the oredigger issue 24 - april 13, 2009

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Volume 89, Issue 24 April 13, 2009

News 2 Features 4 opiNioN - 10 sports - 11

~world headlines

~scientific discoveries

~tech break

~mines dance recital

~tims two cents

~minds at mines

~track at nationals

~scoreboard

satire 12~this paper is silly!

~wark! wark!

Around campus this week, youmay notice some large price tagsafxed to items in your classrooms,

labs, or your favorite recreationalpiece of equipment. These pricetags list an estimated price that the

item was originally purchased for orwhat it would cost for replacement.

According to Kevin Duffy, Chair ofthe Senior Class Gift Committee,the hope is that the price tags willget students thinking about thehidden costs associated with theireducation. Many of these hiddencosts are not directly covered bytuition and fees, and are funded bydonations from Mines alumni andother corporate sponsors. Many ofthe amenities that students take forgranted would simply not exist with-out the generous support of alumni.

The price tags are a part of theSenior Gift Committees The Priceis Right week which culminates

Price tags invade campus to inspire givingJeff Godwin

Guest Columnist

with a party that is scheduled forThursday, April 16 from 11:00 AM to1:00 PM in the Student RecreationCenters McNeil Room. At the party,seniors can celebrate our currentprogress of having 51 studentsdonate to the senior gift and raisingover $6,499 (including matchingfunds) towards the gift. Seniors will

have the chance to compete in amodied version of the Price is

Right, with winners receiving giftcards to some of your favorite res-taurants, including Starbucks, BlueCanyon Bar & Grill, and Chipotle.Finger food and (non-alcoholic)drinks will be served at the party.

All seniors are invited to attend andthey should bring one of the pricetags with them to the party to beentered into a rafe for a door prize!

The Senior Gift Committeewould also like to recognize all of

those who have contributed to thesenior gift so far (in no particularorder):

Kevin Duffy, Matthew Hurliman,

Trisha Kendall, Zach Aman, IrinaHardesty, Benjamin Jones, JansonFerrera, Amanda Bowers, Christo-pher Paull, Alexsander Lopez, Kris-tin Smith, Arianne Dean, MatthewPusard, Lee Rothleutner, Cesar

de la Riva, Anant Pradhan, JoeSchneiderwind, Kenneth Dodson,Walter Unglaub, Elliott Dudley, Brian

Fuqua, Elise Goggin, Justin Guerra,Jesse Havens, Andy Ahern, JosephEisinger, Tracy McEvoy, Anhvu Le,

Jared Albers, Matthew Host, JamesMolde, Marc Malone, Jared Alexan-der, Rebecca Johnson, JonathanPowers, John McGee, Rawan Bar-dini, Brandon Killinger, Darren Ross,Jon Monserud, Jessica Bowser,Electra Lamb, Quoe Thanh, Minda

Morris, Jeremy Brown, JonathanLanning, G. Colin Trickel, Akira

Rattenbury, Mikayla Buenger, KellyLindholm, Diane Wetzel, and Kristi

Selden.Thank you all so much for your

support in helping to make Minesa better place for future students!

The senior class has placed price tags on various items

all over campus to impress on students the cost of their

education that is covered by alumni donations.

COURTESY SENIOR GIFT COMMITTEE

Dr. Zhigang Wu of the BerkeleyNanosciences and Nanoengi-neering Institute (BNNI) visitedthe CSM physics department forpart of their ongoing colloquiumseries. The title of Dr. Wus talk

was Quantum Simulations ofNanostructured Materials for NewEnergy.

Wu began with a brief synopsisof the current need for new en-ergy solutions and environmentalproblems such as global warm-ing. Graphs, which have becomecommonplace, depicting theexponential growth of CO2 in the

atmosphere were followed by im-ages and slides showing renew-able natural energy resources.Solar energy is particularly at-tractive, said Wu, If you wereto cover 100 square miles withsolar panels that are only 10%efficient, you could power thewhole nation. However, such a

feat would be costly, with a pricetag of nearly $16 trillion.

A promising approach is totake advantage of nanotechnol-ogy, said Wu. He then discusseddefinitions surrounding nano-technology and issues of scale.Nanomaterials, according toWu, have at least one dimensionin the nano scale. Nanotechnol-

ogy, in addition to being usefulas a means of improving photo-voltaic solar cells, is useful for awide variety of applications. Wuattributed this usefulness to thecustomization of these materials.

The properties of nanomaterialscan be tuned by varying theirsizes.

The main thrust of Wus re-search has dealt with silicon-based nanowires and their spe-cic electrical properties. Through

various experiments involving

strain and synthesis conditions,Wu has attempted to build highquality silicon nanowires thatcan be used for solar cells. Fur-thermore, Wu has researchedinteractions that occur at thehybrid interface, which is crucialfor molecular electronics andoptoelectronics such as photo-voltaics.

Finally, Wu discussed a newself-assembly process for creat-ing nanowires. Basically it involvescreating small sections of nanow-

ire with various functional groupsintegrated into the ends of eachsegment. The functional groupsare then allowed to hydrogenbond to one another, but only incertain alignments. These build-ing blocks use the bottom upapproach to self-assembly tocreate nanowires of the desiredcharacteristics.

In July of 2008, an initiative

was formed amongst presidentsand chancellors of colleges anduniversities around the world. Thisinitiative, called the Amethyst Initia-tive, seeks to promote a drinkingage lower than 21. Adults under

21 are deemed capable of voting,signing contracts, serving on juriesand enlisting in the military, but aretold they are not mature enough tohave a beer, from their website.Currently, the initiative has 135 sig-natories from colleges around thenation, including President RichardF. Celeste of Colorado Col lege andPresident Tim Foster of Mesa StateCollege.

The initiative comes as a resultof complaints that drinking hasbecome far too prevalent on col-

lege campuses around the UnitedStates. However, legislators arestill debating over the implicationsof passing such a law. Accordingto the National Institute on Alco-hol Abuse and Alcoholism, 5,000people under the age of 21 die as a

result of underage drinking 1,900of those are vehicular fatalities,1,600 from homicides, 300 from

suicide, and the remaining fromfalls, burns, or drowning.

The issue stems from the pos-sibility that lowering the drinkingage may curb the abuse of alcoholamongst college students. Bylowering the drinking age, youngadults may learn responsibility andlead safer lifestyles.

The counter-argument is the factthat when a youth is surrounded byalcohol and friends, peer pressureplays a larger role affecting thepersons judgment, not necessarily

the alcohol involved.In a 2008 report,

the National High-way Traffic Safety

Administration esti-mated that minimumdrinking age lawshave saved morethan 26,000 lives

since 1975, and thecurrent drinking agesaves about 900lives in trafc fatali-ties each year.

Culturally around

the world, the United States is oneof the few countries to have a drink-ing age at 21. Armenia, Indonesia,

India, Pakistan, and Palau are theonly other countries with a drink-ing age that high, aside from someMuslim countries that ban alcoholaltogether. Other countries, such

as Italy, have the drinking age aslow as 14, while Canada varies byterritory, between 18 and 19.

On Wednesday, April 8, CU-

Boulder students offered an alter-native plan to the Amethyst Initia-tive called the Emerald Initiative,advocating marijuana use as asafer alternative to alcohol. TheEmerald initiative was launched bythe Boulder-founded organization

Safer Alternative For EnjoyableRecreation (SAFER).

Students from the Boulderchapter of the National Organiza-tion for the Reform of MarijuanaLaws (NORML) also supported the

bill, citing claims that the healthrisks of alcohol compared to Mari-

juana arent being discussed,but rather ignored. As with the

Amethyst Initiative, the EmeraldInitiative expects to supplement its

mission statement with signatoriesfrom college presidents, but thestatement is still in the process ofbeing mailed to every signatory ofthe Amethyst Initiative along with asurvey regarding the use of alcoholand marijuana by students at theirrespective schools.

Colleges, legislators tornover Amethyst InitiativeGene Duran

Staff Writer

LILY GIDDINGS / OREDIGGER

Tim Weilert

Content Manager

Nanotubes, solarcells, and energy

Diamond AnniversarE-DaysRecap

pages 6 & 7

Faculty Spotlight

President Bill Scoggins

page 5

capital construction

fee to be usedpage 3

How to survivethe economy

page 10


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Faculty Advisor

Headlines from around the world

A wax version of rst Lady

Michelle Obama was unveiled at

Madame Tussauds wax museum

in Washington D.C. The sculpture

has brought some criticism that

the museum is playing favorites,

as all three of the rst ladies rep-

resented were wives of Demo-

cratic Presidents.

Iranian President Mahmoud

Ahmadinejad praised his coun-

trys developing nuclear program,

saying that the packagings of fuel

for the reactor and high capacity,

uranium-enriching centrifuges are

some of the nuclear programsgreatest accomplishments.

Nick Adenhart, age 22, rookie

pitcher for the Las Angeles An-

gels was killed in a car crash in

Fullerton, California. The crash

also killed two others, and one

man was arrested and will face

charges. Adenhart was taken to

the UC Irvine Medical Center, but

died after undergoing surgery.

Thousands of radical Shiite

Muslims rallied in Firdous Square,

Baghdad, where the statue of

Saddam Hussein was torn

down six years ago. Pro-

testors shouted anti-U.S.

slogans and carried Iraqi

ags, commemorating

the six year anniversaryof Husseins fall from

power.

Wildres scorched

areas of Texas and

Oklahoma, injuring at

least 34 people, burn-

ing down nearly 100

homes, and forcing sev-

eral hundreds of people

to evacuate. Due to high

winds and dry conditions,

the re has spread quickly.

Taro Aso, the Prime Minister

of Japan, announced a 150 bil-

lion dollar stimulus plan in order

to prevent collapse on the worlds

second largest economy. The

stimulus plan focuses on building

infrastructure, aiding struggling

companies, creating unemploy-

ment benets, and improving

welfare and health.

A man and woman were found

dead in a classroom at Henry

Ford Community College in Dear-

born, Michigan. The campus was

quickly put on lockdown aftershots were red in the schools

Fine Arts building.

A suicide bombing in Mosul,

Iraq killed ve United States sol-

diers at the outer barrier of the

Iraqi National Police

Headquarters.

T h r e e

others were killed, and at least

60 were wounded in the attack,

which has been the most deadly

single attack on U.S. troops in

over a year.

Algerian President Abdelaziz

Bouteika won the election for

his third term in ofce with a land-

slide victory, securing 90 percent

of the vote. Algerian lawmakers

abolished term limits last year,

allowing Bouteika to run for re-

election, though critics say that

the vote was simply a charade.

Social networking website

Facebook welcomed its 200 mil-lionth user, and has partnered

with 16 charities and advocacy

groups. The site also created

gifts that users can buy for the

pages of other users, the pro-

ceeds from which will

benet the

c h a r i -

ties.

Emily Trudell, Staff Writer

Anand Erdenebileg, Staff Writer

Local News

Bryce Robbins was

awarded an honorablemention by the Goldwater

Foundation. He was one

of four candidates from

Mines for the scholarship

and the only one to be

recognized by the Foun-

dation.

Faculty members Colin

Wolden, Dan Knauss,

Candy Sulzbach, John

Stermole, Ravel Ammer-

man, PK Sen, Ron Cohen,

John Curtis, Terence

Young, Toni Lefton, Scott

Strong, Dinesh Mehta,

Cara Coad, Ryan OHayre,Hugh Miller, Kadri Dag-

delen, Jennifer Miskim-

mins, and F. Edward

Cecil were recognized as

outstanding by graduat-

ing seniors and graduate

students this week.

ASCSM election results

were announced last

week. Congratulations to

Jaime Thorpe, Student

Body President, Ashley

Young, Vice President,

Damian Illing, Board of

Trustees Representative,

Sharif Jawad, At largecommunity, Rambert

Nahm, At large faculty,

and Alec Westerman, At

large university. Con-

gratulations also to those

who won in individual

class races.

Melbourne, Australia: Monash University researchers have success-

fully modeled the act of pizza tossing, based on observations they made

of professional pizza chefs. They developed calculations to identify doughs

trajectories and they were able to analyze the tossing motions along with

rotational speed, stability, and energy efciency. By collaborating with pizza

chefs, the researchers were able to analyze two types of dough toss. One

is called single tossing and it is when pizza is tossed from rest. The other is

called multiple tossing, which occurs when the chef spins the pizza multiple

times before allowing it to rest.

Austin, TX: Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin

found a new predatory ant called Martialis eureka (meaning ant

from Mars) in the Amazon. After morphological and genetic anal-

ysis, the researchers conrmed that the ant was a new species.

The ant has many interesting characteristics not usually present

in ants. For example, it is only 2 to 3 millimeters long, has no

eyesight, and has large mandibles which help it to capture prey.

London, UK: Physicists from the University College

London have developed a method that could make en-

tangled light using a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC). By

making a group of atoms extremely cold (close to absolute

zero), the scientists can make the group act as one atom.

The scientists blocked a BEC in an optical cavity, which

means the light eld could cause the atoms to react the

same. As a result, a strong atom-photon forms, and strong

atom-proton coupling provides the entangled method.

Gothenburg, Sweden: Archaeologists from The University

of Gothenburg discovered that societies in the Late Neolithic

and Bronze Age had more varied cultures than once realized.The researcher looked at archeological evidence dated between

2300-500BC, and discovered that the structure of communities

were very complex. For example, houses greatly varied in size,

based on a persons inuence in the community. Furthermore, it

was discovered that powerful political entities were formed and

tried to control large areas of land, something which was not

thought to happen by many scientists.


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Tier Expectations Benefits

3 100% BSO meetings3 service events (1 campus, 1community, and 1 of either)

Self maintained websiteOfficer transition plan

No specified yearly funding limitEligible for Special Program fundingEligible to reserve Student Center rooms for the followingsemester after the midterm of the current semester for specialevents

Eligible for office spaceEligible for Tier 3 Organization of the Year

2 Goals/Evaluation Worksheet1 service event (campus)Updated Student Activities Web PageForm

75% BSO meetings

Yearly funding up to $2500Eligible for storage lockerEligible for mail boxEligible to hold events with alcoholEligible for marquee spaceEligible for Tier 2 Organization of the Year

1(concurrent with

current organizationrequirements andbenefits)

Organization Update formOfficer Update formSubmit meeting dates/times toStudent Activities

Yearly funding up to $250Appropriate use of CSM logos, names, etcName on Student activities websiteInformation in Calendar/Whats happening emailsAccess to SA arts/publicity suppliesEligible for Tier 1 Organization of the YearContact info on Student Activities webpage (if form issubmitted)

Tier Structure is cumulativeOrganizations to remain outside the Tier Structure: Governing Bodies: ASCSM, BSO, GSA , Sports Club Council; Club Sports, MAC , andRecognized Sororities and Fraternities

Thursday evening, ASCSMpassed a resolution and approvedthe Board of Student Organiza-tions (BSO) Tier Structure forStudent Organizations on cam-pus. With this resolution, a fewchanges will take place that willaffect Student Organizations oncampus. The Tier Structure will beimplemented in the fall of 2009 af-fecting spring 2010 budget alloca-tions.

The purpose of the Tier Struc-ture is to address the currentchallenges faced by Student Or-ganizations, ASCSM and Student

Activities. Challenges such as dis-

tribution of resources, lack of fund-ing, and longevity of organizationsare increasing as more StudentOrganizations are started at CSM.

The Tier Structure is intended topromote organizational account-ability and community steward-ship as well as provide recognitionto organizations that show out-standing leadership on campus.

We are asking that StudentOrganizations participate in theiroriginal Tier Placement. Meetingtimes will be available at the end

Tier Structure for student organizations to

begin Fall 2009Simon Demby-Myers

BSO President

Karlyn Adams

BSO Treasurer

of the springsemester andbeginning of

fall semes-ter to assureappropr iatep l a c e m e n twithin the TierStructure.

I n f o r m a-tion sessionson the sys-tem will beheld April 22and 23. Allsessions willbe held inBerthoud Hall126. We en-courage or-ganizations touse this op-

portunity tond out more

i n fo rmat ionabout the TierS t r u c t u r e .

The completeTier Structured o c u m e n t ,including alldenitions and clarications, can

be found on the Student Activitiesweb page. Signups for meetingtimes will be available at the Infor-mation Sessions and in the Stu-

dent Activities ofce during Dead

Week. Please note that all StudentOrganizations, whether or not theyreceive funding from ASCSM, area part of the Tier Structure. We are

excited to continue working withStudent Organizations to makethis system a success.

Information Sessions:April 22 5 PM BE 126

April 23 4 PM BE 126, 5 PMBE 126

Individual meeting times will beheld during Dead Week.

Two years ago, the CapitalConstruction Fee was imple-mented. Included in the fee is$200,000 per year for classroomimprovements, with ASCSM (andthus students) getting a 51%vote on funds disbursal.

The Classroom Equipmentfee was notused lastyear, leaving

$ 4 0 0 , 0 0 0available fori m p r o v e -ments thisyear. Assuch, thisyears proj-ects are larg-er in scope than the predictedaverage. According to ASCSMsoutgoing president Kevin Duffy,

more typical funds use will in-clude such as improvements asdesk and chair replacements in

Alderson Hall. The largest of the projects

this year, at roughly $260,000,is a rip-and-replace renovationof Coolbaugh Hall room 209.

Basically rip it out, its a shell,and build something new, wasDuffys description of the im-provements. New chairs, audio-visual equipment, and other fur-nishings will replace the currentfacilities.

Second, Brown Building 316B,a holdover from drafting classes,will be transformed into a digi-tal-friendly environment. Thesefunds are to transform that area

Mines uses two years of

capital construction feeIan Littman

Assistant Webmaster

into a CTLM-esque learning stu-dio, Duffy stated. The rooms

were built when engineers weretaught two or three actual man-ual drafting courses, and now allof our courses are SolidWorks,

AutoCAD, [etc.] According to

the request for proposal on thisproject, Benefits from the pro-posed re-modeling will be pri-marily for the teaching of the two

major upper-level requiredc o u r s e s

E G G N 4 1 1Machine De-sign, andE G G N 4 1 3C o m p u t e r -

Aided En-g ineer ing . . .and the me-

chanical engineering field ses-sion EGGN233... These chang-es, which will improve visibility forprojector-based presentations,will affect several hundred stu-dents (around 150 in MachineDesign, 260 in Computer-Aided

Engineering, 160 in field session,and 60 in other classes) and willcost roughly between $69,000and $91,000.

Smaller jobs, more represen-tative ofo n g o i n gac t i v i t i e ssupportedby this fee,include thea d d i t i o nof smartp o d i u mt e c h n o l -ogy for Hill

Hall rooms 202 and 204, similarto what is available in some Ber-thoud Hall and CTLM rooms. Thetotal cost for the two rooms is inthe neighborhood of $20,000.

Once these proposals, and afew smaller ones, are paid for,other projects will be completedwith remaining funds. If a fewthousand dollars are left after thelarger renovations, Alderson Hall134 and 151 will get upgraded orreplaced carpeting. If the avail-able funds are significant, Brown

Building rooms 303 and 304 willbe reworked entirely, creating abetter combination of lecture andlab space, as well as an officeand storage room for lab TAs andthe like. The cost for this project,which will likely be postponeduntil the next round of CapitalConstructin Fee funding is avail-able, would be about $100,000.

Students are encouraged tovoice their opinions to ASCSMabout where the next yearsClassroom Equipment sectionof the Capital Construction Feeshould go. ASCSM built the 51%student government vote into thesystem to allow any input a verygood chance of succeeding, with

the full realization that all moniesdisbursedare paid bystudents ,who willbe theu l t i m a t ebeneficia-ries of anyi m p r o v e -m e n t smade.

The largest of the proj-

ects this year, at roughly

$260,000, is a rip-and-

replace renovation of Cool-

baugh Hall room 209.

Students are encouraged to

voice their opinions to ASCSM

about where the next years

Classroom Equipment section

of the Capital Construction Fee

should go.

When asked to describe UpTil Dawn, Merika Treants ex-plained that, Its a fundraiserfor St. Jude Childrens ResearchHospital. The motto of St. Judeis, Finding cures. Saving chil-dren. Up Til Dawn is their col-lege program to raise money.

Thus far, the Colorado Schoolof Mines chapter has been quite

s u c c e s s f u l . According to Treants, Wehave an All-Tmeeting in thefall. We raised$9,721.97

The year be-fore we raised $7,000. This isthe third year Up Til Dawn has

held activities at Mines. All-T is the event though

which the Mines Up Til Dawn

group brings in most of theirmoney. At All-T, participants ad-dress letters to family and friendsrequesting donations for St.Jude. Last year it was Nov 5.Next year, it might be around the

same time, but possibly later. This Friday, Up til Dawn ishosting an open event. On theLawn With Up til Dawn is what

its called anyone can comeIts to celebrate how much moneythe school raised. The occasionwill be marked with free pizza,ice cream cake, and drinks. Theonly requirement of attendees isthat they each address at leastone letter asking for a donation.

Up Til Dawn at

MinesAlec Westerman

Staff Writer

On the Lawn With Up til Dawn

will be held on Kafadar Com-mons April 17 from 11:00 AMto 1:00 PM. Its not necessaryto commit two hours or even toshow up at a certain time to getfed. Treants invites everyone to,Come any time.

Treants would like to see Uptil Dawn grow and raise ever in-creasing sums of money. A largecomponent of that is outreach.She explained, We do a lot with

the Greekswe send out amass email.H o w e v e r ,more elabo-rate outreachhasnt beenfeasible. Tre-

ants explained, Weve been lim-ited by our budget. In order toensure that next year runs betterthan ever, Up til Dawn is seeking

qualied people for its executive

board.Treants told her tale of involve-

ment with Up til Dawn saying, I

actually got to go to the hospi-tal in Memphis. The hospital,she explained, is nonprot and

its involved in both treatmentand research. She described thetreatment facilities by saying, Itsreally happy. She also explainedthat when researches at St.Judes develop new treatments,they share their ndings freely in

hopes that they will benet more

children. Treants expressed howmuch she enjoyed Up til Dawn

saying, Its just a fun thing todo.

At All-T, participants

address letters to family

and friends requesting

donations for St. Jude.


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swinging all over the stage.Accompanying the dance team

was the CSM Ballroom DanceClub, who recently returned froma competition. The ballroom teamperformed two routines duringthe course of the night, highlight-ing swing dancing at its nest.

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[Oredigger] Its been ru-

mored by many students that

you are the personication of

geek; do you consider this to

be true?

[Doug] Yes, Im pretty much theepitome of geek.

What is your greatest geek

feat?

I may have had a WoW prob-lem in high school, which resultedin the absconding of my computer.Having my best interests at heart,I built a computer in my attic, ranthe cables through my wall, andhooked them up with breakawayconnections. Due to very late nightgaming hours, I could no longerraid with my original guild. I joinedan Aussie guild and developed anafnity for the Australian accent.

Do you play a lot of games

then?

Ive racked up half a year ofplaying time in World of Warcraftover the past four years. And in or-der to really be considered a geek,you have to put in a minimum offour hours of gaming daily. Unfor-tunately, college has gotten in theway of my gaming career.

What is your favorite game?

Im a bit nostalgic so Id have tosay The Legend of Zelda: The Oca-rina of Time. It holds a dear place inmy heart next to my TI-89 titanium.

What do you do in your free

time?Im also a theatre dork. Ivedone the set-building for Mines Lit-tle Theatre for the past two years,and I am branching out and do-ing some acting this year. Im alsoa snowboard nerd and once hada debate concerning the physicsof alpine boarding; how the forcebeing applied on the board whennormal to the surface creates ac-celerations equivalent to those ex-perienced by moto GP and F1 rac-ers. Im also a member of Sigma

Geek Weekof

the

...Doug Morter, Sophomore: Chemical EngineeringSarah Nelson

Staff WriterNu and Alpha Phi Omega.

Wow, how do you nd time

to balance all of your activities

while maintaining the geek im-

age?

Well, I have conicting sched-ules with socializing and gaming,but the key to a good geek balanceis not sleeping and Mountain Dew.

What do you consider to be

the difference between a geek

and a nerd?

Many people use the termsinterchangeably, but I consider anerd to be an antisocial geek. Ageek can still sport the pocket pro-tector and join all the cool clubslike robotics and [the] Linux usergroup. The nerd is that kid in thecorner playing Nintendo DS andrecharges it with his umbilical cord.

How are you enjoying your

chemical engineering classes

so far?

I admit that many latenights doing material andenergy balances Ivefallen asleep with mybook, and Ive actu-ally found that theMEB book is a bettercuddle buddy thanmost of what thisschool has to offer.

Its been said

that you cant go for

an entire conversa-

tion without any puns-

what is the trick to this

improv lingo?

Well,y o uc a n t

just gooff ona tan-gent toinsert apun be-c a u s et h e ny o uh a v e

a discontinuity in your conversa-tion. You have to ease them in soyou get a nice smooth sinusoi-dal function of puns-not a lineartrend where you start out with nopuns and work your way up untilsuddenly people are like, Woah,youre spammin me with puns.

The real key to puns is integrat-ing them into pickup lines.

And how is that done?

First you ask the girl her name,then, you nd out her major, and

base the pun off of that. For in-stance, if shes a biology majoryoud go for the I wish I were yourDNA helicase so I could unzip your

jeans whereas the I wish I wereyour derivative so that I could laytangent to those curves is appro-priate for a math major.

Have you had any success

with said puns?

I havent actuallyhad any of them be

effective, but Imgoing for quan-tity becauseprobability, es-pecially here,i n c r e a s e sexponentiallygiven thedistribution ofgirls. Or lack

thereof.

SARAH NELSON / OREDIGGER

Spring time is probably thebest time of the year. As theweather begins to warm, every-thing becomes green, and thehangover from E-days begins towear off. Every year in that magi-cal time between E-days and -nals something truly spectacularhappens: the Mines performingarts season. As students emergefrom their darkened dorm roomsto take the stage, the campus is

Tim WeilertContent Manager

Mines Dance Team recitalentertained with real tal-ent.

This year the groupthat kicked off the springseason was the MinesDance Team. When I saykicked, I mean it liter-ally. From the beginningof their performance, thedance team went all outwith kick-lines, choreog-raphy, and movement.

The dance team per-formed a variety of num-bers, including traditional

choreographeddancing, hip-hop, rock, 80s,and solo danc-

ing. Highlightsof the perfor-mance includ-ed solos from MirandaKloberdanz, Diane Wet-zel, and Laura Koeppel.Perhaps one of the mostimpressive and intenseroutines was a rousingrendition of Jump, Jive,and Wail with Cori Bark-er and Laura Koeppel

PATRICK BESEDA / OREDIGGER

Anand Erdenebileg

Staff Writer

Campus Benefactors:Cecil H. & Ida Green

A quick search on Googlefor Cecil and Ida Green Centeryields surprising results for most

Mines students. Rather than nd-ing results about our own belovedbuilding, one nds information

about MITs Green Center, Stan-fords Green Center, and theGreen Center at the University ofCalifornia, San Diego. Who werethese people, so inuential as to

have buildings at so many pres-tigious universities named afterthem? The answer to this ques-tion is English-American geophys-icist, philanthropist, and Texas In-struments Founder Cecil HowardGreen and his wife and fellow phi-lanthropist, Ida Mabelle Green.

Cecil H. Green was born on August 6, 1900 in Lancashire,England. After traveling with his

parents throughout the world fora number of years, living in placessuch as Nova Scotia, Toronto,and San Francisco, Green andhis family ended up in Vancouver,British Columbia. After graduatinghigh school in Vancouver, Cecilwent to the University of BritishColumbia-Vancouver, which hesoon left in order to attend theMassachusetts Institute of Tech-nology where, by 1924, he hadreceived both an undergraduatedegree and a Masters degree inElectrical Engineering. In 1953, hereceived the rst of many Honor-ary Doctorates, from the ColoradoSchool of Mines.

Throughout his youth, Greenhad a number of short-lastingengineering jobs. In 1924, he be-gan working for General Electric(GE) in Schenectady, NY, wherehe would research steam turbinegenerators and teach advancedengineering concepts for the GESchool. In 1926, he moved toCambridge, MA, to do researchon gaseous tube devices for Ray-theon. He then would work withwireless apparatus with a compa-ny in Boston and for the Federal

Telegraph Company until 1930.However, later in 1930, he wouldwork his rst job as a Geophysi-cist, working as a Field Chief forGeophysical Service, Inc. (GSI),the company which would soon

become Texas Instruments. Whilethere, he developed the techniqueof reection seismology, some-thing which would drasticallychange the way geophysicistsfound petroleum. In 1951, hav-ing been promoted to Vice Presi-dent of GSI, he and three of hiscolleagues formed Texas Instru-ments, a company which woulddo much more than geophysicalsurveys.

With the Texas Instrument, hemade a fortune as a success-ful businessman. Much of thismoney would be given away inphilanthropic causes. Over hislifetime, he gave away over $200million to educational and health

needs. In 1991, because of hisgreat efforts, Queen Elizabeth IIof the United Kingdom gave himan honorary knighthood. The In-stitute of Geophysics and Plan-etary Physics of The University ofCalifornia changed its name to theCecil H. and Ida D. Green branch.He contributed a large amount ofmoney to the Colorado School ofMines, including $1.7 million forthe Green Center. Mr. Green wasthe member of Advisory Councilat Mines and he received the Hon-orary Alumnus in 1970.

In his lifetime, he received 24Honors and Awards from aroundthe Globe; he was the memberof 13 educational and 11 profes-sional (geophysical and scientic)

associations and groups. He be-longed to social organizations,such as Dallas Petroleum Club,Dallas Country Club, and La JollaCountry Club. In 1990, Green be-came the rst American citizen to

be named an honorary member ofthe Chinese Geophysical Societyby the Republic of China.

Cecil Howard Green died in LaJolla, California, in 2003, at age102.


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Your student body

president, Kevin Duffy,

invites you to the FinalASCSM meeting of the

year.

The next ASCSM meeting is

April 16 at 7 PM in Student Cen-

ter Ballrooms A and B.

Not only is this the last chance

to see your student govern-

ment in action, but it is also the

meeting where the new ASCSM

representatives are initiated into

their new roles. Be there to see

it!

STUDENTS

Among the wave of botnets,

capped broadband and the ut-ter lack of Windows 7 on storeshelves, there are a few brightspots on the map with the techindustry. Theyre not even onthe horizon; theyre here rightnow. Most of them, anyway,albeit for a price that might behigher than what youd want topay.

1. The Core i7I love to root for the little guy

(AMD) but they just got blownaway... again ...by Intel. A fewmonths back, they releasedthe Core i7, a retooled proces-sor that doeswhat AMDdid several

years ago: killthe frontsidebus. The i7,paired witha few sticksof shiny newDDR3 mem-ory, clocks inat 50% higherperformance than same-speedCore 2 processors in most cas-es.

Whats more, a few days agoIntel introduced the server ver-sions of these processors, the

Xeon 5500 series. So now serv-ers can be 50% more powerful,making that side of your internetexperience flat-out lovely. Plus,with all that processing prow-ess, Xeon 5500 systems havea much higher performance-per-watt (the server chips drawabout two-thirds the power oftheir desktop counterparts),so you end up with a greenerserver, data center, etc.. Whodoesnt like greener serverswith beastly performance?

2. SSDsWelcome to the world of flash

drives on steroids. If you have acomputer that you might pos-sibly abuse, you have a lovelyexcuse for getting one of thesehigh-performance platter-lessstorage devices. Theyre not

just more durable; theyre alsorather fast, due to the fact thattheres no need to seek to a par-ticular point on the disk to finddata. The problem is that SSDs,especially good ones, are stillrather expensive. Ten times thecost of a comparable hard disk,or more, to be exact.

Of course, if you want ex-treme performance, youll wantsomething like the FusionIO io-Drve or the ioDrive Duo. Theseridiculously expensive ($15-$25or more per gigabyte) SSDs-on-an-expansion-card can churnout 1.5 gigabytes (thats witha G and a Y... were talking12,000 megabits) per second ofread and write throughput. Fu-sionIO demoed the super-SSDsperformance recently, playing768 DVD quality videos simul-taneously from a single drive...it took twelve servers to render.

3. Fiber and WiMAXMere hours before writing

this article (Friday, April 10),Windstream, a rather rural tele-phone company, announcedthe availability of 24-megabit-per-second fiber optic internet

Ian Littman, Tech Break Columnist

The next big things!

connectivity in Lexington, Ken-

tucky... for $45 per month, nophone service required. Theservice is meant to competewith the local provider (Insight),who is offering twenty-megabitspeeds over cable for ten dol-lars more. The point: competi-tion is very, very good in theinternet arena, especially whencompetition doesnt collude(ahem, AT&T and Time WarnerCable and those companiesproposed cap).

In other areas, Verizon is forc-ing the competition to upgradetheir systems with FiOS service,

which sportss p e e d sslightly more

a w e s o m ethan theirbilling is aw-ful. Pricingfor FiOS ismerely okay,except in ar-eas wherec o m p e t i -

tion is heavy, in which case itsrather nice (50 megabits downand 20 up for $90 per month).In New York City, cable operatorCablevision is rolling out city-wide WiFi and internet speedsas high as 100 Mbps in order tocombat fiber-to-the-home.

There are also municipalprojects that break even thesespeed and price barriers. In-cumbent carriers are going tohave a hard time competingwith the city of Lafayette, Loui-sianas municipal fiber network,constructed after all too muchhand-setting and FUD-spread-

ing by AT&T and Cox cable. The

speeds for internet: 10, 20 or50 Mbps... for both upload anddownload. The price for the 50megabit tier is $58, roughly thecost of 6-meg Comcast aroundhere... and the Comcast servicehas a mere megabit of uploadspeed.

In the wireless arena, LTE iscoming (its supposed to be re-ally, really fast) and WiMAX ishere, at least in a few places.People looking for a decentconnection outside the reachof DSL and cable can now getspeeds comparable to copper-based net access, and usersin town get high speeds at rela-tively low prices and with a fair

amount of mobility built in. The prime suspect: Clear.

Their mobile broadband pack-ages are tiered in order of ca-pacity, but a $50 unlimited tieris available, and speeds arecomparable to landline DSL.For home use, a 6/512 (megsdown/kilobits up) tier is avail-able for $40 per month, and 6/1(megabits/megabits) is $75, notbad for business class wirelessinternet. Too bad there isnt anyof that around here yet.

So, aside from high priceson computer components andlimited availability on internetaccess, the future is bright andthe future is now in the worldof tech. Sure, there can be im-provements (lower prices onSSDs, better availability on fi-ber and WiMAX, laptop-friendlyCore i7 models). Yet theres alot to be thankful for in the techarena at the moment.

Interested in more than sim-ply academia and power, Presi-

dent Bill Scoggins represents aman who has an adequate bal-ance between his professionaland personal life. Golf, jazz, andy-shing ll his thoughts when

pondering how best to use hisfree time, but family is his high-est priority, receiving his loveand devotion.

Leading CSM has become apassionate profession for Scog-gins, who described his positionat Mines as The greatest op-portunity and challenge I havehad in my career. He listednumerous avenues of joy thatpermeate his daily activities oncampus, he said, I love see-

ing students develop while I amhere. I also enjoy being aroundthe various research that is be-ing performed on campus.

Scoggins also reected on

the dramatic transformation thatstudents undergo during theircollege career, I like tosee freshman onthe rst day of

school withthat dazedlook ontheir facesand thenat gradua-tion whenthey arec o n f i d e n t

and mature.S c o g g i n s

praised the recent E-Days celebration as one of hisfavorite Mines traditions. Hisfavorite part of E-days is thecardboard boat race, followedclosely by the grand reworks

display.When he is not occupied by

the demands that come withbeing a college president, Scog-gins enjoys the game of golf asa pleasant diversion. I am aterrible golfer but I love to playgolf, he said.

Fly-shing is an outdoor ac-tivity that Scoggins used toenjoy frequently, however, thishobby had to be relinquished tothe demands of his job buthe hopes to pick up hisrod and reel again in thefuture.

Although he doesnot have much freetime, Scoggins hascommitted himself toa disciplined interestin reading as apastime andas a learn-

ing objective; this is evidencedby the two or three books al-ways present on his reading list.I would encourage studentsto read history or world affairs

books because many studentsare going to be working outsideof the United States and theyneed to understand the culturethey will be a part of, he ad-vised; Leadership books arealso important because manystudents will end up in leader-ship positions in business.

Honoring the importance heplaces on family, Scoggins saidthat the best part of life is be-ing able to witness and experi-ence your children develop andgrow into responsible adultswith their careers and families.

Three sons, a lawyer, a criticalcare physician, and a nancial

manager, used to ll the Scog-gins household but recently, ashe proudly stated, My wife andI have become grandparents; offthe job that is my favorite thingto be a part of.

Another delight of parent-hood, stated Scoggins,

is that, After threeboys and all the

things thatthey got h r o u g h ,it is nicethat theynow agreewith me

on somethings.

Some less-er known details

of Scogginss person-al life include that he once wasa trumpet player. Trumpet playerextraordinaire Winton Marsellisis his favorite musician and thegenre of traditional jazz is hispreference.

A prerequisite of Mines isthe tendency toward geeky at-tributes; Scoggins said that hewas not immune from this trend.I cant set a Blackberry downand I am trying to use a Blue-tooth device, he described. Atrait that he debated if it couldbe classied as geeky was that

he always peruses magazinesfrom the end to the begin-

ning.President Scog-

gins is a man brim-ming with expertiseand responsibility,yet also a father,outdoorsman, and

even a bandgeek.

Faculty SpotlightPresident Bill ScogginsBenjamin Johnson

Staff Writer

BENJAMIN JOHNSON / OREDIGGER

I

like to see fresh-

men on the rst day of

school with that dazed look on

their faces and then at gradu-

ation when they are con-

dent and mature.

President Scoggins is a man of many interests.

Aside from high prices on

computer components

and limited availability on

internet access, the future

is bright and the future is

now in the world of tech.


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For those who regularly read this column, youll notice that the American Film Institutes (AFI) top 100 list

is constantly being referenced in regards to quality movies. Back in the late 90s, AFI sat down and came up

with a representative list of American lms with the goal to select 100 of them to be considered the best of all

time. Ten years later, AFI repeated this process, this time including movies that had not yet been released at

the time of the original list. In both instances, the results came in and three movies stood out among the rest.

These three lms are perhaps the most referenced and quoted movies to be produced, and all three seem to

hold up under the scrutiny of time. This weeks Must See Movies examines the three movies that you absolutely

must see.

1. Citizen Kane (1941)

Surprisingly enough, even after taking the top spot in the AFI list two times running, Citizen Kane only won

one Oscar. This Oscar was for Best Writing, which is the one award that is shared by all three of this weeks

movies. Perhaps this similarity shows that writing is at the core of a timeless movie. At any rate, the plot of this

lm follows Charles Foster Kane (portrayed by Orson Welles, who also directed). Rich and alone, Kane mut-

ters the single word, Rosebud, before breathing his last breath. This single word sets reporters ablaze with

speculation to what the word means. In the reporters search for answers, the audience gets to see the life of

a great man from humble beginnings. As Kane begins to get more powerful through the strategic and cunning

running of a newspaper, he begins to lose his personality. When old age has nally taken its toll on him, the

audience sees that he has gained the world, only to have forfeited his soul.

2.Casablanca

(1942)On top of the Best Writing Oscar, Casablanca also won Oscars for Best Director (Michael Curtiz) and Best

Picture. Set in the Moroccan town of the same name, Casablanca tells the story of World War II refugees who

are trying to get to America. Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) owns a nightclub in Casablanca and has just hap-

pened to come into possession of two tickets to America. Lo and behold, who should show up at his nightclub

but Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman), Ricks former lover who just happens to need two tickets to America for her

and her husband. With lots of drama, Nazis, and some comedy, Casablanca ends with The beginning of a

beautiful friendship.

3. The Godfather(1972)

Another Best Picture winner, The Godfatheris perhaps the most quintessential mobster movie ever made.

Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando, who won the Best Actor Oscar for this lm), is the head of a New York maa

family. His youngest son, Michael (Al Pachino) comes back from the war and does not want anything to do with

the business his father runs. As the times change, Vitos ideals end up getting the rest of the maa families to

plan his demise. Once Vito has been compromised, Michael must step in to keep the family together. However,

in order to control the family, Michael must eliminate some of his competitors and distance himself from the

ones he loves.

For Homework See Gone With the Wind(1939)

Must See MoviesBenjamin M. Weilert, Staff WriterThe top three

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Beer Review:

Samichlaus BierAkira Rattenbury

Staff Writer

Like many beer makers who

claim they make the greatest or

worlds best or most drinkable

beer, this weeks sample promi-

nently proclaims it is the worlds

most extraordinary beer. Wrapped

neatly in silver foil, this Christmas

gift is a menace.

I know its Spring and uffy, hop-

pier, lighter beverages are all the

rage, but I couldnt resist this 14%

ABV beer. It just looks light in its

silver lacing and narrow 11.2 oz.

bottle. As I have found all semester,

cute looks can be deceiving.

The rst alarm should have

been the label surrounding the

little image of Saint Nick declar-

ing the beer was brewed in 2007.

While Coors claims its beers last a

mere 16 weeks, Samichlaus made

over a years journey from divine

conception until I poured it into my

glass.

This malt liquor concoction was

rst brewed in 1980 in Zurich, Swit-

zerland by some sort of depraved

lunatic with a sadistic lust for malt,

malt, and more malt. Briey dis-

continued in 1996, the annually

brewed sadist dopplebock lager

has returned with renewed Aus-

trian care.

Critics have hailed it as a bal-

anced, if slightly alcohol-enriched,

brew with Michael Jackson, the

consummate beer expert, declar-

ing it soothing and gently warm-

ing. I disagree. Some platitudes

shared by myself and others seemin order.

Its overwhelming.

Punches you in the face.

Gross.

The lager poured a beautiful

amber red color like a Killians or

Fat Tire Amber Ale, both of which

are smoother and much better. A

frothy yellow one-inch head lin-

gered over a translucent glass full

of slowly rising bubbly zz. A thin,

oily lacing stuck to the sides of my

glass for an eternity.

Smell was strong but smooth

with heady notes of grains, malt,

honey, bread, malt, and maybe

some raisin or olive hints all cow-

ering under excessive malt tones.

If the looks were enticing and

innocent, and the smell was in-

toxicatingly rich but expected,

the taste brought nothing but bit-

ter regret. Like winding up drunk

and belligerent while drinking with

your parents as a mature adult

around the Holidays, this beer

was disappointingly unsmooth.

Taste was potent, excessive,

liquor-like, and oily. Malt textures,

honey, and caramel clashed in an

epic battle for supremacy only to

leave my taste buds seared with

the astringent metallic death taste

reminiscent of biting your tongue.

The alcohol avor was vaguely

masked by the excess of com-

plimentary malt and sugar, but

reared its ugly head and left my

pallet in a WWE strangle-hold.

Mouthfeel was awful, oily, bit-

ter, and devastating. A palatable

40 oz of malt liquor is not only half

as expensive, but substantially

easier to drink. I may be a wuss,

but at least I can taste my food

after drinking. Incidentally, this

dopplebock pairs well with most

cheeses and chocolate. I suggest

dark chocolate.

Half a beer in and this beer

on steroids gave me a burning

stomach-ache. By the end how-

ever, I admit my mouth adjusted.

My weakling senses succumbed

to the German prowess of this

super-beer, and I started to parse

out subtle avors and enjoy the

pain. Maybe it was just Stock-holm syn-

drome, or

perhaps this

beer really is

the best and

just needs

a stronger

constituted

i m b i b e r

to enjoy.

Check it out

at Apple-

jacks and

decide for

yourself.AKIRA RATTENBURY / OREDIGGER

featuring keynote speaker Calvin MackiePh.D. in Mechanical Engineering and author of

View from the Roof: Lessons for Life and Business

september 26, 2009coming

minesonline.net/leadershipsummitvisit

for more information

arriving soon at the CSM bookstore!


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esterns territor y covers 1.3 million square

miles (3.38 million square kilometers).

Westerns wholesale power customers provide

service to millions of consumers in 15 western states

(Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,

Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico,

North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and

Wyoming). In addition to our Corporate Services

Oce in Lakewood, Colo., Western operates and

maintains the transmission system from its four

regional oces in Billings, Mont.; Phoenix, Ariz.;

Loveland, Colo.; and Folsom, Calif. We market power

from these regions and our CRSP Management

Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

We:

supply hydroelectric power to 683 wholesale

power customers.

operate and maintain more than 17,401 miles of

transmission lines, 268 substations and other

related facilities.

sell an average of 40 billion kilowatt-hours of

powerenough to serve about 10.9 million

homes for one year.

employ about 1,300 Federal employees

and 300 contract workers.

The Federal government is the nations largest

employer and oers unparalleled job security andopportunity. Western Area Power Administration

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following opportunities: Student loan repayment

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Western Area Power Administration:

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Western Area Power

Administration markets anddelivers reliable, cost-basedhydroelectric power, and related

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United States. Were one of theU.S. Department of Energys

four power marketingadministrations. Our customers

are municipal utilities, ruralelectric cooperatives, public

utility and irrigation districts

and Federal and state agencies.

Introduction: Andrew Bird is a man of many talents.

As a multi-instrumentalist, Bird was trained

in the Suzuki method and later graduated

from Northwestern University with a de-

gree in violin performance. Dont get fright-

ened by his resume, Birds newest release

Noble Beast is an accessible pop record

with beautiful composition and a unique

sound. A master of all things musical, Bird

himself provides violin, guitar, and whistling

parts throughout the album. Furthermore,

for those who might want to hear the more

experimental size of Bird, the deluxe version

of the album comes with an hour-long in-

strumental bonus disc titled Useless Crea-

tures.Memorable Song:

It is hard to identify one song that should

earn this title (since about ve tracks arereally memorable), but Fitz and the Diz-

MusicNoble Beast, Andrew Bird

zyspells stands out. A mixture of warbling

whistle, vibrant violin, and driven drums,

this song typies Birds upbeat style and

straightforward songwriting. Perhaps just

as memorable is the opening track Oh No,a song that personally makes me question

my whistling ability in light of Birds perfor-

mance.

Forgettable Song:

Unfolding Fans, a one-minute long

track is forgettable in that it simply exists

as a ll between two longer tracks. Perhaps

this is the place to talk about the fact that

this is really a record that should be listened

to as a whole. Interludes, such as this track,

serve to tie the entire listening experience

together and create a unique record.Final Thoughts:

Andrew Bird may not be the best known

singer/songwriter out there, but he is cer-

tainly one of the more talented people do-

ing music today. Having missed his recent

concert at the Ogden Theater, I am excited

to see him this summer as he will open forDeath Cab For Cutie on their upcoming tour.

Reviews

Tim Weilert

Content Manager

BackgroundSara Lov emerged from a troubled past to

produce her rst solo album Seasoned Eyes

Were Beaming. After her parents divorced

when she was a child, Sara was abducted

by her father and taken to Israel before being

later returned to the United States. The album

reects the emotional journey of her past and

presents an optimistic view for a future that is

there to be captured and enjoyed. Lov, along

with Dustin OHalloran, formed the pop duo

Devics in 1998. After the group disbanded, Lov

decided to produce this album, a compilation of

airy, reminiscent tracks that was released March

17, 2009.Memorable Song

The title track of this album is one that speaks

of the remarkable perspective Lov exhibits in life.

It is a track that demands the listener obtain

a positive life outlook. Seasoned Eyes WereBeaming starts with the lyrics I was born a

warrior/ I came out in shining armor/ I fought the

great war/ One that mattered. The soft acoustic

rhythms fuse with Lovs delicate but condant

voice to produce a song that inspires, relaxes,

and comforts at the same time.

Least Favorite Song

Touched is a strange song but one that still

ts well on the album. The problem is that the

song seems more like an intermediate phase

on the album rather than an actual song. Most

of the track is composed of slow, darker instru-

mentation with the incorporation of a cello in thebackground. Lovs voice is a distinct part of the

album and one that the listener expects and de-

sires to hear but is absent throughout most of

the track which is its biggest setback.In Closing

Sara Lov, a singer and songwriter, has put

together an album that is a joy to listen to. It is

a mix of peaceful, relaxing, haunting, mystical

sounds that combine into an album that dis-

places the stress and worry of life. With a voice

similar to Norah Jones, Lov speaks hope for the

future into listeners and compels them to reect

on the life lived, enjoying the blessings received

and overlooking the wrongs that befell them. To

label this record as only emotional and contem-

plative does not include the mastery of music

required to portray these feelings. The combina-

tion of thoughtful lyrics, Lovs soothing voice, and

the heartwarming acoustic musical style formthis album into one that will be listened to many

t i m e s

over.

Benjamin Johnson

Staff Writer

Seasoned Eyes were Burning, Sara Lov

Cooking CornerTurnovers

Preheat the oven to 400F. Lightly coat a bak-

ing sheet with oil or cooking spray. Place the cream

cheese in small bowl and stir until completely smooth.

Separate the egg yolk from the egg white. Place

the egg white in a small bowl and add the egg yolk to

the cream cheese and stir until combined. Open the

can of croissants and unroll each packet of dough.

Spoon a tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture

down the center of each triangle from one corner to

the base. Press the blueberries into the cream cheese.

Fold the sides around the lling, wet the points with a

little water, and press tightly to seal. (Press the sides

tightly together or they will open while they bake.)

Place the turnovers in the baking pan, brush with

the egg white, and sprinkle lightly with sugar. (If you

are making these ahead, you can cover the pan with

plastic wrap and refrigerate them for up to 4 hours

before baking.) Bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden

brown. Remove from the oven and serve warm.

Also, try with other fruits as the lling. Strawber-

ries, rasperries, and peaches would make good sub-

stitutions

4 ounces cream cheese, softened

1 egg

cup sugar plus extra for sprinkling

2 cans of ready-to-bake croissants

pint blueberries (1 cup)

Lily Giddings

Managing Editor

LILY GIDDINGS / OREDIGGER


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Roby Brost

Staff Writer

State budget and tuition costs

Minds at Mines

Sometimes, when organizations need money, they hold a bake sale.Occasionally they do a car wash. If the organization is in really big trouble,they have a bake sale and a car wash, and use their very attractive friendsto promote the carwash. When the amount of money that is involvedtotals around $300 million, it becomes apparent that neither a bake salenor a car wash will remedy the discrepancy of funds. So what to do?One of the current proposed solutions is to increase the tuition for highereducation. But how do Mines students feel about a tuition increase of upto ten percent?

I think it is unfair to put Colorados debt problemson students who are going to college, who fall underthat Higher Education category. I think that is a lot ofpressure on the students, besides the extra work andincrease of tuition. I know that the tuition increase

has not been denitively decided on, but maybe

there is a better plan. For instance, for one ofthe clubs Im in, were required to spend

all of the money in our budget. What ifinstead of increasing the amount of

money students have to pay fortuition, why dont we save thatmoney? It would at least con-tribute less to the increase.

Ramon Ortega

There are enough people that have troublepaying back student loans as it is. Its not like theloans we already have are little or insubstantial.Increasing the tuition rate is going to make iteven harder to stay in school.

Jessa Smith

I dont know if it [this proposed increase]is the best of ideas. Tuition has been in-

creasing already over the years, every

single year that I have been here the tu-ition increase has also increased. I thinkthat there might be an alternate solu-

tion than to raising tuition. Perhapsthe government could nd a way to

help the school nd a better way

to use taxes and help the schoolrather than passing on yet an-

other large tuition increase.Dan Andrews

I dont really see how it will x the budget be-cause if people have problems paying for col-

lege as it is, then less people will be able toattend, and get trained and paid for higher

education jobs... I think that there mostbe a more effective solution, but I reallycouldnt say what it is.

Ian Sutton

I think that a tuition increase is a bad idea. Ifyou take away from higher education, you takeaway from the tax base, you take away fromthe potential for more taxes in the future, be-cause people will have a harder times stay-ing in school. There are other, less usefulprograms, that could be reduced. But ofcourse I think that the tuition increasefor higher education is a really bad idea;Im paying for it now.

Steve Miller

two ents

Tims

Thoughts on communityTim Weilert

Content Manager

Community. Its one of thosewords that gets thrown arounda lot today. Youve got gated-communities, internet communi-ties, hippie communes the listgoes on. One of the most inter-esting things about Mines (andmost universities, from what I cangather), is the intense emphasisplaced on community. However,there is no Community 101 class,so what does it look like to liveconstructively with other peoplefrom diverse backgrounds?

Before diving headrst into

what community is, it might beuseful to outline things that I be-lieve community is not:

1. Knowing everybody. I knowa lot of people, but that doesntmean I live in community withthem. Just because I interactwith a few hundred people ona regular basis does not mean

were going any deeper than thesurface level.

2. Liking the same stuff. Onceagain, this is an issue of depth.Simply because people havecommon interests does not nec-essarily mean a community is be-ing formed. It really just meansthat a particular group of peoplehave found themselves enter-tained by one thing or another.

So, what is community?1. Solidarity. What makes

Mines interesting when comparedto other universities is that wevegot years of engineering prestigeand practice to stand upon. Inone sense, it is our mutual devo-tion to the ideals of science thatmakes our campus a community,but this can be true for any num-ber of principles.

2. Depth. How far are youwilling to go? Greatness is oftennot achieved unless someonehas been challenged. Forminghealthy relationships with people

who can challenge you might justbe one of the best investments ofyour time, energy, and money.

Finally, never get comfortable.Oftentimes in the comfort-seek-ing American culture in which wereside, it becomes easy to nd a

good thing and never leave. If youare 100% comfortable with yourcurrent situation then somethinghas gone wrong. Comfort existswhen there is no challenge in apersons life. No challenge oftenmeans no growth. Communityexists as an incubator for per-sonal growth.

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Its no secret. Life is tough thesedays. The economy is bad and itseffects are vast and cumbersome.Where it hurts us most: our wallets.

As students of the ColoradoSchool of Mines, we have the dis-tinct advantage of not worryingtoo much about securing a job inthis upside down market. That stilldoesnt mean we shouldnt be fru-gal and stretch every dollar in ourcrazy college lifestyles until the bigbucks start rolling in. Here are afew hints, tips, and tricks on howto survive the school year, collegestyle.

Food

Food is our biggest concern.Weve got to study and weve gotto have full stomachs to doit. How can we ll our bel-lies and not do it with threesquare meals of ramennoodles?

When shoppingat your local grocerystore, try to buy itemsthat are less than$1.50. This meansgoing to storebrand items fromtime to time, butwhy not? For instance,a 2-liter of Coca-Cola can be al-most $2; Safeway Select Cola is69 cents on sale and 99 cents nor-mally. It seems like an easy choiceto me. Totinos pizzas, anything ina can, and Mac & Cheese are allgreat choices for a meal/snack.

The problem you might seeis that not everything at the storecan be found for less than $1.50.

Things you ARE allowed to go overa buck fty for are meats, dairyproducts, and any frozen or drymeals in a box. Still, try to choosewisely, use your store discountcard, and only buy what you willactually eat.

Another good idea is to go on-line and nd the coupons to that

store. Every coupon that is in theSunday paper is online too, so use

Mike Stone

Fools Gold Content Manager

How to survive the economythem!

A bonus idea is a trip to Cost-co or Sams Club once a month.

These bulk stores can help sig-nicantly on everything from deli

meats and ketchup bottles the sizeof your head to toilet paper andlaundry detergent.

Lastly, as college students, we

resort to venturing off to fast foodrestaurants way too often. Its im-portant to follow these guidelinesat the drive thru:

1) Go less than 3 times a week.You can make the same thing your-self for less, so do it! Dont be lazy.

2) Stick to the dollar menu. InGolden, we have access to over 97dollar menu choices at our nger-

tips. Use it and dont get morethan ve.

3) If you DOget a combo

meal, get

ONLY thecombo meal. Dontadd on another couple ofburgers. Stick with the one sand-wich, fries, and a drink.

Gas

Theres no two ways about it-gas prices are high and it stinks!

Trying to nd the best prices can

also be a disaster if youre irting

with the E a little too often. I ven-tured around Goldens nest gas

stations and am proud to reportthe three gas stations that have theconsistently lowest prices.

The Peerless Tires on the cor-ner of South Golden and Ulysses,the Sinclair on the corner of Twelthand Ford, and the Diamond Sham-

rock on the Corner of Colfax andRooney Road all have the lowestgas prices in town. Visit these sta-tions and you wont be disappoint-ed. King Soopers also offers dis-counts on gas with a membershipcard. If all else fails, use your stu-dent bus pass to get around town.Its efcient and a great resource.

Alcohol

Yes, I know: youre a collegestudent and you like to party.(Wooo!) Heres the secret on howto keep your wallet full in this realm.

First, bars are expensive. Youwant to keep your tab low, but itsyour turn to buy the next round!Heres what you do:

1) Dont go more than oncea week. Too many tabs and toomany quarters in the juke box addup.

2) Go to the bars with the drinkspecials and the low pitcher prices.Good choices here are the Ace-Hi,Blue Canyon, and the Yard House;

all on the right nights.3) Dont buy a roundfor the guys unlessyou know theyre

buying a round for you.This way, it all evens out

at some point!Next, were looking to

throw a party, so wheresthe best deals at liquor

stores? If youre staying intown, the best place to roam

is Golden Crown near KingSoopers. They have consistently

low prices, great selection andstaff, and nally, they offer a 5%

Mines Student Discount on every-thing except sale items and kegs.

If youre looking to venture downI-70 a bit, Apple Jacks is the placeto go. Their selection is enormousand their prices are the lowest inthe area. Watch out though - theirprices are low because they dontaccept credit cards. Make sure tohit the ATM before you ll up your

shopping cart.Lastly, let us not forget that the

Coors Factory IS just down thestreet and they give away free beer.Praise be to God.


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After a year dedicated to im-proving, the CSM track team sent

a group of extremely talented and

committed men and women to

the NCAA Division Two Indoor Na-

tional Championships in Houston,

Texas. On March 13 and 14 the

best runners in the country con-

verged on the University of Hous-

ton campus to compete.

History was set for Mines when

the mens team placed ninth; it was

the highest nish at the national

level of any indoor

track team in school

history. Ben Zywicki,

Mark Husted, Nick

Maynard, and Mack

McLain comprised

Mines mens dis-

tance relay team

that won the relay

event in 9:57.56.

Husted also had a

fourth place nish in

the mens 800 me-

ter run with a time

of 1:53.70 while

McLain, the Rocky

Mountain Athletic

Conference (RMAC)

Mens Freshman

of the Year, placed

eighth in the one

mile run in 4:14.48.

Other notable per-

Benjamin Johnson

Staff Writer

formers included Zywicki who

placed seventh in the 5000 meter

run with a time of 14:26.24 and

Maynard nished ninth in the 800

meter run in 1:57.36.

The womens team also ran

well at the national meet, they n-

ished in a tie for 38th. Melanie Ped-

dle placed sixth in the one mile run

with a time of 4:58.23 and Kiera

Benson ran well in the 60 meter

dash but missed the nals with a

time of 7.64.

Before indoor nationals the

CSM track team competed at

the RMAC Indoor Track and Field

Championships where both the

CSM track performs well

at national meetmens and womens teams had

great results. Justina Larsen, a

member of the track team, said

that a notable accomplishment

was that, At the RMAC Confer-

ence meet, Art Siemers got Coach

of the Year for mens and womens

track. CSM track continued be-

ing awarded for an incredible sea-

son with 25 members of indoor

team selected for the Academic

All-RMAC award. To qualify for

selection, an athlete must have a

cumulative GPA of at least 3.2, be

a starter or key reserve, and have

completed a minimum of two con-

secutive semesters at the univer-

sity level.

Since indoor nation-

als, we really havent had

much going on, said

Larsen, but, Our rst out-

door meet was cancelled

because of the snow, and

we have a meet at the

Tom Benich Classic in

Greeley April 4, and the

University of Colorado In-

vitational in Boulder April

11. The Tom Benich

meet was cancelled due

to inclement weather.

The team expects to con-

tinue performing well and

bringing national recogni-

tion to Mines and the run-

ning program.

Data was obtained

courtesy of CSM Athlet-

ics.LILY GIDDINGS / OREDIGGER

Apr. 6, 2009 Colorado Christian University holds a ve-stroke lead

over Regis University after the rst round of play at the 2009 Bob Writz

Invitational (par 71; hosted by Colorado School of Mines) on Monday

afternoon, April 6, at Fox Hollow Golf Course in Lakewood.

The Cougars registered an opening-round team stroke total of 288

(+4) while the Rangers nished at 293 (+9) on Monday. Montana State

University Billings currently resides in third place (297; +13) while FortHays State University and the host Orediggers are currently tied for

fourth place (305; +21).

CCUs Jon Klingensmith and MSU Billings Travis Gates are pres-

ently tied for rst place on the individual leaderboard at -1 (70). Regis

Josh Wagner, Oklahoma Panhandle State Universitys Chris Herring

and CCUs Philip Nelson enter Tuesdays competition in a three-way

tie for third place at +1 (72). The Cougars Patrick Kent and Brandon

Hystad, as well as Regis Taylor Hulbert, are all currently tied for sixth

place at +2 (73).

Six student-athletes from the Colorado School of Mines wrestling

team have earned Academic All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

honors. These students are: Seniors Cody Weitzel, Kellen Costelow,

and Sean Studer, Junior Bobby Strain, and Red shirt freshmen Jacob

Guynes and Dylan Lewis.

Apr. 7, 2009 Colorado Christian University won the team champi-

onship at the 2009 Bob Writz Invitational (hosted by Colorado School

of Mines), which was held on Monday and Tuesday, April 6 and 7, atFox Hollow Golf Course in Lakewood.

The Cougars, who held a ve-stroke lead over Regis University after

Mondays opening round of play, concluded the event with a two-round

team stroke total of 577 (+5) to nish 13 strokes ahead of the second-

place Rangers (590; +18). Montana State University Billings (603;

+31) placed third, Colorado School of Mines (607; +35) nished fourth

and Fort Hays State University (616; +44) took fth place. The U.S.

Air Force Academy J.V. squad (623; +51) placed sixth and Oklahoma

Panhandle State University (636; +64) nished seventh.

CCUs Patrick Kent (73, 68; -2) and Jon Klingensmith (70, 71; 141),

who tied for medalist honors, were the only two players to conclude

the two-day event under par. Regis Josh Wagner (72, 72; +1) placed

third, MSU Billings Travis Gates (70, 76; +3) nished fourth and

CCUs Philip Nelson (72, 75; +4) and Regis Greg Johnson (74, 73; +4)

tied for fth place. Joe Schwark (77, 74; +8) and Bobby McCracken

(76, 75; +8) tied for 12th place to pace the host Orediggers.

ScoreboardCourtesy CSM Athletics


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Despite the best efforts of the-

organization-formerly-known-as-

AC&N staff, students rejoiced at a

full week of uptime for the Mines

e-mail system. POP3, IMAP4, and

even webmail (denitely not 5) sys-

tems didnt go down, fail over, or

overheat, resulting in an explosion of

LOLrus pictures onto the inboxes of

unsuspecting user IDs. Apparently,

the steam boilers powering the write

heads of intersection.mines.edushard disks didnt blow on schedule,

causing the rather odd instance of

complete functionality over the last

week.

Well have to do be more diligent

next time, said systems administra-

tor Epich Phail. If we go on with this

foolishness much longer, well break

two nines of reliability. We cant pos-

sibly have that. Even some students

were miffed by the unexpected up-

time. This means that my e-mail

ate my homework is no longer a

valid excuse when I was too drunk to

complete an assignment by its due

date, complained Aaron A. Studen-

tenner. Guess Ill have to move out

of my parents basement and get a

Ian Littman

Beware the Horde

Mines e-mail system staysonline for one full week

dog.

The unexpected uptime also may

serve to slow Miness adoption of a

GMail-based groupware solution. Af-

ter all, as another sysadmin said (who

preferred to remain anonymous dueto the potential restorm of student

feedback on the matter), If it aint

broke, dont x it. At least, not until

it breaks again, and stays broke for

twenty-four hours.

There are conspiracy theories

that downtime is actually created

under duress by the physics depart-

ment. After all, with e-mail working,students can now complain about

the sometimes overloaded, always

inherently evil LON-CAPA systems

hosted by the physics department.

Physics department techs and ad-

ministrators were unavailable for

comment, though one student re-

ported seeing a physics TA heading

down to the CTLM basement with a

pair of wire cutters.

The organization-formerly-

known-as-AC&N has issued a press

release that it is in talks with No Up-

time Hosting, at www.nouptime.

com, to ensure that Mines e-mail

systems never experience such

an outstanding uptime record ever

again.

In a move that rocked the Den-

ver sports scene, Broncos owner

Pat Bowlen decided to trade quar-

terback Jay Cutler away amidst

recent drama. Cutler, who couldnt

cooperate with the organization,

agreed that the move would be

best for both himself and the Bron-

cos.

In exchange for 27 vouchers for

items from the dollar menu, Cutler

will be traded to the Wendys Ham-

burgers restaurant on Colfax andClarkson. Instead of his previous

duties, which were supposed to in-

clude: completing passes, winning

games, and not-sucking; Cutler

will now be responsible for cooking

french fries and hamburgers.

Were glad to have him on

board, but Im worried about his

commitment to the organization,

said Wendys general manager

Craig Robertson. As a result of Cut-

lers previous drama with the Bron-

cos, he will be under extra supervi-

sion while dealing with customers,

and he wont be allowed near the

Frosty machine.

Diners at the franchise where

Cutler began working last Thursday

offered their comments. Its good

to see that hes got another job,

but I think he forgot my chili, said

Aurora resident Joe Brockman. Ja-

mie Welt said, Maybe theBroncos will nally have

another chance at the

Super Bowl if they

get going in a posi-

tive direction... hey,

how long does it

take to cook a f***ing chicken sand-

wich?!?!

The ghost of Wendys founder

Dave Thomas was unavailable for

comment. He is currently

haunting the Hall of Jus-

tice. Who we gonna

call? GHOST-

BUSTERS! [do do

do do do do, duh

nuh nuh nuh nuh.]

Tim Weilert

Sports Analyst

Jay Cutler traded to Wendys

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