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Volume 87, Issue 5 November 1, 2006

Inside thisIssue of

THEOREDIGGER

T O I NFORM , E DUCATE AND E NTERTAIN THE C OLORADO S CHOOL OF M INES T HROUGH S UPERIOR J OURNALISM

T HE O REDIGGER

World Newsin Brief

Saddam Husseinsdefense lawyer walksout of the court roomonce again, after hisdemands were notmet.

Spiritual leader to tensof millions of NigerianMuslims, MohammaduMaccido, died Sundayin an airliner crash,along with 96 other people. He was 58.

After vandals torcheda bus in southernFrance, the Prime Min-ister vowed to imposeharsher punishmentfor the perpetrators.

The new Brazilianpresident Luiz InacioLula da Silva won ina landslide, but cor-ruption scandals andthin support in Con-gress could hinder hisagenda.

St. Louis took the titleof most dangerouscity in the countrybecause of a rise inviolent crime in theMidwest.

Silvio Berlusconi, theformer Italian PrimeMinister, has been or-dered to stand trial oncorruption charges.

Queen guitarist BrianMay plans to launch anew book on astrono-my.

Sexsomnia, a medicalcondition where thesufferer makes sexualadvances towards oth-ers while asleep, hasresearchers bafed.

F EATURES 13

M INER S NOTES 20

E DITORIALS 18

NEWS 16 C LUBS 17

E NTERTAINMENT 7 S PECIAL 10

R EC S PORTS 4 S PORTS 2

EPICS Tackles the Real WorldMars Rovers and Solar Tech on the list for student teams

Courtesy www.wikipedia.comThe new Hamilton Building projects its obtuse construction over downtown Denver. Recently completed, the addition to the Denver Art Museum contains several levels of art ranging from ancient tocontemporary pieces. Visitors can also see some new sculpturesoutside on the walks surrounding the buildings.

DAM, More ArtBy Juliana SipekiBusiness Manager

The Hamilton Building, the newestaddition to the Denver Art Museum,is now open to the general public for art exhibits.

The Denver Art Museum is partof the Civic Center Cultural Com-

plex, located on 13 th and Broadway,in downtown Denver. With an ID, astudent can enter for $8.

The Denver Art Museum haseight oors open, covered in exhibitsfrom African to Modern art. Also, the

addition itself is an attraction. TheHamilton Building spans 146,000square feet and lends 40% additionalspace to the art museum.

$62.5 million of the funding for the Hamilton Building was approved

by voters in 1999. In addition, the mu-seum raised an additional $28 millionfor construction.

Visionary architect Daniel Libe-skind was hired for this job. I wasinspired by the light and the geologyof the Rockies, but most of all by

Please see DAM on Page 2

By Lily GiddingsStaff Reporter

The Engineering Practices Intro-ductory Course Sequence (EPICS)here at Mines is one of the mostunique aspects of the curriculum.Students are given problem, whichthey must solve within limits stated

by a client.The EPICS I project for this se-

mester is to create an excavation rover for a Mars mission. The projectedgoal for this project is that the rover

might eventually get sent to Mars in preparation for a manned mission for habitation of Mars. It is impractical for astronauts to bring all the supplies theywould need for habitation with them,so the rover should be capable of dig-ging up soil for processing to producewater and necessary minerals.

EPICS II projects encompass awide range of options. Individualsponsors have approached the pro-

gram to nd solutions to their particu-lar problems. The National RenewableEnergy Laboratory (NREL) has stu-

dent groups working on a new solar tracker for solar panels that will bemore practical than current models.

Eco-cycle wants students to ex- periment with different ideas to turnthe large recycling bins on trucksinto miniature processing units. Thisidea could completely revolutionizerecycling for places where not enoughwaste is produced to warrant a full-scale processing plant for recycling

material. Nationally, NASA is sponsoring

the RASC-AL contest, where students

present an idea for the habitation of Mars. For this contest, students must

produce a plan for such habitation in areport, and if their plan is selected theywill have to present their idea.

According to Dr. Bob Knecht, headof the EPICS department, This willhelp students realize that the stuff wedo in the program actually mimicsthe real world. NASAs process for

projects is very similar to the way we

do things here.

Sinking Again

Courtesy Student Activities2005s Castle of Cans Competi-tion at CSM. Please see page 4for more on this years event.

By Katie KocmanStaff Reporter

Signs of the sinkhole by the soror-ity houses are appearing again!

The construction of the sororityhouses was completed in 2004. Thethree homes have been built on anarea that is known to have a few sink holes. Mike Bowker, a licensed Pro-fessional Engineer, has been dealingwith this problem. The houses are

built on stable sandstone and not over the sinkholes, said Bowker. In fact,in order to build the center house, a

jack hammer had to be used becausethe ground is 100% rock. Even thoughthe houses seem to be stable, areassurrounding them are at risk.

The area where the sorority homes,IM elds, and the freshman parkinglot are located was previously minedfor clay. There are sandstone layers

and the clay was mined out in betweenthese layers. Since then, these voidshave been backlled.

However, the ll was not com- pacted properly so the soil remainssoft. Another theory is that thereused to be a coal mine in this area. Noevidence of a mine has been found,

just a lot of soft ll. Bowker stated,Before the houses were built, explor-atory holes were drilled in order to

evaluate the soil and nothing unusualwas found.

The rst problem that appearedwas during construction of the homes.Some asphalt cracked and fell in abouttwo feet. Fortunately, the only utility

built in the road is a storm sewer. Ini-tially it was thought there could have

been a leak in the pipe. The stormwater drain was replaced and a liner

Please see HOLE on Page 2

Please see EPICS on Page 2

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S PORTS

Baseball has once again proventhat there is never a sure thing.With Fridays victory over the heavyfavorite Detroit Tigers, the St. LouisCardinals became world championsfor the rst time since 1982.

The St. Louis Cardinals, a teamthat after the All-Star break had aworse record than the Pirates, a teamthat nearly blew an 8 1/2 game leadin September, a team that only won83 games was able to soundly defeatthe Tigers team that blew through

the powerhouse As and Yankees.This is the same team that that hadthe 13th best recordin baseball, but stillmanaged to beat thePadres and the Mets,

both of whom were NL powerhouses thisseason.

When asked abouthis teams improbablesuccess, St. LouisGM Walt Jockettyresponded, Isnt itgreat?

Coming into this postseason, theCardinals were a shadow of the team

that in the past struck fear in the heartsof opponents everywhere. Closer Ja-

son Isringhausen wasout for the season witha hip injury, perennialsluggers Jim Edmondsand Scott Rolen werestruggling at the plate,and the Cardina ls

pitching staff was amess due to injuriesand lackluster perfor-mances.

But all that seemedto disappear as soon

as October rolled around. The sameCardinals who analysts had pegged

as a dead sh, held their opponents toa .113 batting average with runners inscoring positions and two outs. Thatsame pitching staff that was a messheld the 95-wins New York Metsto a .231 batting average during the

NLCS. They then went on to hold theTigers to a .199 batting average in theWorld Series.

The Cardinals had their fair shareof luck as well, most notably due toDetroits defensive mistakes. Betweentheir pitching staff and 3B BrandonInge, Detroit committed eight errorsthat accounted for eight unearnedruns.This was rst time in postseasonhistory a pitching staff committed

elding errors in at least four consecu-tive games.

The Cardinals became the seventhdifferent team to win the World Seriesover the past seven years. This isthe rst time that this has ever hap-

pened in the history of Major LeagueBaseball.

When World Series MVP DavidEckstein was asked about how it feltto be apart of the championship team,he responded, That just goes to showyou why this is the best game in theworld. This just goes to prove againthat anythings possible.

By Bruce BugbeeSports Editor

Red Letter Day for Cards

St. Louis Cardinals Upset Tigers to Win First World Series in 24 Years

The Detroit Tigers may havescored the rst run of the WorldSeries, but the St. Louis Cardinalsquickly answered back. Tigersreballer Justin Verlander gave upseven runs in ve innings of pitch-ing. St Louis garnered a spectacular

performance out of rookie pitcher Anthony Reyes who only gave uptwo runs and one walk over eightinnings. St. Louis also receivedcontributions from sluggers AlbertPujols and Scott Rolen who eachhomered off of Verlander early onin the game.

Game 1

Tigers pitcher Kenny Rog-ers continued to give his ChristyMawtheson impression by extend-ing his scoreless streak to three

postseason games. However, Game2 was more about controversy thatanything else. Late in the rst in-ning, Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa asked the umpires to check Rogers hand for a foreign sub-stance. Upon inspection, umpiresdiscovered a brown spot on the

palm of Rogers pitching hand.

Claiming it was just dirt; Rogers promptly washed his hands andcontinued to pitch brilliantly.

Game 2

The Cardinals gave their fanssomething to cheer about at therst World Series game hosted inthe new Busch Stadium. St LouisChris Carpenter gave a brillianteight inning three hit shutout per-formance--A feat that only Roger Clemens and Greg Maddux haveaccomplished over the past 20World Series. The potent Detroitoffense was silenced with IvanRodriguez, Placido Polanco, CarlosGuillen, and Magglio Ordonez go-ing hit less on the night.

Game 3

After a day postponement dueto rain, Game 4 proved to be awild one. Detroit jumped to anearly lead with the help of 1B SeanCasey who went 3-4 on the nightwith a home run and two RBI. Butthanks to some late inning heroics

by Cardinals David Eckstein anda few Detroit elding errors, St.Louis was able to roar back andsnatch victory from the Tigers.

Game 4

St. Louis silenced the criticswho said they didnt belong in theWorld Series by winning it all.Game 5s heroes included the likesof Jeff Weaver and World SeriesMVP David Ecsktein, two playersthat had been virtually left for dead

by their previous teams. Catcher Yadier Molina continued to showthat he thrives under postseason

pressure by getting hits at crucialtimes. Detroit committed two moreelding errors that raised the seriestotal to eight.

Game 5

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This just goes to

show you why this game is the best inthe world. This just

goes to prove againthat anything is pos-

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The Colorado School of Minesfootball team outscored Nebraska-Kearney, 13-2, in the nal quarter anddefeated the Lopers, 20-14, in RockyMountain Athletic Conference actionSaturday afternoon at Ron and CarolCope Stadium at Foster Field.

The Orediggers trailed, 12-7,heading into the fourth quarter, butused a 17-yard scoring run by senior running back Bryan Florendo with13:50 to play and a 42-yard fumble

return by freshman safety Ben Tiller to claim a 20-12 lead with 11:14 to

play in the game. Neither team would score again

until UNKs Sir Keevin Hardimantackled Florendo in the end zonefor a safety with 1:06 to play in thegame. The play was set up whenCSM sophomore cornerback DrewFerren intercepted a Kevin Arbuckle

pass at the CSM 1-yard line with2:07 to play. The Orediggers ran twooffensive plays before the safety onthird down.

After the free kick, UNK marchedto the CSM five-yardline with 20seconds left. However, the Oredigger defense allowed a 1-yard pass, an in-

complete pass and junior cornerback Ryan Lavergne then tackled Arbucklefor a three yard loss on third down asthe clock ran out to secure the Oredig-ger win.

Florendo ran 25 times for 118yards and a touchdown, while senior quarterback Garrett Mehl completed18-of-28 passes for 106 yards and alsoran for a touchdown. Junior receiver Michael Curl caught a career-high 10

passes for 67 yards.Senior linebacker Danny Sprauge

led the defense, which produced

three turnovers, with a game-best 10tackles. Junior defensive end MarinRichardson added seven tacklesand 1.5 sacks, while Ferren talliedsix stops, two pass breakups and aninterception.

Arbuckle nished 20-of-38 for 188yards, one touchdown and two picks,while Eric Myrick caught 10 passesfor 87 yards. Cheikh Fall led the UNK defense with 10 tackles.

CSM will return to action nextSaturday when it hosts Mesa State at12:00 pm at Brooks Field. The gamecan be seen live online

Orediggers Squeak by in RMAC Nailbiter

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CSM Victory ShowcasesDefensive Fireworks

CSM 20, UNK 14

Courtesy Chase Hoffman

Receiver Michael Curl helped Mines capture a much needed RMAC win with 10 catches Saturday

The mens and womens swimteams both nished 2-2 this week-end at the University of Denversdual meet. Both the mens and wom-ens teams were scored up againstfour separate teams. These teamsincluded Metro State, Colorado Col-lege, The Air Force Academy andThe University of Denver.

The men nished the meet beat-ing two of the four teams, theyscored victories over both ColoradoCollege and Metro State, while theyfell short to both Air Force and DU.Mines beat CC 136-54 and Metro

107-85. Air Force beat the Oredig-gers 142-52 while DU scored a163-53 win.

The women nished the same

as the men, beating CC 144-38 andMetro 131-36 and falling to Air Force 147-62 and DU 141-64.

The mens team was led byFreshman Jon Amdahls third placenish in the 50 yard Freestyle, histime of 21.77 was third behindDenvers Michael Peterson whowon the race in a time of 21.35.

For the women, Freshman An-drea Casias finished third in the100 yard Backstroke with a time of 1:03.72 just two seconds off of thewinning time of 1:01.47. Teammate,Heidi Huem also faired well in thisevent, nishing sixth in a time of 1:06.28. Huems best race of the dayhowever came in the 100 Yard But-tery, as she barely nished third

with a time of 1:02.87 compared torst places time of 1:02.21.Also competing well for the

women were Renee Rainguet andAngel Forsling, the two nishedfourth and fifth in the 200 YardIndividual Medley. Rainguets timeof 2:19.81 put her just one secondinfront of Forslingss 2:20.97.

Next for the swim teams will be November 11.

OrediggersTreading WaterMines Swimming and Diving

Split Weekend Duel Meet


Courtesy CSM AthleticsJoe Amdahls strong efforthelped the CSM split theweekend

The Colorado School of Minesmens soccer team placed six playerson the 2006 All-Rocky Mountain Ath-letic Conference Team as announced

by the league ofce on Wednesdayafternoon.

Earning First Team accolades were junior forward Craig Thompson senior goalkeeper Kevin Galloway and se-

nior midelder Travis Hutchinson.CSM was one of three teams, alongwith Fort Lewis and CSU-Pueblo tohave three players on the First Team.

Garnering spots on the SecondTeam were senior defender BrianLaw , junior midelder Nick Kubalaand sophomore midfielder MasakiHemmi .

In addition, ninth-year Head CoachFrank Kohlenstein was honored as the2006 RMAC Co-Coach of the Year after guiding the Orediggers to a 13-6-1 overall record and second place inthe RMAC at 9-3. It is the fourth timehe has won the award after earningthe honor in 2000, 2001 and 2002.He shared the award with Fort Lewiscoach Jeremy Gunn.

Thompson earned his rst selec-tion to the All-RMAC Team after leading the team with 11 goals andfour assists for 26 points. He scoredthree game-winning goals.

Galloway is making his third ap- pearance on the All-RMAC Team andsecond on the First Team (2004). Hehas logged more than 1,567 minutesin goal and has posted 72 saves, veshutouts, a .818 save percentage anda 0.92 goals against average. He is the

CSM career leader in shutouts (22)and saves (324).

Hutchinson is making his rst ap- pearance on the All-RMAC Team. Amainstay in the CSM mideld over the last two years, he has tallied threeassists.

Law is also making his rst ap- pearance on the All-RMAC Teamafter finishing second on the teamwith seven goals and two assists for 16 points. Hemmi, the 2005 RMAC

Mines Soccer All StarsCourtesy CSM Athletics

Freshman of the Year, totaled five points on one goal and three assistsfor his rst selection to the All-RMACTeam, while Kubalas selection to theteam was also his rst after scoringone goal and dishing out one assist.

CSM qualified for the RMACTournament for the seventh straightseason and will begin play on Fridayat 11:30 am against Metro State inDurango. The championship is slatedfor Sunday at 1:00 pm.


Junior foreward Craig Ferguson was one of six Oredig-gers to earn all RMAC honors this season


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The CSM cycling team is one of the best division two teams in thecountry, ranked second in nationalqualication points.

In fact, they competed in the Colle-giate National Championship in AngelFire, New Mexico. The team competesall year round with Mountain biking inthe fall, and Road in the spring.

It is relatively large with 70 members and 35 active racers. While their orientation meeting is at the beginningof the school year, they are alwaysopen to new people. Most of their active racers had never raced beforecoming to Mines.

The team had a total of nine po-dium nishes this season alone andthere is no sign of them having anyless continued success.

One of their riders, Tom Daniel-son, broke the Lookout Mountainrecord with 16:02, a full minute bet-ter than the old record. Another rider,

Iris Tomlinson proudly shows off her wound

CSM Cycling

By Konrad KlettAsst. Sports Editor

Scott Moninger, broke 250 wins at the2006 Oredigger classic.

If you are interested, go to http://www.mines.edu/stu_life/organ/bike/.Their recent successes include:

Short Track - Brady Kappius, 2nd Place- Mel issa Mar ts ,6 th Place- Karl Smith, 25th PlaceMountain Cross- Jess Pedersen, 2nd Place-Nick Zuzelski , 3rd Place- Brandon Turman, 5th Place- Melissa Marts, 10th PlaceCross Country- Brady Kappius, 3rd Place- Melissa Marts, 15th PlaceDownhill- Jess Pedersen, 2nd Place-Nick Zuzelski , 3rd Place-Brandon Turman, 6th Place- N a t h a n Wo r k , 9 t h P l a c e- Melissa Marts, 13th PlaceIndividual Omnium- Brady Kappius, 4th PlaceTeam Omnium- Colorado School of Mines, 5th

We all know there are a ton of martial arts classes at the ColoradoSchool of Mines, one of them is Judo.The Judo club practices every Mon-day and Wednesday night from 6:15to 8:15 on the wrestling mats in theeld house. It can be taken as a classfor PA credit or if you dont need thegym credit you can just join the cluband practice with them.

The club/class is run by SenseiRichard Mignona, who got his under-graduate degree in Mining at CSM.As you may know, Judo is a sort of Japanese wrestling with its roots in

Jiujitsu. Judo was founded in 1882 byJigoro Kano and is really considered

more of a sport derived from a martialart than a ghting art in its own right.The word Judo even means TheGentle Way.

The club at Mines has a wholerange of belt colors, mostly white beltswhich is the lowest, including a goodnumber of black belts. When was thelast time you got your butt handed toyou by someone twice your age? Alot of wrestlers, good ones, come toJudo and nd that their style is notquite what is needed for success inJudo. Personally Ive seen and par-ticipated in many a martial arts classand while Im sure they all have their advantages, Judo was by far the most

physically challenging.

Many sophomores come to Judo practice in order to get their PA credit

taken care of only to nd that it is by no means an easy class. The rstmonth or two sees much attrition. Bythe time spring semester rolls around,the class is maybe half the size.

Mines has only been to one tourna-ment so far this year. Eight memberscompeted in the Novice and Devel-opmental Tournament at the Denver Buddhist Temple. Sam Barkat, a green

belt, won best technique.The next tournament is scheduled

for Nov. 18 at Englewood HighSchool, and the next is the BrianOlson Winter Classic in Boulder onDec. 2. Judo is a great sport withsome very useful knowledge for thereal world. If you would like to knowmore, e-mail Sensei Mignona at [email protected].

By Konrad KlettAsst. Sport Editor

The Mines Judo Club smiles for their picture just before class

Mines Judo

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Every Monday night from8:30 to 10:00 p.m. in the Volk Gymna-sium, the CSM Kayak Club practicesin the pool. So if you want to learnhow to kayak without breaking the

bank, you should denitely join.The club has plenty of its own

equipment so even if youve never kayaked or you just dont have allthe equipment you need, you can stillcome to practice and have a great time.

The dues are only $20 a year whichis a complete bargain compared withhow much kayak lessons usually cost.The club ofcially has 120 members,

but there are usually only 12 - 20 ac-tive members at any given time. Thereare least thirty regular members.

The club recently went on a trip toGore Canyon and they constantly goto different creeks or rivers throughoutthe year, particularly in the spring.

Of course they love to go downto Clear Creek. They are currently

planning on a Spring Break trip to

Arizona or Utah.Also in the spring are various inter-

collegiate races against various other schools in Colorado and Wyoming.

Something you probably didntknow is that you can get EPICS IIcredit for racing in the spring.

Doesnt that sound a lot more funthan giving a bunch of presentations?For more information, go to their of-cial website at http://www.mines.edu/stu_life/organ/kayak/index.html.

Wet n Wild

The Mines kayaking club show off their skills in some white water, courtesy CSM kayak club


Oredigger

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Most of us know someone onthe Mines legendary mens Lacrosseteam. Though only a division IIteam, they have been known to holdtheir own against division I teams.They have an amazing team dynamicwhich denitely helps the way they

play together. Their head coach, DanHunter, received the RMLC divisionB coach of the year award last year.Although the season really kicks off during the spring semester, the teamis still busting their buns during thefall to improve themselves.

The team truly showed what theyare made of on the weekend of theninth this month. After tying thegame with Metro State with only thirtyseconds to go in regulation, they thenwent on to annihilate them withinsixteen seconds of sudden death. Theyalso faced off against Fort Lewis andWestern State without success, butfought ercely all the same.

Mines played at the CSU Invita-tional Round Robin on the fteenth.The rst game was versus CSU, spe-cial because the Mines team captain,Mike Stone has a brother on that team.CSU won the game and the two areno longer brothers, I kid of course.This loss was still an improvementfor them as they lost 1-20 the last timethey played but only 2-8 most recently.The next game was against DUs clubteam and it ended in a tie 4-4 after anuneventful overtime.

If youve ever seen a Lacrosse


Legendary Lacrosse

The Lacrosse Team lines up for their picture on another beautiful Golden day,

IM ScheduleKickball (Open)

Deadline: 11/2

Tourney: 11/5

Texas Hold Em (Open)

Deadline: 11/2

Tourney: 11/6

Table Tennis Singles

(M/W)

Deadline: 11/9

Tourney: 11/15

Swim Meet (M/W)

Deadline: 11/16

Tourney: 11/18

NBA Live 07 (Open)

Deadline: 11/16

Tourney: 11/19

Monster Dodgeball

(M/W)

Deadline: 11/16

Tourney: 11/28

game or known one of their players,you know it is an awesome sport. It is,in fact, the fastest growing sport in thenation. Mines has even gotten itself awomans lacrosse team. So come onout and see our Miners show other schools how real men play the game!To nd out more go to their ofcialwebsite at http://www.mines.edu/stu_life/organ/lax/HomePage.html.

On Oct. 20, a new group of cham- pions were crowned in intramuralultimate Frisbee. MP took the bat-tling through Disc Jockeys another favored team. MP moved through thelower bracket with ease while DiscJockeys had to go through The WildCucamongas who were also heavilyfavored.

Unfortunately for the Cucamon-gas, they were plagued with untimelyinjuries preventing their run to thenals. A day before the nal round

of games, two Cucamongas whoare also roommates were victim to asmall kitchen re which burned their legs thus preventing them to play.Caleb Rust and Curtis Ridenour arekey handlers and receivers leavingthe team shorthanded. On top of that,Jeff Babbitt, their leading receiver,suffered a minor ankle injury held him

back. Falling the Disc Jockeys, theywere unable to challenge MP for thechampionship.

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T HE S OAP B OX

What is Christianity? Do we evenknow anymore? In todays culture, it seemswe have lost sight of what many thingstruly mean, including Christianity. This isevidenced by widespread distortion of reli-gion both in the United States and abroad.Christianity is dened as Christian beliefsor practices; Christian quality or character.It is the major group of religions that regardJesus Christ as their leader, savior, Messiah,or similar. Along the line, it seems that somehave disregarded his teachings, either unin-tentionally, or intentionally in an attempt tohijack Christianity.

The records we have of Jesus Christ andhis teachings, whether you consider thementirely metaphorical, entirely factual, infal-lible, or somewhere in between, are recordedin the Bible. For the purposes of this column,I will use quotations from the King JamesVersion of the Bible.

When I open my Bible, I nd quotes fromthe gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John:the words of Jesus Christ. In studying, theBible can seem to be contradictory in places.The difference between the Old Testamentand the New Testament is stark. However, theOld Testament was not written for Christian-ity. It was written for Judaism, and should

be viewed accordingly. For the law wasgiven by Moses, but grace and truth came

by Jesus Christ (John 1:17). The teachingsof Jesus Christ never contradict each other,and as a Christian, the words of Christ rank highest of all.

The hijackers of Christianity consistentlydistort the Bible to their benet, often valuingrabbinical law and the rigid Jewish teachingsof the Old Testament over the words of theChrist. They do so for one purpose: power.The weapons used are always disguised in

How much do you like this guy, andhow big of an ... ego ... does he have?If the answers to these questions areyes and a big one, then I suggestkeep it quiet and hope he does notgure out you got him sick. Now ona more serious note, there are entirevolumes of home remedies written

by desperate housewives on how toget better. You could employ eachremedy and hope that their potionswork. (But usually high schooldropouts do not have that much luck with chemistry.)

If the size of the ego remainsunknown, proceed with caution.

Hint at the fact that you are sick,and do your research before givingthe green light. This way he can not

blame you for the bad score he mightget on the test, and no commitmenton the horizon. Good luck, remem-

ber it is Mines and there is alwaysanother one where that came from.

Carrie

The Hijacking of ChristianityThe View from a Christians Perspective

sensational packages, but they boil down totwo things: fear and its more dangerous coun-terpart, hate. Nowhere can I nd a single wordof Jesus supporting hate or fear. In fact, whatis found is instructions, and even urgings, tocounteract hate and fear with love.

The fundamentalist playbook, regardlessof religion, usually has two chapters. Chapter one is fear. Fear of those different. Fear of those who are unjustiably bashed in frontof congregations of the willing. Fear of theunknown. Fear them not therefore: for thereis nothing covered, that shall not be revealed;and hid, that shall not be known (Matthew10:26). Truly, it is fear of anything that mightdeny the speakers power. This is abuse of religion at its most dangerous. After all, theweapon of evil is fear. ...Why are ye fearful,O ye of little faith? (Matthew 8:26).

Chapter two ishate. Hate of thosedifferent. Hate of those

better or worse off inlife. Hate of the mis-understood. Unjusti-able hate. Ye haveheard that it hath beensaid, Thou shalt lovethy neighbour, andhate thine enemy. ButI say unto you, Loveyour enemies, blessthem that curse you,do good to them thatdespitefully use you,and persecute you (Matthew 5:43-44). The

pretext for this hate and fear is consistentlyreligion, in this case Christianity. From aChristians perspective, this is shameful.

The rhetoric of the evil in Christianclothing consistently involves judgementand condemnation, disregarding the verywords of Jesus, who always preached theGolden Rule. Judge not, and ye shall not be

judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be con-demned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

(Luke 6:37). I wonder at times if people stillread the words of Jesus. Its astonishing howthey go against His very teachings, whileat the same time passing themselves off asChristian. ...woe unto you, scribes and Phari-sees, hypocrites! For ye shut up the kingdomof heaven against men: for ye neither go inyourselves, neither suffer ye them that areentering to go in (Matthew 23:13).

Missing in the rhetoric of the hijackersis a quality central to the teachings of JesusChrist: love. Time and time again, the Bibletells us to love more for every hate. Thesinning woman in the book of Luke, whowashed Jesus feet with her tears, and wipedthem with her hair, was frowned upon byonlookers. Jesus, however, said the following:Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, whichare many, are forgiven; for she loved much:

but to whom little isforgiven, the sameloveth little (Luke7:47). The man whodoes not preach for-giveness does not

preach in the spirit of Christ: For God sentnot his Son into theworld to condemnthe world; but thatthe world throughhim might be saved(John 3:17).

Power corrupts,and those which it

corrupts usually gain a selshness that placesthem at a level akin to God. Figureheadsare great, but mouthpieces endanger theunknowing follower: No servant can servetwo masters: for either he will hate the one,and love the other; or else he will hold to theone, and despise the other. Ye cannot serveGod and mammon (Luke 16:13).

You can easily see that passing judgementand condemnation is clearly in contradictionwith the teachings of Christ. So why do these

hijackers disguise themselves as Christians?Easy. Religion has long been the most-usedtool to gain power over the masses. The mainreason I have for writing thiseditorial is thatthese hijackersendanger bothChristianityand this greatnation we callAmerica. ...Every kingdomdivided againstitself is broughtto desolation;and every cityor house di-vided againstitself shall notstand (Mat-thew 12:25).

Whenever I get angry atthose who at-tempt to hijack Christianity, I am reminded of the story inthe book of John, where the scribes andPharisees bring to Jesus a woman caught inthe act of adultery. The insight provided byJesus is incredible: He that is without sinamong you, let him rst cast a stone at her.And they which heard it, being convicted bytheir own conscience, went out one by one,

beginning at the eldest, even unto the last:and Jesus was left alone, and the womanstanding in the midst. When Jesus had liftedup himself, and saw none but the woman, hesaid unto her, Woman, where are those thineaccusers? hath no man condemned thee?She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus saidunto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, andsin no more (John 8:7,9-11). If Jesus Christwanted his followers to practice fear, hate, andcondemnation, he would have instructed assuch. But his instructions are very different.

In fact, he warned his followers that what weare seeing today, the distortion and abuse of Christianity, would happen. For false Christs

and false prophetsshall rise, and shallshew signs and won-ders, to seduce, if itwere possible, eventhe elect. But takeye heed: behold, Ihave foretold youall things (Mark 13:22-23).

So what is aChristian? I better have some idea,

because I consider myself one. A Chris-tian is someone whois a follower of Je-sus Christ and histeachings. Christianshave long been per-secuted, all the way

back to the days of Saul. However, this

is the rst time that I can see that we are being threatened by those who pretend to bethe same. We are being torn to the core by a

band of masqueraders.I believe there are smart people out there.

I believe that there are still true Christians outthere who read their Bible and realize thathate and fear are not Christian values. And Ialso believe that those of us who know whatit means to be Christian can take solace inthe words of Jesus Christ. ...he that shallendure unto the end, the same shall be saved(Matthew 24:13).

Those who would attempt to gain personal and political power by hijackingChristianity will have their day. Those of uswho know what it means to be a Christiancan endure unto the end.

I wonder at times if people still read thewords of Jesus. Its

astonishing how they go against his very teachings, while at

the same time pass-ing themselves off as

Christian.

AndrewAschenbrenner Staff Writer

Missouri, aka The Show MeState, may soon show us somethingnew human cloning. Thats right,human cloning is a ballot initia-tive for the folks of Missouri, andthe thing that gets me is how theinitiative actually may be passed

the most recent SurveyUSA poll,released on Oct. 24, showed that45% of respon-dents a re for the amendment,36% are againstthe amendment,and 18 % are un-decided.

Amendment2 doesnt allowfor human clon-ing per se. Itdoes, however,

provide for a process knownas somatic cellnuclear transfer (SCNT), whichis the heart of this debate (thism e t h o d w a sused to clone Dolly the sheep). Thisrequires the taking of a cell from onehuman and placing it inside an eggthat has had the nucleus removed.After stimulating the egg, it beginsto divide much like an egg that has

been fertilized naturally.This method of in vitro fertiliza-

tion forms, according to supporters,a cluster of cells or a blastocyst.They then state that these clustersof cells merely provide stem cellsthat can be used to replace those of

people who are sick.Scientists, though, have used

some additional terms when writ-ing and publishing information onSCNT. The National Academy of Sci-ences has stated that, Cloning using

S C N T l e a d s t ot h e f o r -mation of a blasto-cyst, or

p r e - i m - plantationembryo.T h eAmericanM e d i c a lAssocia-t ion has

discussedthe utili-zation of SCNT for a processknown as H u m a n

Therapeutic Cloning where youtake a sick patients cells, forma blastocyst with them, and thenreplace sick cells with stem cellsfrom the blastocyst. SCNT, in other words, provides for the cloning of

human embryos.These sound a lot like the same

things being said in two differentways to me. Hmmm Looks likesomeone has been speaking to a lotof political scientists to get a ballotinitiative passed that protects whatmany consider a less-than-ethical

practice. Theyve fully exploitedsome of the tried-and-true methodsof modern American politics re-moval of / distance from commonterms (I like to call it lying byomission), calling everyone againstthe initiative a religious nutjob,and utilizing a celebrity for their ad campaign (in this case MichaelJ. Fox).

There is hope for those who dontwant to see this pass. The poll citedabove showed a 12% drop in supportfrom an identical poll that occurred12 days before (same questions andsame sampling method). Also, Jeff Suppan (the NLCS MVP who helpedthe Cards win the World Series) hasteamed up with three other celebri-

ties and released an ad campaignstating their opposition to Amend-ment 2. This should greatly helpthe cause of those who dont wantto see cloning.

In closing, I strongly urge youto research the ballot initiativesand candidates. Dont allow acelebrity and his disease or someself-proclaimed expert controlyour stance. Actually look at bothsides and vote according to whichone you agree with.

Missouri - Enough Said

Chris PhillipsCopy Editor

Courtesy Kenyon College

Ask Carrieand Kramer

Dear Carrie and Kramer,

I am coming down with the u. However, I have a date with this amazingguy in a couple days. If the date goes well, he is bound to kiss me. I do notwant to get him sick, since he has a test coming up, though I do not wantto blow my chances by acting like a prude. What do I do?

Wavering in Weaver

As a member of the opposite sex,I just think of scenarios that would

prevent me from making the move.First off, profuse coughing is de-nitely a deterrent, but you run intoa problem with putting him off. Thetrick is to preempt the rst move.Maintain interest while still look-ing sick.

Of course, you could always dowhat any normal guy would do and

just not care. No preemptive mea-sures need here. Worst case scenariois that he could be dependent on youfor care and then you would have amonopoly of his attention.

Now, if the guy turns out to be acomplete clown and you are forcedto care for him, you fail. The trick is to hold back long enough so youcan gauge whether or not hes worthyour time, leaving you with thecruel, but inevitable, conclusion toforce him into failure with his exam.

Kramer


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By Hilary BrownFeatures Editor

It lacks a human pulse, chantsMeccamputechture, song four of the recently released Mars Voltaalbum, Amputechture . How-ever, Amputechture doesnot lack that pulse. With un-dulating guitars, impulsivedrums, and oblique direc-tion changes, this albumcompels multiple listens.

The songs ow in circles,each returning to the next,though not specifically re-lated. The release is not aconcept album, in contrastto Mars Voltas previousreleases, Frances the Mute(2005) and Deloused in theComatorium (2003).

Lyrically, it is much moreaccessible than Frances .Songs address themes of reli-gious disillusionment (Tetragramma-

ton) and power struggles (El CiervoVulnerado). Listeners cannot distin-guish when one song ends and another

begins. This blurring of boundariesstrengthens the album, allowing oneto oat through the music.

The Mars Volta have nally founda balance between computer distortionand driving tempos. It is a balance tha thasnt been seen since Deloused .

Disjointed delivery, with clear premeditation, exemplies the musi-cianship of the group. Latin and jazz


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N o t J u s t P l a y i n g A r o u n d COMING S OON ... LOCAL THEATERS GIVE STUDENTS RELAXING O PPORTUNITY

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inuences abound. The lyrics to Asi-los Magdalena are in Spanish, andsnippets of Spanish appear throughoutthe rest of the album.

Amputechture sounds as thoughthe band were playing live, with acute

The Mars Volta HaveGreat Potential

elements and lulls coloringthe impenetrable wall of sound. Mars Volta paintan audio landscape that

begs listeners to close their eyes and let their thoughts

run free.Time for you to decide

if youll like The MarsVolta.However, I think you will really like thefollowing albums and youshould check them out:

Mars Volta Francesthe Mute

Mars Volta Deloused in the Comatorium

At the Drive-In Rela-tionship of Command

And all you iTunes us-ers, go Download: Day of the Baphomets.

Above:The Album

cover of Amputech-ture.

Right: TheMars Volta

Duo are seeing na-tional suc-cess after

the releaseof their

most recent album.

A REVIEW O F A MPUTECHTURE

-Godsmack andBreaking Ben-

jamin visit theFillmore on the

11th.

-The Who rockthe Fillmore onthe 13th.

-Alice InChains play theFillmore on the20th.

-Tenacious Dvisit Denver on

the 22nd.

-Panic! At theDicso comethe 28th to theFillmore.

-The All-Ameri-can Rejectsplay the Fill-more on De-cember 10th.

Are you sick of the drama of mathclass? Not nding the physics prob-lems as amusing as you used to? Thenmaybe you should get out and watchsome actual drama at Mines LittleTheater or Miners Alley Playhouse.Both companies open this weekendwith 6 Rms Riv Vu for Mines LittleTheater, and Amahl and the Night Visi-tors for Miners Alley Playhouse.

6 Rms Riv Vu is a pretty typical ro-mantic comedy: boy meets girl whilesearching for an apartment for him andhis wife. Boy and girl are attracted toeach other, but are unsure what to doabout that mutual attraction.

The situation becomes more dra-matic, and comedic, as the pair experience interruptions by the nos-

ey superintendent and a neighbor.

Christine Brady, who plays the preg-nant woman, claims that the play has,a good balance of drama and comedy.I like the dramatic parts in between thefunny bits best.

The play will be showing in Met-als Hall on Nov. 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m.Tickets will be $3 at the door.

Amahl and the Night Visitors is anAmerican operaabout the Christmasstory. It was origi-nally commissioned

by NBC in the early1950s, to showaround Christmastime. The piece is 50 minutes long,and is characterized as opera for

beginners by the director, Robert

Kramer.The story is about the journey of

the wise men and the night they staywith Amahl, a crippled shepherd, andhis mother.

It is an uplifting story about a des-titute family participating in the birthof Christ. Its really just a play set to

music, saysKramer, butit would be agreat diver-sion for stu-dents. Themost excit-i n g t h i n gabout Amahl

and the Night Visitors is that it is anopera for a small space, and its a wayof getting culture without feeling likeyoure getting culture.

Kramer also asserts that it will be the place to be around Christmas,there will be caroling before the playand it should just be a wonderfulexperience.

The play opens on Nov. 3 andgoes through Dec. 23, it will showat Miners Alley Playhouse, aboveFosss Drugstore.

Tickets will be $18 on Fridaysand Saturdays, and $16 on Sundays.The show will start at 7:30 p.m. onFridays and Saturdays and 6:00 p.m.on Sundays.

If you cant make it to

Students should comebecause its the best acting they will see this month.

the plays this weekend, Mines LittleTheater will be showing another playon Nov. 10 and 11, again in MetalsHall at 7:30 p.m.

The play is called All in the Tim-ing and is actually a collection of ve one-act plays, regarding holes inreality that the main characters mustdeal with using reason.

This play is also a comedy, but notWill Ferrell doing stupid stuff funnyaccording to Adam McCormick, thedirector. All ve plays have separatecasts, of two or three people each.

The rst play is called Philly anddeals with the nature of reality.

The second is about a universallanguage created by a con-man.

The third play is called Words,

Words, Words about three monkeystyping in an effort to recreate theworks of Shakespeare, specically,

Hamlet .The fourth play is called The

Death of Trotsky and features LeonTrotsky as the main character. In aninteresting twist, it is the posthumousLeon Trotsky, and he is trying to dealwith his own death, with the help of his wife.

Finally, Sure Thing or, as the au-dience might know it, Ding is a playabout a new couple trying to perfect arst date. McCormick says, Studentsshould come because its the best act-ing they will see this month.


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K NOW Y OUR G OVERNOR

Coloradans everywhere muststep into action as Nov. 7 quicklyapproaches. For the last eight years,Governor Bill Owens has led this statewith steadfast and dedicated leader-ship. Without sounding too boastful,Colorado continues to be the envy onthe nation with its booming economy,excellent educational system and the

beautiful Rocky Mountains. The timehas come to join together in electingBob Beauprez as governor, to en-sure Colorado stays in such pristinecondition.

Being a straight-thinking familyman and Catholic, Bob comes to therace with a wide array of politicalexperience and values. As all of usshould know, he served as our Con-gressman in the 7 th congressional dis-trict for the past four years. Throughhis leadership, he united the mostdivided district in the state.

Bob has always considered the in-dividuals in his district before specialinterest groups. Growing up on a dairyfarm in Lafayette, Colorado and work-ing his way up in business taught Bobto focus on small businesses and thefamilies they support. Being a third-generation Coloradan himself, Bobunderstands Colorado values.

A plaguing issue facing the na-tion today is immigration; the cur-rent problem, possible solutions andtheir repercussions. Without a doubtColorado is under the same assault asCalifornia, Arizona and New Mexicoof illegal aliens ooding across the

border and inltrating our society.If an individual has broken into our country without consent, then that

person is a criminal. The problem isso massive and systemic that no easy

x exists. However, Bob will standup for traditional Americans whowish to preserve our way of life. Hewill work with and support immigra-tion enforcement advocates such asColorados own Tom Tancredo tosolve the problem now.

While still holding on to traditionalvalues, Bob believes in pursuing al-ternative energy technologies andsources through his Clean EnergyColorado initiative. As scientist andengineers there is no question thatglobal warming is a reality and theworld contains a finite amount of fossil fuels. He presents a bold visionfor Colorado in increasing wind andsolar options for todays market andfunding higher education to developtomorrows innovations.

Democrats around the countryhave attacked Republicans candidatesas being, Another vote for Bushsagenda. While by most measures,the second term of George Bushs

presidency has been a disaster, goodRepublicans such as Bob Beauprezdo not nod there head for Bushsapproval. They stand up for trueconservatism. They stand for policiesof fiscal accountability, educationreform, and most importantly preserv-ing the culture of the United States of America. While Democrats such asBill Ritter only stand up for what the

poll numbers tell him in the morn-ing, future Governor Bob Beauprez

believes in core principles and moralsthat guide his life.

Go to the polls on November 7 th and vote for Bob Beauprez not be-cause he has an R next to his name.Vote for Bob Beauprez because he isan honest, hard-working Coloradanwho knows our struggle and willght for us.

By Kevin DuffyStaff Reporter

Courtesy BobBeauprez.comBeauprez is denitely used to the smell of a horse stable.

Courtesy RitterForGovernor.comBill Ritter posing in the most natural way possible.

Beaprez: KeepColorado Pristine

Tracking Poll Standing for Colorado Gubernatorial Race

In just 6 short days, the predomi-nant opinion is that Bill Ritter will bethe next governor of the great state of Colorado. He has been consistentlyup in the polls and that is for a rea-son. Bill is a native born Coloradan,growing up on a farm east of Aurorawith his 11 siblings and working hisway through law school. But withtuition on the rise, it is important tounderstand where he stands on theissue of affordable higher education,and no one is better to tell you that

them Ritter himself. The following isa position paper written by Ritter onwhat he will do as Governor to makea higher education more attainable toall Coloradoans.

I maintain an unwavering commit-ment to improving opportunity and attracting more jobs to the state. Keyto achieving this objective is revital-izing post-secondary education soit can be an engine for Coloradoseconomy. If we are to maximize the

states competitive potential in the21st century and raise the standard of living for all Coloradans, our col-lective goal should be nothing short of doubling the current productionof technical certificates and col-lege degrees over the next 10 years.

For too long Colorado has ben-eted from the in-migration of manythousands of educated employees

from other states, while not reach-ing our potential in educating na-

tive Coloradans. Unfortunately,our reliance on a workforce trained outside of the state may lead to

future economic uncertainty. It isclear that, if we hope the maintainColorados economic superiorityand resiliency, we must grow more of our own highly educated workforce.To reach the goal of doubling thenumber of post-secondary certicatesand degrees, we must renew our com-mitment to affordable, accessible, and high quality public higher education.

Here is my plan to for bold post- secondary reforms intended to helpenhance Colorados prosperity and economic security.

In the next four years we must as patrons of the Colorado higher educa-tion system hold him accountable tothese promises. Though if I were a bet-ting man, I would say we will not haveto because native Coloradans know aman is just as good as their word andBill Ritter gave us his word.

By Shaemus GleasonEditor-in-Chief

Ritter: Knowledgeis

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Immigration LawsuitReferendum K

Shall the Colorado state attorney general initiate or join other states in a lawsuit against the United States attorney general to de-mand the enforcement of all existing federal immigration laws bythe federal government?

Referendum K proposes a change to the Colorado statutes that:- Requires the state of Colorado to sue the federal government to

demand enforcement of existing federal immigration laws.

Marijuana Amendment Amendment 44

An amendment to section 18-18-406(1) of the Colorado revised statutes making legal the

possession of one ounce or less of marijuana for any person twenty-one years of age or older.

- Legalizes the possession of up to oneounce of marijuana for adults 21 years of ageor older.


Domestic PartnershipsReferendum I

Shall there be an amend-ment to the Colorado Re-vised Statutes to authorizedomestic partnerships, and,in connect ion therewith,enacting the Colorado Do-mestic Partnership BenefitsAnd Responsibilities Act toextend to same-sex couplesin a domestic partnershipthe benefi ts , protect ions,and responsibilities that aregranted by Colorado lawto spouses, providing the

conditions under which alicense for a domestic part-nership may be issued andthe criteria under which adomestic partnership may

be dissolved, making provi-sions for implementation of the act, and providing that adomestic partnership is nota marriage, which consistsof the union of one man andone woman?

Referendum I proposesa change to the Coloradostatute that:

- Creates a new legal re-lationship, called a domes-tic partnership, providingsame-sex couples the op-

portunity to obtain the legal protections and responsibilities granted to marriedcouples by Colorado law.

- Defines the criteria and process for entering into adomestic partnership.

- Specifies that domestic partnerships are not mar-riage and do not change the

public policy of the state,which defines marriage asonly the union of one manand one woman.

Judicial TermLimits

Amendment 40 proposes a change to Sec-tion 1 of Article VI of the Colorado Constitu-tion that:

- Limits the number of terms that ColoradoSupreme Court justices and Court of Appeals

judges, called appellate court judges, mayserve.

- Reduce the term of Supreme Court justicesfrom ten years to four years, and of Court of Appeals judges from eight years to four years.

- Requires appellate court judges who havealready served ten years or more to leave their current position in January 2009.

- Requires appellate court judges who areeligible to serve another term to appear on the

November 2008 ballot for retention.

Amendment 40

School District SpendingTwo ballot proposals

establish requirements for school district spending.Amendment 39 proposesa change to Section 17 of Article IX of the ColoradoConstitution. ReferendumJ, a legislative proposal, pro-

poses a change to the statestatute. Voters may choose tovote for one, both, or neither of the proposals. Neither

proposal is dependent uponthe passage of the other. If

both proposals pass and any provision of Referendum J isfound to be in conict witha provision of Amendment39, then that provision of Referendum J will not beenforced. Both proposals:

- Require each schooldistrict to spend at least 65

percent of its operating bud-get on specic items begin-

ning in the 2007-08 school year,although, the items are differentin each proposal.

- Require any school districtthat spends less than the 65-

percent threshold to increase itsspending on the specied items

by two percentage points eachyear until the threshold is met.

- Allow a school district torequest a one-year waiver fromthe spending requirement.

- Allow the legislature tosanction any school district thatfails to comply with the spend-ing requirement.

Additionally, Referendum J:-Allows voters to exempt a

school district from the 65-per-cent requirement.

-Requires each school districtto submit an annual budget ina standardized format to thestate.

Amendment 39 and Referendum J

Minimum WageIncrease

Amendment 42

An amendment to the Colorado constitu-tion concerning the state minimum wage, and,in connection therewith, increasing Coloradosminimum wage to $6.85 per hour, adjusted an-nually for inflation, and providing that no morethan $3.02 per hour in tip income may be usedto offset the minimum wage of employees whoregularly receive tips.

- Raises the minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $6.85 per hour, and adjusts the wageannually for inflation.

- Increase the minimum wage for workerswho regularly receive tips from $2.13 per hour to $3.83 per hour and adjusts it annually by thesame dollar amount as the minimum wage for non-tipped workers.

Colorado Marriage Amendment

Amendment 43

An amendment to the Colorado constitution,concerning marriage, and, in connection therewith,specifying that only a union of one man and onewoman shall be valid or recognized as a marriagein Colorado.

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Re-Elect

Gwyn GreenState Represe ntative, House District 23

Shes One Tough GrannyWho works For Us!Endorsed by Senator John Edwards,Representative Mark Udall, Bill Ritterand others

Creatin g New Solutions For A New Centur y Increase use of biofuels to reduce our dependence on foreign oilIncrease use of renewable sources of power to 20% by 2015Increase energy efficiency programsIncentives to manufacture NREL-developed alternatives

Supports National Rene wable Energy L aborator y Her House Resolution helped restore 40 to 100 jobs at NREL

Booster for Higher Educ ation $253.4 million for students from Referendum CStabilizing higher education through adequate fundingKeeping companies and jobs here through higher education

Par tnerships Bet ween CSM & Communit y Noise relief study by a CSM Senior Project Benefited H.D. 23

Gw yn Green Wants To Know YOUR Concerns!

This Tough Granny will listen to you.

www.gwyngreen.com

303-281-8954Paid for by Re-Elect Gwyn Green for HD 23, Dan Green Treasurer.

Gwyn Green, Colorado StateRepresentative for the Goldenarea, is in a heated reelection racefor the 23rd district.

Many issues are pivotal in to-days political climate. In Colora-do, legislation regarding domestic

partnerships and the legalizationof marijuana top the hot-button is-sues while healthcare and renew-able energy remain points of cul-tural contention. RepresentativeGreen recently took a moment outof her campaigning to demarcateher personal and political stanceon these issues.

Regarding Referendum I (do-

mestic partnerships), Green said,I am very much in favor of that

I believe in equality. Part of thefear mongering going on rightnow is that Referendum I meansmarriage and it doesnt, its allabout equal rights.

On Colorados proposedamendment legalizing marijuana,Green commented, I really hadto think about that one. Marijuanatoday is more addictive than it wasin the 60s and Im very concernedabout the these qualities. If some-one is really relaxed on marijuanaand theyre driving down the road,I dont want to be on the road with

them. Having said that, putting a prison term on someone for hav-ing marijuana would be entirelyinappropriate.

Green believes that, despitethe political hype surround theaforementioned legislation, themost important issues facingColoradans are healthcare andrenewable energy. Im a medi-cal social worker and I ran for the House of Representatives toget down the cost of healthcare.I passed legislation last year thatis now a law that expands cover-age over uninsured communitycenters. Ive also co-sponsored

legislation to get less expensivemedication.Second on Greens political list

is the elimination of the UnitedStates dependance on foreignoil. Even with the great nd thatthe US has made in terms of oil,its not nearly enough. We can-not continue to rely on foreigncountries for our oil supply. Ithink that this dependance placesus at a real disadvantage and weneed to start looking at alternativeenergies. Thats a tremendous jobmarket right there! We need to bedeveloping them in the US andespecially in Colorado.

I signed onto the energy plat-form because its so important.It would increase the use of bio-fuels, solar, and wind power, sowe dont have to rely as much onelectricity and natural gas. Thatswhere my interest is. Thats whatI want to develop. Thats the kindof thing that we need to be work-ing on.

There has been an extraor-

dinary amount of mudslingingagainst Green in the past fewweeks. She responded, It is

hard for me to understand howsomeone could deliberately setout to destroy a human being. Ithink anyone with honor wouldnever do that. Green continuedto describe the effect of 527s onthe political process, By law,candidates cannot talk to people inthe 527s and they cant coordinatetheir campaigns with the 527s.Even though candidates can setthe record straight, they cant con-front the 527s about content. It

puts the candidates in a difcult position. The theory is that if youthrow enough mud against the

wall, some will stick.Regardless of the trouble-

some political landscape

throughout the nat ion,Green remains optimisticabout the local community,Ive always been a strongsupporter of the ColoradoSchool of Mines. Im so

proud of having this schoolin our city and our district.Im a very strong supporter of higher education. SinceReferendum C passed, wehave put an extra 253.4million dollars into higher education To me, higher education is a centerpieceof what Im about.

Gywn Looking for Voters Green LightZach AmanEditorials Editor

Zach Aman/Oredigger Representative, Gwyn Green, laughs while being interviewed byan Oredigger reporter. The elections are Thursday, Nov. 7.


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F EATURES

Everyone knows that there arentmany women on the Mines campus.Dr. Tracy Camp, of the Computer Sc i-ence department, thinks that needs tochange. She is a well-known promoter of womens issues in Computing.

In addition, Dr. Camp is interna-tionally known for mobile comput-ing/networking and promoting womenin computing. Sheleads the Toilers, anetworking researchgroup through theComputer Sciencedepartment.

As the faculty ad-visor for ACM-W,an organization dedi-cated to encouragingwomen in comput-ing, Dr. Camp invitesmany woman speak-ers to the campus.She is also involvedin N^2 Women (Net-working NetworkingWomen), a group tohelp connect womenin computer networking to one an-other.

Dr. Camp mentors several junior faculty, twelve graduate students, andve undergraduates. Informally, shementors a large number of women,

both on and off the Mines campus.She taught me that you have to begood in technical eld and she taughtme how to be good, said Arta Doci,a PhD student and advisee of Dr.Camp.

Being a woman in computing,from a personal perspective, thenumber of women is very small.Many times it is hard to nd a mentor in such a eld and there are a lot of other issues-social issues with regardsto diversity that need to be addressed

drastically said Doci.Oredigger: How did you get

involved in computing?Dr. Tracy Camp: I have a math

undergraduate degree and, when Iwas a [college] senior thinking aboutcareers, I knew I didnt want to be astatistician or an accountant, any of the traditional jobs that come with amath degree. I always liked my com-

puting courses.What challenges have you faced

as a woman incomputing?

In general, notspecifically for me, there are cer-tainly challenges

being in a male-dominated eld.

At conferenc-es, the percentageof women is verysmall, so there is achallenge in howto fit in. WhenIm at a table withnine men, I haveone conversa-tion. When Imat a table with ve

men and four women, we have a completely different conversation.

The amount of stereotypes makesit very hard for women consideringcomputing or engineering elds. Youhave to have a hard shell and be con-dent that you belong here.

How do you help women stu-dents succeed in computing?

I always try to be a good rolemodel. I do a lot of mentoring for students and faculty inside and outsideof Mines. I like helping people learnfrom the mistakes Ive made so thatthey dont repeat them.

What do you focus on when youadvise students?

I usually have lots of advice thatIm willing to give. I have different

sets of advice for whoever Im talk-ing to, whether it is a student, gradstudent, or faculty member.

For undergrad students, I encour-age them to apply for internships.I think, in general, women have alittle less condence than their malecounterparts and they need that extraencouragement. If I nd a good intern-ship, Ill pass it on to a student.

Many studies show that just a bitof encouragement goes a long way, soI take that extra time.

I hear you are also an environ-mentalist

I feel strongly about it. Im alwaysrecycling things. I have piles aroundmy ofce of things to be recycled.My husband and I recycle everything,including printer cartridges.

Were depleting our resourcesat a very fast rate, anything thatanyone can do helps. My three-year-old already knows what goes in therecycling bin and what goes in thegarbage.

Is there anything else youd liketo say?

The number of students in computer science has dropped by 50%since 2000. When the dot-com busthappened, everyone assumed therewere no jobs in computing.

But, there are 17% more jobs inIT than there were at the height of thedot-com boom and the number is ex-

pected to grow. Computing companiesare scared that they wont be able toget the employees they want becauseno ones majoring in computer sci-ence. The drop has affected womenmore than men.

Students majoring in computer science today will have tremendousopportunities when they graduate.This is especially true for women be-cause so many computing companiesunderstand the need for a diverse teamin order to create a better product.

Computing Gender BalanceBy Hilary BrownFeatures Editor

Courtesy Tracy CampDr. Camp mentors and gives ad-vice to women in computing.

24.9 million. Thats approximate-ly how many veterans currently livein the United States. Veterans Day,one of the most overlooked holidayson many peoples calendars, is com-ing up on Nov. 11. The dual-purposeholiday to celebrate our veteransand remembering the end of WorldWar I will be marked with parades,concerts, and other memorials in the

public arena.Veterans Day originated in Em-

poria, Kansas in 1953. The citizensdecided to replace their annualArmistice Day celebration, whichmarked the end of WWI, with acelebration to thank all of thosemen and women who served. Thisidea rang true with many Americanhearts and on June 1, 1954 PresidentDwight Eisenhower signed a bill of-cially changing Armistice Day toVeterans Day.

The Oredigger recently sat downwith Terre Deegan-Young fromStudent Development to discuss her

participation in Viet-nam. Deegan-Youngserved as a DonutDolly through theRed Cross f rom1970-71. She later worked wi th anadoption agency thatassisted half-Ameri-can, half-Vietnamesechildren from 1974-75. Because of her work assisting the servicemen andwomen of our country, she was later named an Honorary Colonel.

When asked about her role asa Donut Dolly, Deegan-Youngexplained that although the termsounds derogatory, it was actuallya term of endearment that was rstcoined in World War II. Their WWIIequivalents brought donuts to thetroops out on the frontline, and thus they

began being known by the term DonutDolly.

Her role, she said,was to provide whatwe called supplemen-tal recreation. [TheDonut Dollys] would

provide recreation,counseling, and simplytalk to them. We would ask TrivialPursuit questions, play volleyballand horseshoes, discuss the newsand take their letters home to our headquarters so that they would get

back faster.

This recreation would take placeat the Fire Bases, or artillery camps,where infantry would be sent to for a couple of days of down time. TheDollys would ride on helicopters tothe Fire Bases in teams of two for afew days at a time.

We were like their moms andsisters, Deegan-Young said. Shecontinued, They (the grunts) told usthat we were their connection to theworld. On the few occasions wherewe came under re, we felt that wewere safe with them around.

The interview then shifted to whyshe went. Deegan-Young explainedthat her parents were pro-war andmany college students were anti-war.She had recently graduated college,and wanted to nd out what she hon-estly felt about it.

She decided to go with the RedCross because, she admits, she isntvery good at taking orders and prob-ably would have mouthed off andended up in jail.

Deegan-Young also shared severalstories about her experiences. She toldthe Oredigger that the Donut Dollysoften met with the politicians and

other dignitarieswho came over tomake a judgmentabout the war.

During one of these occasions,she explained, avisiting Congress-man fell into aurinal at one of the Fire Bases thatwas made out of a

can that had been placed undergroundand covered with a thin metal screen.That episode, showed that therewas no way this guy could make agood judgment about the war in a twoday visit.

Coming home was something thattook Deegan-Young, like many oth-ers who have served overseas, a longtime to acclimate to. She related how

she was anxious whilein the dark for a longtime and that she had toget used to all of thingsthat she hadnt seen in ayear. Also, the treatmentwas similar to that of thegrunts.

Even though wehadnt fought, we werelooked at like baby kill-ers she said. Also, there

were few people who you could talk toabout your experiences and actually beunderstood. She did, however, makemany lifetime friends while serving,and brought back many things thathave helped her to grow and changein a positive direction rather than anegative one.

So, how does she feel about war and the military now? She said, Iam generally an anti-war, pro-peacetype of person. Dont get me wrong,though, I am a staunch supporter of our military personnel. You shouldnt

judge someone simply based onwhether or not they served in themilitary.

Veterans Day, she said, will bemostly contemplative. Deegan-Young

will probably get out some old photosand letters, talk to a few close friends,and just reect on her service.

Terre Deegan-Young isnt the onlyone who has served, though. Her storyis simply one of many common,

but unique. Individual, but compara-tive to many others. It is a myriad of good and bad thoughts, emotions, andexperiences. As the saying goes, If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this in English, thank aveteran.

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You shouldnt judge someone

simply based onwhether or not they served inthe military.


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F EATURES

The stars are getting closer as a newincentive for space exploration takesoff at the Colorado School of Mines.Lunar Ventures, a national competi-tion started by the Center for SpaceResources (CSR), was launched a fewweeks ago.

The competition involves smallteams of students from universitiesaround the country each designing a planto create competitive business in space.We already have several teamssigned up, said Dr. Angel Ab-

bud-Madrid, Director of CSR.The time is right for such a competi-tion and anticipation about successis high.

Theres an emerging space com-merce eld, said Abbud-Madrid . Inthe last few years weve seen more andmore news about private companiesand individuals getting into spacecommerce.

Several years ago, the Ansari XPRIZE was offered by the X PRIZEFoundation, for the rst non-govern-ment organization to launch a reusablemanned spacecraft into space twicewithin two weeks. Won by the Tier One group in October, 2004, the suc-cessfully own plane, SpaceShipOne,sparked interest in a cheaper alterna-

tive to the traditional spaceshuttle transportation.

Other entrepreneurssuch as Elon Musk andSir Richard Branson havemade their own claimsin this new field of ex-

ploration. In 2001 Musk founded SpaceX, a start-up company focused ondecreasing the cost of access to space and mak-ing space transport morereliable.

Along with his manyother endeavors, Bransonfounded a space tourismcompany, Virgin Galactic,in September, 2004 mak-ing use of the technol-ogy of SpaceShipOne to take payingguests on suborbital tours.

While Bransons price is out of the range of many consumers, a ticketon one of his space planes would befar cheaper than booking a ight on a

NASA shuttle.Lunar Ventures teams wont be

launching any rockets right awaythough. The goal is to formulate and

present a winning business plan to get people into space. Its not just limitedto the Moon, said Abbud-Madrid.The plans can be geared towardsa variety of locations such as Earth

orbit or Mars.Abbud-Madrid believes this com-

petition is very important for the futureof space exploration . We have to starttargeting space commerce business.A working combination of govern-ment and private company supportis necessary to achieving these goals.As a Research Partnership Center,funded by NASA, CSR is workingwith the government to put on thiscompetition.

According to Abbud-Madrid,teams from several colleges includingMIT and the Colorado School of Mines

have already signed up andare creating their plans.Cosmic Frontiers (CF),a CSM team started bystudent Mike Raevsky, istaking on the challenge.

Currently, CF is plan-ning to use private sector interest to fund space explo-ration by asking companieslike Coca Cola and Nike toadvertise their products insupport of the project.

Lunar Ventures is agreat opportunity for us,as students, to delve intospace exploration, saidRaevsky.

Cosmic Frontiers al-ready has a dozen members

and is hard at work on a competitive plan. [Space exploration is] thehighest thing we can aspire to andIm excited to see whatthe other teams comeup with.

The teams must sub-mit a letter of intent on

Nov. 1 to ofcially jointhe competition. ByDec. 1, they must havea working idea on paper. Business

plans are due in February 2007. Tensemi-nalists will be selected and thecompetition will be held May 19-21,

By Jason FishNews Editor

Courtesy Wikipedia.comSpaceShipOne ies ahead in space tourism ventures.

2007 at CSM.The Grand Prize is $25,000 and

a chance for a $100,000 invest-ment to make the plan a reality.In addition to hosting the competition,CSR is getting help from the schoolfor student teams.

We will have the teams from CSM present their projects to the Entrepre-neurship class in the Economics andBusiness Department for a critique,said Abbud-Madrid. Presentation isvery important.

By creating Lunar Ventures, CSR is seeking innovative ways to continuetheir mission of tapping off-worldresources for scientic and commer-cial benets. We are focused on theresources available in space and onthe Moon and beyond, said Abbud-Madrid. CSM has a rich history of resource analysis and excavation andCSRs goals align well with the skill

sets on campus. Gettingstudents involved en-sures the success prot-able space endeavors.

There are fliers posted around campusabout Lunar Venturesto catch student inter-

est. Deadlines are exible but teamsare encouraged to sign up as soon as

possible. Those interested can nd outmore at www.LunarVentures.org.

Commercial Space Flight in Business

Lunar Ventures isa great opportunity for us, as students,to delve into space

exploration.

Every year in the fall semester, theInternational Student Council (ISC)

at Mines, along with the support of the International Student Ofce andOffice of International Programs,organizes an event called Interna-tional Day.

This event not only attracts theMines community to explore thediversity that international studentsat Mines have to offer, but also at-tracts other residents of Golden andnearby towns to get a taste of variousfood from different countries aroundthe globe.

This year, international day will beheld on Saturday, Nov. 18 at the samelocation as previous years in our cam-

pus, the Green Center. InternationalDay event consists of two sub-events:food event and cultural show.

The food event starts at 4.00 p.m.in the Friedhoff Hall (basement of Green Center) and will last until 6.30

p.m. International students at Mines,representing approximately 30 dif-ferent countries will be cooking their traditional cuisines and share themwith the guests. The cost of this food

event is $0.50 per food coupon andwill be at the entrance of the hall onthe event day itself.

Later that evening, our guests arecordially invited to experience another multicultural ambience in Bunker Au-ditorium (rst oor of Green Center)where the cultural show event willtake place from 7.00 p.m. and will

possibly last for two hours.The doors to Bunker Auditorium

will be opened for seating at 6.45 p.m. During the show, performerswill present traditional dances, songs,and some musical performances usingtraditional instruments from ve toeight countries.

For ISC ofcers this year, we havea good array of students represented

from different countries and back-grounds. We have two returning of-cers and four new faces ready to servethe purpose of this organization:

We are looking forward to Inter-national Day this year and hopefullywe will see you there!!!

-Linda Mohammad President, International Student

Council 2006/2007, Colorado School of Mines

Meet the InternationalStudent Council Ofcers(2006/2007)

President: LindaMohammad (Malaysia)Vice President 1:Indar Singh (Trinidad& Tobago)Vice President 2:Omar Sharaf (UnitedArab Emirates)Treasurer: DanielSyazwan AhmadKamil Shahperi(Malaysia)Secretary 1: Javier Goi Senra (Spain)Secretary 2: HazwaniRameli (Malaysia)

Food and FunCheck Out MinesInternational Day

Hey Good-LookingLets Get Cooking

Its time to learn how to cook with easy(and yummy!) recipes from the Oredigger.

This time: Pumpkin Spice Cake

Heres what you need:A large mixing bowlA spatulaAn electric mixer

(or a strong arm)A large spoonMicrowave-safe panNon-stick sprayMicrowaveTwo eggsOne can of pumpkinOne package Spice Cake (near cake mixes in the grocery store)

Heres what you do:1) Beat the eggs in the large mixing bowl2) Pour the can of pumpkin into the eggs and mix well3) Add the Spice Cake mix in several increments. Stir until combined.4) Coat the microwave-safe pan with non-stick spray. Pour the

batter into the pan and spread evenly.5) Place the pan in the microwave and cook for 12-18 minutes,

depending on the strength of the microwave.

With November here at last, itstime to celbrate with Falls premieringredient: Pumpkin. Pumpkin isa type of squash harvested dur-ing the Fall. If you can remeberback that far, its what you carvedat Halloween. Its time to expandyour repetoire from carving tocooking.

Hilary Brown/ Oredigger Bake a seasonal favorite with Pumpkin Spice Cake.

Javier Goi-Senra/ Oredigger Linda Mohammad wantsyou to explore the diversitythat international studentsat Mines have to offer. Inter-national Day is Nov 11 at4:00pm.


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NEWS

By Hilary BrownFeatures Editor

The results of the PA alcohol sur-veys are in. According to the numbers,one-fifth of Mines students never drink alcohol during the entire timethey are enrolled.

Along with facts showing thatdrinking is decreasing, the surveysare used as a learning opportunityfor students in physical activity (PA)classes.

College itself has that stereotypeof partying, but statistically, there area lot of people drinking responsibly or not at all, said Terre Deegan-Young,who works in the Student Develop-ment and Academic Services Ofce.

Year after year, surveys yieldconsistent results. Students typicallyexpect much more drinking from fel-low students than actually occurson campus. 42% thought that moststudents drink 2-3 times per week.However, 78.3% of students drink once per week or less.

Mines students really do makegood choices, the question now iswhat do you do when your friendsmake bad choices? asked Deegan-Young.

When students were asked whatthey would do if their friend was get-ting drunk and out-of-control, 48%said that they would encourage myfriend to slow down or stop drinking

for the rest of the party.49% said they would talk directly

to a friend who they suspect of hav-ing a drinking problem. Minesstudents overwhelmingly choose todo something for their friends, said

Deegan-Young.Surveys are used to affirm that

s tudents makegood choices, to

prevent incidentsinvolving alco-hol, and educatestudents about theresources avail-able on campus.During the class,students receivedcards detailing in-formation aboutthe symptoms of

blood-alcohol poi-soning.

Many students are aware of thedangers of alcohol, 60% answered

correctly that alcohol is the leadingkiller of people between the ages of 18 and 24.

Results show that peer pressure plays only a small role in studentsdrinking. Only 3% of participants saidthat they drink because everyone elseis doing it.

The surveys are organized andcompleted by the Student Develop-ment and Academic Services Ofce.Their goals include promoting posi-

tive messages about college life andeducating students about the symp-toms of blood-alcohol poisoning.

Surveys are given in a classroomstyle format. Students answer viaremote control clickers. The results

for the class are shown in real-timeand percentages of answers are dis-

played.T h e c l a s s

is also used toaddress studentgoals. 35% saidt h a t m a k i n gfriends with adiverse group of

people was thecritical decisionthat they wouldwork hardest to-wards achievingwhile in school.

In early September, PA101 stu-dents listened to a talk by Will Kiemin Bunker Auditorium. Kiem is a mo-

tivational speaker and has presented atMines several times. He speaks eachyear because of the positive responsesof students, 78% thought the presenta-tion was either Great or Good. His

presentations talk about scholarship,service, peacemaking, spirituality,and patience.

The class addressing drug and al-cohol use, which included the alcoholsurvey, was held the following week

by sections of the PA classes.

Good Decisions Behind the Bottle Taste of the Survey SQuestion 9: When you drink, why do you drink?

20% It helps me relax or de-stress.

18% It helps me be more social or funny. 3% Everyone else is doing it.

15% It tastes good.

43% I dont drink.

548 students surveyed

Educational PowerPoint Slide

78.3% drink alcohol once a week or less

Most ( 60% ) reported drinking 0-4 drinks at a

party or bar

78.2% of Mines students NEVER use marijuana

A VAST majority of Mines students ( 98.4% )

NEVER use other illicit drugs

700 students surveyed

Mines studentsreally do make good choices, the question

now is what do you dowhen your friends make

bad choices?

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in this contest will be competing withSenior Design students.

Some student groups are also try-ing to develop solar units for southern

farms. Farmers in these areas are notmaking enough money to cover the

energy costs of running a farm, andregular solar units do not provideenough energy for an entire farm.As a result, the farms are being shutdown.

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Internationally, students are at-tempting to develop alternative dyesfor Peru. The traditional art of makingPeruvian dyes is disappearing becausethe process is energy inefcient. Sev-eral teams are trying to nd a better

way to produce the dyes, or nd newdyes for use.Locally, students are working for

the betterment of Applewood and Tab-ernash. The Applewood golf course is

being remapped by students becausethe most recent maps are 18 years old.Furthermore, students are develop

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