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T H E O R E D I G G E RVolume 92, Issue 7 October 24, 2011

The student voice of the Colorado School of Mines

Football out-

scores Western

State 48-33

Sports 7

w w w . O R E D I G G E R . n e t

Opinion 10

Features 4

News 3

Satire 11

CSM recieves

grant for mining

safety

A Farewell to

Steve Jobs

What is your

favorite Hallow-

een candy?

Lady Gaga: New

face of PETA

With development on the rise

around the world and the metals

that allow it to occur in short supply,

new sources must be found to satisfy

demand. The sources suggested by

Dr. Steve Scott from the University of

Toronto are seaoor massive suldes

(SMS), the study of which he has

pioneered for decades.Scott was the rst mining geolo-

gist to examine black smoker geo-

thermal vents, which are the source

of SMS deposits. During the lecture,

he explained how the vents form and

why they are so mineral rich. In parts

of the ocean, seawater permeates

the seaoor, and is heated by magma

just beneath the surface causing min-

erals and metals from the surrounding

rock to dissolve. When the hot water

passes back up through the seaoor

and contacts the ambient cold water,

suldes precipitate, forming black

clouds of material and chimney-like

spires. Said Scott, The spires grow

and they fall down, new spires grow

and they fall down, and eventually you

have a massive sulde. The processis helped along by frequent seismic

activity found in these areas of sulde-

friendly geothermal activity.

One such location is near Papua

New Guinea in the Manus Basin

of the Bismarck Sea. Discovered

in 1997 by Scott and Ray Binns of

CSIRO Australia, this location called

Solwara 1 is the closest of any SMS

deposit to actually being mined. The

rights to the 0.11 square kilometer,

1600 meter deep site are owned

by Nautilus Minerals, which plans to

use robots to excavate the mineral

formation by scraping off layers at

a time and pumping them to the

surface. The process is expected to

begin in 2013.

Marine mining requires no infra-

structure, poses little risk to miners,

and creates no waste rock. Insteadof being underground in tunnels,

Miners and engineers will sit on

air conditioned ships, and pilot the

robots, said Scott. He added, No-

body lives on the sea oor, so there

are not social repercussions. These

benets combined with potentially

higher yields than many geologically

similar land mines might make marine

mining a better option, but it is not

without serious problems.

Chief among these problems is

potential damage to black smoker

ecosystems. Scott mentioned that

focus may be shifting away from

extinct black smokers to ones that

are more active.

Each black smoker ecosystem

supports a unique cast of creatureswhich are frequently one of a kind.

Powerful mining robots could easily

destroy ecosystems which may be

the only known examples on the

planet. As with any mining operation,

careful environmental study must be

performed to ensure minimal impact.

It remains to be seen whether

SMS mining will take off and be-

come a major source of metals and

resources like Scott has suggested it

can. Risks associated with mining the

ocean oor may be too great to justify

actually doing it. That being said,

there is still undeniable mineral wealth

to be found there - undeniable wealth

recognized by a different person in a

Mining metals in the dark depths

Ian Mertz

Assistant Copy Editor

This vigorously venting black smoker, called Sully, emits jets of particle-laden uids that create the black smoke.

A black smoker in the High Rise portion of the Endeavour

Hydrothermal Vents.

different time. Scott concluded his

lecture with a quote. ...In the ocean

depths, there are mines of zinc, iron,

silver, and gold that would be quite

easy to exploit. The author of the

quote was Jules Verne, and the year

was 1870. Now, 140 years later, it is

possible to actually do it.

Untapped mineral resources found on the sea oor

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Headlines from around the worldLocal News

Wall Street protestors in

Colorado Springs, CO havebeen given a 30-day permit toerect tents, tables, chairs anda portable toilet in a section ofa downtown park. One of theprotest organizers, Jason Waf,states that the $100 permit forAcacia Park was paid for fromdonations. For now the protest-ers are free to stay, but city of-cials can revoke the permit witha 14-day notice if they deem itnecessary to protect publichealth, safety or convenienceof the park users.

Current laws in Denver, COstate that sleeping in Denverparks is illegal while sleep-

ing on any other city propertyis not. Denver Mayor MichaelHancock says that he would bein support of a new ordinancethat would make camping onall city property illegal. Han-cock has been working on asolution to the growing popula-tion of homeless people in Den-ver since he came into ofce inJuly. Among the top complaintsof city visitors is the safety andnumber of homeless people inDenvers 16th Street Mall.

Debra Sue, the wife of LarryEdward Magus of Fort Collins,CO, was convicted of conningmore than 100 Wyoming resi-

dents out of money. Sue liedsaying that the money wouldsend disabled children to amagic show. Sue turned her-self in and was charged withconspiracy to obtain propertyby false pretense. Maguns wasconvicted on the same chargeand court documents showthat at least 50 people gavedonations to the couple totalingmore than $1,000.

Joshua Kleitsch, Staff Writer

Joshua Kleitsch, Staff Writer

President Barack Obama is

calling for the strongest sanc-

tions against Iran for its alleged

involvement in a plot to kill Saudi

Arabias ambassador to the

United States. Obama says the

US has strong evidence to support

claims that Iran was involved. The

president elaborated on what spe-

cic sanctions he might support.

With the fall of Libyas former

government, many small groups

of smugglers are transporting

Libyan heavy weapons across

Egypt to Gaza, taking advantageof the current lack of a domestic

police force. Israels government is

concerned about this smuggling,

especially of antiaircraft missiles

because Israel relies heavily on

aircraft to combat Hamas forces

in Gaza.

Fighting in Sirte, the home of

Libyas former dictator Muammar

Qadda, has nally ceased with

the report that Qadda was

killed. Mixed emotions were felt in

the nation as many citizens cel-

ebrated the death of the former

leader, while others expressed

their concerns about contin-

ued violence.

The Arab Spring series

of revolutions in the MiddleEast and North Africa that

began months ago are far

from over, as protest-

ers in Yemen and Syria

have been re-energized

by Qaddas death.

Demonstrators ooded

the streets as the reports

came out Friday, shouting

chants such as Your turn

is coming, Bashar, calling

for the expulsion of Syrias Bashar

al-Assad.

President Barack Obama has

stated that the last American

soldiers will leave Iraq by the

end of the year. This decision

comes as an alteration to an ear-

lier commitment made by the

Obama administration to leave

about 3,000 American troops to

function as trainers for the grow-

ing Iraqi national mili tary. Disagree-

ments between the US and Iraq

about immunity from legal pros-

ecution for these trainers causedthe change.

The late Steve Jobs told presi-

dent Obama that he was headed

for a one-term presidency, be-

cause of his policies toward busi-

nesses, says an authorized biog-

raphy of the former Apple CEO

and co-founder slated for release

this week. Jobs reportedly told

the president he needed to work

on making business more prot-

able for Americans in order to be

re-elected.

The Obama administration hasapproved the rst oil-drilling

plan for BP since the Deepwa-

ter Horizon explosion more than a

year ago. Representative Edward

Markey criticized the decision stat-

ing, Comprehensive safety legis-lation hasnt passed Congress,

and BP hasnt paid the nes they

owe for their spill, yet BP is being

given back the keys to drill in the

gulf.

London, England - The Black Death that wiped out a large fraction

of Europes population in the mid 14th-century seems to have been

caused by an early version of the same bacteria that causes plague

around the world today. Researchers excavated a 650 year old grave

site in London to study the human remains there, and successfully se-quenced roughly 99% of the Black Death bacterial genome. The bacte-

ria, Y. pestis, shows no unique mutations that would explain why it was

so deadly. The researchers concluded that the massive death toll must

have been caused by a variety of conditions that no longer exist today.

Johannesburg, South Africa - Ancient humans appear to

have had paint as far back as 100,000 years ago, according to

a new discovery by a team of archaeologists. While not paint in

todays sense, this pigment, known as ocher, has a liquid form

and contains all of the necessary ingredients to function as paint.The discovery was made in a cave overlooking the Indian Ocean

in South Africa, where several other ground-breaking discoveries

have been made. The archaeologists discovered the cave held

what appeared to be a paint shop, with large mortar and pestle

sets as well as containers to hold and mix the paint. Research-

ers at several universities around the world speculate that this

discovery points to a high level of brain function in early humans.

Ann Arbor, Michigan - Some

rare breeds of snails travel the sea

just below the surface using mu-

cus bubble rafts for otation. These

snails oat wherever the wind and

tide take them, snatching pieces of

passing jellysh whenever oppor-

tunities are presented. The bubble

rafts are made from a mucus se-creted from the snails hind quar-

ters, which is folded into bubbles

that provide oatation. Scientists

suspect that these travelling snails

did not always oat, diverging from

bottom-dwelling snails when air

became trapped in similar mucus

structures used to protect eggs.

Zurich, Switzerland - Climate

change agreements to limit global

temperature increase may not be

met because of a lack of commit-

ment says a new study from scien-

tists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland.

Based on an analysis of emissions

scenarios, the scientists say it is

quite likely that global temperatures

will exceed a two degree Celsius

limit over pre-industrial levels set in

2009 at the UN climate conference

in Copenhagen. In order to remainunder this limit, the scientists sug-

gested several plans, each of which

required emissions to peak during

this decade. Countries would also

need to work to reduce emissions

greatly after the peak, use renew-

able energy sources, and make use

of technologies to capture carbon.


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Usually, if youre lucky, some-one shows up and says, I have aproblem, and I think you can helpme, said Dr. Josef Kallrath in hisEconomics and Business seminaron modeling and solving real-worldoptimization problems. Kallrathworks for the Scientic Comput-ing division of BASF, a chemicalcompany, and handles optimization

problems on a daily basis. According to Kallrath, Real

world optimization comes up in avariety of industries and the basicprocess for modeling and solvingthese problems can be applied toall industries. Most of the problemis not what the customer tells you inthe beginning, joked Kallrath.

By structuring the problem intospecic wording and variables, itcan easily be turned into math-

The US Department of LaborsMine Safety and Health Adminis-tration (MSHA) awarded the Col-orado School of Mines a $91,000grant this month to develop asimulation software to train minemanagers and staff for emergen-cies.

The program will be designedto instruct personnel on reactionsto hazardous situations and willguide them in making correct de-cisions based on particular sets

of conditions. The software will provideeducation and training in emer-gency situations in an interac-tive way, which is more effectivethan merely providing a manualof best practices. The goal of theprogram is to familiarize userswith responses to emergenciesso that if one occurs, responseis automatic. Hopefully, this willlower the incidence rate of acci-

Hydrogen embrittlement, thedegradation of metal by hydrogen

gas, is one of the largest problemsthat will be facing the infrastructureof the United States over the nextfew decades. On October 11th, Dr.Ian M. Robertson of Oxford Univer-sity, England gave a guest lectureabout his research on the effects thathydrogen embrittlement will have onthe United States. To introduce hislecture topic, Robertson providedsome background on why hydrogenwill play such a key role in the future.Hydrogen is currently a forerunnerin the search for a replacement forpetroleum, which as Robertson said,is not a limitless supply.

Robertsons lecture primarily fo-cused on the challenges created bytransporting hydrogen through the

According to guest speakerRaymond J. Ahearn, there is noth-ing more important than jobs whenit comes to economic policy issuesfor Congress. Ahearn is currently amember of the Congressional Re-search Service (CRS), a non-par-tisan agency within the Library ofCongress, which provides unbiasedresearch for members of Congress.

During his lecture on October12, Ahearn described the details ofhis most recent report to Congresswhich described the role of the risingworldwide economic powers andtheir effect on the American econ-omy. These rising economic pow-ers (REPs) are countries that have alarge population base and a rapidlyexpanding economy and include na-tions such as Russia, Brazil, India, In-donesia, Mexico, and China. Thesecountries are currently shifting thebalance of global economic powerfrom the United States and West-

The world today is full of humaninteraction. In few places is this

more apparent than the modernworkplace. Through human inter-action, the general attitude of theemployees at a business affectsthe atmosphere of the workplace,which in turn affects the attitudeemployees take and the decisionsthey make on a daily basis.

In his seminar, titled Does Or-ganizational Culture Really Matter,Dr. Brian R. Murphy, President andCEO of Fulcrum Technologies, de-scribed this cycle of attitudes withthe term organizational culture,and claimed that this culture even-tually existsin all compa-nies, whetherplanned or

not. Hence, herecommendedthat compa-nies cultivatea desirableculture bydesign, ratherthan allow aculture of happenstance.

Murphy explained that thereare two categories that comprise acompanys culture. The rst is thevisible culture, which includes dresscode, ofce design, noise level,and other immediately noticeableaspects of an ofce. The second,he said, is the invisible culture, thepart in which people really have toparticipate to understand.

This includes whether rulesare universal, whether risk takingis rewarded, how employees areappreciated, and how failure istreated. Murphy stated these ele-ments of culture affect not only theperformance of its employees, butalso public perception of and inter-actions with the company.

Murphy also suggested thatthere are three main types of cul-tural orientations in businesses:

ern Europe to a more widespreaddistribution. With the current eco-nomic situation, REPs are becom-ing emerging players in internationalnance and are accounting for a ris-ing share of global GDP and globaltrade. But more importantly, they arecompeting for jobs as their interna-tional markets are booming.

In his report, Ahearn addressedthe question of how the US can takeadvantage of these growing interna-tional markets. He proposed severalkey things the US must accomplishto stay competitive with the REPs.

According to Ahearn, Americarst needs to increase its exports.Every president since Dwight Eisen-hower in 1953 has instituted someplan in order to see a boost in ex-ports. For America to grow, exportsare a necessity, and the economicboom among REPs has the poten-tial to provide new markets for Amer-ican goods. If America wants to takeadvantage of this, it must increase itsefforts at penetrating these markets.

This can be accomplished through

Will Parker

Staff Writer

CSM receives grant

for mining safetyJoshua KleitschStaff Writer

dents and save lives in the longrun.

Seven other institutions alsoreceived MSHA grants of varyingsizes and will be working on simi-lar projects, including simulationand gaming software designedto teach mine workers with lim-ited or non-existent English skills.In addition to the software prod-ucts, some organizations will bedeveloping multimedia presenta-tions and videos for use in mines.

The goal of all of these grantsis to provide a starting point forthe design and implementation ofmore comprehensive safety prac-

tices. The MHSA believes thatsafety training programs nation-wide are currently poor and thatthese new programs will be a rststep towards making mining ac-cidents a thing of the past.

The mine safety initiative isnamed after the 25 men whodied in explosions in mines inBrookwood, Alabama, in 2001and Tallsmanville, West Virginia,in 2006.

different trade agreements by lower-ing tariffs on American manufacturedgoods and helping them to competeglobally.

Secondly, the United States mustget its own house in order. This is ac-complished through solving the debtproblems and fostering a friendlybusiness environment. A solidhome-front will build a strong foun-dation that will lead to the economicsuccess that is desired.

So even though the growth ofthe REP economies will create morecompetition to American workers,

Ahearn sees it as a win-win situa-tion. If someone else gets richer, itdoesnt make us poorer. The risingeconomic powers will make the piebigger for everyone; they will allowhundreds of millions to escape frompoverty which is good for us.

If the US is to remain competitivewith REPs, Ahearn said, We mustovercome the political stalemate,deal with the long term scal pres-sures, and maximize our inherenteconomic strengths.

Infrastructure threatened byhydrogen embrittlementWill Parker

Staff Writer

existing natural gas infrastructure.The current problem with the exist-ing infrastructure is that the materialsoriginally used in the construction ofits fuel pipes are unknown, so it is a

challenge to predict their interactionswith hydrogen. Beyond this, hydro-gen gas proves to be highly corro-sive, so even the highest quality ma-terials will be affected. This makes itextremely difcult to convert the oldinfrastructure for hydrogen use.

Dr. Robertson has spent the last20 years researching the effect of hy-drogen embrittlement on an assort-ment of metals. Although scientistshave been aware of hydrogen em-brittlement for over a century, theyare still discovering the details.

Hydrogen causes things to hap-pen at a lower stress level than youwould expect said Robertson. Forexample, when nickel is exposedto hydrogen gas it fails in a granular

ematical language. By combin-ing data, variables, and situationalconstraints with experience andknow-how, those solving the prob-lem have this melting pot that pro-duces a wonder drink.

After turning the problem intomathematical language, an ap-propriate solver can be selectedand used, often a computer-basedmodeling system. The results canthen be interpreted and applied tothe original structured problem.

As Kallrath pointed out, Real-world problems are often very com-plex and multi-faceted. For thesekinds of problems, Kallrath oftenuses tailor-made methods or apolylithic approach, which involvesstringing together multiple mono-lithic modeling systems. Althoughthe polylithic approach is designedto beat the size and complexity ofa problem, it requires more experi-ence and a dose of creativity. Kall-

Modeling and solving realworld optimization problemsrath warned this method should behandled with care, noting one cankill a project easily by over-doingthe details.

From his point of view as anindustry employee, Kallrath pro-posed a triangle of industry, sci-ence, and education with respectto optimization problems. Industrywas at the peak, the source of real-world optimization problems, andat the base were science, whichdevelops solutions, and education,

which prepares students to solveproblems.

Kallrath noted a aw in this pyra-mid, namely that education normal-ly produces students with textbookknowledge who work for grades,not for understanding. He recom-mended that modeling be part ofcurriculum and that students getinvolved in solving challenging real-world problems early so that the tri-angle would be more aligned.

Carmella Caltagirone

Staff Writer

fashion instead of a ductile fashion.The hydrogen wears down the nick-el, which usually breaks from beingbent back and forth multiple times,by causing it to be rubbed away.

Therefore, hydrogen enhancesthe mobility of dislocations within ametal and can cause a stationarycrack to move at a constant stress.When a stress that the metal cannormally withstand is applied, themetal may actually fail due to thepresence of hydrogen.

The effects of hydrogen embrit-tlement are important to understandbefore existing gas lines can be usedfor hydrogen gas. If scientists do notadjust these lines, catastrophic fail-ure may occur. In the eyes of Robert-son, understanding the effects of hy-drogen on the mechanical propertiesof metals is crucial to ensuring thatalternative fuel, such as hydrogen,can power the transportation sector.

Organizationalculture does matterJordan Frances

Staff Writercultures of inclusion, achievement,and authenticity. He described aculture of inclusion as one that fo-cuses on ensuring that the peoplewithin the organization work well

together and emphasizes the suc-cess of the team above the suc-cess of individuals. This culture iscommon in start-up companieswith few employees, but largernumbers of people prevent thisbecause the entire team of work-ers cannot be consulted for everydecision.

The culture of achievement fo-cuses on end results and the bot-tom line more than anything else.

This is common in companies incompetitive markets who must bemost concerned about competitive

advantage. The third

culture is oneof authenticity.

This culture ispurpose-drivenand concernedabout doinggreat thingsand beingliked and lovedfor who [they]

are. This sort of culture is seen inbusinesses that have quality as thetop priority or can depend on theirbrand name to sell a product.

Murphy pointed out that veryfew organizations display only oneof these cultures. He comparedorganizational culture distributionsto stools. A one-legged stool is un-stable and a two-legged stool canbalance if conditions are just right.

A three-legged stool is stable, evenif one leg is longer than the others.

Murphy concluded organiza-tions need to devote focus to in-tentionally cultivating all three ofthese cultural varieties. However,they must also have a deliberateemphasis in order to convey theirdesired public image and to en-courage the desired mind-set andatmosphere among the employ-ees.

Murphy also suggested

that there are three main

types of cultural orienta-

tions in businesses: cul-

tures of inclusion, achieve-

ment, and authenticity.

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It is not uncommon, at times,

to overlook huge campus con-

tributors such as teachers assis-

tants and adjunct faculty who de-

vote much of their time to Mines.

Whether they are the in the

chemistry labs, or in the class-rooms, they all share a passion

for the eld which they are in-

volved.

One such memeber is

Gwyneth Holston, an Adjunct

Faculty member in the Math De-

partment.

Gwyneths history with Mines

goes back quite a ways, consid-

ering she is one of the newest

adjunct faculty on campus. Once

a student at Mines in 2000, she

found that deciding her path was

quite a conundrum.

I originally wanted to go to

art school, but I gured I couldnt

pay for it and [the schools] didnt

value academic merit at all, ex-

plained Holston, I came to Minesundecided for the rst few years,

then decided I would try to study

physics.

It is this decision that Holston

pursued the following few years

as a student at Mines, rst earn-

ing her Bachelors degree in Engi-

neering Physics and then a Mas-

ters in Engineering Systems.

However, it didnt stick with her

long. After graduation, Holston

dabbled in the engineering indus-

try for about a year before real-

izing it wasnt for her. Later, she

went to art school and paid for it

on the side by teaching math at

the Metropolitan State College of

Denver.

During this time, she discov-ered a love for teaching math,

Luke McPherson

Staff Writer

Straight from a Jane Austen novelwhich took her by surprise. Since

then, Holston has continued

teaching on the side with her ar-

tistic endeavors, most of which

include oil paintings; however,

Holston has also experimented

with restoring statues and doing

muralssome of which can be

found on campus.

Holston has been in the shoesof many of the students now en-

deavoring through their years

here at Mines. In order to get an

upper-hand in class and academ-

ics, Holston readily offers that

the best thing to do is to ask for

help!

She also admits on the other

hand, however, that, as a student,

she fell asleep in many classes.

As a result, she has a hard time

berating those who do the same.

In her free time from grading

and Mines, Holston envelops her-

self with hobbies which, for her,

seem to change weekly. Current-

ly, she dedicates herself to study-

ing French, ballroom dance, and

saving money to travel to Europenext year.

Holston also attends mass

regularly as a Catholic and is an

avid reader. Her favorite novel

is a Nobel Prize winner from the

1920s, Kristen Lavransdatter

by Ingrid Undset, which she ex-

claims is probably one of the best

novels.

Holston currently does the oc-

casional arts workshop for the

Mines community and the Cre-

ative Arts club.

Her most recent workshop

was an Origami Workshop. It is

this alignment with art that tends

to follow Holston wherever she

goes.

[If I werent teaching rightnow], I would probably be work-

Gwyneth Holston demonstrates her oragami talents for students.

ALL PHOTOS LUKE MCPHERSON / OREDIGGER

ing as a full-

time artist, even

though I would

miss teaching,

she explained.

Among her

vast variety of

talents, she

also enjoys vol-

unteering andplaying piano,

adding that she

enjoys doing

things that one

doesnt get

paid for.

If I lived

200 years ago,

I feel I would be

living the life of

someone in a

Jane Austen

novel, but now-

adays I have to

pay rent and

put food on the

table.

As long as I

earn enough totravel and pay

for art supplies,

I am content,

c o n c l u d e s

G w y n e t h

Holston, the

self-proclaimed

efcient, cre-

ative, and im-

patient mem-

ber of the Math

Dep a r t m en t .

I am working

on the impa-

tience, she

jokingly as-

serts, I need

to replace it

with somethingelse.

Nightmareon

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Steve Jobs, co-founder and

once CEO of Apple Inc. passed

away on Wednesday, October

5th, 2011. He had a history of

pancreatic cancer, which led to

a cardiac arrest. Though Steve

Jobs has come and gone, hislegacy will continue to exist and

inspire all.

To become an entrepreneur,

CEO, or to be on the board of

trustees for a multi-billion dollar

corporation, one must be very

lucky, highly intelligent, or worked

hard for a long time after being

granted a college degree. Steve

Jobs did attend college, but he

dropped out after a semester.

Steve Jobs may or may not be

lucky, but intelligence and hard

working only begin to described

the genius

Jobs co-founded Apple Inc

in the late 70s, and in the 80s

presented the world with the

rst commercial personal com-

puter. Soon after he would retire

due to corporation politics. Jobs

then formed a new company,

NeXT. With the new company

Jobs would lay the framework for

the iTunes Store and other web

markets. In the mid-80s Jobs ac-

quired Pixar from George Lucas.

With Pixar, Jobs was able to pro-

duce the rst movie made com-

pletely by Computer GeneratedImagery (CGI), Toy Story. To this

day the Pixar company contin-

ues to produce movies like Up,

Monsters Inc, and WALL-E.

But in the 2000s The Walt Dis-

ney Company merged with Pixar,

which landed Jobs on the Board

of Directors for Disney. With the

success of NeXT and Pixar, Jobs

was hired by his original company,

Apple Inc and in 1997 he became

the CEO of the company, with

which he revolutionized technol-

ogy till his retirement in 2011.

Ten years ago Jobs presented

a new device that was new in the

way of marketing and production

so that it may capture the new

millennium. The device was calledthe iPod. One decade has passed

Farewell to the man in the turtleneck and jeansLucas Quintero

Staff Writer

since the world has been intro-

duced to the iPod, and since then

we have seen new styles come

and go, whether it was the shufe,

the nano, the mini, the touch or

if it was the original with 5 GB or

the newest with 160 GB. Now we

have the ability to see such tech-

nologies like the iPhone or the

iPad which started demands forcombining music and phones and

the spark for a large competition

in the tablet market.

Everyone has, at some point,

come across one of Jobs genius

patents. Whether it is how they

talk with their friends, catch-up

with the news, check social web-

sites, or even relieve boredom in

class with games like Angry Birds.

Jobs always pressed onwards,

towards the future never looking

to the past. At the MacWorld Con-

ference and Expo in 2007 Jobs is

quoted to have said There is an

old Wayne Gretzky quote that I

love. I skate to where the puck

is going to be, not where it has

been. And weve always tried todo that at Apple. Since the very

It has been a momentous

weekend for college football fans,

as the rst major upsets of the

season were delivered. Michigan

State pulled off a ridiculous, last-

second hail Mary play to beat

mighty Wisconsin, and Texas

Tech humbled Oklahomas de-fense, doing just enough to out-

score the Sooners, 41-38. The

cluster of undefeated teams at

the top of the standings is dwin-

dling, and what looked like an im-

possible mess of a title race has

claried signicantly. At this point,

the list of realistic championship

contenders has been narrowed

signicantly. Here are the con-

tenders, ranked by their chances

of reaching the title game if they

nish unbeaten.

First Priority: LSU-Alabama

winner. There is no contest here,

as an unbeaten SEC champion

could not possibly be denied entry

to the title game.

Second: Oklahoma State-Kansas State winner. If the Cow-

boys go unbeaten, they should be

in without much trouble as well,

as they would have a stronger

schedule than their main rival for

this spot, Stanford. Kansas State

would make it if they win out, sim-

ply because that would require

consecutive wins over the Okla-

homa schools, Texas, and A&M.

Its unlikely, but the Cats still con-

trol their own destiny and do not

necessarily need outside help to

make the championship.

Third: Stanford. Despite the

carnage at the top, Stanford still

nds itself on the outside looking

in. The Cardinal need the winner of

either of the previous matchups tolose somewhere else. Still, college

football is insane, and Stanford is

still in position to take advantage

of missteps by those in front of it.

Fourth: Clemson. The Tigers

would be hard-pressed to make

it, even if chaos breaks out above

them. The ACC has been weak

long enough that the Tigers will

remain near the back of the line of

unbeatens.

Long Shot: Boise State. The

Broncos may be highly ranked for

now, but when it comes down to

it, they are unlikely to be ranked

ahead of a major-conference un-

beaten, even Clemson. Boise

would need losses by all but one

of the other unbeatens (and prob-

ably Wisconsin as well) to have

any chance at all.

Wild Card: Arkansas. Despite afaceplant against Alabama a few

weeks ago, the Hogs can still win

the SEC West with an unbeaten

nish and an LSU win over Bama.

A one-loss, SEC champion Ar-

kansas team would be hard to

deny, and could sneak past an

unbeaten side into the nal. LSU

and Alabama both have to win

out, as Arkansas would have the

advantage in a three-way tie situ-

ation by virtue of losing earliest in

the season. Its a twisted system,

but that is just college football.

However, this analysis should

not be misconstrued as a Top Ten

ranking. This is what the media

rankings will look like, but those

rankings have lost all meaning. The polls are a beauty contest,

with teams ranked by their rsu-

ms instead of actual strength.

This was conrmed in the 2007

regular seasons nal rankings,

when 11-1 Ohio State was #1

and 11-2 LSU was second, while

Vegas favored the Tigers by 6

points. Obviously, LSU was better,

as they proved in the title game,

and I wonder how many voters

who put Ohio State rst would

have laid money on it. Still, OSU

had the better record, so they

took the better ranking.

With that in mind, the season is

nally advanced enough for a real-

istic Top Ten ranking. My basis for

this ranking is simple: in a com-parison of any two teams, which

would win on a neutral site with

plenty of time to prepare? That is

the format of the title game, and

that is what the rankings should

reect. So, without further ado:

10. Clemson Tigers. Clemson

has been far from dominant this

season, with the notable excep-

tion of its headline victories over

Florida State and Virginia Tech.

The Tigers struggled might-

ily against Auburn, Maryland, and

somewhat inexplicably, Wofford.

The defense has been unreliable,

and as Oklahoma showed, it is

impossible to rely solely on offen-

sive repower. The Tigers should

be ne in the ACC, but against

truly elite competition they would

come up short.

9. Michigan State Spartans.MSU has one loss, a tough one

at unpredictable Notre Dame, but

the Spartans have offset that with

three impressive wins in a row,

culminating in a dramatic come-

back against undefeated Wiscon-

sin. MSU has a good shot at a Big

Ten championship, as their only

true test remaining is a trip this

week to overrated Nebraska, with

the Legends Division title likely at

stake for the winner. While it is

silly that the Big Ten has a Leg-

ends Division, the Spartans can all

but wrap it up this weekend and

coast to a likely rematch against

Wisconsin in the inaugural confer-

ence title game.

8. Oregon Ducks. Oregon hasrebounded nicely from the opening

beatdown by LSU, and there have

been no real question marks, as

the Ducks have been challenged

only once, by Arizona, since then.

However, their ability to perform

against real heavyweights remains

a valid concern, and the loss

of star running back LaMichael

James could prove crippling. Or-

egon should challenge Stanford

for the Pac-12 crown, but a BCS

bowl win seems unlikely.

7. Arkansas Razorbacks. Ar-

kansas is not in the SEC elite, as

shown by its come-from-behind

victory against Ole Miss last Sat-

urday. However, the Razorbacks

are good despite their inconsis-tency. A season-ending upset of

LSU would not be unthinkable,

but the Hogs are not a serious

threat to win the SEC West, as a

disappointing upset loss is over-

due for this team.

6. Wisconsin Badgers. A dis-

appointing loss to an excellent

Michigan State team should not

tarnish what has been an excellent

season so far. Wisconsin suffered

a series of major errors yet still

pulled off a big comeback on the

road. If the Badgers had stopped

the hail Mary attempt and won in

overtime, their ranking in the na-

tional polls would be much higher;

however, I will not drop them for

a random freak event. Wisconsin

is an elite team, one that will only

get better with time. They played

a bad game against a good teamand came up just short, and there

is no shame in that.

5. Oklahoma State Cowboys.

OSU has been excellent but not

dominant so far, but the Cowboys

have shown that they can per-

form under pressure, with a huge

comeback at Texas A&M and a

hard-fought victory at Texas. The

Cowboys are far from invincible,

but they should be able to handle

their remaining Big 12 schedule.

The Oklahoma game still looms

large, as the conference title is still

on the line and the Sooners have

a nasty habit of wrecking promis-

ing Cowboys seasons. However,

this should be the year that State

breaks that psychological curse,and while an upset is a strong

possibility, the Cowboys should

take the Big 12 title at the very

least.

4. Stanford Cardinal. Stanford

has been the most dominant team

on the season so far, despite the

accolades showered upon the

SEC juggernauts. The Cardi-

nal have won every game by 26

points or more, and have reached

40 points in all but one game.

However, the catch is that only

one opponent--#25 Washington--

was ranked at the time, and none

currently are. Stanford has only

one shot to impress the national

voters, against an already-hum-

bled Oregon side, because theirschedule strength leaves much to

be desired. Stanford seems likely

to reach the Rose Bowl, but more

than that may be a stretch.

3. Boise State Broncos. Yes,

I am completely serious. The

Broncos excel in big-time games

against big-name opposition.

Since 2008, Boise is 6-1 in mar-

quee early season games and

bowl games against ranked op-

position, with only one home

game in the bunch. The only loss

was by a single point to a very

good TCU squad, a loss that was

avenged the next year. Other vic-

tims include Oregon twice, Utah,

Virginia Tech, and Georgia. The

point is, Boise will very likely win

their bowl game, regardless of

the opposition. I am still skepti-

cal of their ability to beat LSU orAlabama, but those games would

likely come down to the wire, and

as an LSU fan, I would be terried

to play the Broncos in January.

Boise has passed every test in

recent years, and I see no reason

why they could not beat any other

contender on the big stage.

2. Alabama Crimson Tide. Ex-

cept for a poor rst half against

Tennessee, the Tide have been

unstoppable. Still, their offense is

unreliable at times, and they have

not been untouchable. Alabama

could drop a game this season

by playing poorly or losing a key

player. That is why they are not

quite at the top.

1. LSU Tigers. For all the thingsthat have gone wrong, the Tigers

have been the best team in the

land so far. Juggling constant sus-

pensions, a quarterback contro-

versy, shakeups in the coaching

staff, and a challenging schedule,

LSU has simply dominated. To

steal the catchphrase of their star

corner Tyrann Mathieu, aka the

Honey Badger, the Tigers dont

care, they just take what they

want. LSU is not invincible by any

means, but so far the Tigers have

won games in which they strug-

gled, most notably against Or-

egon. The collision with Alabama

will be a game for the ages, but

these Tigers have shown their true

colors so far, and I expect them tobe holding the crystal ball at sea-

sons end.

Week 9 Game Picks:

-Michigan State by 13 at Ne

braska

-Kansas State by 7 vs. Okla

homa

-Georgia by 17 vs. Florida

-Arizona State by 10 vs. CU

-Clemson by 20 at Georgia

Tech

very beginning. And we always

will.

Jobs did not only leave behind

the iPhone, the iPad, and the Mac

notebooks, Jobs left his ideology

to resonate through the minds of

all, to press on towards the future

and to do all you can as best as

you can. His was a man without

a college degree and disconnect-

ed from a company that he co-

founded but he can come out on

top. Jobs legacy was that work-

ing hard will pay-off, and he lived

to prove it.

Farewell Jobs, thank you for

all you have done. You will be

missed.

Steve Jobs laughs with fellow billionaire, Bill Gates.

COURTESY JOI ITO

James Kergosien

Staff Writer

Football informant: a clear picture arrives


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When it comes right down toit, geeks are just people who areincredibly enthusiastic about thethings they love. They are peoplewho pursue their passions whole-heartedly, with reckless abandon,and refuse to care what other peo-ple may say about their choices.From her tendency to greet friendsand strangers alike with an excitedHI! to her willingness to join anyfun-sounding, half-planned adven-tures, Erin shatters stereotypesabout geeks being anti-social whileobviously displaying the nerdytrademark of enthusiastic passionfor life and all the little joys it brings.

[Oredigger]: So, youre a

Civil Engineering major. Whyd

you choose that major? What

do you like about it?

[Keogh]: I really like all the op-portunities there are to do epicthings. I [also] plan on minoring inUnderground Construction and

Tunnels, so perhaps I will dig a holeto China!

Do you have a life outside of

classes, and if so, what do you

do with it?

Yes. Im an RA at Mines Park,so I spend all my time hanging outwith my peeps. Im on the rst all-female Mine Rescue team, which isboss, and I love random late-nightadventures and shenanigans.

Do you consider yourself a

geek and why?

Of course Im a geek! Im a geekbecause Im too excited about life,which includes school and otherexciting things. Ive also beenbrainwashed so that everything Ithink about is in terms of Physicsor Calculus.

What are some of your great-

est accomplishments?

Taking a shopping cart up thearduous cliffs of South Table Moun-tain in the dark.

If there was a sudden raptor

attack on the school, would you

survive and why?

Oh, I would denitely survivebecause I would have a stegosau-rus on my side to ght the raptors.

Geek Weekofthe

...Erin Keogh, Sophomore, Civil EngineeringJordan FrancesStaff Writer

And also, I would bake some cook-ies for the raptors to eat. But stego-sauruses are the bomb-diggity!

Whats your favorite thing

about Mines?

Thats a tough one becauseI love every single thing aboutMines, but Id have to say the peo-ple are awesome and I also enjoythe nerdy pride of the campus. Itsgreat. I can wear my nerdy glasses!

If you could be dropped into

any TV show or movie, what

would it be and why?

Zoolander! Denitely Zoolanderbecause then I could learn howto read good at The Derek Zool-ander Center for Kids Who CantRead Good and Wanna Learn todo Other Stuff Good Too, and dis-cover whether there is more to lifethan being really, really ridiculouslygood-looking. Also, Hansel is myhero. He is so hot right now.

Do you have an evil plan to

take over the world?

Im not evil enough to have anevil plan, but I would denitely notmind having a bunch of minions tohandle my non-evil desires.

Do you have any plans for

life after Mines?

I plan on having a plan, but Icant think that far ahead yet. Iwould like to have an epic job, but Iwould also like to adventure.

Any advice youd like to give

to fellow geeks and Mines stu-

dents?

Get to know all of your fellowgeeks and nerds because they arepretty freaking awesome. Also, en-

joy the adventure of life!Whats your favorite quote?

From Albert Einstein, Out ofclutter, nd simplicity. From dis-cord, nd harmony. In the middleof difculty, lies opportunity. Also,from Buddy the Elf, I just like tosmile! Smilings my favorite.

Im not evil enough to have an evil plan, but I would de-nitely not mind having a bunch of minions to handle mynon-evil desires.

JORDAN FRANCES / OREDIGGER

Stuffed Chicken breasts areeasy to make and a great wayto impress a date or have a truehome cooked meal.

The required materials arefour boneless, skinless chickenbreasts, four strips of bacon,one half cup of lemon juice, onecup cream cheese, three greenonions, tarragon, four bambooskewers, and a pinch of salt.

First, marinate the chickenbreasts in the lemon juice for fourhours. Then, use a mallet to at-ten the chicken breasts until theyare about one and a half centi-meters thick. Chop up the greenonions and mix them in a bowl

with the cream cheese, tarragon,and salt. Take one quarter of thiscream cheese mixture and placeit in the center of one of the piec-es of chicken.

Then, wrap the chicken aroundthe mixture. Wrap the entire thingwith a piece of bacon and securewith a bamboo skewer. Finally,bake the chicken breasts in amedium ceramic pan for 35 min-utes in an oven preheated to 375degrees Fahrenheit.

To complete the meal, addgreen beans and stove top stuff-ing.

While this recipe may seemlike an odd combination of ingre-dients and avors, it is unexpect-edly delicious and the preparationis simple.

Will ParkerStaff Writer

Impressive home-cooked meal

WILL PARKER / OREDIGGER

Although this stuffed chicken recipe is unconventional, itis simple and delicious!

The Golden Chamber of Com-merce has created a new incen-tive, especially geared towardsMines students, to keep localbusinesses in town. Students cannow receive a Golden Ticket af-ter taking the Coors Brewery tour.

Take the ticket around down-town Golden for a chance to wincash, usually between ve andten dollars, or a discount off pur-chases.

Each store will scratch off aportion of the ticket when stu-dents come into their shop orrestaurant. If thats not incen-tive enough, there are also $500grand prizes.

Mines juniors, Dayne Luek-enga and Brittany Bittner are therst lucky winners to nd the $500prize. The couple took their ticketto Anthonys Pizza after attend-ing the tour and were delighted

Find the Golden ticket!Katie HuckfeldtManaging Editor

to see the $500 dollars scratchedoff their ticket.

The Golden Tickets are a greatway to stimulate local businessesand provide students with dis-

counts and possible cash prizes.There is no reason not to take ad-vantage of this win-win situation,so stop by the Coors tour andgrab your golden ticket!

Dayne and Brittany proudly display their $500 grand prize.

COURTESY GOLDEN CITY OF COMMERCE

In October 1903, the editor ofThe Colorado Transcript, GeneralGeorge West, fell ill with pneumo-nia. The Rocky Mountain Herald

reported grave fears [were] enter-tained for his recovery. At the time, West was nearly

seventy-seven and having been anewspaperman in Colorado for for-ty-four years was the longest ten-ured editor in the state. West, de-scribed as thenestor of theprofession inthis state byThe Herald,r e c o v e r e dand lived un-til 1906. Thesame week,The Colora-do Transcriptcelebrated the beginning of its thir-

ty-eighth volume and incorporateditself as a private company.On account of Wests illness,

the commissioners meeting for theSoldiers and Sailors Home wasmoved from its usual location inMonte Vista, Colorado to Golden.

The board consists of three vet-erans of the civil war appointed bythe governor, together with the de-partment commander of the Grand

Army of the Republic, Department

of Colorado and Wyoming, as ex-ofcio member, reported TheColorado Transcript.

Board members all served inthe Civil War in the infantry, artillery,and cavalry regiments, ranking ashigh as captain. Interestingly, the

non-Golden members chose not toattend the relocated meetings, des-ignating Samuel West to representtheir interests.

Denver Health CommissionerDr. A. A. Clough disagreed with theState Board of Health on regula-

tions for theprevention oftuberculosis.

He con-tended thatstatistics didnot supportthe numberof cases re-ported by thestate board.

Twenty percent, the proportion

named, is entirely too large an es-timate for native cases, claims Dr.Clough, said The Colorado Tran-script. Clough also contestedstatements about the spread of thedisease.

One city health ofcial said, Ifour records prove anything in thisconnection it is that there has beenlittle increase during the last tenyears in the number of cases con-tracted in Colorado.

Deborah GoodContent Manager

This week inColorado historySickness and city health

Denver Health Commissioner

Dr. A. A. Clough disagreed

with the State Board of

Health on regulations for the

prevention of tuberculosis.


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For the second straight week,the Mines football team raced

out to an early lead before strug-

gling to hold on as they let their

opponent climb back into the

game. But for the second straight

week, the Orediggers held on

long enough to claim the victory

as they outscored Western State

College 48-33 Saturday at Camp-

bell Field in Golden.

Quarterback Clay Garcia threw

for 319 yards and three touch-

downs and Diamond Gillis had

nine receptions for 112 total yards

in a game where the Orediggers

scored more points (48) in four

quarters than they had in the pre-

vious nine spanning three games

(41).Mines started off the game with

a bit of trickery in the form of a 20

yard halfback pass from Gillis, a

former quarterback converted to

wide receiver, to true freshman

Tevin Champagne. 40 yards later,

Garcia found a wide open Eric

Shannon in the corner of the end-

zone for the early 7-0 lead.

Western State did not roll over,

though, as the one-win Mountain-

eers quickly responded with 10

points to go ahead 10-7 with 2:55

left in the rst quarter.

After falling behind, the Oredig-

gers went on a 27-3 run over the

next 17 minutes, capped by a sev-

en yard touchdown rumble by Dan

Palmer with less than one minuteto play in the half. The lone three

points by Western State came

on a 50 yard eld goal that just

cleared the crossbar.

In the second half, the Oredig-

gers kept the Mountaineers at

arms length. Western State

closed to within two possessions

on three different occasions, but

Mines responded each time, scor-

ing twice more in the game at cru-

cial times.

Trailing 41-27 early in the

fourth, Western State held Mines

to a three-and-out and got the ball

deep in their own territory with the

opportunity to close the gap to

seven points for the rst time since

the second quarter. However,Oredigger Justin Neal intercepted

WSC quarterback Jamie Jensen

on a deep pass at the WSC 41

and returned it 39 yards to the two

yard line. One Dan Palmer touch-

down run later, Mines was once

again ahead by three scores and

never looked back.

Western State, averaging only

13.5 points per game this season,

torched the Oredigger defense for

441 total yards, with 172 on the

ground. Jenson nished the game

with 269 passing yards and a ca-

reer high four touchdown passes.

Their 33 points was the highest

point total for the Mountaineers

since September of 2009.

Mines nished the game with48 points, 339 passing yards and

seven touchdowns. Palmer had

three touchdowns on only 71

yards. It was the third time this

season Palmer had a triple touch-

down day.

A total of seven separate Mines

receivers caught passes and three

had touchdown receptions. Gillis

led the Orediggers with 112 yards,

Jordan Ward had 81 yards and a

touchdown, and Matt Brown had

50 yards and a touchdown, Tevin

Champagne had 28 yards and

David Pawelek had 26. Dan Palm-

er had 22 yards while Shannon

added 20 yards and a touchdown

to round out the receiving.

On the defensive side, Nealand Henry Kaetzer each had an

interception while Jarrod Mckay

led Mines in tackles with eight.

Neal, Kaetzer and Alex Vigil each

had seven while Taylor Jeski, Ryan

Wood, and Kelly Zimmerman had

six apiece.

The Orediggers have now

won two games in a row and im-

prove to 6-2 overall and 4-2 in the

RMAC. They are currently in third

place in the conference. Mines

continues play 1:00 pm next Sat-

urday at Adams States Rex Field

in Alamosa, CO.

Oredigger Football defeats Western State48-33 at Saturday showdownTrevor Crane

Content Manager

Tevin Champagne (#21) makes the reception.

The Oredigger offense forms up on the line of scrimmage. Justin Neal (#15) blocks the run in the second quarter.

Dan Palmer (#36) rushes for 5 yards to put Mines up 20-10. Matt Brown (#5) completes a reception to put Mines on the Western 5 yard

line.

ALL PHOTOS STEVEN WOOLDRIDGE / OREDIGGER


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For the rst time in almost a

year, the CSM Mens Soccer Team

was shut-out in a 0-3 loss to Met-ro State University this past F riday.

Metro State struck early with

forward Scott Grode scoring in

the 2nd minute of the match on a

quick breakaway after the ball was

lofted in behind the CSM defen-

sive line, which was not expecting

the long ball over the top. They

struck again in the 16th minute

when Andrew Meija bent the ball

into the net on a well-placed free

kick. Metro State had a total of six

shots on goal in the rst half while

the Orediggers had none, but a

series of heroic saves by CSM

keeper Manville Strand resulted in

a halftime score of 0-2 in favor of

Metro State.

To start the second half, CSMcame out determined to bring this

game back under control. Early

on it appeared they would do so,

Coming into the game with a

record of 7-3-1, The Mines Mens

Soccer team was a heavy favoriteover the win-less Colorado Chris-

tian University Cougars. After an

early goal, the #23 Orediggers took

off, cruising to a 9-1 win.

For the rst few minutes, both

sides were fairly even. The Oredig-

gers started the game sluggishly,

showing weaknesses defensively.

There were sloppy turnovers by

CSM on both sides of the ball and

the entire team looked tired.

In the 9th minute, the Oredig-

gers nally got on the board. A

beautiful pass by Tesho Akindele

found Zach Page-Belknap inside

the 18-yard box, where he was

The Mines Womens soccer

team shutout an undermanned

University of Nebraska Kearney

team en route to a 2-0 home vic-

tory during Senior Night on Octo-

ber 14.

It was a solid win for the #19

Orediggers, but during the game it

was unclear which side was going

to come out on top. The rst half

was dominated by defensive play,

with neither offense able to capi-

talize on scoring chances. At half-

time, the game remained score-

less despite the Lady Orediggers

mustering up 10 total shots.

Mines started the second half

much like the rst, with a strongdefensive showing that led to sev-

eral scoring opportunities. Howev-

er, similar to the rst 45 minutes,

Loper goalkeeper Marissa Niday

kept Mines scoreless, facing an-

other barrage of shots.

As the second half progressed,

Mines began to solve the Lopers

defense. After increased pressure

and a few defensive errors by Ke-

arney, Mines was nally able to put

Mens Soccer display dominancein 9-1 victory over CCU

able to place the ball just inside the

near post.

Eleven minutes and three Akin-

dele goals later, the Orediggers

found themselves ahead 4-0. Alex

Nass added to the lead with aheader. Meanwhile, it was not un-

til the rst 20 minutes had elapsed

that CCU nally mustered their rst

shot.

The tone of the game was por-

trayed by the CCU bench, which

began the game loud and pumped.

After the rst two goals the bench

quickly quieted. Three goals later,

the bench was loud again, but this

time in disgust and anger resulting

in several reckless fouls.

As the Orediggers sat with a

comfortable lead, CCU shocked

the crowd with a goal in the 32nd

minute with a quick rebound off of a

free kick. The Orediggers respond-

ed with two more goals, ending the

half with a 7-1 lead.

At the start of the second half,

the Orediggers made several tacti-

cal substitutions which allowed theCSM bench to play a part in the

game.

The bench picked up where the

starters left off, displaying domi-

nance with two more goals that

lead to the nal result of 9-1.

The Orediggers were able to

learn from early mistakes and put

nine into the net for the victory.

Following the win, the Orediggers

move to 9-5-1 overall and 7-4-1 in

the RMAC. With one game remain-

ing, Mines is currently tied for third

place in the conference. The top

four teams will advance to play in

the RMAC postseason tournament.

Lucas Quintero

Staff Writer

but Alex Nasss shot in the 54th

minute went just wide of the goal.

In the 62nd minute, a mishandled

pass by the CSM defensive line

resulted in Metro States third and

nal goal. The CSM forwards attempted

to close the gap in the nal min-

utes with shots from Nass, Sean

Ogunmodede, and Tesho Akin-

dele, but none of them were able

to reach the back of the net, their

shots either going off the posts or

missing just wide.

The loss moves the Mines to

9-5-1 and 7-4-1 in RMAC play.

Overall, the Orediggers struggled

to connect with each other on the

offensive end and lacked good

communication on the back line,

and it cost them this game. They

have done fairly well in recent

weeks, this being only their sec-

ond loss in the month of October.

They have one more regular sea-son game against Adams St. on

October 28th, and then they are

on to postseason play.

Orediggers shut-outagainst Metro 0-3Kevin Emery

Staff Writer

one on the board. In the 75th min-

ute Mines Joanna Graves stole

the ball off of a UNK turnover and

snuck a shot past Niday, putting it

into the back of the net to give the

Orediggers a 1-0 lead.

The Oredig-

ger defense con-

tinued to hold off

Nebraska-Kear-

ney and in the 87

minute added an

insurance goal to

increase the lead

to 2-0. Senior

Erin Onat played

a through ball to

Anna Evans who

evaded the de-

fense with some

fancy footworkbefore launch-

ing a shot past

Niday for the

score.

The defense

held strong for

the last few min-

utes as Mines

goalkeeper Amy

Hegarty made

two saves to

Late goals give Lady Orediggers2-0 victory over UNK

secure her fourth shutout of the

season. Mines is currently 12-2-1 overall and 8-2-1 in the RMAC.

The Lady Orediggers are tied for

second in the conference with

three games remaining.

Lucas Quintero

Staff Writer

Kelsey Neal (#14) brings the ball up the

eld.

ALL PHOTOS KEVIN EMERY / OREDIGGER

Manville Strand (#1) saves the shot to add to CSMs impressive victory.

Alex Nass (#7) evades a Metro Defender

Tesho Akindele (#10) receives a pass.


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Oct. 16:

Mens Soccer - #23 CSM 3, Ad-

ams St 0 - Ben Thompson made

seven saves in his rst ever start

for the shutout win. Alex Gunberg,

Philip Wilson and Seun Ogunmod-

ede each scored for Mines in the

victory.

Womens Soccer - NMH 4, #15

CSM 1 - After only allowing seven

goals through their rst 13 games,

NMH scored four on Mines as the

Orediggers lost 4-1. Kelsey Neal

scored CSMs lone goal and Amy

Hegarty made two saves in the de-

feat.Oct 21:

Mens Soccer - #19 Metro St 3,

#23 CSM 0 - Goalkeeper Manville

Strand made seven saves, Alex

Nass got off ve shots, and Tesho

Akindele added two more shots,

but couldnt nd the net as the

Orediggers fell to the 19th-ranked

Roadrunners.

Volleyball - #11 Metro St 3,

#22 CSM 2 - Mines jumped out

to an early 2-0 lead, but fell in ve

sets to the Roadrunners. Amanda

Massey led Mines with 49 assists.

Hannah Margheim added 25 digs

while Jackie Stabel had 20 kills and

Melanie Wannamaker had 15 kills

in the loss.

Womens Soccer - #19 CSM 1,UCCS 0 OT - Amy Hegarty earned

the shutout with ve saves as

Mines nally broke through with a

goal in the 92nd minute from Anna

After a tough loss to MetroState Friday night, the Colorado

School of Mines womens volley-

ball team was able to come back

with a win over Regis University

on Saturday.

Friday, the #22 Lady Oredig-

gers took on #11 Metro State

University in what proved to be a

heartbreaking loss. The rst two

games went well, with Mines win-

ning the rst 25-18 and the sec-

ond 25-21. Metro State struggled

with their blocks and setting early,

allowing Mines to cruise through

the rst two games. Senior setter

Amanda Massey led the way dur-

ing these wins with two dumps, a

service ace, and 27 assists.

After the second game every-thing changed for the Orediggers.

Their passing began to fall apart,

as did their blocking and hitting.

The atmosphere changed, and

by the fth game there was no

coming back. CSM lost the third

19-25, the fourth 25-27, and the

fth 9-15. The loss snapped a 10

game winning streak for Mines

dating back to September 17.

Saturday, Mines faced off

against #25 Regis University.

Having lost the previous night,

the Lady Orediggers came out

ghting, winning the rst game

25-16. Mines took advantage of

Regis missed serves and capital-

ized on scoring chances, high-

lighted by a series of plays whereSam Johnson drilled the ball di-

rectly into a blockers face twice

in a row, earning CSM two critical

points.

In the second and third games,

it appeared that Mines was head-

ing towards the same fate thatbefell them previous night against

Metro. Mines hitting became

erratic. In the second and third

games they only had .162 and

.163 hitting percentages respec-

tively. We arent going to win

many games hitting .162 or .163,

said Head

Coach Jamie

S k a d e l a n d .

The two poor

performances

left Mines trail-

ing 2-1 heading

into game four.

Game four

started off

strong for the

O r e d i g g e r s .Melanie Wan-

namaker solo

blocked a huge

hit by Regis

Lyz Kann and Jackie Stabel had

ve kills in the game as Mines

took control early and completely

changed the energy of the match.

They ended up cruising to a 25-

15 win to tie the match at 2-2.

The Lady Orediggers were

able to carry the energy from the

fourth set into the fth, and n-

ished the match strong. Mines

rst four points were all earned

from kills by Sam Johnson as the

Orediggers soared to a 4-2 lead.

Holly Hutchison then went on a

serving streak, extending a later7-5 lead to 11-5. CSM won the

game 15-10, taking the match

and earning a much-needed vic-

Weekly sportsrecap for FallBreakTrevor Crane

Content ManagerEvans to pull out the overtime win.

Oct. 22:

Mens Cross Country - RMAC

Championships: CSM 3rd - Sean

Gildea placed 7th overall and

Mines scored 89 points to place

third at the RMAC championships.

Andrew Epperson, Neal Anderson,

Derek Alcorn and Russel Drum-

mond placed 19th, 20th, 21st and

22nd respectively. Mack McLain

nished 27th and Frank Socha

came in 28th.

Womens Cross Country -

RMAC Championships: CSM 4th

- Hannah Schuster placed 14th

overall and Marie Patton came in

20th as Mines nished 4th with 133

points. Kirsten Farquhar placed24th, Chloe Gustafson 30th, and

Jessica Baker 45th to round out

the scoring. Briana Suppes came

in 53rd and Caitlin Kodweis n-

ished 54th.

Football - CSM 48, WSC 33

- Clay Garcia threw for 319 yards

and three touchdowns as Mines

held on late to beat Western State.

Dan Palmer scored three touch-

downs on 71 rushing yards while

Diamond Gillis had 112 rec. yards

on nine catches. Henry Kaetzer

and Justin Neal each had an inter-

ception in the win.

Volleyball - #22 CSM 3, #25

Regis 2 - Sam Johnson had 18

kills and Jackie Stabel added 16

as Mines overcame a 2-1 decitto beat Regis in ve sets. Amanda

Massey had 55 assists and Massey

and Hannah Margheim each had

16 digs leading the Orediggers.

Volleyball splits pair of

games over weekendtory.

Not only was this a critical

win for CSM, but it was poten-

tially their last home match of theseason and in turn, Masseys last

game in Lockridge Arena as an

Oredigger. Upon completion of

the match there was a short cer-

emony honoring Masseys four

years at Mines. Amanda has

been a key part of the team and

program. They

[the team] her

Freshman year

was good but

not great, now

we are nation-

ally ranked.

She has been

a starter all four

years, a huge

contributor to

the team, saidcoach Skad-

eland.

But Massey

doesnt see

this as the end. If we do what

we need to do, hopefully tonight

wont be the last time I play here.

Mines now goes on a four game

road trip playing University of

Colorado at Colorado Springs,

Colorado Christian University,

Chadron State College, and the

University of Nebraska-Kearney

over the next two weeks. Upon

the conclusion of those games

the Orediggers will head to the

district tournament. If Mines per-

forms well enough the rest of this

season, they will have the oppor-tunity to host the district tourna-

ment and allow Massey to return

home one last time.

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Staff Writer

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Holly Hutchison (#7) spikes the ball.

KEVIN EMERY / OREDIGGER


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Ask any young child what his or her favorite holiday is, and Halloween

will often be the answer. For children, Halloween provides an opportunity

to dress up, stay out late, and raid the neighborhood for candy. As col-

lege students, trick-or-treating is off limits, but memories of nights spent

collecting and eating candy remain. Anyone who has trick-or-treated re-

members his or her favorite costume, favorite candy, or the one house

that needed to liquidate its sweets supply and dropped half of a bowl of

candy into a waiting pillowcase. In the spirit of Halloween, and in those

houses that let trick-or-treaters pick their favorite treats, this week, Minds

at Mines has two delicious, individually wrapped questions. What is your

favorite Halloween candy, and why? or What is your favorite memory of

Halloween?

I will eat anything covered in choc-olate as long as it is approved by the

FDA. Chocolate covered almonds are

a yes, but chocolate covered scorpions

are a no.

Eric Earley

I like the little Reeses peanut butter cups.

Peanut butter and chocolate are a great combi-

nation. The cups are wrapped by themselves and

you can eat them in one bite.

Elijah Thomas

My favorite memory is attending the

CRU Halloween root beer kegger during

my freshman year. I remember it being a

lot of fun, and I met a lot of people there

that I am still friends with today.

Kodi Hildebrandt

My favorite candy is Three Musketeers, but

only if they are frozen. Instead of being soft, the

inside is hard. Biting into a frozen Three Mus-

keteers has a satisfying crunch you just

dont get at room temperature.

Kevyn Young

My favorite Halloween candies are Mary

Janes. Its a peanut butter taffy with peanut

butter inside. I also really like caramel apple

pops. They are a close second.

Jacob Vigil

Ian Mertz

Asst. Copy Editor

Halloween

Minds at Mines

Editorials Policy

The Oredigger is a designated public forum.Editors have the authority to make all con-

tent decisions without censorship or advance

approval and may edit submitted pieces forlength so long as the original meaning of the

piece is unchanged. Opinions contained within

the Opinion Section do not necessarily reectthose of Colorado School of Mines or The

Oredigger. The Oredigger does not accept sub-

missions without identication and will considerall requests for anonymity in publication on a

case-by-case basis. Submissions less than 300

ALL PHOTOS IAN MERTZ / OREDIGGER

You know what really grinds mygears?

Boulder.

Our neighbors to the north

are famous (or infamous) for two

things, hippies and the University

of Colorado.

Let us start with the hippies.

We get it, you love the earth; now

take a shower. In the late 1960s,

these unclean people started col-

onizing Boulder, probably in tents

or makeshift houses, like gypsies

(not actually true, but this is how

I picture hippies gathering). Unlike

nomadic gypsies, these hippies

stayed, and so did their practices.

Now if anyone goes to Boulder,

one can expect to have many of

his or her senses provoked. Yournostrils will be lled with the scent

of marijuana and body odor, your

eyes will be entertained by the

dreadlocks and the handmade

clothes, your ears will be overow-

ing with sounds of the homeless

people asking you for money, and

your taste buds will be occupied

Grinds mygears

Jarrod Sparks

Staff Writerwith the avor of all of the organic,

preservative-free food. Personally,

I think if the hippies really loved

the earth, they would stop yellingat me for driving my car, and bathe

more than once a month so I do

not have to smell them. However,

for one reason or another, hippies

believe that the earth must not like

you to clean yourself, and thus the

stench continues. Furthermore, I

am at a loss as to why the home-

less population of Boulder seems

to be greater than the population

of established citizens. Either way,

any causal stroll down Pearl Street

will have you dodging the home-

less like Tebow dodges tackles.

Another unattractive aspect of

Boulder is it serves as the location

for the University of Colorado; es-

sentially the school where show-

ing up is good enough. Now, I amnot suggesting that CU is a breed-

ing ground for laziness, I am just

saying that, on average, the stu-

dents here work harder. You can

blame it on the goose, the grass,

or the Greek, but it seems like, for

better or for worse, we reside at a

much more academically focused

university. In a liberal arts setting,

often there is no wrong answer to

a question whereas, at Colorado

School of Mines, at times it canseem like there are only wrong

answers. Perhaps this opinion

stems from jealousy, perhaps from

reason, but at both here and CU,

degrees are given; but the invest-

ment in the degree is far different.

Boulder is like that person in

a family who everybody loves,

but no one really expects too

much out of. It is ne to visit, but

move there and, next thing you

know, your closet will be lled

with Birkenstocks and other hip-

ster apparel. You will nd yourself

donning glasses without any cor-

rective lenses, wearing jeans that

are uncomfortably two sizes too

small, and eating things like gra-

nola and gluten-free bread whiledriving a Prius. If this is a place for

you, then more power to you, but

for the rest of us sensibly minded

individuals, we will continue to

eat fast food, wear clothes made

overseas, and bathe daily.

And that, ladies and gentle-

men, is what grinds my gears.

There seems to be a mas-

sive disconnect between certain

instructors at this school and the

eager minds they have been given

the task of teaching. I speak of the

apparent lack of understanding on

the part of the teachers of the in-

credible workload imposed on stu-

dents. Yes, I understand that this

is a hard school and that students

are expected to work themselves

half to death to graduate with even

a decent GPA, but could teach-

ers at least have a little respect for

how hard it really is? I am not ask-

ing for less work. I am not asking

for easier tests, shorter homework

sets, or fewer tests. What I am ask-

ing is that the teaching faculty at

this school recognize that students

have it really tough sometimes, and

rather than insult our intelligence by

What happened to respect?Anonymous POed Mines

Studentinsinuating that students just do not

believe them when they say some-

thing, rather realize that they prob-

ably forgot.

Last week I took a lab exam. This

exam was fairly straightforward, and

I did well. However, I was livid when

I received an email from the instruc-

tor, stating that apparently some

of you did not believe me when I

said I would take off points if you...

How dare you, sir? How dare you

insult us by insinuating that we really

did not believe you when you said

something? Do you really think we

are that stupid? Maybe the school

that awarded your degree did not

actually require you to work hard,

but Mines requires everything we

can muster. We understand you do

not relate to us, but please do not

insult our intelligence. This school

leaves our brains absolutely fried,

and we probably just forgot what-

ever you told us.

I would like to offer a word to the

teaching faculty at this illustrious

school. We, the students, are here

to earn high-power degrees, and

we understand how hard we have

to work to be worthy of those de-

grees. We are the future leaders of

the nation and the world, and you

would do well to instill in us a desire

to work with those who do not think

like us. Rather than insulting our in-

telligence by insinuating that we do

not actually take you at your word,

perhaps bear in mind that we have

more work to do than the average

Joe, and probably forgot what you

told us.

We mean no disrespect, we re-

ally are trying, and we really do want

to do well. College is hard, and we

are growing up and learning to be

adults while having our brains shot

to pieces by your knowledge of

whatever subject you are teaching.

You could at least respect that.

You know what grinds my gears?

People hating on Lil Wayne.

Given this fact, I was rather per-

turbed to read Mr. Sparks piece on

the self-proclaimed Best Rapper

Alive last week.

How can one support Justin

Biebers right to live his life and then

two weeks later censure Weezy for

the choices that he makes in his life?

I believe that such hating is not only

hypocritical on the part of the hater,

but also incredibly unjustied.

Lil Wayne is one of the big-

gest entertainers on the planet. His

magnum opus, Tha Carter III, went

platinum in less than a week after

its release in 2008 in an age where

purchasing music is far from the

norm. His latest album, Tha Carter

IV, came very close with just under a

million copies sold in a week. Weezy

has no shortage of money either. He

cashed in when recording artists stillmade money, and his stock has only

Letter to the editorcontinued with a Gatorade com-

mercial, multiple appearances on

ESPNs SportsCenter, and headlin-

ing tours. As far as numbers goes,

nobody can beat Weezy.

The biggest thing that makes Lil

Wayne such a gripping entertainer

though is that he refuses to conform.

He is a unique individual that refuses

to let anyone inuence his muse. His

songs are revolutionary. Who else

can make a song disguising fellatio

under the innuendo of enjoying a lol-

lipop go to number one on the Bill-

Board charts? No one else can do

what Lil Wayne can do because he

is unique and enraptures his audi-

ence with his work. No one forces

the people of the world to listen to

Lil Tunechi. They do it because they

want to and because Lil Wayne has

the talent to combine hard work,

creativity, the story of his life, and

maybe a little bit of purple drank tocaptivate his listeners.

Nothing has been given to Lil

Wayne, and he has been so prodi-

giously popular for such a long time

because people want what he has

to offer. Are all of his songs amazing?

Not quite. Does he have diamonds

instead of real teeth and is his geni-

talia more of a breeding ground for

venereal diseases than a hot tub at

a frat house? Yes to both. Nonethe-

less, he is an incredible entertainer

that connects with his audience by

doing what he does best, which is

being himself. I dont know what Lil

Wayne will do next, but I do know

that it will be something pushing the

boundaries of human creativity and

that people will pay attention. I thank

you Lil Wayne. Thank you for spit-

ting on the world of the mundane

and embracing what this country is

all about.

Weezy F Baby. And the F is for

freedom.-Robert Broman


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Thermonuclear devices, whichare always a subject of consider-able discussion in certain seg-ments of the Colorado School ofMines, are becoming a xture inthe thoughts of the greater stu-dent body.

Dr. Germhart Frizdich, an ap-

plied physicist here at Mines, hassaid that work will begin on a de-vice that can be used to containthe explosion from the detonationof a thermonuclear device.

Obviously, the ramications ofthe new device are far-reaching atbest and grossly misunderstoodat worst.

Frizdich has said that he plansto incorporate the physics helearned from playing Portal 2 inthe design of his new machine,The circuitry used in the portalgun astounds me; its so com-plex, yet so intuitive. Im sur-prised I hadnt thought of thatconcept before.

Frizdich will be consulting with

students here at Mines in his de-sign process, drawing on the vastknowledge of the physics majors.

Explaining his reasoning forseeking assistance from stu-dents, Frizdich said, I think stu-dents here at Mines will have aneven better grasp on the con-cepts than the professors. Be-cause they spend so much timeplaying video games, theyre not

bound by the real world. They canlet their minds ow free, unbridledby rational thought or conven-tional wisdom... Its so beautifulto watch.

To contain a nuclear explosion,Frizdich must contend

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