mondays 3-4 PM. The GSA isplanning for the research fair to be in

April and noted that there is an awardfor undergraduate research. The BSOstated that they were attempting toclear some confusion over one-timereallocation.

The freshman class election resultswere announced. Two freshman classrepresentative positions were not lledduring the normal election. Therefore,the ASCSM Senate asked for nomina-tions to ll the positions. Three peoplewere nominated to ll the two vacantseats, so they were dismissed fromthe meeting during the discussionand voting.

ASCSM discusses tradi-tions, curriculumZachary Boerner Copy Editor

Mines Little Theatre 24-

Hour Festival Review

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We could talk about Google In-stant, but there really isnt much tosay about that product; you typea search query and Google pulls

up results before you nish typing.Google Instant increases the num-ber of search queries that hit Googleservers by a factor of between veand seven, and will save people 350million hours over the course of theyear. The time savings assumes, of course, that people will not spendthose hours testing out Google In-stant, or programming instant edi-tions of other web applications, suchas Google Maps or iTunes.

Going back to the topic at hand,a savvy user might notice thatdownloads from Apples iTunesstore practically y over the Minesnetwork, allowing a student todownload TV shows and iTunes Ulectures as quickly as their wirelessor wired connection will allow. On

Ian Littman, Assistant Business Manager, Web Content

Why is iTunes slow?

the other hand, in my experienceComcast and Qwest connectionsare exceptionally bad at download-ing iTunes content at a decent rate

of speed, with Comcast being theworst offender. The nations largestISP actually cant seem to be ableto download at more than twentypercent of its advertised speed fromiTunes, though connectivity to otherlocations is more than adequate. Butwhy?

iTunes uses a content deliv-ery network, or CDN, to serve up

les from iTunes. The idea behinda CDN is that you can serve lesfaster from several locations, eachof them sporting a cluster of serversthat is geographically close to theuser downloading the content. Fromthere, approaches diverge.

Apples CDN of choice is Akamai,which has been the gold standard forCDNs for years. Their modus ope-

randi is to place clusters of serverson ISP networks in various locations,eliminating potential slowdowns dueto crossing network borders. Aka-

mai then works with ISPs so thatwhen a user requests a le at an

Akamai-powered address, the ISPsDNS (Domain Name Service) serv-ers return the IP (Internet Protocol)address of the cluster that is nearestthem. If the cluster has cached the

le that the user is requesting dueto a previous download, downloadsproceed very quickly. If not, the lo-cal cluster pulls the le from else-where as the user downloads it. Thesecond scenario creates a bit of aperformance hit, but unless you areconnected via wireline on-campusthe performance hit is negligible.

The above works well as longas each cluster has plenty of capac-ity to serve up les to its target userbase, that target user base is using

their ISPs standard DNS serversand the number of uncached les issmall. However if one or more of theabove conditions are not met then

download performance falters. If someone chooses to use the MinesDNS server while at home, for ex-ample, Akamai-based sites will tryto pull from the Akamai cluster con-nected to the FRGP, with suboptimalresults. If you use OpenDNS, resultsare similarly subpar. Even if the ex-pected DNS server is chosen, inter-net routing, network congestion anda lack of cached content may rendera download painfully slow, at least inrelation to the capacity of the internetconnection being used.

Other CDNs use a techniqueknown as anycasting, where mul-tiple servers in different locationsshare the same IP address. ISP rout-ers pick the server that they think is

closest to the user, and downloads

continue from there. Anycasting isa relatively new technology, and theconcept has issues of its own, butDNS issues are not one of them. Will

Apple change to a CDN that usesanycasting rather than DNS-basedcluster resolution technology? Prob-ably not; Akamai is a name brand.

That said, an alternate technologycertainly exists, which is a good thingfor everyone else wanting to pushcontent to users at high speeds.

Where does that leave Com-cast (and maybe Qwest) users whowant to download a TV episode inless than forty- ve minutes? At thewhim of Apple, Akamai and their ISPto be honest. However there is somecomfort in knowing that the problemis not on your side.

MLT goes from zero to one-acts in 24 hoursIan LittmanAssistant Business Manager,Web Content

At 7:00 p.m. on Friday, ten ac-tors, three writers and a handful of supporting cast members gatheredat the Ford Building to audition forMines Little Theatres rst twenty-four hour play festival. Twenty-fourhours later, Mines Little Theatre per-formed the fruits of their labor, threeone-act plays, in the Student Center

ballrooms to an audience of severaldozen people. After nearly an hour of auditions

the night before, scriptwriters AlexDell, Konrad Klett and Rudy Ybarracasted the potential actors and be-gan writing each of their plays. Ev-ery ten minutes or so I get writersblock, Klett remarked at around11:30 p.m. that night. Then I drink some more coffee and start writingsome more. Dell agreed with Klettsdescription of the scriptwriting pro-cess, adding that he was focusingon wiring now and editing later. Itsrough, and still needs to be edited,but Ive got another eight hours todo that, he explained. Ybarra onthe other hand preferred to edit while

writing.Every few hours, Mines little The-atre treasurer Amanda Bowers gavethe three scriptwriters a prompt toadd to their plays. The rst promptinvolved mentioning MLTs upcom-ing plays, Done to Death andThe Mouse that Roared, whichwill be performed in November.Other prompts included working a

corny joke into the script and add-ing a reference to a cowbell some-where within the play. Directors, whoshowed up at 6:00 a.m. on Satur-day, also got prompts, which variedbetween plays and included suchthings as a thumb war and use of a dollar bill as a prop. Klett and Dellboth performed in acting and direct-ing as well as writing capacities.

Actors arrived at the Ford Build-ing at 7:00 a.m., then moved to the

Student Center after running linesfor a few hours. Twelve hours later,the audience arrived and each actingteam put on their play. Plots were allcomedic, and ranged from an unin-telligent villain taking over a TV newsstation, directed by Mark Shivers,to a ninja-ridden ten-minute sagaof adventure and treasure writtenby Konrad Klett. Each play ran tenroughly ten minutes.

Production value was rough,however the performance appearedto be arranged in ascending order of actor ability (or simply line memoriza-tion).

This left the audience with a nalethat, despite its over-the-top natureand minimal prop set, was humor-

ous enough to leave the audiencewith a good feeling at the end of thenight.

Overall, Mines Little Theatres 24-hour Play Festival was a success,well worth the forty minutess of timethe three-play performance took towatch. The next iteration of this con-cept is something to de nitely look forward to for next year.

ALL PHOTOS IAN LITTMAN / OREDIGGER

Amber Kaume, Josh Auger and Konrad Klett discussan odd combination of death and desserts in Rudy

Ybarras Murderous Des-serts, the second play of the evening.

Ninjas Mushroom andCornbread, played byTaylor and JT Foss, mockbattle during the nal playof the evening, written by

Konrad Klett.

(Left to right, top to bot-tom) Mark Shivers, JasonMurray, Josh Auger, JTFoss, Sam Barkat, MelissaAshwood, Alex Dell, AlexMontgomery, Taylor, Am-ber Gaume, Konrad Klett,Kari Kron and Challyn

P fer pose as the cast for 2010s Mines Little Theatre24-hour Play Festival. Notshown are MLT treasurer Amanda Bowers and script-writer Rudy Ybarra.

JT Foss and Taylor talk about treature found in mountains jutting from the sea after receiving directions from Wolf-hammer, played by Challyn P fer.


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Oredigger Staff

Ryan BrowneEditor-in-Chief

Neelha MudigondaManaging Editor

Abdullah AhmedBusiness Manager

Steven WooldridgeWebmaster

Barbara AndersonDesign Editor

Zach Boerner Copy Editor

Robert Gill Asst. Business Manager,

Sales and Marketing

Ian Littman

Asst. Business Manager,Web Content

Trevor CraneContent Manager

Katie HuckfeldtContent Manager

Shira RichmanFaculty Advisor

Headlines from around the worldLocal News

Joshua Kleitsch, Staff Writer

Joshua Kleitsch , Staff Writer

Kansas City, MO - The federal Bureauof Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explo-sives, ATF, collaborated with a Kansas Citycardiologist and the curator of the Nelson-At-kins museum of art to reveal the identity of a2500-year-old Egyptian mummy. The mummy,named Ka-i-nefer, is part of a new Egyptianexhibit at Nelson-Atkins that opened in May.Using CT scans of the mummy and makinggraphical drawings from those scans, the team

of researchers from ATF and the cardiologistdetermined that the mummy was a man wholived to be 45-55 years old, and was ve-footseven-inches tall and wore a size 7 shoe. Theimage by ATF adds a powerful immediacy tothis man who lived thousands of years ago inancient Egypt, said Robert Cohon, the curatorof the art exhibit at Nelson-Atkins.

Pasadena, CA - The Phoe-nix lander that has been on Marssince 2008 has returned datathat would suggest that Mars,in its younger days, experiencedsigni cant climatic events that in-dicate volcanic action, perhapsas recently as the last few billionyears. The isotopic measure-ments returned by Phoenix rein-force these ndings. This new in-formation is also challenging theformer belief that Mars has beendry for eons. There may havebeen recent interactions with liq-uid water, and as they say, wheretheres water, theres life.

Glasgow, UK/Canberra, AU Experimental physicists at Univer-sity of Glasgow, in Glasgow, UK are experimenting with using lighttubes to transport tiny objects overrelatively long distances. Cooper-ating with researchers working at

Australia University in Canberra,they have been able to use a laserto move a tiny particle in the rangeof 50 nanograms along a tube of

1.5 meters in length. Using what iscalled a Vortex Beam, they feed tinyparticles of carbon and hollow glassspheres into the beam and movethem along the tube. I cant seeanything that would stop us fromdelivering [a particle] over 10 me-ters said Andrei Rode, one of theresearchers at Canberra.

Paris, France - Humans milling about below ground will be the newheat source for a new housing complex near a metro station. The Frenchare hoping to cut carbon emissions in the 17 apartments by 30% com-

pared to traditional boiler heating systems. The heat will be conductedup to the heat piping system via the main stairwell of the metro station,resulting in zero new infrastructure. While Paris has no plans to extendthe project beyond this housing complex, they are investigating other op-portunities.

The San Francisco suburb of San Bruno, California burst into

ames as a gas line exploded on Thursday, killing six people andinjuring 50 more. Seven more aremissing. Witnesses said that theexplosion created a massive cra-ter and shot ames 50 feet intothe air. Paci c Gas & Electric Co.will take responsibility if it is foundthat they were at fault.

Christo Javacheff is petitioningthe city of Cotopaxi, CO, to allowhim to suspend silvery fabricover a 42-mile long stretch ofthe Arkansas river. Christo, ashe is most commonly known, hasmade himself famous for drapingentire buildings and towns withcloth, as a form of art. At age 75,this would be Christos last majorwork.

The Quran burning inGainesville, FL, was called off since pastor Terry Jones claimedhis message was received by themedia. As a result of the plannedburning, however, anti-burningprotests were held in Afghani-stan and at least two people werekilled.

In Thailand, water buffaloesare increasingly being replaced bytractors as the main tool to plow

elds. The Thai government is try-ing to slow that progress by loan-ing out buffaloes to farmers that would not otherwise haveused them, with 33,000 buffaloescurrently loaned out across thecountry.

The U.S. Marine Corps re-covered a German commer-cial vessel in the Gulf of Aden

Thursday by boarding and cap-turing the Somali pirates thatcaptured the vessel days ago.

The Gulf of Aden is an importanttrade route connecting the RedSea with the Arabian Sea and theIndian Ocean. Since 2008, attacksby Somali pirates have increased,leading to a decision that createda special task force of the U.S.military to combat this threat.

Google came out with a newfeature in its world-renownedsearch engine called instantsearch. The feature uses predic-tive search already programmedinto the search engine and per-forms a search based on every let-ter you type, as you type it. Whilethis probably will not increase rev-enue for Google, it has the poten-tial to dramatically decrease thetime it takes to perform searches.

The French are experimentingwith a new paradigm in cuisine,dropping prices dramatically andmaintaining fantastic quality. A

new category known as Neo-Bis-trot serves good, simple Frenchcuisine aimed at pleasing custom-ers with cheaper dishes that arestill well made.

The media research rmNielsen Co. has come out with anew metric for ranking the mostpopular NFL team in the na-tion; by local TV viewers, Internetmentions, and website visits. Therather unsurprising result is thatthe Dallas Cowboys are indeed

Americas favorite team. A ruling by the U.S. appeals

court on Thursday will allow fed-eral funding of embryonic stemresearch to continue. The rulingby District Judge Royce Lam-berth stopped funds as of August23, and this new ruling effectivelyoverturns that ban, at least un-til further investigation has beencompleted.

The #3 Mens Soccer teamposts a 4-1 victory over the Uni-versity of Mary. Mines scored 2goals in both halves to counterUniversity of Marys lone goal inthe 85th minute.

The Womens soccer teamties Montana State - Billings1-1 in double overtime on Sun-day. The Orediggers next homegame is Friday, Sept. 17thagainst Regis University at 2:00pm

The 2010 Leadership Summitwill be held on October 2. Thisyears summit will feature Craig

Valentine, 1999 World Champi-on of Public Speaking, and Rob-ert Waterman, co-author of InSearch of Excellence, as well as15 breakout sessions.

The American Chemical Soci-ety will hold a demonstration dayon September 21st at 6:00PM.

The demonstration will be held inthe Coolbaugh Hall Atrium.

There are 34 days until fallbreak, October 16th throughOctober 19th.


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Geek Weekofthe...Riley Geistmann, Freshman: Electrical EngineeringBrian Lindstadt

Staff Writer

In Golden, Colorado residesthe quaint campus of the Schoolof Mines. It is littered with laser-pointing, computer-building, andvideo-game-playing students.Unbeknownst to them, they arein a competition for Geek of theWeek. This geek must exceedthe preconceptions of geekinessand transcend into the realm of ridiculous. For this weeks Geek, Isearched Mines far and wide to lo-cate that special outlier. His nameis Riley Geistmann. Geistmann isa freshman from Redding, Cali-fornia, majoring in Electrical En-gineering. He plays video games,builds computers, and never, un-der any circumstance, conforms.

What are your favorite typesof games, and why?

Role playing games (RPG) andreal time strategies (RTS) becausein an RPG you can get involvedwith the game fully and RTS be-cause it is a good time waster.

How did you start gettinginto building computers?

I researched into it. I couldbuild something more power-ful and more customized for lessmoney. I have built two. One isa gaming computer and one isa photo editing computer for mygrandmother.

What is your favorite class?Physics Lab, because it is the

only class that has challenged meand has presented new informa-tion.

What is the inspiration for

your style?I like to stand out. I do not want

to be part of the conformity.Whats your favorite out t?

A kilt, because it is comfort-able, increased in air ow, andde nitely gets peoples attention.

What kind of music do youlisten to?

Celtic, blue grass, and classi-cal because I really like the violinand I have Celtic origins.

How many years have youplayed the violin? Did youcompete? Best experience?

I played the violin for 9 years. Icompeted in some ddle competi-tions, but did not place. My bestexperience with the violin wasmy rst ddle competition. Therewere lots of people, and I got toplay for all of them. While playingfor all these people I was a mix of nervous and excited.

How does Colorado com-pare to California?

The weather is better here. InCalifornia, the weather is about105 all summer. The Coloradoculture and the California cultureare about the same. The placeslook the same, except Colorado ismuch greener.

How many hours have youlogged into video games?

Lets say, probably, like 5 years.For all the ladies reading this, Iwould like them to know I got thethumbs of a champion and canpush that right button.

If you had any super power

what would it be? Teleportation because I like the

idea of being about to be any-where and everywhere at once.

If you could conquer onecountry, which one would yoube?

I have no clue, why would Ieven conquer a country? Lets gowith New Zealand, because I likethe landscape.

If you could be any videogame character which charterwould you embody and why?

Luigi, because he was my fa-vorite Mario brother.

What is the weirdest thing you have seen on campus?

I keep seeing this guy on uni-cycle, or the people running aslack rope.

BRIAN LINDSTADT / OREDIGGER

The Civil Engineering depart-ment here at Mines has a lot to offerits students, probably more thanone might rst imagine. Associa-tion of General Contractors (AGC)

Vice-President Ryan Sullivan elab-orated on what you can expect todo within the department. Mines,for undergraduates, is really goodfor geotechnical and structural [en-gineering]. Many members of thefaculty in the department did theirgraduate studies in structural, so ittends to attract students that areinterested in the same.

One of the more common jobsfor Mines Civil Engineering gradu-ates is in the structural and geo-technical areas, and Sullivan com-mented that, A lot of guys went toKiewit Underground, but you canreally do whatever you want. TheCivil degree here at Mines is in re-ality an engineering degree, with aCivil specialty. It really depends onwhat you want to do, because youare not limited to the traditional def-inition of Civil Engineering, althoughit is already a very broad category.

The opportunities are nearly end-less.

Sullivan said that he was think-ing about doing graduate school,and getting his masters degree.Im planning on applying to Pur-due, CU, and Mines to get a Mas-ters in structural. A Bachelorsdegree from Mines means you cango nearly anywhere you would like,most schools hold Mines in high

Considering Civil?Joshua KleitschStaff Writer

regard.One great option for students

interested in Civil Engineering is the American Society of Civil Engineersand the AGC. These two organi-zations operate congruently hereat Mines, and have their meetingsand many of their events together.Ryan Sullivan is the vice-presidentof the AGC, and he commented onone of his main duties, Right now,Im planning the links for successgolf tournament, which is speci -cally for Mines students to network with professionals in the eld. I willalso end up doing pretty muchanything the president cant do.Within these two organizations,there are many opportunities tomake connections with companiesand professionals within your eldof interest, and if youre persistentthat can result in interviews and joboffers.

If you think you would be inter-ested in pursuing a Civil Engineer-ing degree here at Mines, Sulli-van had a few things to consider:What kind of toys did you play withas a kid? If you played with Lincolnlogs, Erector sets, or KNEX, thenmaybe Civil is for you. He wenton, Find out what your passion is,if you really enjoy structures, thenyou would probably like Civil [en-gineering]. Dont think that yourelimited to only structural or geo-technical engineering just becausethats what Mines is known for, thereality is that with any engineeringdegree from this school you cango on to do almost anything youchoose.

This year, Engineers WithoutBorders (EWB) has a vision to cre-ate change for the people living inDarmang, Ghana. Run by PresidentEmma Janisch, EWB held their rstmeeting this past Thursday fromnoon to one. This is the rst yearMines has reallyhad a club so its re-ally impressive thatwe have 25 peoplehere, Janisch said.

The main prob-lem in Darmang, atown of about 2000people, is lack of water during the dryseason. During thewet season, plenti-ful rains ll the waterwells, providing anample water supply.However, when thedry season comesaround, the shallowwells quickly dry up.Children are often sent on three-hour walks to nd water, causingthem to miss school. They needa clean, stable source of water thatis accessible to the entire villageif they have the time to start doingthe things they need to, the kidscan start going to school againand itll de nitely have a big impacton their life in general, Janisch said.EWB is partnering with the Univer-sity of Seattle to engineer a solution

to this problem.Even though the engineering

aspect of this project is importantto helping these people get out of poverty, Janisch believes that themain thing about all these projectsis getting to know the people theengineering is still there but itsso much more of a cultural aspectwe need to focus on. Thus, one of

ve committees will be dedicated tolearning more about the culture inGhana and making it the peoplesproject, not the clubs project. Theyneed to know how to run thesewells and do everything long afterwe leave, otherwise if what we dois only good for a year then it wontreally help them that much, notesGrace Bernard, Secretary of EWB.

Madeline Hatlen, a freshmanthis year, was president of the EWB

Engineers Without Borders:working for a change in GhanaJessica My-Linh HoStaff Writer

chapter at her high school and plansto continue working with the organi-zation as a student at Mines. Imreally looking forward to the projectthat Engineers Without Borders hasto do because its a combination of engineering skills plus working withcommunities around the world.

Molly Roby, Treasurer of EWB,sums up why she believes it is im-

portant to get involved.I think its importantthat engineers dontfocus on getting moneybut focus on the biggerpicture of helping thehuman race. And thereare so many people inthe world that donthave things that wetake for granted, so itsreally important that wepromote that.

Regardless of en-gineering backgroundor specialty, everyoneis invited to get in-volved with EWB. Ireally encourage any-

one at Mines to come and look intoEWB... I think it really gives you aperspective on the world knowingthat these people are living off $2a day while we spend $2 like itsnothing, Janisch said. I think itsimportant even if you just come toone meeting and listen to one of ourspeakers.

If you are interested in EWB,contact Molly Roby at [email protected].

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p roudly serving a llegro coffee & tea

o rganic espresso drinks

h ormone - free milk

Do you work on Campus onSaturdays?

You can now get your AFPP(Afternoon Face PlantPrevention) at the Book & Brew

Typically, at Mines, the word

research conjures up imagesof professors and grad studentstoiling over experiments in someobscure basement. This weeksResearch Spotlight ies in theface of these expectations withDr. Knechts Team Dynamics re-search. While this may seem un-comfortably out of character forMines, it is a critical component of what makes a good engineer.

The fundamental question of Team Dynamics, according to Dr.Knecht, is, What are the functionsor attributes that provoke prob-lem solving? Thats somethinghe added, that does not magi-cally happen; you have to buildthe team. A lot of stuff is out there

on other kinds of teams. How-ever, there is a problem with theresearch out there. Knecht noted,I dont want to sound pompous,but engineering teams are differ-ent, a statement backed up byyears of EPICS records.

One of the key differences citedby Knecht is women. According toKnecht, Most literature says thatyou cant put [just one] womanon a team. It was found that EP-ICS teams tended to be betterwith mixed teams and, contraryto popular belief, that the unde-sirable presence of one woman(as opposed to none or several)was far from a handicap. In fact,

Dr. Knecht researches theimportance of team dynamicsErik Charrier Staff Writer

Knecht observed that, Extrovertstend to do particularly well in thisposition [only woman on the team]and often become leaders. Theseobservations were compiled fromEPICS department records. On itsown, that correlation is interestingenough, but it is the explanation thatgets to the of core team dynamics.

According to Knecht, women ap-proach problem solving differentlyand this helps the team. This dif-ference, particularly in communica-tions, provides the team with diver-sity where there otherwise might notbe any.

The obvious follow-up questionis, Why does diversity matter?

The answer lies in the identity of the team. In a diverse atmosphere,teams tend to be more likely to de-velop a strong team identity. Knechtnoticed that the added diversity

tends to lead to a give and take en-vironment. One of Knechts moreimportant observations is that thetype of communication changeswith the introduction of one or morewomen into an engineering team.Communications tends to becomemore positive and less aggressive.

The result is that the women and thediversity they bring to teams serveas a catalyst for some of the moreimportant exchanges in team dy-namics.

So why does a little talk matter? According to Dr. Knecht, It isnt justhow they document you have todocument for the client, you haveto write for non-technical clients. Its

how [the team] communicates in-ternally. Teams that have the add-ed diversity and more cooperativecommunications are better able to

talk about and recognize their ownstrengths and weaknesses. Thisintrospective look at the team is of-ten what is required for the team toforge a strong team identity. Teamsthat make it to this point were sig-ni cantly more likely to succeed.

The internal interactions in ateam that has bonded this way aresigni cantly different. These teamsare less aggressive and more col-laborative in their communications.Energy that would have been wast-ed on aggression can be put intocompleting the project and teammembers are less likely to becomealienated. Knecht highlighted byasking, Where do contentiouscommunications help? Look at the

government right now.So, what does this mean foryou, besides an indication of yourchances of a good experience andgrade in EPICS? Companies,Knecht notes, have recently be-gun to recognize this becausemore are seeing the value of col-laborative effort. With the pros-pect of improving the productivityof some of their expensive engi-neering teams, you can bet thatsome companies are going to startexperimenting with things. If theperformance of the EPICS teamshere at Mines are any indication,we are going to start seeing moremixed teams in the future.

Sitting at his desk strewn withvarious rocks and minerals, Dr. Chris-tian Shorey begins to talk about hisbackground. I grew up in Dallas,

Texas, born in California though, thetwo most hated states in Colorado,he jokes.

Geology has always been of in-terest to Dr. Shorey, even at a youngage. Ive been doing it since I wasin Kindergarten always into rocks,playing in creek beds, doing stuff outdoors it wassomething I al-ready knew I wasgoing to do whenI was in eighthgrade. Dr. Shoreyreceived his Bach-elors of Sciencein Geology with aminor in Zoologyat the University of

Texas at Austin. In2002, he receivedhis Ph.D. at theUniversity of Iowa. I went straight tomy Ph.D. because I knew I wantedto teach. That was in paleoclimatol-ogy the study of ancient climates.

After nishing his Ph.D., the Uni-verstity of Iowa hired Dr. Shorey asa visiting assistant professor, so hecould ll in the gaps left by retiringprofessors. Whatever course need-ed to be taught, thats what I taught,Dr. Shorey says. So now I comehere and I teach one course. Dr.Shorey has been teaching at Mines

Shorey takesMines to the worldJessica My-Linh HoStaff Writer

since 2005. Although many faculty members

do work in research, Dr. Shorey pre-fers to stick with lecturing. My mainfocus has always been teaching, heexplains. My main goals are educa-tion both for the students here andpublic outreach education throughthe podcast stuff Ive been doing.His interest in podcasts was sparkedwhen he got an iPod a few yearsago. The rst thing I did was searchgeology podcast, and I listenedto all the ones out there. I thought,There should be something bet-

ter than this. Forthe next couple of years, Dr. Shoreydevoted time to

nishing his lec-ture series, whichcan be found oniTunes.

Outside of teaching, Dr. Sho-rey enjoys biking,and he bikes towork wheneverhe can. A lot of

interests are my work I did go intothe line of work that I thought I wouldmost enjoy myself in, and that hasturned out to be true. In his sparetime, Dr. Shorey experiments with avariety of tools to add to the class-room, including a video podcast thatwill parallel the audio podcast in thesense that they both would parallelmy course. Dr. Shorey works hardto keep his course interesting for stu-dents, which is re ected in his pas-sion for teaching.

JESSICA MY-LINH HO / OREDIGGER


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At the beginning of every schoolyear, we pay a fee for a bus passon our tuition. This is good if youride the bus frequently and knowwhere to go; if not, you look at thatlittle sticker and wonder, Why onearth do I have this? So here are afew ideas on what to do with yourbus pass.

Go to the mall.We are lucky enough to be very

close to the Colorado Mills Mall. The Mills includes top notch storesand entertainment for people of allages. Theres also the Putting EdgeFun Center which offers 18 holes

of stunning glow-in-the-dark min-iature golf. The uorescent paintsand black lights will add fun to anynight. To get to the mall, take the16L from the stop at 13th acrossfrom Safeway. Get off at the Den-ver West/Colorado Mills Parkwaystop for a total travel time of about15 minutes. And dont forget thetwo United Artist theaters in thearea if you have some extra cashfor a movie.

Go Downtown. The 16 and 16L conveniently

travel all the way to DowntownDenver via Colfax Avenue. Denverhosts many fun, entertaining thingsto do including bowling, movie the-atres, and a clubbing/bar scene

for those of a legal age. For thosepeople who are out of state, thereare plenty of tourist attractions. TheDenver Mint is located right in themiddle of downtown and offerstours by reservation. The Denver

Art Museum is full of historic andcontemporary pieces that will im-press any artist out there. The Den-ver Public Library is a monstrous

ve story building jam-packed withbooks where you can nd anything

Bus stop hot spotsCharlotte AdamsStaff Writer

you need. And do not miss theDenver Center of the Performing Arts spectacular ballets, operas,plays, and concerts. Sophomore

Thomas Horner says, My favoritething to do downtown is go watch

re dancers and tribal drummers atCon uence Park Sunday nights.

Casa BonitaCasa Bonita featured in the

Comedy Central TV series SouthPark actually exists for those of you from out of state who do notknow. Located in the shoppingcenter on Pierce and Colfax, thisrestaurant is top notch for havingan extremely silly night. It has thethird largest gold dome in Coloradoafter the state capital and our own

Guggenheim Hall. However, if youwant good Mexican food, this isnot a place to go. The cliff divingis impressive, but the acting in theskits is a little corny. If you are anenthusiastic, silly person and arefrom out of state, it is required thatyou go to Casa Bonita, as every-one has to go at least once.

Some tips for riding the bus:1. Know when the buses end.

My friends dont like me because Iused to get stranded downtown allthe time, says Horner.

2. Know your route before youleave. If you dont know where toget off, it could lead to confusion.

3. Some routes go to mul-tiple destinations, advises Horner,

make sure, when taking the 16eastbound, that you are going toGolden and not Cold Springs.

4. Horner also says, Busesnever come when they are sched-uled to; always show up 5 or sominutes early.

5. Always be safe and havea plan B. If you do get stranded,make sure you either have moneyfor a taxi or a friend who is willing tobail you out.

While there are varied opinionson what exactly constitutesan ESB (extra special bitter),most brewers agree that thestyle refers to a simpleEnglish-style pale ale,especially one with asingle type of malt and asingle (usually English)variety of hops. Usu-ally easy-drinking andwell-balanced (if a biton the bitter side), ESBspair well with strong-

avored foods such aspizza, bratwurst, or buf-falo wings.

Ska Brewing Com-pany brews up severaltasty kinds of beer at itsheadquarters in Durango,but the real stand-outs inmy mind are the ESB andits Modus Hoperandi IndiaPale Ale. Both are won-derfully bitter, and Modusespecially will satisfy allbut the most jaded hop-heads with 65 IBUs (inter-national bitterness units).

The ESB is my favorite of the bunch because of itsmore balanced applica-tion of bitterness, with 58IBUs. Most Ska brews canalso be found packaged incolorful aluminum cans, ade nite plus when weight orbroken glass are concerns.

At rst glance, Ska ESBlooks like any other amber-col-ored ale with an average amountof foam. Sniff the glass and you

Beer Review: Ska Special E.S.BBryant PocockStaff Writer

are immediately hit with a strongbitter scent of Galena hops, witha slight

secondary whiff of caramel andmalt sugar. The rst sip is alsodominated by bitterness without

much nuance. A pleasantlysweet caramel aftertastefollows up, with just a hintof alcohol and English ale

yeast. After taking a few

more sips, your tastebuds will become ac-customed to the bit-terness and morecomplex avors comethrough. Subtle fruitynotes from the hopsshine out here, asdoes a nutty caramelpro le from the malt.

With an enough-but-not-too-much al-cohol content of 5.7%and the aforemen-tioned balanced-but-bitter pro le, Ska ESBmakes a wonderfulsession beer for thoseof us who enjoy a bit

more hops. It may notbe my favorite ESB that honor belongs toGrand Tetons BitchCreek, with LefthandsSawtooth running aclose second butSkas contribution tothe bitter party de-serves mention for itssimple and no-non-sense style. Its easyto enjoy a glass over aplate of barbecue with-

out the beer stealing theshow. I give Skas ESB a

B+ for being above averagewithout showing off.

BRYANT POCOCK / OREDIGGER

The Blue Canyon Grill was

founded in 2004 by Ted andJolynn Johnson as a downtownsports bar and grill specializingin great burgers and fresh, ex-citing appetizers. The Blue Can-yon has been in its current lo-cation at 1301 Washington Avesince early 2010.

The current location is partof the old Foss Drug building,which has been renovated mul-tiple times in the last few years.With lots of wood and stone, theatmosphere is warm and wel-coming, with a large fireplacein the main dining room. Therestaurant also has a full-sizegarage door that opens ontoWashington, with a few tablesplaced on a patio in front. In all,the atmosphere is contempo-rary but homey, and very com-fortable for a pleasant lunch.

All this is good, but whatabout the food? If you orderone of the two most popularburgers, your taste buds will bethrilled with some of the bestflavors one can imagine. ThePoblano Pepper burger andthe Bacon Cheddar burger areculinary masterpieces, and the

Blue Canyon servessavory burgersJoshua KleitschStaff Writer

cooks at Blue Canyon do an ex-pert job of giving you the bestfood in very short order. Thefood was presented a mere 9

minutes after placing the order,and it was cooked to perfec-tion, exactly as ordered. Withsuch joyous flavors executed sowell, these burgers are sure toplease even the most discerningpalettes.

While one might reasonablyexpect high prices for suchquality, they would be pleasant-ly surprised that Blue Canyon iscompetitive, charging $9 beforetax for their classic burgers.Considering that these burgersare not only fabulous quality butare also huge at lb, and comewith a nice heap of fries, thatsa steal! As one in possession of a very large capacity stomach,

you can be assured that theseburgers will keep you comfort-ably full for many hours.

If you are hankering for agreat, big, wonderful burger ata decent price, stop by the BlueCanyon Grill. Friendly staff, veryfast service (at lunch, anyway),and great food combine to pro-duce a local treasure. Visit theBlue Canyon Grill, and tell themyou want the best burger intown!

Every year in the U.K. a groupof music industry insiders awardthe Mercury Prize, an accoladegiven to the best alternative albumof the year. When The xx receivedthe prize last week they joinedthe ranks of other notable Britishgroups such as Portishead, FranzFerdinand, and The Arctic Mon-keys. To win an award is one thing,to produce a truly ex-cellent album is anoth-er. The question is: Is xx all that its crackedup to be?

To determine thisanswer, it is useful tolook at the context of music in 2009 as awhole. Alternative mu-sicians gained moremomentum againstmainstream mainstaysas the digital era reallybegan to level the play-ing eld. Songs fromPhoenix and PassionPit appeared in cellphone and car com-mercials and radio sta-tions played yet anoth-er Vampire Weekendsingle. It appeared asthough indie could bepigeonholed: just takea bunch of guitars, asynth, and some catchybeats, add 20-some-things in sweater-vestsand serve.

Given this climate

The xx: hip, minimal, appealingTim WeilertSomething Like SoundBlogger

its not dif cult to see why Thexx stands out: rather than lotsof bright, sunny instruments alltheyve got are a cool, spring-reverb-tinged guitar and a drummachine. Their vocals are relaxedand smooth- sexy and nearly emo-tionless- very much like watchingfashion models on a runway.

For all of its soft, minimalist, hipdance songs, xx attempts to de-

ne cool and succeeds. What isso appealing about the debut from

The xx is that the songs are catchy,

but not clich. Listening to Shel-ter for the 10th time is still as en-

joyable as the rst time, somethingthat cannot be said of many songs.

There are, of course, songsthat simply fade into the velvet-black tone of this record; howevera handful truly stand out. Trackssuch as VCR and Islands do agood job of showing why The xxdeserved the Mercury Prize.

To watch the video for Islandsvisit www.minesblog.com/music

COURTESY YOUNG TURKS RECORDS


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A rich, earthy bite claims yourpallet as you delve into thesecrisp, caramelized cruciferae.With their deep, rustic avor andslight hints of bitter overtones,these delicious sprouts are any-thing but the bitter, boiled greensof your childhood.

Time: 15-25 minutesServes 4

Ingredients:1 pound fresh Brussels

sprouts (about 5-6 sprouts perperson)

3-6 tablespoons butter or 2-4tablespoons olive oil

1 large clove of garlic, minced1 teaspoon fresh lemon juiceCoarse salt and pepper to

taste

Directions:1. Wash Brussels sprouts

under cold water. Trim off anyexcess steams and remove anydamaged or discolored outer

William EversonStaff Writer

Simple, delicious brussels sprouts seriously

MacGruber, a movie based onthe Saturday Night Live skit abouta handy agent who is constantlyfghting against the clock to stopan imminent explosion was re-cently released to blu-ray andDVD on September 7. The skitsoften featured guest stars such asBetty White, Shia LeBoeuf, CharlesBarkley and the original McGyver,Richard Dean Anderson. While themovie is just a prolonged versionof the Saturday Night Live short,it is great for hardcore followers of MacGruber. However, the moviemay seem very simplistic and justnot funny for people looking for amore serious comedy.

MacGruber was released totheaters on May 21, 2010, andonly grossed eight million dollars,for good reasons. The movie hada few good laughs here and there,but while trying to be serious, themovie detracts from the whole rea-son as to why anyone wanted tosee the movie in the frst place - tolaugh and to see things go boom.MacGruber attempts to get shock laughs with certain amounts of profanity, thus the R rating. Themovie could have easily been PG-13 if it was not for the elements of profanity.

At most, I would say that thismovie is a rent before you buy. Themovie is only one and a half hours,so it does not burn too much time.It is still an Saturday Night Live-themed movie to add to that col-lection. Will Forte plays MacGruber,offering his share of laughs, whilehe is aided by his sidekicks Kris-tin Wiig (Vicki St. Elmo) and RyanPhillippe (Lt. Dixon Piper). Mac-Gruber is trying to stop Dieter VonCunth (Val Kilmer) from destroyingWashington, D.C. with an atomicbomb. One thing to remember af-ter watching MacGruber is, Coolguys dont look at explosions.Overall, MacGruber is worth atleast one watch with a large groupof friends.

leaves. Halve each sprout; cut-ting parallel to the stem.

2. In saut pan on mediumheat, melt half of the butter. Addthe Brussels sprouts and turn tocoat evenly with butter. Cook forabout 3 minutes, stirring occa-sionally. Mince the garlic (or usea garlic press) and add, in addi-tion to the rest of the butter, tothe pan, stirring to coat. Cook foran additional 2-5 minutes or untilsprouts are golden brown, stirringoccasionally. Towards the end,mix in the lemon juice and seasonwith salt and pepper to taste.

3. Serve warm with any dishrequiring a hardy, savory vegeta-ble side.

Tips:Butter tastes better but is less

healthy than oil. Pick small, uni-formly sized sprouts. Do not over-cook; overcooking will result in asulfurous, bitter taste. Sproutsshould be slightly chewy, nottough. Add as much or as littlebutter/oil as you want, more willenhance the avor but also thefat. MacGruber

doesntimpressStephen HejducekStaff Writer

WILLIAM EVERSON / OREDIGGER


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Mines dominates West Texas A&M, 4-0

Above, Alex Gunberg (#12) drives to the goal. Above, Tesho Akindele (#10) prevents a West Texas A&M defender from receiving a pass.

Above, Zach Page-Belknap (#5) tries to beat the WTA&M goalie to the ball.

Above, Chris Bostic (#15) is in mid header. Mines went on to win 4-0 against #24 rankedWest Texas A&M. Mines is currently ranked #3.

Above, Cale Haas (#11) strips the ball from an opposingplayer.

Above, Philip Wilson (#17) scores a goal after a botchedcatch by the A&M goalie.

ALL PHOTOS STEVEN WOOLDRIDGE / OREDIGGER


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The last four years of Oredig-ger football have been dominatedin part by standout quarterback David Pesek. Now Pesek hasgraduated and junior Clay Garcia

nally has his chance to impress.He has taken no time in leadingan explosive Mines offense with666 yards in only his rst twogames. The Mechanical Engi-neer will earn his undergraduatedegree in the spring and looks toreturn to complete his Mastersdegree. His recent effort in a 52-24 win over South Dakota Mines(27-42 for 417 yds and 6 TD) wasenough to earn him the honorof RMAC Offensive Player of theWeek and, of course, the Oredig-ger Athlete of the Week.

[Oredigger] How did youbegin playing football?

[Garcia] Ive been playing sinceI was four or ve. I played with mytwo older brothers growing upand been playing since.

What are some of thegoals you have as a teamthis season?

Every year we want to winthe RMAC championship. Wehave the potential; it just de-pends on whether we rise tothe occasion or not.

Do you have a favoritefootball memory?

It would probably be mak-ing the run last season (8-3overall, 8-1 RMAC). We hada great season, and it wasgreat just being a part of thatteam.

What is the hardest part

The womens soccer gameovercame two tough, early lossesto earn their rst win of the seasonFriday as the Colorado School of Mines beats Texas Womans Uni-versity 2-0.

Most of the game was domi-nated by strong defensive perfor-mances on both sides. It was notuntil late in the rst half in the forty-

rst minute that CSM junior Jo-anna Graves broke the scorelesstie. Teammate Megan Woodworth

red a well-placed corner kick intothe box, where Graves caught theball in midair with her foot and sentit home. It was Gravess rst goalof the 2010 season.

Mines (1-1-1) held the leadheading into the break, but strongdefense had very much kept TexasWomans (0-3-0) within strikingdistance. But the Pioneers couldntsolve the Oredigger defense, andallowed senior goalkeeper BrianaShulze to pick up her rst shutoutof the season. Shulze has nowamassed 25 shutouts throughouther career at Mines, as she hasbeen a strong backbone for thiswomens team. Since her arrival asa freshman, Shulze has started allof CSMs games in the past fouryears.

Coach Kevin Fickes, in his rstyear as the womens head coach,was pleased with how his teamrebounded. It was a huge winweve had a couple of heartbreak-ing double overtimes that wethought we should have won, butwe came out and played real well

Lady Orediggersbeat TWU 2-0Trevor CraneContent Manager

today.Mines looked strong through-

out the game and controlled theball on both ends for the major-ity of play. And they built on their1-0 lead in the sixty- rst minuteas freshman Anna Evans ew bythe defense to beat Pioneer goal-keeper Nori Morgan on the far sidefor her rst career goal. That goalwas great for her, her coach said.She had a couple chances in the

rst two games that just missed,so this was a great way to get herstarted.

Coach Fickes was particularlyimpressed with the solid play of hisgoalkeeper. Bri [Shulze] playedfantasticly. This was a game whereshe took care of what she hadto. He acknowledged the strongshowing from the entire team aswell, saying that, She had goodhelp from Jess [Stark] and sopho-more Dani Hering. And you know,we had a bunch of contributors, itis dif cult to just pick one personout.

Evans led Mines in shots ongoal with 5 and Woodworth added3 as the Orediggers dominatedthe Pioneers in shots on goal, 10-1. The loss is the third straight for

Texas Womans University as theycontinue their Colorado road tripagainst Colorado Christian.

Mines looks ahead to theirnext game as they host MontanaState-Billings in Golden Septem-ber 12 and look to build on someof the momentum from Fridayswin. I just want to play well,Coach Fickes commented, wellenough to stay competitive to givea chance in the end.

... Clay Garcia,Junior: Football Team, Quarterback

Athlete Weekofthe

Trevor CraneContent Manager

about being a student athlete?De nitely time management.

Football takes up more time thanmost peoplewould think.It takes prob-ably about20 hours aweek.

W h a tdoes yours c h e d u l elook like?

Tuesday ismy toughestday. I havelifting from7-8, classstraight from8 - 3:15,team meet-ings from3:15 - 4, andpractice from 4 - 7:30, and then Iget to go home.

What do you like about be-ing on the football team?

De nitely just being a part

of a team. Its a close group of guys. When youre a freshman,you have the team backing you

up. If yourestruggling inschool or so-cially, the up-perclassmencan be thereto help out.

Who was your favor-ite playerg r o w i n gup?

John El-way. I lovedthe way hewas ableto play andmake thingshappen.

What hasbeen your hardest class?

Ooh... Fluid mechanics. Ac-tually probably Thermodynam-ics and Physics II as well. I reallydidnt like any of those classes.

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY CSM ATHLETICS

Colorado School of Mines lostto the University of Nebraska -Omaha before rebounding to de-feat Angelo State University onSaturday, September 11th, duringthe nal day of competition at the

Angelo Retina / Angelo State Uni-versity Invitational.

After falling behind 2-0 againstCSM, Nebraska-Omaha ralliedto defeat Mines in ve sets (in theOrediggers opening match onSaturday. Anna Padget-Shields

nished with a team-high 17 killswhile Holly Hutchison) and JackieStabell recorded 13 kills apiece.

Amanda Massey dished out 53 as-sists and surpassed the 1,000-as-sist mark for her career. ElizabethSerra-Hsu registered four serviceaces, 13 digs and four total blocks

Orediggers split pair of matches on nal dayof ASU Invitational

while Hannah Margheim collecteda match-best 14 digs.

The Orediggers rallied from

a 2-1 de cit to defeat host An-gelo State in ve sets in their nalcontest of the weekend. Serra-Hsu and Stabell amassed 16 and15 kills, respectively, while AnnaPadget-Shields concluded thematch with 12 kills. Hutchison had

ve total blocks and Margheim ledall players with 17 digs. Serra-Hsuhas now moved into fourth place inthe CSM career record book in kills.

The Orediggers will begin theRocky Mountain Athletic Confer-ence portion of their schedule byhosting CSU-Pueblo, Adams Stateand Western State on Thursday,Friday and Saturday, September16th, 17th and 18th, respectively.

All matches will be played at Lock-ridge Arena in Golden, Colo.

Courtesy CSM Athletics

PHOTO COURTESY CSM ATHLETICS


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It happens every year around the end of August. No, it is not the clos-ing of the pool, pre-season football, sweet corn, apple cider or the chang-ing colors of the leaves. It is the beginning of college. For millions of peo-ple around the world, this is a return to a familiarity same friends, samebuildings, same professors, sometimes even same courses. For millionsof others, however, this signi es the end of dependence on parents andthe beginning of total independence (until tuition is due). They begin theproverbial journey of a thousand miles with that proverbial single step. Inthis country, we call these people freshmen. They can be identi ed bythe clueless stares on their faces and the anger exuding from their poresdirected at either physics or calculus homework. I say this with full knowl-edge my clueless stare is permanently af xed to my befuddled face andI nearly cried over my Calc II homework this week. Yes, ladies and gentle-men, I am a freshman, and I am not ashamed to admit it. Perhaps you tooare experiencing everything for the rst time. No matter what your class,you may be curious to read on as this week, Minds at Mines investigateshow these fresh-faced youngsters are coping with the transition to Mineslife. As is readily apparent, responses varied widely, from advice to com-plaints to blank stares lots of blank stares. So, without further ado, hereare several representatives of the class of 2014 saying what is on theirminds after three weeks at the Colorado School of Mines.

You have to do so much more for yourself . Itsnot like high school theres not as many peoplelooking out for you.

Thien Nguyen

HahaumDo your homework.Kayla Johnson

The rst two weeks were really intense, and

what I learned was better penmanship.John Pontius

Its de nitelydifferent from high school its really hard.Calc is kicking my butt. Im really enjoying it,though. I like it better than high school. I re-

ally enjoy college atmosphere, and I like howhelpful everyone is on campus.

Sarah Leatherbery

My rst two weeksat Mines were full of discoveries - where my labclasses were, that I can wake up at 6:30 if I try,and that NHV is code for English collides withethics. It was de nitely an experience. Imlooking forward to the rest of my time here.

Emily Kane

Parking sucks! I kind of wish they didntcharge for motorcycles. If everybody rode a mo-torcycle, thered be so much more room.

Arnold Borgsiewicz

That clueless facial expression

Minds at MinesDeborah Good

Staff Writer

ALL PHOTOS DEBORAH GOOD / OREDIGGER

Dear Moralistas,

A former teacher of mine recently won a teaching award. I didnt nominate her for the award, though I wishI did.

I wrote to congratulate her on receiving the prestigious award. She wrote back in an email to a group of ourfriends, thanking me for nominating her. In the email she mentioned that she wanted to show her gratitude tome and another friend (who actually did write a nomination) by getting us something special when we go to herhouse in a couple of weeks.

Should I tell my former teacher, who has since become my friend, that I didnt nominate her? Or should I saynothing and let her believe that I did?

A Too Secret Admirer Responses:

Though it may hurt your friends feelings, the morally right thing to do is to confess that you did not write the

letter of recommendation. This may result in decreased happiness for yourself and your friend, but this shouldnot be the focus. Rather, your focus should be on honest intentions. If, as Immanuel Kant suggests, we try touniversalize this behavior of taking credit for something you didnt do, we end up with a problem. If everyonetook credit for things that are not their doing, praise of this sort would become meaningless as nobody would besure if that person was worthy of praise. Therefore, we can conclude that not telling your friend about the errorwould be morally wrong.

Adam Moore It seems unnecessary to tell your friend that you didnt nominate her. If what really matters in morality is in-

tention and you wanted her to win, you should let her believe the conclusion she has drawn on her own. Whatwould be your intention in telling her you didnt nominate her? To reduce your own feeling of guilt? Which inten-tion is better: to make your friend feel good because she believes you took some time to write a nice letter abouther, or to try to make yourself feel better for being unwaveringly honest?

A Pragmatist (and sometimes anonymity results in the best consequences) I think you should tell your friend you didnt write a nomination letter. Doing this will make her respect you

more as a person. Shell realize that she can really trust you, which will strengthen your friendship.Preston Beck

I really like Aristotles views on ethics and he promoted doing whatev-er would make you the best person. Honesty i s a virtue, but he warnedagainst being too honest. He advocated nding a mean between ex-tremes. I can imagine he would suggest you be honest and tell yourfriend you didnt take the time to write a letter of nomination, but I canalso imagine he might say that there isnt a need to go out of your wayto tell her. Then again, if she gives you a thank you gift for something youdidnt do, that doesnt seem right. I guess you have to see what hap-pens next and decide based on whether you are put in a compromisingsituationjust be sure not to lie or accept an undeserved award.

Virtually Virtuous

Shira Richman

Ethics Columnist

Morals to your story

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R I D E W I T H P R I D E The Alumni Assoc ia t ion pa r tne r s wi th Co lo rado DMV to o ffe r spec ia l Mines l i cense p la tes

H e r e s h o w i t w o r k s :1. Stop by the Alumni Associat ion in Coolbaugh House, 17th & Maple

to purchase the DMV required cert i f icate ($50 payable to CSMAA)or go online at m i n e s o n l i n e . n e t / M i n e s P l a t e s .

2 . Redeem your cert i f icate at a Colorado DMV branch, where youl l be asked for an addit ional $50.3. Attach your plates and Ride with Pride!

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Rumors have been spread-ing recently about a campus herothat the students have dubbed the Charmin Bomber, who bombsa different campus restroom everyMonday. According to reports fromthose on the receiving end his orher work, the Charmin Bomberremoves all the toilet paper fromthe target bathroom and restocksthe bathroom with a softer, thicker

brand. There is no apparent gen-der bias in the target bathrooms,so many speculate that the bomb-ing is a team effort. Occasion-ally, a dorm bathroom will be TP-bombed, so at least one of thestudents in on the effort has Blast-erCard access.

Once the rumors had madethe rounds of the student body, itbecame an informal game to ndthe special bathroom before thehigher quality toilet paper ran out.Last semester, sources say thatyou could still nd some of it leftby Tuesday morning, but now thestock is usually depleted by noon

TP bomber charms campusJaneen NeriEx-TPer

on Monday. Last week, the bomb-ers left the original paper in thetarget restroom ( rst oor, GreenCenter, womens) so that once thesoft tissue ran out,latecomers wouldstill have some-thing to use.

School of cialshave expressedsome concernabout the irregulartraf c ow causedby the rush to

nd the correctbathroom. Manystudents will nowseek out the rest-room with the lon-gest line stretchingout of it, though less picky studentsnote with glee that if a bathroomhas no line, they are guaranteedprivacy for their entire visit. Whenthe Charmin Bomber was lesswell-known, people leaving thebombed restrooms would be quick to spread the word. Now, however,students who have discovered thelucky room try to be more secre-tive, only revealing the location to

their closest friends. Despite this,it is estimated that by the time thegood toilet paper is gone, there areat least three open parking spaces

in the CTLM lot.Students seem

unbothered by theunpredictable usagepatterns of cam-pus restrooms; theperson or peopleresponsible are fastbecoming legend.

The exact identity of

the Charmin Bomb-er is still mysteriousdue to the apparentrandomness of thetarget restroomsand the early time of

day at which the bombing occurs,both conditions which make it dif-

cult for individuals or small groupsto watch for someone hauling ahalf-dozen bags of toilet paperonto campus. However, some stu-dents have suggested the idea of tracking who stumbles on the cor-rect bathrooms with the greatestfrequency, as these students mayhave inside knowledge.

Once the rumors had

made the rounds of

the student body, it

became an informal

game to fnd the spe -

cial bathroom beforethe higher quality toi-

let paper ran out.

Ryan BrowneEditor in Chief

Top ten available parking spotson campus

10. Sixth Avenue

9. Slender passageway in the I.M. lot

8. Geology Museum

7. The track in Volk Gymnasium

6. Safeway

5. Kafadar Commons

4. 17 th Street

3. Sidewalk next to CTLM

2. Board of Trustees parking spots

1. Your house


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