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T H E O R E D I G G E RVolume 92, Issue 6 October 10, 2011
The student voice of the Colorado School of Mines
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Mens soccer
beats CMU 4-2
Sports 6
Opinion 7
Lil Wayne cant
come back after
jail time
Features 5
Easy-to-make
staple foods:
Queso!
News 3
Can OPEC
handle the oil
game?
The Bureau of Ocean Ener-gy Management, Regulation, andEnforcement (BOEMRE, formerlythe Minerals Management Service(MMS)) recently released what hasbeen called the most comprehensivendings to date on the causes ofthe Deepwater Horizon incident of
April 20, 2010. The incident killed11 workers and resulted in the worstoil spill in US history, which lasted 87days and released almost 5 millionbarrels of oil.
The report placed shared blameon BP, Transocean, and Halliburton,the three main companies who wereoperating the Macondo Oil Prospect.
The main cause of the blowout wasconcluded to be the failure of thecement barrier which allowed hy-drocarbons to ow up the wellbore,through the riser and onto the rig,resulting in the blowout.
A number of problems duringdrilling led rig personnel to refer toMacondo as the well from hell.
These included kicks (suddenchanges in pressure), stuck pipe,and equipment leaks. Schedulingconicts and cost overruns resultedin a situation where as of April 20,BPs Macondo operations weremore than $58 million over budget.
The report concludes that Hal-liburton was responsible for con-ducting the cement job but that
BP made a series of decisionsthat complicated cementing opera-tions and added incremental risk.
Although BP, as designated opera-tor, was ultimately responsible forsafety at the Macondo operation,Transocean personnel onboardthe Deepwater Horizon missed theopportunity to remedy the cementproblems when they misinterpretedanomalies encountered during a
Extensive report released on tragicDeepwater Horizon oil incidentJoseph Grogan
Staff Writer
critical test of cement barriers. Thereport states that the incident mightnot have occurred had the failure ofthe cement been detected, but bybypassing a critical ow meter andalso performing multiple simultane-ous preparations to move the rig,the possibility of early kick detectionwas limited.
The report lists several federalregulations violated by BP, and in
some instances its contractors,but also recognizes that strongerregulations, for instance in cement-ing procedures, could have beenput in place by the MMS and mighthave reduced the likelihood of theMacondo blowout.
The report is dedicated to the 11lives lost that day.
http://www.boemre.gov/pdfs/maps/DWHFINAL.pdf
Crews attempt to extinguish the initial res on the Deepwater Horizion rig.
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Students showed their enthusiasm in the form of baby footprints and signatures on the Up Til Dawn banner. See
page 5 for more photos from the kids carnival.
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Headlines from around the worldLocal News
The comedy lm starringSteve Martin called The Big
Year, is based on a Coloradonative. Al Levantin, from Snow-mass, Colorado, is the modelfor Martins character. Levantinis an avid birdwatcher and themovie follows his character andtwo rivals that are competing tosee who can observe the mostbirds in North America duringone year. Jack Black and OwenWilson are cast as Levantins ri-vals, and Rashida Jones of TheOfce is a part of the supportingcast.
Last Friday in Erie, Coloradoa pregnant cow named Luckywasnt as lucky as once thought.Lucky was in a eld near a live-
stock pen where she walkedonto a wooden platform placedover a well. Luckys 1,500 poundframe proved to be too much forthe platform which shattered,sending Lucky to the bottomof the eight foot well. Fireght-ers, animal-control ofcers andneighbors rushed to the sceneof the bovine emergency. Theneighbors climbed down to calmLucky while a crane was called.
Thieves in Denver, Coloradomanaged to pull an $11,000
jewelry switch. Myrna Munozfrom the Joyeria El Ruby Store,received a call from two menwho wished to sell some gold
jewelry. Munoz tested the 10pieces of jewelry and the goldamounted to $11,000. WhileMunoz was in the process ofcounting out the money the menswitched the bag of gold with abag of fake replicas. The menthen took the cash and quicklyleft the store before Munoz dis-covered the false gold. The Den-ver Police are still looking for thetwo men.
Joshua Kleitsch, Staff Writer
Joshua Kleitsch, Staff Writer
The ghting continues inLibya, as NATO has stated thatit is still unwilling to withdraw itsmilitary operations in the region.Citing the ghting surrounding theLibyan city of Sirte as an exam-ple, the American Defense Secre-tary has said that NATO is beingvery careful so as to ush out allthe remaining loyalist forces be-fore giving their political leadersofcial consent to pull out.
In an effort to reignite his sup-porters, former Libyan leaderMuammar Qadda has broad-
cast a message while in hiding,urging those still loyal to him torise up and denounce the new
Transitional National Council,which is currently taking over thegovernmental operations of Lib-ya. Qaddas goal is to seed dis-content among his former peo-ple, hoping that they will accepthim as their leader once again.
The death toll for Syriananti-dictatorship protest has
risen to 2,900, according to aUnited Nations report releasedlast week. The Syrian govern-ment refuses to give way tothe protesters, and as a re-sult the casualties continueto mount. While the protests
started peacefully in March,they have escalated into anarmed struggle as govern-mental opposition grows.
Afghan and Americansoldiers at an outpostoverlooking Taliban-con-trolled territory in Afghani-stan received a welcome,yet unusual respite to theghting last week. Thistime of year is prime harvest
season for pine-nuts, a common,annual produce of the Afghanhills. Because many of the lo-cal laborers need this harvest tosurvive, the Taliban declared atemporary, unilateral cease-
re to allow the locals to harvestthe pine-nuts without fear of be-ing shot.
The economy may not be indecline again, as the U.S. LaborDepartment reported an addi-tion of roughly 100,000 new
jobs for the month of September.Amid fears that the economy may
be facing a double-dip recession,this is very welcome news. Un-employment is unchanged, how-ever, and hovers at 9.1 percent.
Russian president DimitriMedvedev continues to defendthe Russian Veto of a United Na-
tions Security Council resolutionthat would levy sanctions againstSyria. The proposed sanctionswould force the Syrian gov-ernment to end the violence
against protesters, but Russiawill continue to veto this resolu-tion until the council includes aclause eliminating military actionas a possible option.
The federal governmentcracked down on medical
marijuana dispensaries in thestate of California, claiming thatfederal law takes precedence
over state law. The claim is thatthey are only cracking down onthose in violation of state laws,although there are fears that thismeans the federal governmentwill crack down on all medicalmarijuana facilities.
Nantes, France - New evidenceshows that there may be ice on Mer-curys surface, defying the long-heldbelief that the hot planet is complete-ly dry. Several years ago, astrono-mers took radar images of the planetand found many little patches on theplanets surface that were much morereective than the surrounding areas.
After NASAs Messenger spacecrafthad been orbiting the planet for a few
months, astronomers concluded thatthese bright patches could be ice. Itwas determined that the small patch-es lay at the bottom of deep cratersnear the Mercurys poles, where theyare not exposed to the suns light.
This environment would allow ice toremain frozen despite the searingtemperatures on the planets surface.
Durham, North Carolina - Researchers atDuke University in North Carolina have begunworking on a new prosthetic limb technology.
Their prosthetic limbs would give the user tactilefeedback, rather than simple motor control. Theshortfall of current prosthetics is that the userhas no idea what their articial hand or foot isfeeling. Simple tasks such as lifting a cup of wa-
ter become nearly impossible without the tactilefeedback. Duke University Neurologist MiguelNicolelis has been working on a new technologythat implants a set of electrodes in the brain, pro-viding a tactile awareness from a set of sensorson the prosthetic limb. With one electrode in themotor center and one in the sensory center ofthe brain, Nicolelis can close the loop, allowingthe user to feel the sensations that the pros-thetic is feeling, and respond accordingly.
Geneva, Switzerland - The head scientists at the worlds three largestphysics research centers have formally stated that they will pursue proving ordisproving the existence of the Higgs Boson, a particle whose existence ispostulated to be necessary in order to hold modern particle physics together.CERNs lead physicist, Rolf Heuer, said that he hopes to present a conclu-sion by this time next year, in a statement last Thursday. The Higgs Bosonis the particle believed by modern physicists to have given the Big Bang itsshape, and allowed the universe to exist on a particle level. If it does not in factexist, then our understanding of particle physics will be fundamentally altered.
Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany - Earths abundant water may have come from comets, according to a new study byresearchers at Max Planck Institute in Germany. Scientists have long wondered where Earths water came from in light oftheir belief that during the formation of Earth the surface temperature was so hot that all volatiles, including water, would havedissipated into space. Therefore the water currently present on Earth must have come from elsewhere in space. This studyalso suggests that asteroids would have contributed to much of the Earths oceans, supplementing the comets contribution.
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On the second oor of the Stu-
dent Center outside the entrance
to Slate, the names of those
belonging to the Mines Century
Society are forever enshrined
in a metal dis-
play. The Mines
Foundation hon-
ored members
of this esteemed
society with a
South American
themed din-
ner. Designed
to highlight our
educational con-
nections with
our neighbors
to the south,
the night started
with empanada
and plantain chip
hors doeuvres.
After open-
ing remarks by
President Scog-
gins, in which
he thanked the
attendees for
their donations
and apologized
for the inconve-
Mines Century Society hosts dinnerfor esteemed campus donors
The worldwide oil market is
unique, complex, and very dif-
cult to predict. Robert D. Cairns,
an economist from McGill Univer-
sity, laid out this message loud and
clear in his recent research paper
on the oil industry and the impor-
tance of OPECs involvement.
Cairns, who visited the Colorado
School of Mines campus last
week, explained how OPEC, the
Organization of Petroleum Export-
ing Countries, continues to hold
lions share of the oil market and
cautions that they must be careful
in how they use that power.
In the oil market, the primary
players must look at the specic at-
tributes of the oil reserves in order
to maintain protability and power
in the market. For each individual
oil reserve, there are marginal costs
involved in extracting and process-
ing the oil. Therefore the optimal
point of production for a company
producing oil is somewhere be-
tween marginal costs and maxi-
mum protability. Cairns explained
Carmella Caltagirone
Lucy Orsi
Staff Writers
Can OPEC handle the oil competition?Joshua KleitschStaff Writer
that the primary players in the oil
world, such as OPEC, have the
power to control these attributes
and predetermine the overall prot-
ability of specic oil reserves by the
way they invest in and develop the
reserve.
This is important because if the
leading oil producer sets their price
point above these industry-stan-
dard levels, it increases the incen-
tive for more rivals to enter the mar-
ket, taking away prots from the
leading producer. However, if the
leading producer sets their price
well below the standard, they are
wasting their mass-production ad-
vantage. If OPEC seeks to maintain
their edge in the global oil market,
they must set their oil prices and
production levels in such a way
that the upper limits of produc-
tion are predetermined, resulting in
greater protability in the long run.
Cairns added that the prime ob-
jective for the oil producing states
in the Middle East is to perpetuate
their dynasty. For the Saudis, this
means keeping their ruling house
in power for as long as they can.
What do [the Saudis] do with
their money? Like many of the oil
states, much of the population...
is on state payroll, doing essen-
tially nothing. There has not been
a Saudi Spring yet. They pay the
people to keep quiet. For the Sau-
dis to maintain this peaceful wel-
fare state, they must continue to
be protable in the oil industry. For
them to be protable, they must be
careful in how they predetermine
the upper limits of production while
not wasting their reserves.
As a result, traditional economic
models that determine the devel-
opment and utilization of natural re-
sources are all but useless when it
comes to oil. Oil gives nations and
governments power, and without it
they are vulnerable. This results in a
unique situation in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia now sits on massive
untapped oil reserves, as they at-
tempt to maintain that price and
production control. This discour-
ages further entry into the market,
resulting in greater protability. Be-
cause of this, OPEC now sets the
standard for oil production, and
any other participant must match
their price in order to compete.
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nience of campus construction
made possible by such generos-
ity, a delicious Argentinian steak
dinner was served.
Highlights of the night includ-
ed the awarding of the Young
Philanthropist Award, which was
given to James and Lousie Plutt
as well as Jack and Lindsey Say-
ers. The Tourmaline Award was
also announced and given to Dr.
Franklin and Darlene Stermole.
Finally, one of our own staff, Dr.
Steven Sonnenberg, was recog-
nized and given the Faculty and
Staff Philanthropy Award. The
night concluded with two impres-
sive tango dance demonstrations
from the Mines Ballroom Dance
Club.
The Century Society Members are proudly displayed on a plaque in the
student center.
STEVEN WOOLDRIDGE / OREDIGGER
COURTESY CSM PUBLIC RELATIONS
James and Lousie Plutt received the Philanthropist Award
at the Century Societys dinner.
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Meeting with Dr. Paul Martin,
Professor of Applied Mathemat-
ics and Statistics, one is immedi-
ately struck by his gray-ecked full
beard and British accent. He has
a unique philosophy and teaching
style, which is a result of the time
he has spent on both sides of the
Atlantic. His experiences and hab-
its make him a different kind of
professor, but in the best way pos-
sible.
Martins journey to becoming a
CSM math professor began in high
school. He realized, I was kind of
good at mathematics in school,
and so then I went to University.
He graduated with a bachelors in
Mathematics from the University of
Bristol, UK, in 1975. Before com-
ing to Mines, Martin had been a
student and professor at the Uni-
versity of Manchester for over 20
years, having received his mastersin 1976 and doctorate in 1980. He
said, I went there as a grad stu-
dent and stayed. His rst experi-
ence with CSM came during a sab-
batical year. Said Martin, Some
years later an opportunity came up
to come here, and so, I came. He
began teaching at Mines in 1999,
making the move from England
with his three children. The transi-
tion was not too hard to make be-
cause, said Martin, My kids had all
lived here for a year, so they knew
what it would be like.
In making the move from Eng-
land, Martin brought with him his
own style of teaching. In the Brit-
ish system, he said, Its not usual
to have textbooks. And so its
usual to propagate information by
ensuring that students get good
sets of notes from the lectures. Ive
always thought about teaching in
that way.
Students in his classes can at-
test to the textbook-like quality of
his notes. Martin prefers to write
in complete sentences while giv-
ing lectures, because, Apart from
teaching students a little bit about
spelling and punctuation, it also
slows you down a bit. This tech-
nique prevents him from rushingahead, and helps students to keep
up with the lecture material.
Compared to when he was in
England, Martin feels that he is a
better teacher at Mines. He said,
In England I didnt really have the
chance to teach, because it was
more like lecturing when in the big
theaters. You really are only show-
ing things. The smaller class sizes
at Mines make teaching more re-
warding for him because, You can
understand where the students are
having trouble, and you dont get
that so much in a big class. Martin
added, I think here, I actually try
to teach things to some students.
Martin does not have much free
time when he is not working, but
he likes to use it spending time
with his grown children when he
can and doing family things. Im
not a typical person in Colorado, in
that Im not interested in anything
to do with the outdoors, he said, I
mean I like to look at it and things,
but Im not an active person. I nev-
er do any exercise for example.
His advice for students is to,
Try and get uent in mathematics.
When youre struggling with engi-
neering, you can focus on that and
not worry about the math. Martindescribed his life as one in which
he, almost always tried to never
make any decisions, and if this is
the case, then he did not choose
the path to Mines, but rather, the
path chose him.
Ian Mertz
Staff Writer
Learn uency in math
The Internet has brought huge,practical advances to human-
ity. Information is now available
instantly worldwide, increasing
productivity and making research
far easier. However, the Internet
is not exclusively useful - it also
has virtually limitless resources
for procrastination.
A case in point is the ubiq-
uitous simple, addictive ash
game. These games may not
have state-of-the-art graphics or
technical gameplay, but one taste
of them can hook players for
hours, if not days.
The ideal time-wasting game
is simple, yet challenging. It has
an easily understood control sys-
tem but a progressive increase indifculty. Players must practice to
advance farther.
One example of this sort of
game is Slime Soccer World
Cup. This simple game consists
of 1-on-1 matches between two
animated slime balls in their na-
tional colors. There are player vs.
player matches and a ridiculously
addictive World Cup mode.
The object of the game is fora player to defend his or her goal
while attempting to knock the
ball into the oppo-
nents goal.
This seems
simple, but the
nuances of game-
play can be com-
plex. Players who
sit back too far
might never score.
Players who at-
tack can fall victim
to easy lob shots
on their empty
goal. Those who
get caught in a
jump might see
the ball sail beneath them into thenet.
In Slime Soccer, scoring is
constant and own goals are fre-
quent. The key to winning is nail-
ing down the defense.
World Cup mode consists of
four matches of increasing length
James Kergosien
Staff Writer
against intensifying computer
competition. Players seek to bat-
tle through the tournament and
become the ultimate champion.Players can play as one of
dozens of nationalities. They can
surge to glory in the
classic green and
yellow of Brazil, or
stun the world in the
orange and white of
Senegal.
In Slime Soccer, all
slimeballs are created
equal, so big-name
countries are not at
any advantage.
This game is al-
ways entertaining,
frequently frustrating,
and denitely worth a
look.
Slime Soccer World Cup isavailable in many places around
the Web, but its source is at
www.slimegames.eu, a site with
a number of similar games in
such diverse sports as ice hock-
ey, basketball, water polo, and
cricket.
Simply addictive SlimeSoccer World Cup
These games may
not have state-of-
the-art graphics
or technical game-
play, but one taste
of them can hook
players for hours, if
not days.
One of the best things about
Wilco is that, while they have al-
ways had a distinct sound, they
have never been conned to one
particular genre. They have been
a little bit rock, a little bit punk,
a little country, and even a little
metal.
Never has their sound on one
album been more undened,
though, than on their newest and
rst self-released album, The
Whole Love. Jeff Tweedy, the
bands lead singer, describes the
new album as jumping betweensnot-nosed obnoxious pop
songs... and
more languid,
a tmospher -
i c - c o u n t r y
music. This
hardly seems
a p p e a l i n g ,
but while
The Whole
Love is not
Wilcos best
album (that
award still
belongs to
Yankee Ho-
tel Foxtrot), it does benet from a
more condent and relaxed band.
That is not to say the albumis relaxed. The opener, Art of
Almost, is anything but. It may
even turn some listeners off im-
mediately, but let the song play
the full seven minutes and the
experimental introduction is given
some context. The song is en-
gaging and unpredictable, break-
ing into a refreshing instrumental
build up ve minutes in that is
sure to captivate the listeners full
attention.
It is not the best song on the
new album, but is one of the
more interesting ones. The sec-
ond song, I Might sounds more
like the Wilco of recent albums,
A little bit ofeverything onThe Whole LoveLucy Orsi
Staff Writer
featuring Tweedys voice, an up-
beat tempo, and an unrened
guitar backing.
The rest of the album mim-
ics the tone set by the rst two
songs, with sections of the always
experimental, boundary-pushing
Wilco, followed by moments of
more relatable catchy riffs.
The album itself, though,
seems like more of a represen-
tation of Wilco than any of the
previous ones. This is probably
a result of Wilco having greater
control with their own new label.
One of the songs is even entitled
I Love My Label.
Songs like Born Alone andthe title song Whole Love are
t h o r o u g h l y
e n j o y a b l e
and musi-
cally interest-
ing. Capitol
City shines
under what
is clearly
country inu-
ences. The
album ends
on an ambi-
tious note,
with Black
Moon.
The song is not quite as im-
pressive as Art of Almost, but is
a climatic way to end an impres-sive album.
For a band that has released
seven albums, each of them
unique and surprising in their
own right, it is hard to imagine an
eighth album with any new ma-
terial. It is true that The Whole
Love is not Wilcos most innova-
tive album.
Instead, it is an album that
shows off their experience. Every
song shows another side of Wil-
co and every listen reveals some
new detail added to spice up the
song. The album is not legendary
like Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but it
might be a little more enjoyable.
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Wilcos album The Whole Love gives them an undefned
sound, leaving the listener with an unpredictable track list.
The album itself, though,
seems like more of a repre-
sentation of Wilco than any
of the previous ones. This is
probably a result of Wilco
having greater control with
their own new label.
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Kafadar Commons hosted a
rather unique event amidst the
hustle and bustle of classes last
week - a charity carnival. Accord-
ing to spokespeople StephanieIves and Whitney Rucker, Up Til
Dawn held the carnival to con-
clude their awareness week.
Throughout the week, the
organization hosted events to
provide information about activi-
ties and to gain support from the
campus community. Up T il Dawn
raises money for St. Jude Chil-
drens Research Hospital to fund
cancer research and support the
well-being of patients.
Fridays festivities were based
on the concept of being a kid for
Kids carnival brought to campusMichael Estrada
Staff Writer
a day. The activities included giv-
ing away rubber ducks, balloons,
darts, and golf cart rides. The
idea was simple, but much more
signicant to someone whose
childhood has been compro-
mised by medical treatments.
Other awareness events in-
clude a bake sale and a bannersigning. The bake sale served to
bring attention to the organiza-
tion, and the generosity on cam-
pus yielded over two hundred
dollars in donations. St. Judes
will be receiving one hundred
percent of this money. Students
also showed their enthusiasm in
the form of baby footprints and
signatures on the Up Til Dawn
banner.
The entire campus was in-
volved in the events. Donations
have been received from stu-
dents, faculty, recruiting repre-
sentatives, and even personnel
from off-campus businesses
such as Wells Fargo.
Participants in the events were
informed of the upcoming letter-
sending event on November 16
and encouraged to participate.
Teams may register to send let-ters to friends and family to raise
money for St. Jude Childrens
Research hospital. Also, students
are encouraged to keep an eye
out for Up Till Dawn fundraisers
throughout the year.
Those interested in becoming
a part of the letter-sending event
should contact Travis Smith at the
Student Activities ofce to receive
information or to register a team.
Those with questions about Up
Til Dawn should contact either
Smith or Ives ([email protected]).
Students participated in awareness events such as a bake sale, banner signing and golf
cart rides.
KEVIN EMERY / OREDIGGER
BEN TRAQUAIR / OREDIGGER
Jak III is a Playstation 2 game
from 2004 that, despite its age,still manages to provide gamers
with an entertaining experience.
The game is the third installment
of the Jak and Daxter adven-
tures, created by Naughty Dog
(the same developers responsible
for the recently popular Unchart-
ed series). The game works well
as a standalone title, as it starts
by quickly bringing players up to
speed on both the basics of the
story and the fairly simple con-
trols, but it also recognizes and
uses its status as the third in a
trilogy to its full advantage, giving
nods to veteran players through
improvements in gameplay, sto-
ryline and gratuitous inside jokes.
The game begins with seriesprotagonists Jak and Daxter in the
process of being banished to a
vast desert known as the Waste-
land by the power-hungry Count
Veger. Veger, along with every-
body else from Jaks home, be-
lieves the Wasteland to be a hos-
tile, barren land where no one can
survive. However, Jak and Daxter
are soon found and rescued by
citizens of a secret city of hard-
ened desert-dwellers. The duo
soon discover that they must earn
their place among the Wasteland-
ers and thus begins their quest
to prove their worth to stay in the
desert city of Spargus. Of course,
since survival alone is not enough,
Jak must also deal with the factthat the ongoing war back home
will eventually nd him.
As the story progresses, it re-
tains the tongue-in-cheek humor
fans of the series expect, but it
also manages to weave in some
surprisingly tense and dramatic
moments. Often, these dramatic
scenes are mixed with humor to
keep things from becoming too
serious, but the game does have
its share of shocks, including one
scene that has left more than one
gamer stunned at its end. The
characters of the game are en-
gaging and generally very funny,
drawing the player further and fur-
ther into the events of the game. It
is an entrancing story that broad-ens the myths of the Jak and Dax-
ter world and answers a lot of the
series ongoing questions while
remaining accessible and enjoy-
able for newcomers to the fran-
chise.
The gameplay manages to
achieve a similar level of depth
and accessibility. The game re-tains the sandbox elements from
Jak II, though the amount of
world the player has to explore is
vastly increased through the ad-
dition of the Wasteland location.
Essential upgrades, such as ar-
mor upgrades, new powers, and
weapon modications are all pre-
sented to the player through the
missions. Additional upgrades,
however, are scattered all across
the sandbox in the form of Pre-
cursor orbs that can be traded
for aesthetic modications, addi-
tional challenges, innite ammo,
and other Easter eggs the game
holds.
The gameplay itself consists of
sections of third person platform-ing and gun combat and rst or
third person driving. The objec-
tives of most missions are very
clear without being obtrusive, al-
lowing the player to deal directly
with the challenge without having
to gure out what to do. The mis-
sions involve stationary defense,
rail shooting, driving exploration
and gunning, go-here-nd-this
objectives, linear exploration, and
unique blends of several of these.
Most missions remain entertain-
ing in both the gameplay and the
visually captivating backgrounds
they are set against. The only
notoriously frustrating objective
involves a Pac-Man-esque mini-
game with lasers. Outside of that,most missions are challenging but
achievable and the sandbox na-
ture of the game allows for more
experienced players to seek out
their own challenges through bo-
nus objectives.
Overall, Jak III is an enjoyable
game. The gameplay is fun and
intuitive, the characters are funny
and relatable, the graphics are
good for the time, and the story is
surprisingly deep and manages to
suck the player in amazingly well
for a notoriously humorous series.
It is a fun game for those who
are new to the franchise and a
satisfying adventure for those who
have been with Jak and Daxter
from the beginning. Those whohave never played it before should
check it out and those who have
played it can testify that it is al-
ways worth a replay.
Jak and Dexter inthe WastelandsJordan Francis
Staff Writer
Every college student should
develop an arsenal of easy-to-
make, cheap foods. These dish-
es are what get students through
grueling semesters, in hopes
of graduating and never having
to eat pickles with cheese ever
again. There are some staples,
though, that will follow students
past their college years. One of
them is a simple and delicious
queso dip.
Ingredients (makes roughly
4-6 servings):
1 pound of ground beef
1 box of Velveeta cheese1 can of salsa (mild or hot)
1 can of Rotel tomatoes
Directions:
Cut the Velveeta cheese into
smaller cubes. Place the cubes
into a pot on the stove and set
the stove between low and me-
dium heat. While the cheese
melts, brown the ground beef in
a frying pan. When the cheese is
halfway melted, pour in the to-
Luke McPherson
Staff Writer
Simple and tasty Queso!matoes and salsa. Make sure to
mix the cheese frequently (about
every 3 minutes) to keep it from
sticking. Once the ground beef isthoroughly cooked and browned,
pour it into the cheese. Continue
stirring the cheese every 3-5 min-
utes. Once the cheese reaches
the desired consistency, pour
it into bowls and enjoy. Another
popular way of enjoying queso dip
is making and mixing the cheese
in a crockpot. This method has
the advantage of keeping the dip
warm during a party as well.
[Jak III] is a fun game for those who are new to the
franchise and a satisfying adventure for those who have
been with Jak and Daxter from the beginning.
COURTESY SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT
Up Til Dawn was the focus of Kafadar Commons on Friday.
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The CSM soccer complex was
abuzz last Friday night as the Lady
Orediggers hosted familiar foe FortLewis College in the Lady Sky-
hawks rst-ever visit to the new
Mines soccer eld in Golden. The
twenty-fth-ranked Lady Oredig-
gers were seeking to make a
statement and climb higher in the
RMAC standings against confer-
ence leader and ninth-ranked Fort
Lewis. Mines earned a resounding
4-0 victory.
These two very talented teams
played an excellent game, the
lopsided score notwithstanding.
Mines did not dominate the game,
but their goals resulted from capi-
talizing on virtually every opportu-
nity that the Skyhawks provided.
The game was a back-and-forth
possession battle throughout, andthere were a number of strong
challenges on both goalkeepers
early on in the game. Mines mid-
elder Dani Hering intercepted a
deection by the Skyhawk defense
and launched a spectacular arcing
chip shot from outside the penalty
area, dropping the ball into the up-
per corner of the net in the twenty-
third minute.
Mines soon struck again, as
Anna Evans outran the Fort Lewis
defense and gathered in a perfect-
ly-played through ball from Megan
Woodworth. Evans then juked
out Skyhawk goalkeeper Amanda
Raso in a close-range, one-on-
one situation for an impressive
goal. Suddenly, Mines had takencommand of the game, but the
onslaught was far from over. Fol-
lowing a Skyhawk foul deep in their
own territory, Woodworth rocketed
a 30-yard free kick directly into the
far corner of the net for her fourth
goal of the season. Suddenly down
3-0, the Skyhawks were reeling,
and Mines managed to sneak an-
other goal in just before halftime,
as Aubrey Bagley knocked home a
header from Kelsey Neal for Minesfourth goal of the night. Mines was
now ahead on the heavily-favored
Skyhawks 4-0, all in the rst half.
The game settled down after
halftime, as Fort Lewis regained
their composure and denied Mines
any more scoring opportunities for
the remainder of the second half.
Fort Lewis substituted in backup
goalkeeper Amanda Snider. As the
game progressed, the Skyhawks
played more aggressively, des-
perately trying to break past the
Mines defense. Mines held strong
and Oredigger goalkeeper Penny
Rogers made a number of excel-
lent saves to preserve the shutout.
Mines still applied offensive pres-
sure, but the new Skyhawk keeperproved up to the challenge, sav-
ing a number of difcult shots and
beating out the Mines strikers on
a number of one-on-one break-
aways.
In the end, Mines last barrage
of shots was turned back, but the
nal whistle sounded, signifying a
brilliant victory for the home team.
With the win, Mines improves to
8-1-1 overall and 4-1-1 in con-
ference play. After going 0-1-1 in
heartbreaking fashion in their last
two games, the stunning win Fri-
day was was just what the doctor
ordered for the Orediggers. Mines,
who has never won the RMAC reg-
ular season championship, is now
only six points behind the confer-ence-leading Skyhawks. Mines
continues its conference play Oc-
tober 12 at Colorado Christian
University before returning home to
play the University of Nebraska Ke-
arney October 14 on senior night.
Womens Soccercrush Ft Lewis 4-0James Kergosien
Staff Writer
The Mines Intramurals programis off to a strong start, with over
2200 members of the Mines com-
munity participating in leagues
and tournaments such as Grass
Volleyball, Flag Football, and the
Doubles Golf Scramble. Participa-
tion statistics such as these show
that Mines students are nd-
ing intramural sports as a great
outlet from the weekly grind of
tough classes. Here are a few no-
table performances over the past
month and a half of the intramural
season.
Flag Football
Participation numbers were
strong again for this agship sport,
with 64 total mens, womens, and
co-rec teams and almost 800 par-ticipants. With the regular season
wrapping up last week and teams
focused on making a playoff push,
lets take a look back of some of
the most valuable players from the
ag football regular season.
Adam Huerta, Senior, Beanz
and Krackerz An offensive and
defensive dynamo, Huerta was
second in passing touchdowns
with 10, added two rushing
Mines intramuralsports in action
touchdowns, and had seven in-
terceptions. He led his team to a
3 0 record and a #4 seed in the
playoffs. Andy Maul, Senior, Backyard-
ers Equally adept as both a
running and throwing quarter-
back, Maul led the league with 14
touchdown passes, often extend-
ing plays by dodging would-be
tacklers; led his team to an unde-
feated regular season and the #6
overall seed in the playoffs.
Tamer Elsayed, Sophomore,
Seven Nation Army One of the
top athletes in the league, Elsayed
was a jack of all trades for the
Seven Nation Army. In four games
played this year, he passed for
six touchdowns, ran for another
four, and intercepted six passes,
which was good for second in the
league.Cody Sloan, Freshman, Hot
Mines Chicks Winner of New-
comer of the Year if we had such
an award, Sloan led the mens
league is passing touchdowns per
game (4.5) during the regular sea-
son while leading the Hot Mines
Chicks to the #5 overall playoff
seed.
Continued online at
http://www.oredigger.net/sports
Steve Dowhan
Club Sport Council
Coming off of two hard loss-
es against Fort Lewis and Metro
State, the Orediggers needed a
win against a Colorado Mesa Uni-
versity (CMU). They played hard
with heart, coming from behind to
defeat CMU 4-2.Mines opened Sundays game
against CMU with an intensity that
seemed to be missing as of late.
They controlled the ball early, and
were only limited by some com-
munication issues in the front line
that prevented a couple of early
goals.
But the Orediggers got their
chance in the 23rd minute after
one of their forwards was taken
down in the box by a CMU, result-
ing in a penalty kick that Alex Nass
successfully converted for the 1-0
lead.
The score remained for much
of the rst half until CMU con-
verted two late chances in the
38th and 41st minutes, leaving
the Orediggers down 1-2 as they
went into halftime. CMU out-shot
Mines nine to six, and they had
four shots on goal versus the
Orediggers two. The momentum of the game
shifted three minutes into the
second half when CMUs Jay
Cort was given his second yellow
card, resulting in a red card being
shown and he was forced to leave
the match. Therefore, CMU was
forced to play down a man for the
rest of the match.
Playing with a man advantage,
CSM came out and attacked early
and often. While the shots initially
refused to go in, Phillip Wilson
hooked a free kick into the goal
Orediggers defeat CMU 4-2
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Kevin Emery
Staff Writerin the 67th minute to tie the game
at 2-2. Continuing the aggressive
strategy, Sean Ogunmodede and
Tesho Akindele added goals in the
83rd and 88th minute to seal a 4-2
victory for CSM.
Overall, the Orediggers were
quite pleased with how everything
turned out. Head coach Frank
Kohlenstein had this to say afterthe match, Were happy with
the result. Its always big to get 3
points here in RMAC play. [CMU]
is a tough opponent, but we man-
aged to pull it out in the end. The
win pushes Mines to 7-3 overall,
and 5-2 in conference play. This
coming week they face the pros-
pect of three games in a week:
a home game against Colorado
Christian followed by two away
games against University of Colo-
rado Colorado Springs and Ad-
ams St.
KEVIN EMERY / OREDIGGER
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Ian Mertz
Staff Writer
Beginning of fall
Minds at Mines
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ALL PHOTOS IAN MERTZ / OREDIGGER
In October when the leaves, like the temperature, begin to drop it isclear that fall has arrived. Whether it is the MLB playoffs, Halloween, orsimply the change in weather, fall is always a season packed with excite-ment. The chance of snow, mixed with the occasional last gasps of sum-mer heat, make the beginning of fall at Mines an especially magical timeof year. To gain a student perspective on the change of season, Mindsat Mines asks, What is the best part about October and the beginningof Fall, and what are you looking forward to as the season progresses?
I enjoy the leaves changing colors andwearing jackets. I am looking forward to lots
of candy during Halloween.Andre Wolff
Fall means the start to ski seasonand crunching leaves. As the seasongoes on and the snow comes, I can startski racing.
Kelly Whittlesey
The best part about October is the foot-ball. Apart from that its usually cold and fullof tests. Im looking forward to Thanksgiv-ing because there is football then, too.
Trevor Crane
Its cooler, and the leaves change.Whenever I think of fall, I think of No-shave November. The guys all growout their beards, and it is sad that itsgetting closer. I am looking forwardto skiing and winter break.
Staci Mueller
I like fall because all of the kids are back inschool. I can do things during the day with-out dealing with them. Going to the pump-kin patch with my son will be a highlight of
October.Aaron Mohl
You know what really grindsmy gears?
Lil Wayne.In recent years, no one has
gone downhill as much as Weezy.Back in 2005, Tha Carter II washot. With a hit like Fireman, itseemed as if Weezy could nothave been stopped. Then came
Tha Carter III, the icing on thecake. With tracks like Mr. Cart-er, Mrs. Ofcer, A Milli and ofcourse, Lollipop. Weezy was onthe top of the list and was nevercoming down.
Or was he? Waynes lyricsstarted to take a downturn in ThaCarter III. For example, in Mrs.Ofcer, when speaking with ahypothetical female law enforce-ment professional, Wayne says,I said lady whats your numbershe said 911 [insert drunken,drug-infused cackle here]. Now,the mark of all bad comedians iswhen they start laughing at theirown jokes, and Weezy has start-
ed down that path. Furthermore,half of that very song is wee oohwee ooh wee (3x), like a cop car.When you start inserting soundeffects in place of rapping, youare just trying to produce a songrather than spit hot re. Despitethe shortfalls of Mrs. Ofcerthough, this album was actuallydecent and received much praise.
However, in August 2011, thelong awaited, and much post-poned Tha Carter IV was releasedand for all you Lil Tunechi fansout there, Im sorry. This album isabysmal.
The only semi-decent song onthe entire CD is 6 Foot 7 Foot;and it was released before thealbum even came out. Sure, thealbum has sold over one millioncopies, but the only thing fuelingthe Weezy re is hype. His albumis like the Shake Weight, peopleare buying it in massive quanti-ties, but nobody can point towhy. Also, for anybody out therewho has attempted to listen, in itsentirety, to How to Love withoutturning the radio off, my hat is off
to you. If Rebecca Black and Wil-liam Hung had a child, and thatchild had laryngitis, it would stillbe more harmonious than Weezytrying to sing.
Something must have hap-pened in between Tha Carter III in2008, and Tha Carter IV in 2011.
All research has pointed to onething the 8 months he spentbehind bars in 2010. There aremany things that could have hap-pened to our beloved Lil Wayne inprison. Maybe he was beaten ina rap battle by a warden, maybehe was picked last in playgroundbasketball, or perhaps the monthlong solitary connement sen-tence he got served for havingcontraband headphones was justtoo much for Wayne to handle.Either way, it is apparent that ifWayne could not cope after a fewmonths in the slammer, he de-nitely could not handle it on thestreets of Golden. We go hardin the paint, and Lil Tunechi justcannot keep up anymore.
And that, ladies and gentle-men, is what grinds my gears.
Grinds mygears
Jarrod Sparks
Staff Writer
Medical marijuana, also re-ferred to as weed, grass, hash,dope, pot, and reefer, is currentlylegal in the State of Colorado and15 other states, but illegal in theUnited States of America. So, it isillegal to own marijuana anywherein the United States, which Colo-rado is a part of, but it is legal topossess it in this state as long asthe federal government does notnd out. This contradiction cre-ates for an interesting situation forthose who possess or dispensemedical marijuana, particularlywhen the federal government de-cides to enforce their law.
Last week, federal prosecutorsdecided to crack down on Califor-nias medical marijuana dispen-saries. These dispensaries aresimilar to Colorados, and underCalifornia state law, they are legal.But under federal law, marijuana
is considered a Schedule 1 drugand any dispensary owner whohas more than one plant may besent to jail for up to ve years andreceive a ne up to $250,000. Thepenalties may be increased to 10years and one million dollars de-pending on how many plants theowner has. The prosecutors havethreatened California dispensaryowners with jail time, telling themthey have 45 days to shut downor they may be arrested. Whilethis is not happening in Coloradoyet, this is the road this state willbe heading down in the near fu-ture.
The problem here is a conictbetween state and national law.Under the supremacy clause in
Article VI clause two of the UnitedStates Constitution, This Consti-tution and the laws of the UnitedStates shall be the supreme lawof the Land. This means that thestate laws about medical marijua-na are irrelevant, because federal
law trumps them all.If Colorado and the 15 other
medical marijuana states want toavoid their citizens being arrest-ed, they must challenge the fed-eral law in court to determine itsconstitutionality. By not doing soand having conicting laws, thestates are sending mixed mes-sages with large consequencesto their citizens. It is like a childsfather telling him or her it is okayto eat a cookie while the mothertells the child not to. The problemfor the citizens is which authorityto listen to.
Medical marijuana quandryWill Parker
Assistant Design Editor
Davids Math Problem of the Week
A number of the form , where nis a nonzero integer, is called a Fermat
number. Does it necessarily follow that the first five Fermat numbers F0, F1, F2, F3,
F4 are primes?
Math Quote of the WeekTo divide a cube into two other cubes, a fourth power or in general any power whatever
into two powers of the same denomination above the second is impossible, and I haveassuredly found an admirable proof of this, but the margin is too narrow to contain it.
Pierre de Fermat
Please submit your solution to this weeks problem to [email protected]
Answer to last weeks problem first submitted by James A.:
No. i.e. y=2, x=3, 2^3 < 3^2
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