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A Farewell to
Steve Jobs
What is your
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Lady Gaga: New
face of PETA
With development on the rise
around the world and the metals
that allow it to occur in short supply,
new sources must be found to satisfy
demand. The sources suggested by
Dr. Steve Scott from the University of
Toronto are seaoor massive suldes
(SMS), the study of which he has
pioneered for decades.Scott was the rst mining geolo-
gist to examine black smoker geo-
thermal vents, which are the source
of SMS deposits. During the lecture,
he explained how the vents form and
why they are so mineral rich. In parts
of the ocean, seawater permeates
the seaoor, and is heated by magma
just beneath the surface causing min-
erals and metals from the surrounding
rock to dissolve. When the hot water
passes back up through the seaoor
and contacts the ambient cold water,
suldes precipitate, forming black
clouds of material and chimney-like
spires. Said Scott, The spires grow
and they fall down, new spires grow
and they fall down, and eventually you
have a massive sulde. The processis helped along by frequent seismic
activity found in these areas of sulde-
friendly geothermal activity.
One such location is near Papua
New Guinea in the Manus Basin
of the Bismarck Sea. Discovered
in 1997 by Scott and Ray Binns of
CSIRO Australia, this location called
Solwara 1 is the closest of any SMS
deposit to actually being mined. The
rights to the 0.11 square kilometer,
1600 meter deep site are owned
by Nautilus Minerals, which plans to
use robots to excavate the mineral
formation by scraping off layers at
a time and pumping them to the
surface. The process is expected to
begin in 2013.
Marine mining requires no infra-
structure, poses little risk to miners,
and creates no waste rock. Insteadof being underground in tunnels,
Miners and engineers will sit on
air conditioned ships, and pilot the
robots, said Scott. He added, No-
body lives on the sea oor, so there
are not social repercussions. These
benets combined with potentially
higher yields than many geologically
similar land mines might make marine
mining a better option, but it is not
without serious problems.
Chief among these problems is
potential damage to black smoker
ecosystems. Scott mentioned that
focus may be shifting away from
extinct black smokers to ones that
are more active.
Each black smoker ecosystem
supports a unique cast of creatureswhich are frequently one of a kind.
Powerful mining robots could easily
destroy ecosystems which may be
the only known examples on the
planet. As with any mining operation,
careful environmental study must be
performed to ensure minimal impact.
It remains to be seen whether
SMS mining will take off and be-
come a major source of metals and
resources like Scott has suggested it
can. Risks associated with mining the
ocean oor may be too great to justify
actually doing it. That being said,
there is still undeniable mineral wealth
to be found there - undeniable wealth
recognized by a different person in a
Mining metals in the dark depths
Ian Mertz
Assistant Copy Editor
This vigorously venting black smoker, called Sully, emits jets of particle-laden uids that create the black smoke.
A black smoker in the High Rise portion of the Endeavour
Hydrothermal Vents.
different time. Scott concluded his
lecture with a quote. ...In the ocean
depths, there are mines of zinc, iron,
silver, and gold that would be quite
easy to exploit. The author of the
quote was Jules Verne, and the year
was 1870. Now, 140 years later, it is
possible to actually do it.
Untapped mineral resources found on the sea oor
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Headlines from around the worldLocal News
Wall Street protestors in
Colorado Springs, CO havebeen given a 30-day permit toerect tents, tables, chairs anda portable toilet in a section ofa downtown park. One of theprotest organizers, Jason Waf,states that the $100 permit forAcacia Park was paid for fromdonations. For now the protest-ers are free to stay, but city of-cials can revoke the permit witha 14-day notice if they deem itnecessary to protect publichealth, safety or convenienceof the park users.
Current laws in Denver, COstate that sleeping in Denverparks is illegal while sleep-
ing on any other city propertyis not. Denver Mayor MichaelHancock says that he would bein support of a new ordinancethat would make camping onall city property illegal. Han-cock has been working on asolution to the growing popula-tion of homeless people in Den-ver since he came into ofce inJuly. Among the top complaintsof city visitors is the safety andnumber of homeless people inDenvers 16th Street Mall.
Debra Sue, the wife of LarryEdward Magus of Fort Collins,CO, was convicted of conningmore than 100 Wyoming resi-
dents out of money. Sue liedsaying that the money wouldsend disabled children to amagic show. Sue turned her-self in and was charged withconspiracy to obtain propertyby false pretense. Maguns wasconvicted on the same chargeand court documents showthat at least 50 people gavedonations to the couple totalingmore than $1,000.
Joshua Kleitsch, Staff Writer
Joshua Kleitsch, Staff Writer
President Barack Obama is
calling for the strongest sanc-
tions against Iran for its alleged
involvement in a plot to kill Saudi
Arabias ambassador to the
United States. Obama says the
US has strong evidence to support
claims that Iran was involved. The
president elaborated on what spe-
cic sanctions he might support.
With the fall of Libyas former
government, many small groups
of smugglers are transporting
Libyan heavy weapons across
Egypt to Gaza, taking advantageof the current lack of a domestic
police force. Israels government is
concerned about this smuggling,
especially of antiaircraft missiles
because Israel relies heavily on
aircraft to combat Hamas forces
in Gaza.
Fighting in Sirte, the home of
Libyas former dictator Muammar
Qadda, has nally ceased with
the report that Qadda was
killed. Mixed emotions were felt in
the nation as many citizens cel-
ebrated the death of the former
leader, while others expressed
their concerns about contin-
ued violence.
The Arab Spring series
of revolutions in the MiddleEast and North Africa that
began months ago are far
from over, as protest-
ers in Yemen and Syria
have been re-energized
by Qaddas death.
Demonstrators ooded
the streets as the reports
came out Friday, shouting
chants such as Your turn
is coming, Bashar, calling
for the expulsion of Syrias Bashar
al-Assad.
President Barack Obama has
stated that the last American
soldiers will leave Iraq by the
end of the year. This decision
comes as an alteration to an ear-
lier commitment made by the
Obama administration to leave
about 3,000 American troops to
function as trainers for the grow-
ing Iraqi national mili tary. Disagree-
ments between the US and Iraq
about immunity from legal pros-
ecution for these trainers causedthe change.
The late Steve Jobs told presi-
dent Obama that he was headed
for a one-term presidency, be-
cause of his policies toward busi-
nesses, says an authorized biog-
raphy of the former Apple CEO
and co-founder slated for release
this week. Jobs reportedly told
the president he needed to work
on making business more prot-
able for Americans in order to be
re-elected.
The Obama administration hasapproved the rst oil-drilling
plan for BP since the Deepwa-
ter Horizon explosion more than a
year ago. Representative Edward
Markey criticized the decision stat-
ing, Comprehensive safety legis-lation hasnt passed Congress,
and BP hasnt paid the nes they
owe for their spill, yet BP is being
given back the keys to drill in the
gulf.
London, England - The Black Death that wiped out a large fraction
of Europes population in the mid 14th-century seems to have been
caused by an early version of the same bacteria that causes plague
around the world today. Researchers excavated a 650 year old grave
site in London to study the human remains there, and successfully se-quenced roughly 99% of the Black Death bacterial genome. The bacte-
ria, Y. pestis, shows no unique mutations that would explain why it was
so deadly. The researchers concluded that the massive death toll must
have been caused by a variety of conditions that no longer exist today.
Johannesburg, South Africa - Ancient humans appear to
have had paint as far back as 100,000 years ago, according to
a new discovery by a team of archaeologists. While not paint in
todays sense, this pigment, known as ocher, has a liquid form
and contains all of the necessary ingredients to function as paint.The discovery was made in a cave overlooking the Indian Ocean
in South Africa, where several other ground-breaking discoveries
have been made. The archaeologists discovered the cave held
what appeared to be a paint shop, with large mortar and pestle
sets as well as containers to hold and mix the paint. Research-
ers at several universities around the world speculate that this
discovery points to a high level of brain function in early humans.
Ann Arbor, Michigan - Some
rare breeds of snails travel the sea
just below the surface using mu-
cus bubble rafts for otation. These
snails oat wherever the wind and
tide take them, snatching pieces of
passing jellysh whenever oppor-
tunities are presented. The bubble
rafts are made from a mucus se-creted from the snails hind quar-
ters, which is folded into bubbles
that provide oatation. Scientists
suspect that these travelling snails
did not always oat, diverging from
bottom-dwelling snails when air
became trapped in similar mucus
structures used to protect eggs.
Zurich, Switzerland - Climate
change agreements to limit global
temperature increase may not be
met because of a lack of commit-
ment says a new study from scien-
tists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland.
Based on an analysis of emissions
scenarios, the scientists say it is
quite likely that global temperatures
will exceed a two degree Celsius
limit over pre-industrial levels set in
2009 at the UN climate conference
in Copenhagen. In order to remainunder this limit, the scientists sug-
gested several plans, each of which
required emissions to peak during
this decade. Countries would also
need to work to reduce emissions
greatly after the peak, use renew-
able energy sources, and make use
of technologies to capture carbon.
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Usually, if youre lucky, some-one shows up and says, I have aproblem, and I think you can helpme, said Dr. Josef Kallrath in hisEconomics and Business seminaron modeling and solving real-worldoptimization problems. Kallrathworks for the Scientic Comput-ing division of BASF, a chemicalcompany, and handles optimization
problems on a daily basis. According to Kallrath, Real
world optimization comes up in avariety of industries and the basicprocess for modeling and solvingthese problems can be applied toall industries. Most of the problemis not what the customer tells you inthe beginning, joked Kallrath.
By structuring the problem intospecic wording and variables, itcan easily be turned into math-
The US Department of LaborsMine Safety and Health Adminis-tration (MSHA) awarded the Col-orado School of Mines a $91,000grant this month to develop asimulation software to train minemanagers and staff for emergen-cies.
The program will be designedto instruct personnel on reactionsto hazardous situations and willguide them in making correct de-cisions based on particular sets
of conditions. The software will provideeducation and training in emer-gency situations in an interac-tive way, which is more effectivethan merely providing a manualof best practices. The goal of theprogram is to familiarize userswith responses to emergenciesso that if one occurs, responseis automatic. Hopefully, this willlower the incidence rate of acci-
Hydrogen embrittlement, thedegradation of metal by hydrogen
gas, is one of the largest problemsthat will be facing the infrastructureof the United States over the nextfew decades. On October 11th, Dr.Ian M. Robertson of Oxford Univer-sity, England gave a guest lectureabout his research on the effects thathydrogen embrittlement will have onthe United States. To introduce hislecture topic, Robertson providedsome background on why hydrogenwill play such a key role in the future.Hydrogen is currently a forerunnerin the search for a replacement forpetroleum, which as Robertson said,is not a limitless supply.
Robertsons lecture primarily fo-cused on the challenges created bytransporting hydrogen through the
According to guest speakerRaymond J. Ahearn, there is noth-ing more important than jobs whenit comes to economic policy issuesfor Congress. Ahearn is currently amember of the Congressional Re-search Service (CRS), a non-par-tisan agency within the Library ofCongress, which provides unbiasedresearch for members of Congress.
During his lecture on October12, Ahearn described the details ofhis most recent report to Congresswhich described the role of the risingworldwide economic powers andtheir effect on the American econ-omy. These rising economic pow-ers (REPs) are countries that have alarge population base and a rapidlyexpanding economy and include na-tions such as Russia, Brazil, India, In-donesia, Mexico, and China. Thesecountries are currently shifting thebalance of global economic powerfrom the United States and West-
The world today is full of humaninteraction. In few places is this
more apparent than the modernworkplace. Through human inter-action, the general attitude of theemployees at a business affectsthe atmosphere of the workplace,which in turn affects the attitudeemployees take and the decisionsthey make on a daily basis.
In his seminar, titled Does Or-ganizational Culture Really Matter,Dr. Brian R. Murphy, President andCEO of Fulcrum Technologies, de-scribed this cycle of attitudes withthe term organizational culture,and claimed that this culture even-tually existsin all compa-nies, whetherplanned or
not. Hence, herecommendedthat compa-nies cultivatea desirableculture bydesign, ratherthan allow aculture of happenstance.
Murphy explained that thereare two categories that comprise acompanys culture. The rst is thevisible culture, which includes dresscode, ofce design, noise level,and other immediately noticeableaspects of an ofce. The second,he said, is the invisible culture, thepart in which people really have toparticipate to understand.
This includes whether rulesare universal, whether risk takingis rewarded, how employees areappreciated, and how failure istreated. Murphy stated these ele-ments of culture affect not only theperformance of its employees, butalso public perception of and inter-actions with the company.
Murphy also suggested thatthere are three main types of cul-tural orientations in businesses:
ern Europe to a more widespreaddistribution. With the current eco-nomic situation, REPs are becom-ing emerging players in internationalnance and are accounting for a ris-ing share of global GDP and globaltrade. But more importantly, they arecompeting for jobs as their interna-tional markets are booming.
In his report, Ahearn addressedthe question of how the US can takeadvantage of these growing interna-tional markets. He proposed severalkey things the US must accomplishto stay competitive with the REPs.
According to Ahearn, Americarst needs to increase its exports.Every president since Dwight Eisen-hower in 1953 has instituted someplan in order to see a boost in ex-ports. For America to grow, exportsare a necessity, and the economicboom among REPs has the poten-tial to provide new markets for Amer-ican goods. If America wants to takeadvantage of this, it must increase itsefforts at penetrating these markets.
This can be accomplished through
Will Parker
Staff Writer
CSM receives grant
for mining safetyJoshua KleitschStaff Writer
dents and save lives in the longrun.
Seven other institutions alsoreceived MSHA grants of varyingsizes and will be working on simi-lar projects, including simulationand gaming software designedto teach mine workers with lim-ited or non-existent English skills.In addition to the software prod-ucts, some organizations will bedeveloping multimedia presenta-tions and videos for use in mines.
The goal of all of these grantsis to provide a starting point forthe design and implementation ofmore comprehensive safety prac-
tices. The MHSA believes thatsafety training programs nation-wide are currently poor and thatthese new programs will be a rststep towards making mining ac-cidents a thing of the past.
The mine safety initiative isnamed after the 25 men whodied in explosions in mines inBrookwood, Alabama, in 2001and Tallsmanville, West Virginia,in 2006.
different trade agreements by lower-ing tariffs on American manufacturedgoods and helping them to competeglobally.
Secondly, the United States mustget its own house in order. This is ac-complished through solving the debtproblems and fostering a friendlybusiness environment. A solidhome-front will build a strong foun-dation that will lead to the economicsuccess that is desired.
So even though the growth ofthe REP economies will create morecompetition to American workers,
Ahearn sees it as a win-win situa-tion. If someone else gets richer, itdoesnt make us poorer. The risingeconomic powers will make the piebigger for everyone; they will allowhundreds of millions to escape frompoverty which is good for us.
If the US is to remain competitivewith REPs, Ahearn said, We mustovercome the political stalemate,deal with the long term scal pres-sures, and maximize our inherenteconomic strengths.
Infrastructure threatened byhydrogen embrittlementWill Parker
Staff Writer
existing natural gas infrastructure.The current problem with the exist-ing infrastructure is that the materialsoriginally used in the construction ofits fuel pipes are unknown, so it is a
challenge to predict their interactionswith hydrogen. Beyond this, hydro-gen gas proves to be highly corro-sive, so even the highest quality ma-terials will be affected. This makes itextremely difcult to convert the oldinfrastructure for hydrogen use.
Dr. Robertson has spent the last20 years researching the effect of hy-drogen embrittlement on an assort-ment of metals. Although scientistshave been aware of hydrogen em-brittlement for over a century, theyare still discovering the details.
Hydrogen causes things to hap-pen at a lower stress level than youwould expect said Robertson. Forexample, when nickel is exposedto hydrogen gas it fails in a granular
ematical language. By combin-ing data, variables, and situationalconstraints with experience andknow-how, those solving the prob-lem have this melting pot that pro-duces a wonder drink.
After turning the problem intomathematical language, an ap-propriate solver can be selectedand used, often a computer-basedmodeling system. The results canthen be interpreted and applied tothe original structured problem.
As Kallrath pointed out, Real-world problems are often very com-plex and multi-faceted. For thesekinds of problems, Kallrath oftenuses tailor-made methods or apolylithic approach, which involvesstringing together multiple mono-lithic modeling systems. Althoughthe polylithic approach is designedto beat the size and complexity ofa problem, it requires more experi-ence and a dose of creativity. Kall-
Modeling and solving realworld optimization problemsrath warned this method should behandled with care, noting one cankill a project easily by over-doingthe details.
From his point of view as anindustry employee, Kallrath pro-posed a triangle of industry, sci-ence, and education with respectto optimization problems. Industrywas at the peak, the source of real-world optimization problems, andat the base were science, whichdevelops solutions, and education,
which prepares students to solveproblems.
Kallrath noted a aw in this pyra-mid, namely that education normal-ly produces students with textbookknowledge who work for grades,not for understanding. He recom-mended that modeling be part ofcurriculum and that students getinvolved in solving challenging real-world problems early so that the tri-angle would be more aligned.
Carmella Caltagirone
Staff Writer
fashion instead of a ductile fashion.The hydrogen wears down the nick-el, which usually breaks from beingbent back and forth multiple times,by causing it to be rubbed away.
Therefore, hydrogen enhancesthe mobility of dislocations within ametal and can cause a stationarycrack to move at a constant stress.When a stress that the metal cannormally withstand is applied, themetal may actually fail due to thepresence of hydrogen.
The effects of hydrogen embrit-tlement are important to understandbefore existing gas lines can be usedfor hydrogen gas. If scientists do notadjust these lines, catastrophic fail-ure may occur. In the eyes of Robert-son, understanding the effects of hy-drogen on the mechanical propertiesof metals is crucial to ensuring thatalternative fuel, such as hydrogen,can power the transportation sector.
Organizationalculture does matterJordan Frances
Staff Writercultures of inclusion, achievement,and authenticity. He described aculture of inclusion as one that fo-cuses on ensuring that the peoplewithin the organization work well
together and emphasizes the suc-cess of the team above the suc-cess of individuals. This culture iscommon in start-up companieswith few employees, but largernumbers of people prevent thisbecause the entire team of work-ers cannot be consulted for everydecision.
The culture of achievement fo-cuses on end results and the bot-tom line more than anything else.
This is common in companies incompetitive markets who must bemost concerned about competitive
advantage. The third
culture is oneof authenticity.
This culture ispurpose-drivenand concernedabout doinggreat thingsand beingliked and lovedfor who [they]
are. This sort of culture is seen inbusinesses that have quality as thetop priority or can depend on theirbrand name to sell a product.
Murphy pointed out that veryfew organizations display only oneof these cultures. He comparedorganizational culture distributionsto stools. A one-legged stool is un-stable and a two-legged stool canbalance if conditions are just right.
A three-legged stool is stable, evenif one leg is longer than the others.
Murphy concluded organiza-tions need to devote focus to in-tentionally cultivating all three ofthese cultural varieties. However,they must also have a deliberateemphasis in order to convey theirdesired public image and to en-courage the desired mind-set andatmosphere among the employ-ees.
Murphy also suggested
that there are three main
types of cultural orienta-
tions in businesses: cul-
tures of inclusion, achieve-
ment, and authenticity.
Rising economic powers
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It is not uncommon, at times,
to overlook huge campus con-
tributors such as teachers assis-
tants and adjunct faculty who de-
vote much of their time to Mines.
Whether they are the in the
chemistry labs, or in the class-rooms, they all share a passion
for the eld which they are in-
volved.
One such memeber is
Gwyneth Holston, an Adjunct
Faculty member in the Math De-
partment.
Gwyneths history with Mines
goes back quite a ways, consid-
ering she is one of the newest
adjunct faculty on campus. Once
a student at Mines in 2000, she
found that deciding her path was
quite a conundrum.
I originally wanted to go to
art school, but I gured I couldnt
pay for it and [the schools] didnt
value academic merit at all, ex-
plained Holston, I came to Minesundecided for the rst few years,
then decided I would try to study
physics.
It is this decision that Holston
pursued the following few years
as a student at Mines, rst earn-
ing her Bachelors degree in Engi-
neering Physics and then a Mas-
ters in Engineering Systems.
However, it didnt stick with her
long. After graduation, Holston
dabbled in the engineering indus-
try for about a year before real-
izing it wasnt for her. Later, she
went to art school and paid for it
on the side by teaching math at
the Metropolitan State College of
Denver.
During this time, she discov-ered a love for teaching math,
Luke McPherson
Staff Writer
Straight from a Jane Austen novelwhich took her by surprise. Since
then, Holston has continued
teaching on the side with her ar-
tistic endeavors, most of which
include oil paintings; however,
Holston has also experimented
with restoring statues and doing
muralssome of which can be
found on campus.
Holston has been in the shoesof many of the students now en-
deavoring through their years
here at Mines. In order to get an
upper-hand in class and academ-
ics, Holston readily offers that
the best thing to do is to ask for
help!
She also admits on the other
hand, however, that, as a student,
she fell asleep in many classes.
As a result, she has a hard time
berating those who do the same.
In her free time from grading
and Mines, Holston envelops her-
self with hobbies which, for her,
seem to change weekly. Current-
ly, she dedicates herself to study-
ing French, ballroom dance, and
saving money to travel to Europenext year.
Holston also attends mass
regularly as a Catholic and is an
avid reader. Her favorite novel
is a Nobel Prize winner from the
1920s, Kristen Lavransdatter
by Ingrid Undset, which she ex-
claims is probably one of the best
novels.
Holston currently does the oc-
casional arts workshop for the
Mines community and the Cre-
ative Arts club.
Her most recent workshop
was an Origami Workshop. It is
this alignment with art that tends
to follow Holston wherever she
goes.
[If I werent teaching rightnow], I would probably be work-
Gwyneth Holston demonstrates her oragami talents for students.
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ing as a full-
time artist, even
though I would
miss teaching,
she explained.
Among her
vast variety of
talents, she
also enjoys vol-
unteering andplaying piano,
adding that she
enjoys doing
things that one
doesnt get
paid for.
If I lived
200 years ago,
I feel I would be
living the life of
someone in a
Jane Austen
novel, but now-
adays I have to
pay rent and
put food on the
table.
As long as I
earn enough totravel and pay
for art supplies,
I am content,
c o n c l u d e s
G w y n e t h
Holston, the
self-proclaimed
efcient, cre-
ative, and im-
patient mem-
ber of the Math
Dep a r t m en t .
I am working
on the impa-
tience, she
jokingly as-
serts, I need
to replace it
with somethingelse.
Nightmareon
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Steve Jobs, co-founder and
once CEO of Apple Inc. passed
away on Wednesday, October
5th, 2011. He had a history of
pancreatic cancer, which led to
a cardiac arrest. Though Steve
Jobs has come and gone, hislegacy will continue to exist and
inspire all.
To become an entrepreneur,
CEO, or to be on the board of
trustees for a multi-billion dollar
corporation, one must be very
lucky, highly intelligent, or worked
hard for a long time after being
granted a college degree. Steve
Jobs did attend college, but he
dropped out after a semester.
Steve Jobs may or may not be
lucky, but intelligence and hard
working only begin to described
the genius
Jobs co-founded Apple Inc
in the late 70s, and in the 80s
presented the world with the
rst commercial personal com-
puter. Soon after he would retire
due to corporation politics. Jobs
then formed a new company,
NeXT. With the new company
Jobs would lay the framework for
the iTunes Store and other web
markets. In the mid-80s Jobs ac-
quired Pixar from George Lucas.
With Pixar, Jobs was able to pro-
duce the rst movie made com-
pletely by Computer GeneratedImagery (CGI), Toy Story. To this
day the Pixar company contin-
ues to produce movies like Up,
Monsters Inc, and WALL-E.
But in the 2000s The Walt Dis-
ney Company merged with Pixar,
which landed Jobs on the Board
of Directors for Disney. With the
success of NeXT and Pixar, Jobs
was hired by his original company,
Apple Inc and in 1997 he became
the CEO of the company, with
which he revolutionized technol-
ogy till his retirement in 2011.
Ten years ago Jobs presented
a new device that was new in the
way of marketing and production
so that it may capture the new
millennium. The device was calledthe iPod. One decade has passed
Farewell to the man in the turtleneck and jeansLucas Quintero
Staff Writer
since the world has been intro-
duced to the iPod, and since then
we have seen new styles come
and go, whether it was the shufe,
the nano, the mini, the touch or
if it was the original with 5 GB or
the newest with 160 GB. Now we
have the ability to see such tech-
nologies like the iPhone or the
iPad which started demands forcombining music and phones and
the spark for a large competition
in the tablet market.
Everyone has, at some point,
come across one of Jobs genius
patents. Whether it is how they
talk with their friends, catch-up
with the news, check social web-
sites, or even relieve boredom in
class with games like Angry Birds.
Jobs always pressed onwards,
towards the future never looking
to the past. At the MacWorld Con-
ference and Expo in 2007 Jobs is
quoted to have said There is an
old Wayne Gretzky quote that I
love. I skate to where the puck
is going to be, not where it has
been. And weve always tried todo that at Apple. Since the very
It has been a momentous
weekend for college football fans,
as the rst major upsets of the
season were delivered. Michigan
State pulled off a ridiculous, last-
second hail Mary play to beat
mighty Wisconsin, and Texas
Tech humbled Oklahomas de-fense, doing just enough to out-
score the Sooners, 41-38. The
cluster of undefeated teams at
the top of the standings is dwin-
dling, and what looked like an im-
possible mess of a title race has
claried signicantly. At this point,
the list of realistic championship
contenders has been narrowed
signicantly. Here are the con-
tenders, ranked by their chances
of reaching the title game if they
nish unbeaten.
First Priority: LSU-Alabama
winner. There is no contest here,
as an unbeaten SEC champion
could not possibly be denied entry
to the title game.
Second: Oklahoma State-Kansas State winner. If the Cow-
boys go unbeaten, they should be
in without much trouble as well,
as they would have a stronger
schedule than their main rival for
this spot, Stanford. Kansas State
would make it if they win out, sim-
ply because that would require
consecutive wins over the Okla-
homa schools, Texas, and A&M.
Its unlikely, but the Cats still con-
trol their own destiny and do not
necessarily need outside help to
make the championship.
Third: Stanford. Despite the
carnage at the top, Stanford still
nds itself on the outside looking
in. The Cardinal need the winner of
either of the previous matchups tolose somewhere else. Still, college
football is insane, and Stanford is
still in position to take advantage
of missteps by those in front of it.
Fourth: Clemson. The Tigers
would be hard-pressed to make
it, even if chaos breaks out above
them. The ACC has been weak
long enough that the Tigers will
remain near the back of the line of
unbeatens.
Long Shot: Boise State. The
Broncos may be highly ranked for
now, but when it comes down to
it, they are unlikely to be ranked
ahead of a major-conference un-
beaten, even Clemson. Boise
would need losses by all but one
of the other unbeatens (and prob-
ably Wisconsin as well) to have
any chance at all.
Wild Card: Arkansas. Despite afaceplant against Alabama a few
weeks ago, the Hogs can still win
the SEC West with an unbeaten
nish and an LSU win over Bama.
A one-loss, SEC champion Ar-
kansas team would be hard to
deny, and could sneak past an
unbeaten side into the nal. LSU
and Alabama both have to win
out, as Arkansas would have the
advantage in a three-way tie situ-
ation by virtue of losing earliest in
the season. Its a twisted system,
but that is just college football.
However, this analysis should
not be misconstrued as a Top Ten
ranking. This is what the media
rankings will look like, but those
rankings have lost all meaning. The polls are a beauty contest,
with teams ranked by their rsu-
ms instead of actual strength.
This was conrmed in the 2007
regular seasons nal rankings,
when 11-1 Ohio State was #1
and 11-2 LSU was second, while
Vegas favored the Tigers by 6
points. Obviously, LSU was better,
as they proved in the title game,
and I wonder how many voters
who put Ohio State rst would
have laid money on it. Still, OSU
had the better record, so they
took the better ranking.
With that in mind, the season is
nally advanced enough for a real-
istic Top Ten ranking. My basis for
this ranking is simple: in a com-parison of any two teams, which
would win on a neutral site with
plenty of time to prepare? That is
the format of the title game, and
that is what the rankings should
reect. So, without further ado:
10. Clemson Tigers. Clemson
has been far from dominant this
season, with the notable excep-
tion of its headline victories over
Florida State and Virginia Tech.
The Tigers struggled might-
ily against Auburn, Maryland, and
somewhat inexplicably, Wofford.
The defense has been unreliable,
and as Oklahoma showed, it is
impossible to rely solely on offen-
sive repower. The Tigers should
be ne in the ACC, but against
truly elite competition they would
come up short.
9. Michigan State Spartans.MSU has one loss, a tough one
at unpredictable Notre Dame, but
the Spartans have offset that with
three impressive wins in a row,
culminating in a dramatic come-
back against undefeated Wiscon-
sin. MSU has a good shot at a Big
Ten championship, as their only
true test remaining is a trip this
week to overrated Nebraska, with
the Legends Division title likely at
stake for the winner. While it is
silly that the Big Ten has a Leg-
ends Division, the Spartans can all
but wrap it up this weekend and
coast to a likely rematch against
Wisconsin in the inaugural confer-
ence title game.
8. Oregon Ducks. Oregon hasrebounded nicely from the opening
beatdown by LSU, and there have
been no real question marks, as
the Ducks have been challenged
only once, by Arizona, since then.
However, their ability to perform
against real heavyweights remains
a valid concern, and the loss
of star running back LaMichael
James could prove crippling. Or-
egon should challenge Stanford
for the Pac-12 crown, but a BCS
bowl win seems unlikely.
7. Arkansas Razorbacks. Ar-
kansas is not in the SEC elite, as
shown by its come-from-behind
victory against Ole Miss last Sat-
urday. However, the Razorbacks
are good despite their inconsis-tency. A season-ending upset of
LSU would not be unthinkable,
but the Hogs are not a serious
threat to win the SEC West, as a
disappointing upset loss is over-
due for this team.
6. Wisconsin Badgers. A dis-
appointing loss to an excellent
Michigan State team should not
tarnish what has been an excellent
season so far. Wisconsin suffered
a series of major errors yet still
pulled off a big comeback on the
road. If the Badgers had stopped
the hail Mary attempt and won in
overtime, their ranking in the na-
tional polls would be much higher;
however, I will not drop them for
a random freak event. Wisconsin
is an elite team, one that will only
get better with time. They played
a bad game against a good teamand came up just short, and there
is no shame in that.
5. Oklahoma State Cowboys.
OSU has been excellent but not
dominant so far, but the Cowboys
have shown that they can per-
form under pressure, with a huge
comeback at Texas A&M and a
hard-fought victory at Texas. The
Cowboys are far from invincible,
but they should be able to handle
their remaining Big 12 schedule.
The Oklahoma game still looms
large, as the conference title is still
on the line and the Sooners have
a nasty habit of wrecking promis-
ing Cowboys seasons. However,
this should be the year that State
breaks that psychological curse,and while an upset is a strong
possibility, the Cowboys should
take the Big 12 title at the very
least.
4. Stanford Cardinal. Stanford
has been the most dominant team
on the season so far, despite the
accolades showered upon the
SEC juggernauts. The Cardi-
nal have won every game by 26
points or more, and have reached
40 points in all but one game.
However, the catch is that only
one opponent--#25 Washington--
was ranked at the time, and none
currently are. Stanford has only
one shot to impress the national
voters, against an already-hum-
bled Oregon side, because theirschedule strength leaves much to
be desired. Stanford seems likely
to reach the Rose Bowl, but more
than that may be a stretch.
3. Boise State Broncos. Yes,
I am completely serious. The
Broncos excel in big-time games
against big-name opposition.
Since 2008, Boise is 6-1 in mar-
quee early season games and
bowl games against ranked op-
position, with only one home
game in the bunch. The only loss
was by a single point to a very
good TCU squad, a loss that was
avenged the next year. Other vic-
tims include Oregon twice, Utah,
Virginia Tech, and Georgia. The
point is, Boise will very likely win
their bowl game, regardless of
the opposition. I am still skepti-
cal of their ability to beat LSU orAlabama, but those games would
likely come down to the wire, and
as an LSU fan, I would be terried
to play the Broncos in January.
Boise has passed every test in
recent years, and I see no reason
why they could not beat any other
contender on the big stage.
2. Alabama Crimson Tide. Ex-
cept for a poor rst half against
Tennessee, the Tide have been
unstoppable. Still, their offense is
unreliable at times, and they have
not been untouchable. Alabama
could drop a game this season
by playing poorly or losing a key
player. That is why they are not
quite at the top.
1. LSU Tigers. For all the thingsthat have gone wrong, the Tigers
have been the best team in the
land so far. Juggling constant sus-
pensions, a quarterback contro-
versy, shakeups in the coaching
staff, and a challenging schedule,
LSU has simply dominated. To
steal the catchphrase of their star
corner Tyrann Mathieu, aka the
Honey Badger, the Tigers dont
care, they just take what they
want. LSU is not invincible by any
means, but so far the Tigers have
won games in which they strug-
gled, most notably against Or-
egon. The collision with Alabama
will be a game for the ages, but
these Tigers have shown their true
colors so far, and I expect them tobe holding the crystal ball at sea-
sons end.
Week 9 Game Picks:
-Michigan State by 13 at Ne
braska
-Kansas State by 7 vs. Okla
homa
-Georgia by 17 vs. Florida
-Arizona State by 10 vs. CU
-Clemson by 20 at Georgia
Tech
very beginning. And we always
will.
Jobs did not only leave behind
the iPhone, the iPad, and the Mac
notebooks, Jobs left his ideology
to resonate through the minds of
all, to press on towards the future
and to do all you can as best as
you can. His was a man without
a college degree and disconnect-
ed from a company that he co-
founded but he can come out on
top. Jobs legacy was that work-
ing hard will pay-off, and he lived
to prove it.
Farewell Jobs, thank you for
all you have done. You will be
missed.
Steve Jobs laughs with fellow billionaire, Bill Gates.
COURTESY JOI ITO
James Kergosien
Staff Writer
Football informant: a clear picture arrives
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When it comes right down toit, geeks are just people who areincredibly enthusiastic about thethings they love. They are peoplewho pursue their passions whole-heartedly, with reckless abandon,and refuse to care what other peo-ple may say about their choices.From her tendency to greet friendsand strangers alike with an excitedHI! to her willingness to join anyfun-sounding, half-planned adven-tures, Erin shatters stereotypesabout geeks being anti-social whileobviously displaying the nerdytrademark of enthusiastic passionfor life and all the little joys it brings.
[Oredigger]: So, youre a
Civil Engineering major. Whyd
you choose that major? What
do you like about it?
[Keogh]: I really like all the op-portunities there are to do epicthings. I [also] plan on minoring inUnderground Construction and
Tunnels, so perhaps I will dig a holeto China!
Do you have a life outside of
classes, and if so, what do you
do with it?
Yes. Im an RA at Mines Park,so I spend all my time hanging outwith my peeps. Im on the rst all-female Mine Rescue team, which isboss, and I love random late-nightadventures and shenanigans.
Do you consider yourself a
geek and why?
Of course Im a geek! Im a geekbecause Im too excited about life,which includes school and otherexciting things. Ive also beenbrainwashed so that everything Ithink about is in terms of Physicsor Calculus.
What are some of your great-
est accomplishments?
Taking a shopping cart up thearduous cliffs of South Table Moun-tain in the dark.
If there was a sudden raptor
attack on the school, would you
survive and why?
Oh, I would denitely survivebecause I would have a stegosau-rus on my side to ght the raptors.
Geek Weekofthe
...Erin Keogh, Sophomore, Civil EngineeringJordan FrancesStaff Writer
And also, I would bake some cook-ies for the raptors to eat. But stego-sauruses are the bomb-diggity!
Whats your favorite thing
about Mines?
Thats a tough one becauseI love every single thing aboutMines, but Id have to say the peo-ple are awesome and I also enjoythe nerdy pride of the campus. Itsgreat. I can wear my nerdy glasses!
If you could be dropped into
any TV show or movie, what
would it be and why?
Zoolander! Denitely Zoolanderbecause then I could learn howto read good at The Derek Zool-ander Center for Kids Who CantRead Good and Wanna Learn todo Other Stuff Good Too, and dis-cover whether there is more to lifethan being really, really ridiculouslygood-looking. Also, Hansel is myhero. He is so hot right now.
Do you have an evil plan to
take over the world?
Im not evil enough to have anevil plan, but I would denitely notmind having a bunch of minions tohandle my non-evil desires.
Do you have any plans for
life after Mines?
I plan on having a plan, but Icant think that far ahead yet. Iwould like to have an epic job, but Iwould also like to adventure.
Any advice youd like to give
to fellow geeks and Mines stu-
dents?
Get to know all of your fellowgeeks and nerds because they arepretty freaking awesome. Also, en-
joy the adventure of life!Whats your favorite quote?
From Albert Einstein, Out ofclutter, nd simplicity. From dis-cord, nd harmony. In the middleof difculty, lies opportunity. Also,from Buddy the Elf, I just like tosmile! Smilings my favorite.
Im not evil enough to have an evil plan, but I would de-nitely not mind having a bunch of minions to handle mynon-evil desires.
JORDAN FRANCES / OREDIGGER
Stuffed Chicken breasts areeasy to make and a great wayto impress a date or have a truehome cooked meal.
The required materials arefour boneless, skinless chickenbreasts, four strips of bacon,one half cup of lemon juice, onecup cream cheese, three greenonions, tarragon, four bambooskewers, and a pinch of salt.
First, marinate the chickenbreasts in the lemon juice for fourhours. Then, use a mallet to at-ten the chicken breasts until theyare about one and a half centi-meters thick. Chop up the greenonions and mix them in a bowl
with the cream cheese, tarragon,and salt. Take one quarter of thiscream cheese mixture and placeit in the center of one of the piec-es of chicken.
Then, wrap the chicken aroundthe mixture. Wrap the entire thingwith a piece of bacon and securewith a bamboo skewer. Finally,bake the chicken breasts in amedium ceramic pan for 35 min-utes in an oven preheated to 375degrees Fahrenheit.
To complete the meal, addgreen beans and stove top stuff-ing.
While this recipe may seemlike an odd combination of ingre-dients and avors, it is unexpect-edly delicious and the preparationis simple.
Will ParkerStaff Writer
Impressive home-cooked meal
WILL PARKER / OREDIGGER
Although this stuffed chicken recipe is unconventional, itis simple and delicious!
The Golden Chamber of Com-merce has created a new incen-tive, especially geared towardsMines students, to keep localbusinesses in town. Students cannow receive a Golden Ticket af-ter taking the Coors Brewery tour.
Take the ticket around down-town Golden for a chance to wincash, usually between ve andten dollars, or a discount off pur-chases.
Each store will scratch off aportion of the ticket when stu-dents come into their shop orrestaurant. If thats not incen-tive enough, there are also $500grand prizes.
Mines juniors, Dayne Luek-enga and Brittany Bittner are therst lucky winners to nd the $500prize. The couple took their ticketto Anthonys Pizza after attend-ing the tour and were delighted
Find the Golden ticket!Katie HuckfeldtManaging Editor
to see the $500 dollars scratchedoff their ticket.
The Golden Tickets are a greatway to stimulate local businessesand provide students with dis-
counts and possible cash prizes.There is no reason not to take ad-vantage of this win-win situation,so stop by the Coors tour andgrab your golden ticket!
Dayne and Brittany proudly display their $500 grand prize.
COURTESY GOLDEN CITY OF COMMERCE
In October 1903, the editor ofThe Colorado Transcript, GeneralGeorge West, fell ill with pneumo-nia. The Rocky Mountain Herald
reported grave fears [were] enter-tained for his recovery. At the time, West was nearly
seventy-seven and having been anewspaperman in Colorado for for-ty-four years was the longest ten-ured editor in the state. West, de-scribed as thenestor of theprofession inthis state byThe Herald,r e c o v e r e dand lived un-til 1906. Thesame week,The Colora-do Transcriptcelebrated the beginning of its thir-
ty-eighth volume and incorporateditself as a private company.On account of Wests illness,
the commissioners meeting for theSoldiers and Sailors Home wasmoved from its usual location inMonte Vista, Colorado to Golden.
The board consists of three vet-erans of the civil war appointed bythe governor, together with the de-partment commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Department
of Colorado and Wyoming, as ex-ofcio member, reported TheColorado Transcript.
Board members all served inthe Civil War in the infantry, artillery,and cavalry regiments, ranking ashigh as captain. Interestingly, the
non-Golden members chose not toattend the relocated meetings, des-ignating Samuel West to representtheir interests.
Denver Health CommissionerDr. A. A. Clough disagreed with theState Board of Health on regula-
tions for theprevention oftuberculosis.
He con-tended thatstatistics didnot supportthe numberof cases re-ported by thestate board.
Twenty percent, the proportion
named, is entirely too large an es-timate for native cases, claims Dr.Clough, said The Colorado Tran-script. Clough also contestedstatements about the spread of thedisease.
One city health ofcial said, Ifour records prove anything in thisconnection it is that there has beenlittle increase during the last tenyears in the number of cases con-tracted in Colorado.
Deborah GoodContent Manager
This week inColorado historySickness and city health
Denver Health Commissioner
Dr. A. A. Clough disagreed
with the State Board of
Health on regulations for the
prevention of tuberculosis.
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For the second straight week,the Mines football team raced
out to an early lead before strug-
gling to hold on as they let their
opponent climb back into the
game. But for the second straight
week, the Orediggers held on
long enough to claim the victory
as they outscored Western State
College 48-33 Saturday at Camp-
bell Field in Golden.
Quarterback Clay Garcia threw
for 319 yards and three touch-
downs and Diamond Gillis had
nine receptions for 112 total yards
in a game where the Orediggers
scored more points (48) in four
quarters than they had in the pre-
vious nine spanning three games
(41).Mines started off the game with
a bit of trickery in the form of a 20
yard halfback pass from Gillis, a
former quarterback converted to
wide receiver, to true freshman
Tevin Champagne. 40 yards later,
Garcia found a wide open Eric
Shannon in the corner of the end-
zone for the early 7-0 lead.
Western State did not roll over,
though, as the one-win Mountain-
eers quickly responded with 10
points to go ahead 10-7 with 2:55
left in the rst quarter.
After falling behind, the Oredig-
gers went on a 27-3 run over the
next 17 minutes, capped by a sev-
en yard touchdown rumble by Dan
Palmer with less than one minuteto play in the half. The lone three
points by Western State came
on a 50 yard eld goal that just
cleared the crossbar.
In the second half, the Oredig-
gers kept the Mountaineers at
arms length. Western State
closed to within two possessions
on three different occasions, but
Mines responded each time, scor-
ing twice more in the game at cru-
cial times.
Trailing 41-27 early in the
fourth, Western State held Mines
to a three-and-out and got the ball
deep in their own territory with the
opportunity to close the gap to
seven points for the rst time since
the second quarter. However,Oredigger Justin Neal intercepted
WSC quarterback Jamie Jensen
on a deep pass at the WSC 41
and returned it 39 yards to the two
yard line. One Dan Palmer touch-
down run later, Mines was once
again ahead by three scores and
never looked back.
Western State, averaging only
13.5 points per game this season,
torched the Oredigger defense for
441 total yards, with 172 on the
ground. Jenson nished the game
with 269 passing yards and a ca-
reer high four touchdown passes.
Their 33 points was the highest
point total for the Mountaineers
since September of 2009.
Mines nished the game with48 points, 339 passing yards and
seven touchdowns. Palmer had
three touchdowns on only 71
yards. It was the third time this
season Palmer had a triple touch-
down day.
A total of seven separate Mines
receivers caught passes and three
had touchdown receptions. Gillis
led the Orediggers with 112 yards,
Jordan Ward had 81 yards and a
touchdown, and Matt Brown had
50 yards and a touchdown, Tevin
Champagne had 28 yards and
David Pawelek had 26. Dan Palm-
er had 22 yards while Shannon
added 20 yards and a touchdown
to round out the receiving.
On the defensive side, Nealand Henry Kaetzer each had an
interception while Jarrod Mckay
led Mines in tackles with eight.
Neal, Kaetzer and Alex Vigil each
had seven while Taylor Jeski, Ryan
Wood, and Kelly Zimmerman had
six apiece.
The Orediggers have now
won two games in a row and im-
prove to 6-2 overall and 4-2 in the
RMAC. They are currently in third
place in the conference. Mines
continues play 1:00 pm next Sat-
urday at Adams States Rex Field
in Alamosa, CO.
Oredigger Football defeats Western State48-33 at Saturday showdownTrevor Crane
Content Manager
Tevin Champagne (#21) makes the reception.
The Oredigger offense forms up on the line of scrimmage. Justin Neal (#15) blocks the run in the second quarter.
Dan Palmer (#36) rushes for 5 yards to put Mines up 20-10. Matt Brown (#5) completes a reception to put Mines on the Western 5 yard
line.
ALL PHOTOS STEVEN WOOLDRIDGE / OREDIGGER
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For the rst time in almost a
year, the CSM Mens Soccer Team
was shut-out in a 0-3 loss to Met-ro State University this past F riday.
Metro State struck early with
forward Scott Grode scoring in
the 2nd minute of the match on a
quick breakaway after the ball was
lofted in behind the CSM defen-
sive line, which was not expecting
the long ball over the top. They
struck again in the 16th minute
when Andrew Meija bent the ball
into the net on a well-placed free
kick. Metro State had a total of six
shots on goal in the rst half while
the Orediggers had none, but a
series of heroic saves by CSM
keeper Manville Strand resulted in
a halftime score of 0-2 in favor of
Metro State.
To start the second half, CSMcame out determined to bring this
game back under control. Early
on it appeared they would do so,
Coming into the game with a
record of 7-3-1, The Mines Mens
Soccer team was a heavy favoriteover the win-less Colorado Chris-
tian University Cougars. After an
early goal, the #23 Orediggers took
off, cruising to a 9-1 win.
For the rst few minutes, both
sides were fairly even. The Oredig-
gers started the game sluggishly,
showing weaknesses defensively.
There were sloppy turnovers by
CSM on both sides of the ball and
the entire team looked tired.
In the 9th minute, the Oredig-
gers nally got on the board. A
beautiful pass by Tesho Akindele
found Zach Page-Belknap inside
the 18-yard box, where he was
The Mines Womens soccer
team shutout an undermanned
University of Nebraska Kearney
team en route to a 2-0 home vic-
tory during Senior Night on Octo-
ber 14.
It was a solid win for the #19
Orediggers, but during the game it
was unclear which side was going
to come out on top. The rst half
was dominated by defensive play,
with neither offense able to capi-
talize on scoring chances. At half-
time, the game remained score-
less despite the Lady Orediggers
mustering up 10 total shots.
Mines started the second half
much like the rst, with a strongdefensive showing that led to sev-
eral scoring opportunities. Howev-
er, similar to the rst 45 minutes,
Loper goalkeeper Marissa Niday
kept Mines scoreless, facing an-
other barrage of shots.
As the second half progressed,
Mines began to solve the Lopers
defense. After increased pressure
and a few defensive errors by Ke-
arney, Mines was nally able to put
Mens Soccer display dominancein 9-1 victory over CCU
able to place the ball just inside the
near post.
Eleven minutes and three Akin-
dele goals later, the Orediggers
found themselves ahead 4-0. Alex
Nass added to the lead with aheader. Meanwhile, it was not un-
til the rst 20 minutes had elapsed
that CCU nally mustered their rst
shot.
The tone of the game was por-
trayed by the CCU bench, which
began the game loud and pumped.
After the rst two goals the bench
quickly quieted. Three goals later,
the bench was loud again, but this
time in disgust and anger resulting
in several reckless fouls.
As the Orediggers sat with a
comfortable lead, CCU shocked
the crowd with a goal in the 32nd
minute with a quick rebound off of a
free kick. The Orediggers respond-
ed with two more goals, ending the
half with a 7-1 lead.
At the start of the second half,
the Orediggers made several tacti-
cal substitutions which allowed theCSM bench to play a part in the
game.
The bench picked up where the
starters left off, displaying domi-
nance with two more goals that
lead to the nal result of 9-1.
The Orediggers were able to
learn from early mistakes and put
nine into the net for the victory.
Following the win, the Orediggers
move to 9-5-1 overall and 7-4-1 in
the RMAC. With one game remain-
ing, Mines is currently tied for third
place in the conference. The top
four teams will advance to play in
the RMAC postseason tournament.
Lucas Quintero
Staff Writer
but Alex Nasss shot in the 54th
minute went just wide of the goal.
In the 62nd minute, a mishandled
pass by the CSM defensive line
resulted in Metro States third and
nal goal. The CSM forwards attempted
to close the gap in the nal min-
utes with shots from Nass, Sean
Ogunmodede, and Tesho Akin-
dele, but none of them were able
to reach the back of the net, their
shots either going off the posts or
missing just wide.
The loss moves the Mines to
9-5-1 and 7-4-1 in RMAC play.
Overall, the Orediggers struggled
to connect with each other on the
offensive end and lacked good
communication on the back line,
and it cost them this game. They
have done fairly well in recent
weeks, this being only their sec-
ond loss in the month of October.
They have one more regular sea-son game against Adams St. on
October 28th, and then they are
on to postseason play.
Orediggers shut-outagainst Metro 0-3Kevin Emery
Staff Writer
one on the board. In the 75th min-
ute Mines Joanna Graves stole
the ball off of a UNK turnover and
snuck a shot past Niday, putting it
into the back of the net to give the
Orediggers a 1-0 lead.
The Oredig-
ger defense con-
tinued to hold off
Nebraska-Kear-
ney and in the 87
minute added an
insurance goal to
increase the lead
to 2-0. Senior
Erin Onat played
a through ball to
Anna Evans who
evaded the de-
fense with some
fancy footworkbefore launch-
ing a shot past
Niday for the
score.
The defense
held strong for
the last few min-
utes as Mines
goalkeeper Amy
Hegarty made
two saves to
Late goals give Lady Orediggers2-0 victory over UNK
secure her fourth shutout of the
season. Mines is currently 12-2-1 overall and 8-2-1 in the RMAC.
The Lady Orediggers are tied for
second in the conference with
three games remaining.
Lucas Quintero
Staff Writer
Kelsey Neal (#14) brings the ball up the
eld.
ALL PHOTOS KEVIN EMERY / OREDIGGER
Manville Strand (#1) saves the shot to add to CSMs impressive victory.
Alex Nass (#7) evades a Metro Defender
Tesho Akindele (#10) receives a pass.
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Oct. 16:
Mens Soccer - #23 CSM 3, Ad-
ams St 0 - Ben Thompson made
seven saves in his rst ever start
for the shutout win. Alex Gunberg,
Philip Wilson and Seun Ogunmod-
ede each scored for Mines in the
victory.
Womens Soccer - NMH 4, #15
CSM 1 - After only allowing seven
goals through their rst 13 games,
NMH scored four on Mines as the
Orediggers lost 4-1. Kelsey Neal
scored CSMs lone goal and Amy
Hegarty made two saves in the de-
feat.Oct 21:
Mens Soccer - #19 Metro St 3,
#23 CSM 0 - Goalkeeper Manville
Strand made seven saves, Alex
Nass got off ve shots, and Tesho
Akindele added two more shots,
but couldnt nd the net as the
Orediggers fell to the 19th-ranked
Roadrunners.
Volleyball - #11 Metro St 3,
#22 CSM 2 - Mines jumped out
to an early 2-0 lead, but fell in ve
sets to the Roadrunners. Amanda
Massey led Mines with 49 assists.
Hannah Margheim added 25 digs
while Jackie Stabel had 20 kills and
Melanie Wannamaker had 15 kills
in the loss.
Womens Soccer - #19 CSM 1,UCCS 0 OT - Amy Hegarty earned
the shutout with ve saves as
Mines nally broke through with a
goal in the 92nd minute from Anna
After a tough loss to MetroState Friday night, the Colorado
School of Mines womens volley-
ball team was able to come back
with a win over Regis University
on Saturday.
Friday, the #22 Lady Oredig-
gers took on #11 Metro State
University in what proved to be a
heartbreaking loss. The rst two
games went well, with Mines win-
ning the rst 25-18 and the sec-
ond 25-21. Metro State struggled
with their blocks and setting early,
allowing Mines to cruise through
the rst two games. Senior setter
Amanda Massey led the way dur-
ing these wins with two dumps, a
service ace, and 27 assists.
After the second game every-thing changed for the Orediggers.
Their passing began to fall apart,
as did their blocking and hitting.
The atmosphere changed, and
by the fth game there was no
coming back. CSM lost the third
19-25, the fourth 25-27, and the
fth 9-15. The loss snapped a 10
game winning streak for Mines
dating back to September 17.
Saturday, Mines faced off
against #25 Regis University.
Having lost the previous night,
the Lady Orediggers came out
ghting, winning the rst game
25-16. Mines took advantage of
Regis missed serves and capital-
ized on scoring chances, high-
lighted by a series of plays whereSam Johnson drilled the ball di-
rectly into a blockers face twice
in a row, earning CSM two critical
points.
In the second and third games,
it appeared that Mines was head-
ing towards the same fate thatbefell them previous night against
Metro. Mines hitting became
erratic. In the second and third
games they only had .162 and
.163 hitting percentages respec-
tively. We arent going to win
many games hitting .162 or .163,
said Head
Coach Jamie
S k a d e l a n d .
The two poor
performances
left Mines trail-
ing 2-1 heading
into game four.
Game four
started off
strong for the
O r e d i g g e r s .Melanie Wan-
namaker solo
blocked a huge
hit by Regis
Lyz Kann and Jackie Stabel had
ve kills in the game as Mines
took control early and completely
changed the energy of the match.
They ended up cruising to a 25-
15 win to tie the match at 2-2.
The Lady Orediggers were
able to carry the energy from the
fourth set into the fth, and n-
ished the match strong. Mines
rst four points were all earned
from kills by Sam Johnson as the
Orediggers soared to a 4-2 lead.
Holly Hutchison then went on a
serving streak, extending a later7-5 lead to 11-5. CSM won the
game 15-10, taking the match
and earning a much-needed vic-
Weekly sportsrecap for FallBreakTrevor Crane
Content ManagerEvans to pull out the overtime win.
Oct. 22:
Mens Cross Country - RMAC
Championships: CSM 3rd - Sean
Gildea placed 7th overall and
Mines scored 89 points to place
third at the RMAC championships.
Andrew Epperson, Neal Anderson,
Derek Alcorn and Russel Drum-
mond placed 19th, 20th, 21st and
22nd respectively. Mack McLain
nished 27th and Frank Socha
came in 28th.
Womens Cross Country -
RMAC Championships: CSM 4th
- Hannah Schuster placed 14th
overall and Marie Patton came in
20th as Mines nished 4th with 133
points. Kirsten Farquhar placed24th, Chloe Gustafson 30th, and
Jessica Baker 45th to round out
the scoring. Briana Suppes came
in 53rd and Caitlin Kodweis n-
ished 54th.
Football - CSM 48, WSC 33
- Clay Garcia threw for 319 yards
and three touchdowns as Mines
held on late to beat Western State.
Dan Palmer scored three touch-
downs on 71 rushing yards while
Diamond Gillis had 112 rec. yards
on nine catches. Henry Kaetzer
and Justin Neal each had an inter-
ception in the win.
Volleyball - #22 CSM 3, #25
Regis 2 - Sam Johnson had 18
kills and Jackie Stabel added 16
as Mines overcame a 2-1 decitto beat Regis in ve sets. Amanda
Massey had 55 assists and Massey
and Hannah Margheim each had
16 digs leading the Orediggers.
Volleyball splits pair of
games over weekendtory.
Not only was this a critical
win for CSM, but it was poten-
tially their last home match of theseason and in turn, Masseys last
game in Lockridge Arena as an
Oredigger. Upon completion of
the match there was a short cer-
emony honoring Masseys four
years at Mines. Amanda has
been a key part of the team and
program. They
[the team] her
Freshman year
was good but
not great, now
we are nation-
ally ranked.
She has been
a starter all four
years, a huge
contributor to
the team, saidcoach Skad-
eland.
But Massey
doesnt see
this as the end. If we do what
we need to do, hopefully tonight
wont be the last time I play here.
Mines now goes on a four game
road trip playing University of
Colorado at Colorado Springs,
Colorado Christian University,
Chadron State College, and the
University of Nebraska-Kearney
over the next two weeks. Upon
the conclusion of those games
the Orediggers will head to the
district tournament. If Mines per-
forms well enough the rest of this
season, they will have the oppor-tunity to host the district tourna-
ment and allow Massey to return
home one last time.
Will Parker
Staff Writer
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Not only was this a criti-
cal win for CSM, but it
was potentially their last
home match of the season
and in turn, Masseys last
game in Lockridge Arenaas an Oredigger.
Holly Hutchison (#7) spikes the ball.
KEVIN EMERY / OREDIGGER
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Ask any young child what his or her favorite holiday is, and Halloween
will often be the answer. For children, Halloween provides an opportunity
to dress up, stay out late, and raid the neighborhood for candy. As col-
lege students, trick-or-treating is off limits, but memories of nights spent
collecting and eating candy remain. Anyone who has trick-or-treated re-
members his or her favorite costume, favorite candy, or the one house
that needed to liquidate its sweets supply and dropped half of a bowl of
candy into a waiting pillowcase. In the spirit of Halloween, and in those
houses that let trick-or-treaters pick their favorite treats, this week, Minds
at Mines has two delicious, individually wrapped questions. What is your
favorite Halloween candy, and why? or What is your favorite memory of
Halloween?
I will eat anything covered in choc-olate as long as it is approved by the
FDA. Chocolate covered almonds are
a yes, but chocolate covered scorpions
are a no.
Eric Earley
I like the little Reeses peanut butter cups.
Peanut butter and chocolate are a great combi-
nation. The cups are wrapped by themselves and
you can eat them in one bite.
Elijah Thomas
My favorite memory is attending the
CRU Halloween root beer kegger during
my freshman year. I remember it being a
lot of fun, and I met a lot of people there
that I am still friends with today.
Kodi Hildebrandt
My favorite candy is Three Musketeers, but
only if they are frozen. Instead of being soft, the
inside is hard. Biting into a frozen Three Mus-
keteers has a satisfying crunch you just
dont get at room temperature.
Kevyn Young
My favorite Halloween candies are Mary
Janes. Its a peanut butter taffy with peanut
butter inside. I also really like caramel apple
pops. They are a close second.
Jacob Vigil
Ian Mertz
Asst. Copy Editor
Halloween
Minds at Mines
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ALL PHOTOS IAN MERTZ / OREDIGGER
You know what really grinds mygears?
Boulder.
Our neighbors to the north
are famous (or infamous) for two
things, hippies and the University
of Colorado.
Let us start with the hippies.
We get it, you love the earth; now
take a shower. In the late 1960s,
these unclean people started col-
onizing Boulder, probably in tents
or makeshift houses, like gypsies
(not actually true, but this is how
I picture hippies gathering). Unlike
nomadic gypsies, these hippies
stayed, and so did their practices.
Now if anyone goes to Boulder,
one can expect to have many of
his or her senses provoked. Yournostrils will be lled with the scent
of marijuana and body odor, your
eyes will be entertained by the
dreadlocks and the handmade
clothes, your ears will be overow-
ing with sounds of the homeless
people asking you for money, and
your taste buds will be occupied
Grinds mygears
Jarrod Sparks
Staff Writerwith the avor of all of the organic,
preservative-free food. Personally,
I think if the hippies really loved
the earth, they would stop yellingat me for driving my car, and bathe
more than once a month so I do
not have to smell them. However,
for one reason or another, hippies
believe that the earth must not like
you to clean yourself, and thus the
stench continues. Furthermore, I
am at a loss as to why the home-
less population of Boulder seems
to be greater than the population
of established citizens. Either way,
any causal stroll down Pearl Street
will have you dodging the home-
less like Tebow dodges tackles.
Another unattractive aspect of
Boulder is it serves as the location
for the University of Colorado; es-
sentially the school where show-
ing up is good enough. Now, I amnot suggesting that CU is a breed-
ing ground for laziness, I am just
saying that, on average, the stu-
dents here work harder. You can
blame it on the goose, the grass,
or the Greek, but it seems like, for
better or for worse, we reside at a
much more academically focused
university. In a liberal arts setting,
often there is no wrong answer to
a question whereas, at Colorado
School of Mines, at times it canseem like there are only wrong
answers. Perhaps this opinion
stems from jealousy, perhaps from
reason, but at both here and CU,
degrees are given; but the invest-
ment in the degree is far different.
Boulder is like that person in
a family who everybody loves,
but no one really expects too
much out of. It is ne to visit, but
move there and, next thing you
know, your closet will be lled
with Birkenstocks and other hip-
ster apparel. You will nd yourself
donning glasses without any cor-
rective lenses, wearing jeans that
are uncomfortably two sizes too
small, and eating things like gra-
nola and gluten-free bread whiledriving a Prius. If this is a place for
you, then more power to you, but
for the rest of us sensibly minded
individuals, we will continue to
eat fast food, wear clothes made
overseas, and bathe daily.
And that, ladies and gentle-
men, is what grinds my gears.
There seems to be a mas-
sive disconnect between certain
instructors at this school and the
eager minds they have been given
the task of teaching. I speak of the
apparent lack of understanding on
the part of the teachers of the in-
credible workload imposed on stu-
dents. Yes, I understand that this
is a hard school and that students
are expected to work themselves
half to death to graduate with even
a decent GPA, but could teach-
ers at least have a little respect for
how hard it really is? I am not ask-
ing for less work. I am not asking
for easier tests, shorter homework
sets, or fewer tests. What I am ask-
ing is that the teaching faculty at
this school recognize that students
have it really tough sometimes, and
rather than insult our intelligence by
What happened to respect?Anonymous POed Mines
Studentinsinuating that students just do not
believe them when they say some-
thing, rather realize that they prob-
ably forgot.
Last week I took a lab exam. This
exam was fairly straightforward, and
I did well. However, I was livid when
I received an email from the instruc-
tor, stating that apparently some
of you did not believe me when I
said I would take off points if you...
How dare you, sir? How dare you
insult us by insinuating that we really
did not believe you when you said
something? Do you really think we
are that stupid? Maybe the school
that awarded your degree did not
actually require you to work hard,
but Mines requires everything we
can muster. We understand you do
not relate to us, but please do not
insult our intelligence. This school
leaves our brains absolutely fried,
and we probably just forgot what-
ever you told us.
I would like to offer a word to the
teaching faculty at this illustrious
school. We, the students, are here
to earn high-power degrees, and
we understand how hard we have
to work to be worthy of those de-
grees. We are the future leaders of
the nation and the world, and you
would do well to instill in us a desire
to work with those who do not think
like us. Rather than insulting our in-
telligence by insinuating that we do
not actually take you at your word,
perhaps bear in mind that we have
more work to do than the average
Joe, and probably forgot what you
told us.
We mean no disrespect, we re-
ally are trying, and we really do want
to do well. College is hard, and we
are growing up and learning to be
adults while having our brains shot
to pieces by your knowledge of
whatever subject you are teaching.
You could at least respect that.
You know what grinds my gears?
People hating on Lil Wayne.
Given this fact, I was rather per-
turbed to read Mr. Sparks piece on
the self-proclaimed Best Rapper
Alive last week.
How can one support Justin
Biebers right to live his life and then
two weeks later censure Weezy for
the choices that he makes in his life?
I believe that such hating is not only
hypocritical on the part of the hater,
but also incredibly unjustied.
Lil Wayne is one of the big-
gest entertainers on the planet. His
magnum opus, Tha Carter III, went
platinum in less than a week after
its release in 2008 in an age where
purchasing music is far from the
norm. His latest album, Tha Carter
IV, came very close with just under a
million copies sold in a week. Weezy
has no shortage of money either. He
cashed in when recording artists stillmade money, and his stock has only
Letter to the editorcontinued with a Gatorade com-
mercial, multiple appearances on
ESPNs SportsCenter, and headlin-
ing tours. As far as numbers goes,
nobody can beat Weezy.
The biggest thing that makes Lil
Wayne such a gripping entertainer
though is that he refuses to conform.
He is a unique individual that refuses
to let anyone inuence his muse. His
songs are revolutionary. Who else
can make a song disguising fellatio
under the innuendo of enjoying a lol-
lipop go to number one on the Bill-
Board charts? No one else can do
what Lil Wayne can do because he
is unique and enraptures his audi-
ence with his work. No one forces
the people of the world to listen to
Lil Tunechi. They do it because they
want to and because Lil Wayne has
the talent to combine hard work,
creativity, the story of his life, and
maybe a little bit of purple drank tocaptivate his listeners.
Nothing has been given to Lil
Wayne, and he has been so prodi-
giously popular for such a long time
because people want what he has
to offer. Are all of his songs amazing?
Not quite. Does he have diamonds
instead of real teeth and is his geni-
talia more of a breeding ground for
venereal diseases than a hot tub at
a frat house? Yes to both. Nonethe-
less, he is an incredible entertainer
that connects with his audience by
doing what he does best, which is
being himself. I dont know what Lil
Wayne will do next, but I do know
that it will be something pushing the
boundaries of human creativity and
that people will pay attention. I thank
you Lil Wayne. Thank you for spit-
ting on the world of the mundane
and embracing what this country is
all about.
Weezy F Baby. And the F is for
freedom.-Robert Broman
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Thermonuclear devices, whichare always a subject of consider-able discussion in certain seg-ments of the Colorado School ofMines, are becoming a xture inthe thoughts of the greater stu-dent body.
Dr. Germhart Frizdich, an ap-
plied physicist here at Mines, hassaid that work will begin on a de-vice that can be used to containthe explosion from the detonationof a thermonuclear device.
Obviously, the ramications ofthe new device are far-reaching atbest and grossly misunderstoodat worst.
Frizdich has said that he plansto incorporate the physics helearned from playing Portal 2 inthe design of his new machine,The circuitry used in the portalgun astounds me; its so com-plex, yet so intuitive. Im sur-prised I hadnt thought of thatconcept before.
Frizdich will be consulting with
students here at Mines in his de-sign process, drawing on the vastknowledge of the physics majors.
Explaining his reasoning forseeking assistance from stu-dents, Frizdich said, I think stu-dents here at Mines will have aneven better grasp on the con-cepts than the professors. Be-cause they spend so much timeplaying video games, theyre not
bound by the real world. They canlet their minds ow free, unbridledby rational thought or conven-tional wisdom... Its so beautifulto watch.
To contain a nuclear explosion,Frizdich must contend
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