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Volume 94, Issue 17 February 24, 2014
RAMIRO RODRIGUEZ / OREDIGGER

News

BECs and the Nonlinear Dirac Equation.

Features 4

Orediggers search for jobs at Career Day.

Mines students look for full-time jobs and internships at the 2014 Spring Career Day on February 11. This years event was one of the largest Spring Career Days in Mines history. Read more on page 4.

The structure of Bingham Canyon

Hope Sisley Staff Writer
Dr. Armelle Kloppenburg, an independent structural geology consultant, whose clients come from both the petroleum and the mining industry, visited Mines to teach a short course, and she kindly agreed to give a talk to the student chapter of the Society of Exploration Geologists (SEG). She presented on a project she and a team of geologists worked on at the Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah, one of the largest open-pit mines in the world. Bingham Canyon is a porphyry skarn deposit, producing mainly copper, but also gold and molybdenum. The mine has been operating since 1906 (the deposit has been producing copper since the 1860s), so Kloppenburg had no lack of data for her analysis. She began by explaining, briey, how geologic structures are important in economic geology. Where a conventional geologist sees unit boundaries and continuities, she said, a structural geologist sees breaks and movement along these breaks. Such discontinuities - faults, fractures, shear zones, and so on often provide pathways for uid ow, controlling the interconnectedness of a petroleum reservoir or the movement of mineralizing hydrothermal uids through the rock. Therefore, by creating a three-dimensional model of the rock and running the clock backwards - undoing the breaks, as it were - a structural geologist can give a picture of the deposit or reservoir at some critical point in the past, which can be useful, for instance, in determining the migration history and maturity of hydrocarbons in a specic spot, or in predicting where a fault might crop up. This four-dimensional model, known as a kinematic reconstruction, is based on movements of the rock. Kloppenburgs task was to make a kinematic model of the Bingham Canyon deposit. This task was easier said than done. Bingham Canyon sits in a structurally complex area in the midst of the Wasatch Mountains, a foldand-thrust belt, at the convergence of several faults running different directions, and at the tip of an anticline running perpendicular to the Wasatch Fault. When a fault steps across an area, the space between the two parts of the fault is called a transfer zone, because that is where energy and movement transfer from one fault to the next. These areas behave uniquely depending on the direction of movement along the faults; Bingham Canyon is in a transfer zone, so its structural properties depend on whether the area was in compression or extension when the faults were active. Though the kilometer-deep deposit is hosted by Pennsylvanian sedimentary rocks (about 300 million years old), the mineralization itself is much younger. At the end of the Sevier mountain-building episode, a little less than 40 million years ago, an intrusion of magma rose in this spot, forming a porphyry rich in copper and other metals and scorching the surrounding rock to form a metalrich skarn. The nature of the deposit means that the miners must continually go deeper to get at the ore. In order to minimize the risks involved in this process, Kloppenburg set out to do a kinematic reconstruction of the area. This involved developing a clear, consistent conceptual model of the geology, validating the models geometry to ensure it was balanced, and nally running the model back in time to get a good picture of the deformational history of the rocks. The main question she had to answer, in order to accomplish these steps, was to determine where the accommodating space for the intrusion had come from in the rst place. While a magma intrusion will melt some of the surrounding rock - eating its way up - this process only accounts for 5-10% of the gap the magma fills. Therefore, some displacement of the host rock must have occurred to give the intrusion room to occupy. Kloppenburg determined that the means of creating this space was movement along the local fault systems. A transfer zone will become squished if the faults creating it are pushing the two sides of the zone together, but when the constituent faults are moving the opposite direction, the sides of the transfer zone will pull away from each other, creating an opening called a fault dilation, or pullapart, basin. In three dimensions, this process can also create vertical spaces due to movement along normal or reverse faults, known as roof uplift or oor depression. When a series of dikes are intruded into a oor depression or the like, islands of the host rock are left in-situ within the dikes. By modelling the order of dike emplacement, Kloppenburg was able to remove them one by one, giving a picture of the original geology. The nal piece of the puzzle - that is, which set of faults was pulling apart - was answered when the reigning stress regime was determined. In other words, the overall area at the time of the porphyrys intrusion was in a state of relaxation following the Sevier orogeny, meaning that the whole area was in extension. Thus, Kloppenburg knew that the north-south running faults were responsible for accommodating the intrusion rather than the east-west running faults. Now that her model was complete, Kloppenburg conducted her kinematic reconstruction and found that the host rock t back together nicely, with few gaps, all of which could be accounted for by melting, or assimilation, of the host rock by the magma. It took many iterations to perfect the model; Kloppenburg warned that the more assumptions one makes, the less constraint there is on a model, and she and her team were forced to make many assumptions about Bingham Canyon. In the end, however, she confirmed that the deposit consists mainly of fault-assisted dykes, and the model allowed for a better geological map, better determination of fault locations where no data was available, and better prediction of where small-scale structures such as fractures are likely to occur. Armed with this knowledge, the company was able to delve ever deeper and to continue production for years to come.

Sports 6

Wrestling ghts hard but loses.

Opinion 8

Minds at Mines asks Why Mines?

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Kat Murphy, Staff Writer

New bionic hand gives amputee a sense of touch, Switzerland - Dennis Aabo Srensen from Denmark is the worlds rst amputee to get an articial hand that can feel objects. This articial hand was connected to Denniss nervous system and allowed him to grip, manipulate, and feel objects. This new prosthesis adds a sense of touch compared to other prosthesis. The sensory feedback was incredible. I could feel things that I hadnt been able to feel in over nine years, said Srensen. More development in the eld of bionics is still necessary, but one day people could maybe control prosthetics with their brains.

Urban bee uses plastic wastes to build nests, Canada - Canadian bee researchers discovered some of the rst evidence that insects are adapting to a plastic world. Two solitary bee species have been using plastic in place of natural nest building materials. The bees were observed using pieces of polyethylene-based plastic bags to construct its nests, which are where larvae are raised. Surprisingly, the larvae developed normally and free of parasites. Researchers said the teeth marks on the plastic bags indicate that the bees chewed it differently than it would the leaves that are typically used for nest-building.

Gene linking brain structure to Intelligence, London - Researchers have found a gene linking intelligence to the cerebral cortex, which is the outermost layer in the brain. The prefrontal lobe, the part of brain right behind the forehead, was earlier thought to be associated with intelligence. They say their discovery could help scientists understand how and why some people have learning difculties.

Oldest known star in the universe discovered, Australia - Astronomers from the Australian National University discovered the oldest known star about 6,000 light-years from Earth. They believe the ancient star formed around 13.7 billion years ago, shortly after the Big Bang. Its giving us insight into our fundamental place in the universe. What were seeing is the origin of where all the material around us that we need to survive came from, said lead researcher Dr. Stefan Keller. The star is said to open a new window to the origin of the Universe.

Oredigger Staff
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Headlines from around the world

Ramiro Rodriquez, Staff Writer
Stephen Bax, Professor of Applied Linguistics at University of Bedfordshire, has decoded part of the Voynich Manuscript. The Voynich Manuscript is a 600 yearold cryptically coded document that had not been decoded or had its purpose determined. After using techniques similar to those used to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs, Professor Bax believes the document to be a treatise on nature originating in Asia. A Florida woman was made to spend a night in jail after using her cellphone camera to record a deputy of the Broward Sheriffs Ofce during a trafc stop and is now readying to sue the ofce. The deputy insisted she had committed a felony and had to surrender her phone, and she refused. Filming an ofcer of the law performing their duties has been declared to be part of a citizens rst amendment rights in 2011 with the case of Glik vs. Cunniffe. Comcast has announced plans to do an all-stock purchase of Time Warner Cable at $159 per piece of stock, an 18% premium. If this deal is allowed to pass, it would create the largest television service at 35 million subscribers. The next two largest services are DirecTV at 20 million subscribers and Cox Cable at 4.5 million subscribers. The deal is expected to face heavy scrutiny by the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department. Following weeks of protests in Kiev, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed an agreement which will limit his power, restore the 2004 constitution, and an early election will be had before the end of the year after reformation of election laws. The agreement was signed by opposition leaders soon after. Despite the deal, thousands of protesters remain on Independence Square. The crowd-funding website Kickstarter has a security breach which resulted in hackers acquiring large amount of personal information from Kickstarter users. Credit card information, however, was not taken by hackers as that information is not kept by the company. Passwords were also not fully displayed, but Kickstarter advises its users to change their passwords as they can be guessed because of the information that was revealed. Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Linksys routers that will allow hackers to remotely control computers using an infected route. A malware program known as TheMoon has been known to try an exploit Linksys routers through a remote controlling script that can be injected through web pages. This also instructs infected computers to infect other computers which can result in a large number of computers which can be taken over remotely known as a botnet. In a response to a decrease in the number of monarch butteries over the past few years, a summit meeting of the North American Free Trade Agreement countries has announced that the countries will be making an effort to help increase the number of the species which has dropped from 1.1 billion in 1996 to 33 million this last year. The cause of this decrease is thought to be both increasingly extreme climate conditions as well as the spraying of herbicide in North America resulting in the death of monarch butterys only source of food, the milkweed.

Local News
The state Senate voted on a bill to ban greyhound racing in Colorado. Greyhound racing has not existed in the state since 2008, but it is still permissible. The bill is awaiting Governor Hickenloopers signature. Police captured 30-yearold Donnie Lee Grifn when he tried climbing out a 20th story window. Police said that he used sheets to escape out the window. Grifn then entered an apartment and ran down the stairs. Police eventually found him in the trash chute. Grifn escaped a federal prison in Texas in September. Nine same sex couples sued the state of Colorado for the right to get married. Colorado voters banned same sex marriage in the Colorado constitution eight years ago. The lawsuit states that the ban violates the U.S. constitution. Same sex couples can apply for a civil union in Colorado, but the lawsuit claims that this option is not equal to marriage. A woman escaped her kidnapper when he fell asleep. The woman was forced out of her home and taken to a motel room for several hours. When the kidnapper fell asleep, she ran from the room and called police. The woman was not harmed. The state Senate has passed a bill to prohibit the sale of lowefciency plumbing xtures. This measure will take effect in 2016. All new faucets, showerheads, and toilets will have to be certied by the federal government as WaterSense xtures. This change does not affect existing plumbing.

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Explaining condensates Research in GE

required to create such a condensate did not exist until then. The field has since taken off, even Dr. Lincoln Carr of the physics producing several Nobel Prize department enlightened the AMS winners, thanks to further technodepartment with a talk on the logical advances and a great deal of multidisciplinary collaboration. physics of ultra cold materials. The broad subject of Carrs This area of research has many talk was the nature of matter it- applications to the fast-growing self. As most people learned in field of quantum computing, in high school science class, the which special computers kept at universe and everything in it, oth- these same ultra-cold temperaer than a true vacuum, is made tures are able to process expoup of ever-smaller particles: mol- nentially larger quantities of data ecules, then atoms, then protons than conventional supercomputand neutrons, and finally bosons, ers. Since, at its quarks, neutrinos, and the like. Graphene is a remark- most fundamental level, all matBecause matter and energy are able substance consist- ter consists of and a the same - the ing of molecule-thick waves, wave is describfundamental message of Ein- sheets of pure carbon. able as a mathematical equation, steins famous equation, E=mc2 - the smallest all particles can be described particles are in fact small wave by probabilistic wave functions. packets. Light was the first sub- The probability aspect comes in stance to show off this dual na- thanks to the theory of quantum ture: light is both an electromag- superposition, which states that netic wave and a particle called a the properties of a particle simulphoton. Technological advances taneously exist in all theoretically have since allowed for the phe- possible states until a measurenomenon to be studied in other ment is made on the particle. For particles as well. As the tempera- this talk, Carr highlighted the Nonture of a particle, T, approaches linear Dirac Equation, or NLDE. absolute zero, the particles wave The NLDE has many possible nature becomes measurable, solutions, with varied and surpristhen begins to overlap and merge ing physical expressions, each of with the wave nature of the par- which represents a different variticles around it. In other words, as ety of particle, with exotic names T goes to zero, the particles slow like semions and skyrmions. A their vibration, appearing as wave soliton, for instance, corresponds packets, then as overlapping to a kinked curve such as that matter waves (called Bose-Ein- seen in the bend of a DNA strand stein condensates for the scien- or a curl of ribbon. This zoology tists who first proposed their ex- of the NLDE is not a menagerie istence), and finally merging into a of the imagination. The strange single giant matter wave, which shapes that the NLDE can creis known as a pure Bose con- ate can be modelled, and when densate. Carr and his colleagues the models are compared to realworld data, they match almost work with these condensates. The existence of Bose-Einstein without flaw. At temperatures in the sub-micondensates was first theorised in 1925, but it was not until 1995 cro Kelvins - orders of magnitude that this existence was finally colder than the vacuum of space realised as the technology to in- - the speed of light falls to 0.272 duce the ultra-cold temperatures cm/s. To put this in perspective,

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Hope Sisley Staff Writer

Ukraine chaos continues

Leah Hill Staff Writer
For months now, political unrest in Ukraine has divided their country and caused mass protests. But recently, the protests have turned bloody. On February 16, the activists ended their occupation of Kiev City Hall in exchange for the release of 234 jailed protesters. The reforms to the constitution limiting presidential powers were stalled, and an offer from Moscow was made to resume payments under the bailout deal in return for President Yanukovych standing firm against the protesters. In response, on February 18, the activists set fires outside of parliament and began attacking riot police. The police retaliated by opening fire on the crowd who were pushed off of independence square. That day, at least 26 people died including 10 police officers. On February 20, just hours after a truce was announced, fierce clashes erupted between protesters and police. Police were seen with assault rifles, machine guns, and snipers firing at activists who have only shields and helmets for protection and sticks to defend themselves. The shots were meant to kill, hitting many people in the head and torso. Protesters ran into fire to drag fallen friends through the streets away from the gunfire. In an attempt to tip the scales in their favor, the protesters captured and held dozens of police officers, who were marched, dazed and bloodied, toward the center of Independence Square. A Ukrainian Orthodox priest accompanied the officers, begging their captors not to harm them. People are very angry, said the priest, but we must not act like Yanukovych does. The death toll was anywhere from 39 (a health ministry figure) to more than 70 (a field medics figure) on Thursday alone. The Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych spoke on the phone with American Vice President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. He also met with three foreign ministers from the European Union who had come to press for a compromise solution, nearly in sight of the main conflict zone in downtown Kiev. Yanukovych has lost at least a dozen political allies, including the mayor of Kiev, who resigned from his governing to protest the bloodshed. There were

the speed of light in a vacuum at normal temperatures is a little over 29 billion cm/s. At such glacial speeds, Bose-Einstein condensates can be (and have been) photographed, including in 3D; these photographs are the proof to the theory that Carr and his colleagues deal with. In order to photograph, for instance, a solition, a scientist must first trap the particle using electromagnetic traps or a complex optical lattice made of intersecting phaselocked lasers. Where the laser beams interfere with each other, micro-traps are formed, each catching a single particle. Here, instead of using math to give insights into nature, Carr did the reverse: he used nature to aid in his math. Graphene is a remarkable substance consisting of molecule-thick sheets of pure carbon. These sheets can be folded into any number of shapes, including the unique folded structures described by solutions of equations such as the NLDE. Carr therefore used graphene as the inspiration for his optical lattice, helping him to trap particles better. Ultimately, when the theoretical conclusions of math world (a spectacular land where our imaginations can roam, as Carr put it) are translated into reality - something actually possible, thanks to modern technology - they exhibit very specific real-world constraints which do not reveal themselves in math world. For instance, at hyper-cold temperatures a gas (such as used in these experiments) wants to be a solid, making the system unsustainable... at least theoretically. Carr found, however, that many solutions of the NLDE, which are unstable in infinite time - that is, in math world - were perfectly sustainable in the finite timescales of reality. In this way, nature can shine light on theory, just as theory can illuminate natures inner workings.

Ramiro Rodriguez Staff Writer

The geology and geological engineering department held the first GE Department Student Research Fair where undergraduates and graduates from the department would present posters and abstracts for research they have been engaged in. They also competed based on their degree and research category for monetary prizes sponsored by ConocoPhillips as well as an invitation to present for a Van Tuyl lecture. The categories were as follows: two posters in Undergraduate, thirteen posters in Economic Geology / Hard Rock Masters, two posters in Geological Engineering Masters, Eleven posters in Hydrology Masters, one poster in Petroleum / Soft Rock Masters, ten posters in PreCandidacy PhD, and seven posters in PhD Candidates. The events main organizer, Dr. Elizabeth Holley, said of the fairs purpose There are two reasons for the fair. The first is to encourage interdisciplinary intellectual discourse, and the second is to motivate students to participate in the Conference on Earth & Energy Research. Because of the large number of posters and presenters, each poster was assigned a number and oddnumbered posters presented their

Math & materials

Chris Robbins Staff Writer
The theory of peridynamics is a fairly new idea, having only been first suggested by Stewart Silling of Sandia National Laboratories in 2000. However, it has been garnering more and more interest from those in both mathematics and material science as of late for its apparent ability to do something that has never been done before: provide an accurate model for the phenomena of fracture dynamics. In her presentation at this weeks installment of the AMS Departments colloquia series, Prof. Petronela Radu of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln explained in further detail what peridynamics are, how this theory works, and what its further applications could possibly be. So what exactly is peridynamics? According to Radu, it is simply a means of defining material properties under conditions of deformity and discontinuity (specifically, fracture). The purpose for this theory being developed by Silling was that basic continuum mechanics laws could not be applied easily, if at all, to these particular fractured situations. Under continuum mechanics, Radu explained, formulations are done based upon the use of partial differential equations, meaning that computations of partial derivatives must be possible for the given material and its conditions. However, the necessary derivatives simply cannot be found on fracture surfaces, cracks, or other material deformities, meaning that another method besides continuum mechanics had to be found in order to solve these problems. This is where Sillings peridynamic theory was introduced, according to Radu. She pointed out that because of the lack of partial derivatives in deformity situations, Silling sought to devise a method that did not

abstracts to judges and fair-goers for an hour which was called to an end by a power blast from a vuvuzela, and then the even-numbered posters would do the same for the next hour. The air was relaxed even with students presenting the sum of several months and even semesters of work alongside their peers, professors, and judges. There were a total of 46 different presentations in a diverse set of topics in geology and geological engineering, all of which had a presenter to discuss their abstract. Robert Duran, one of the two undergraduate presenters, said It doesnt feel like Im being treated differently than if I were a graduate student. Geological Engineering masters student Chris Peterson says on the event, Im enjoying myself, I love presenting my work and I feel like this is good practice for the CEER which I will also be presenting at. The winning presentations were Robert Duran for the undergraduate, Jena Long for Economic Geology / Hard Rock Masters, Amanda Rock for Geological Engineering Masters, James Bethune for Hydrology Masters, John Harper and Denton ONeal for Petroleum / Soft Rock Masters, and Jane Stamme for PhD Candidates, and second place for PhD candidates was Lindsey Bearup.

signs late on Thursday that Yanukovych was closer to compromise, apparently expressing willingness to hold presidential and parliamentary elections this year. But there is no trust between the two parties, and activists say they will settle for no less than the Presidents resignation. A Ukrainian girl native to Kiev made a video in effort to get the word out about the reasons behind the protests. In the video she says, There is only one reason: we want to be free from a dictatorship. We want to be free from the politicians work only for themselves. Who are ready to shoot, to beat, to injure people just [to save] their money, just [to save] their houses, just to save their power...We want to be free. I know that maybe tomorrow well have no phone, no internet connection, and we will be alone here. And maybe policemen will murder us one after another when it will be dark here. Thats why I ask you now to help us. We hold this freedom inside our hearts, we have this freedom in our minds. And now I ask you to build this freedom in our country The whole video can be found on YouTube titled I Am a Ukrainian.

have to rely on derivatives at all. What he determined would work as an acceptable substitute were integral equations, as they required no derivation calculations at all and could be used at virtually all points of a given situation. To accomplish this, Radu explained that in basic terms, one needs to identify the differential operators within a continuum mechanics model and replace them with uniquely singular integral operators. When numerically tested with numerous deformation situations, such as fracturing, material tearing, and bursting (as in the case of a popped balloon, for example), it was found that making the change to integral operators and the peridynamic theory produced remarkably close representations of the true physical situations. Projected crack paths were similar to the experimental peridynamic model results, including data regarding the materials damaged zone and the cracks branching patterns. The model also accurately portrayed the correct series of angles and structures created from tearing a material, as well as modeling with great precision the size, structure, and movement characteristics of material fragments from a burst balloon example. Despite all of its benefits, Radu explained that an issue many in the mathematics field have with peridynamics is that theres very little true application of rationale and logic. These opponents of the theory claim that it is basically a fortuitous result of simply playing around with certain parameters and that there is very little actual theory behind it. However, as Radu often cited, no other method to date has been able to model fracture dynamics and material deformities as accurately as peridynamics has, so there is most certainly good reason behind further study of this method and its possible applications.

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The citys best froyo

Elizabeth Starbuck McMillan Staff Writer
Frozen yogurt, also known as froyo, is delicious, and then when the toppings are added, the yum factor goes off the scale. For the health nuts, this magical treat is also appealing. The probiotics in yogurt help with digestion and some studies even say weight loss, but if one puts a pile of toppings on their froyo creation, the weight loss claim may be a little less true. Frozen yogurt is delicious and nutritious and Golden is lucky enough to have one of the best frozen yogurt shops: Goozell Frozen Yogurt & Coffee. The vibrant shop is located in historic downtown Golden on the corner of Washington and 12th is one of-a-kind. From the service to the product itself, Goozell is top notch. The service is the absolute best. At most froyo shops, the employees are teens that care more about who just texted them rather than improving the customers frozen yogurt experience. At Goozell this is not the case, as the employees are helpful and kind to the customers. The owner, Brandon Narva, is often in the shop making sure the Goozell experience is the best. To help show just how great the service is at Goozell, here is a story: there once was a girl who was lactose intolerant, but still loved frozen yogurt. She would often deal with a stomach ache from eating froyo just because it was so delicious (and because the probiotics in yogurt make it is easier to digest than most dairy products.) Almost all frozen yogurt shops have one dairy free option, and four out five times it is mango. This girl was more of a chocolate and peanut butter girl, and not fond of fruity flavors. So one day the girl shared her dream of a chocolate non-dairy froyo with the owner of Goozell. Today, Goozell is now offering a chocolate fudge non-dairy frozen yogurt. In other words, dreams do come true. The non-dairy and other froyo

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flavors and types of toppings are changing all the time. This means customers can go as often as they want without getting tired of the same old thing. If someone is not feeling the froyo scene, they can also enjoy one of Goozells Turkish blend coffees, something from their espresso bar, bakery items or even soup! The Mines community is not the only one who thinks Goozell is amazing. The frozen yogurt shop has received multiple awards including 2013 Best FroYo Shop in Denver, the 2013 Best of the Best award by Colorado Community Media and the readers of the Golden Transcript for Best Frozen Yogurt, and Trip advisor awarded Goozell with a Certificate of Excellence. The word Goozell comes from the Turkish word Gzel meaning beauty of people, places, food and life passions. When customers go to Goozell Frozen Yogurt & Coffee they will understand why it is named this. So get a treat and get some Goozell today!

Spring career fair a huge success

Katerina Gonzales Content Manager
The Mines Career Fair proved to be another success and hundreds of students bustled in and out of the student recreation center to talk to hundreds of companies about internships and full-time jobs. Recruiters came from every corner of the country to take resumes from Mines students. Although the Spring Career Fair was not as big as the one in Fall, opportunities abound. Everyone is very motivated, said one recruiter. It went good, said Shane Johnson, an undergraduate who was looking for an internship. This one was different. A lot more people were interested in talking to me. I feel better than any of the other years because of how nice people were and how interested they seemed. Everyone was very interested, it wasnt just like Oh go apply online, added Michelle Rigsby, who was also in search of a summer internship. The fact that Spring Fair is smaller than the Fall Fair makes the free giveaways not as extravagant, but this also means that students and alumni are more serious about getting a position. Companies who have not filled their spots are also more serious about snagging Mines students to work for them. Everybody seems excited, dont they? said Jean ManningClark, director of the Career Center at Mines. Ive heard from one of our recruiters that they went to one of the big schools in Texas, and they said that our Career Fair is so much better. They were amazed by the difference and they said they always cant wait to get back here. Right now its tied for the largest Spring Career Fair. The recruiting is not over, however, as companies will be holding interview and information sessions in the coming weeks.
RAMIRO RODRIGUEZ / OREDIGGER

Body Love Month asks, What are you buying?

Examining media influence on self image
Elizabeth Starbuck McMillan Staff Writer
91% of women surveyed on college campuses attempted to control their weight through dieting Today the product people buy and/or were unhappy with their has little to do with the product body, and 22% dieted often or and instead what the customer always. For college men, it was gets from it. The media has done reported by Cornell University that an amazing, almost unbelievable, 40% of football players engaged job marketing the beauty industry. in some sort of eating disorder On February 20th, Christina Hru- behavior, and 40% of men have by, a counselor from the Eating a binge eating disorder. While Disorder Center of Denver, came women want to slim down, men to Mines to discuss the issue of are trying to bulk up, and both are Body Image in a talk, What are unnatural and can be very harmful you buying: body image and the physically and mentally. media. So what is someone really Body image is both personal buying when they make a purand subjective and chase? Ms. has three main as- A recent study quoted Hruby highpects. These aslighted that the pects are how a some young girls as product you person sees thembuy has little saying they would to do with the selves, what the person believes other actual product, people think of that prefer to have cancer and more to do person, and how the with what the person feels in their or lose both parents product gets body. There has you. than be fat. been a terrible trend Advertiseof younger and ments promise younger men and women suffer- people better beauty and from ing from anorexia and other body this, better lives if people purimage-related disorders. A recent chase their product. Every day study quoted some young girls as people are bombarded with 400 saying they would prefer to have to 600 advertisements and one cancer or lose both parents than out of eleven are a direct mesbe fat. Obviously the media is a sage about beauty. The media huge cause for this, but one of works to sell people they things the biggest influences of young they need on a basic level, such boys and girls is their parents as love, acceptance or approvand family. Parents may be care- al, and happiness. Media wants ful to not express weight issues people to think that in order to with their kids and simply saying, attain these things, people need Im going to be good tonight and to buy the marketed product and have a salad, or Im going to be change who they are. bad and have dessert, can have Through marketing, the diet huge effects on how kids see eat- industry has become a huge $40 ing and their body image. billion per year industry. The size Furthermore, there is an even is not even the insane part about larger number of young adults the diet industry, as the failure in college that have body image rate for diets is a staggering 96%. problems. A study showed that Somehow people are continuing to buy into diets, completely disregarding the slim chance of any return on their investment. Not only does the media brainwash people into being unhappy with their body image, it is also turning people into objects. Instead of portraying a person, ads just show their abs, or their chest or a body with no head, objectifying men and women and creating a disconnect. Advertisements are becoming more violent, and sending the message that women must be sexy but also innocent. All of this is making the poor body image illness more complex and much worse. Beauty campaigns like Doves Campaign for Real Beauty, Nivea, and many others are promoting using real people to model without sexualizing or objectifying them. The entire purpose of marketing is to appeal to an audience, so if the audience does not want degrading false advertisement anymore, the marketing will have to change. How can people fight back against such a huge problem? * Be the change! People cant let products or the scale define who they are. * Do not engage in body criticism, stop the body talk whether its positive or negative. * Compliment someone on non-physical attributes and character qualities. * Have body confidence and pass it on. Culture is defined by the people in it, and if the people change the culture will too. *On February 27th from 111pm in the Student Center Center Lobby, EDC will also have a table featuring empowering Henna Tattoos and information promoting health body image and awareness.

Students work to make a good impression on employers at career day.

KATERINA GONZALES / OREDIGGER

Employers collect resumes at Career Day in anticipation of hiring Mines students for internships and full-time jobs.

Greek week 2014

Tyrell Frame Guest Writer
This Wednesday marks the beginning of the Mines Greek communitys annual Greek Week event. Fraternities and sororities come together to participate in social events and competitions that encourage friendships between the different houses and promote pride in Greek life in general. Here are the events for the week: February 26: Order of Omega Trivia Night, CTLM 102: 6:308:30pm. February 27: Greek Talent Show, Ballrooms B and C: 7:009:00pm. February 28: All Greek Formal Dinner, Student Center Ballrooms: 5:30-7:30pm. March 1: Greek Olympics, Location TBA: 12:00-2:30pm. Greek Week is all about bringing the community together to have a good time, and to show that being Greek is more than just the letters we wear.

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Geek Week
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social and fun and outgoing and we work really well together. And then, academically, I just get way too nerdy about it. I think everything is so cool. I love that you can use physics and theoretical backgrounds to apply it to figure out whats underneath you. Thats the most fascinating concept ever. I find all the topics so interesting that it doesnt feel like Im in engineering school, it doesnt feel like were doing this really academically rigorous program, even though we are, because the faculty and all the subject matter is so interesting. Favorite class/professor so far? Oh my gosh...I literally love every class. Last semester was so funny, when everyone was all, I hate Dynamic Fields!, I was sitting over here thinking, I like this class [laughs]. Obviously Terry [Young] is like, my complete mentor and I just like worship him, but other than him...I love Andrei Swidinsky. I think he does a really great job because hes closer to the learning curve to us, that he really understands how to teach us. And obviously Roel [Snieder]...he totally just rules. I really appreciate how he really cares about the teaching and the manner of how he delivers it to us. As for subjectslike, I could tell you about the classes I dont like [laughs]. [In Electrical Methods (GP303)], I almost got electrocuted. And the TA was just like, DONT TOUCH THAT ANNA! It was bad. As a Junior, what are you thinking for life plans after Mines? Well I think Im going to go to graduate school and get a masters in Geophysics, and then my parents want me to get a masters in business as well, because this is a direct quote from my dad: If youre going to be CEO of Exxon someday, youre going to get an MBA. [Laughs.] I was like, I like your thinking, dad. But then eventually, I would obviously love to have an incredible career. But then Im also very family-oriented and I think its really important to have a family. And then, I dont know, I have this thought in my head how I want to really start some sort of program to immerse girls into science. And obviously theres programs like that, but I think that theres so much that could be done with it. Two or three times now that Ive gone home for break, Ive given lectures at my high school about girls going into engineering, because nobody does it, and in high school I was really involved in clubs and activities, so they all know who I am, which obviously helps so its not like some random person going, Be an engineer!. So some sort of program would be really cool to start at some point as well. But I want to do everything. Do you align yourself more with the Star Wars or Star Trek Universe, or? I had an older brother growing up, and he wasnt as academically nerdy as I am, but I think all boys are pretty nerdy in general, even if they dont admit it. So pretty much every afternoon when I would come home from school, he would make me watch Star Trek with him, and obviously Star Wars too...I could name every character. One time, I was somewhere freshman year here, and somebody didnt believe that I went to Mines, so I was all, Okay, I will list ten characters from Lord of the Rings because I go to Mines and thats how nerdy I am, and then I did and they were like, Okay, you go to Mines. Which was pretty funny. But yeah...Im secretly into all that. Whats your favorite fictional universe then? Hmm. I dont know, I mean, I didnt really get into Star Trek because Spock, with the funny haircut and the ears--I just couldnt deal with that. That was not my thing. I did see the movie, which was okay. Uhh, I kind of like Star Wars because of Anakin.... And oh my gosh, I wanted to be Princess Leia so bad. I would make my mom do my hair and I would wear a bedsheet over me, and would have the robe tie at the waist. And I had a really great pink

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Katerina Gonzales Staff Writer

Some geeks are obsessed and fascinated by their studies, and some have watched Star Wars countless times. Anna Bond is both. In her third year at Mines, she seems to have found true geophysical happiness as classes have grown more interesting for her, fulfilling some curiosity that has been in her heart from a young age. Between leadership meetings for the Alpha Phi sorority and deriving the telegraphers equation for a magnetic field, The Oredigger caught up with Anna to talk about her geekiness that may not be well-known. [Oredigger]: Why did you decide to come to Mines? [Bond]: I knew I wanted to do Geophysical Engineering and, first of all, Mines is like the only school that has that. And I went to visit the University of Montana and Mines the same weekend, and those were really the only two schools I was deciding between. And Montana just really sucked, so[laughs]. But yeah, the faculty really won me over during Discover Mines that I went to. They were awesome and I fell in love with Terry [Young, Geophysics Dept. Head] instantly. Mines is such an incredible school. My dad is a lawyer but represents a lot of engineers, and so one company, actually the company I interned for after freshman year, when I was growing up he would bring me home the newsletters in Geophysics since I was like four, and I was like, I dont know what this is, but it is so cool and its what I want to do with my life. And I would be in my room when I was like eight reading these technical newsletters about Geophysics. What is your favorite thing about Geophysics now? I mean, theres a lot of things, Im obsessed with everything about it. So, theres that. But on kind of like a enjoyment level, I love all the people in our class. Like, everyone in our grade is so fun. Were all like really

...Anna Bond, Junior: Geophysics

Power Ranger outfit that I would wear on the daily growing up. Those were probably my top choices. What do you do outside of academics? Im in Alpha Phi, and...I dont know...I think the most valuable thing that Im active in with Greek life is the leadership in it, so Ive been on the executive board every year that Ive been in the house, and Ive been like two different vice president positions, and this year I got involved in Panhellenic Council, which is the committee of the three sororities, which is more interesting because you get to know more people that you wouldnt normally hang out with. Then, believe it or not, I am vice president of the Fly Fishing Club, and Ive honestly been fly fishing only a couple times, but Im starting to get into it. I think its really fun. What would be some advice you would give to younger students? Definitely study hard from the getgo. Your first couple of semesters really set the foundation how youre going to do. But you can definitely do better and better. I dont know, I just kind of have the mentality of if I can do it, anyone can do it. I think the key to succeeding here is just finding something youre interested in. And I think the other thing people need to do is just do stuff besides school. I make sure I have time for a lot of fun activities. Do you have a favorite quote? Not really, probably just Ke$ha: The party dont start til I walk in. Favorite superhero? Id probably have to say Wonder Woman because I want to be Wonder Woman and do everything. If I could look that good in an outfit like that, that would be cool too. Favorite equation? The telegraphers equation. Is there any other?
KATERINA GONZALES/OREDIGGER

Anna Bond decided to study geophysics at age eight.

Post Tropical will cure the winter blues

Sarah Dewar Staff Writer
Irish falsetto. If this phrase means nothing at present, prepare to file it in your mental dictionary. The definition? James Vincent McMorrow. The 31 year old Dublin native channels harmonic melodies through his creative mixture of indie folk and R&B. Post Tropical is only the second album from McMorrow, whose first release Early In The Morning surfaced in 2011. Early In The Morning was well received in Ireland and did share some success here in the United States as well. McMorrow still remains an uncommon name among mainstream music listeners, which is surprising given the emotional depth and vocal charisma he possesses. Post Tropical is most certainly the turning point for his global career, especially as he will begin this spring with a North American Tour for his sophomore effort. Post Tropical has been described as an intimate journey and as a personal expression of life and love. It is truly remarkable when an artist can create music that addresses many different people, yet each individual feels as if each lyric were tailored to their desires. Post Tropical was released just one month ago, nearly four years following the American release of McMorrows first studio album. It is as if McMorrow has graduated with a major in melodramatic passion. All ten songs convey the same feelings of movement - reaching and yearning for someone to love and experiencing all the beauty of this natural world in simplistic cohesion. The third song appearing on Post Tropical strongly echoes the most fundamental desire of all, to love and be loved. Red Dust reveals Sometimes my hands they dont feel like my own//I need someone to love I need someone to hold, showing that even in the midst of uncertainty, clarity arises and proves that facing life with a partner can be better than facing challenges alone. Even more so, occasionally people are able Perhaps the most touching and heart-striking lyrics are found in the headlining song from this album. Cavalier begins the album with the euphony distinctively attributed to the genius of McMorrow. He sings of drinking in the evening light instead of craven silence. Whether this song is a historical reference to the English Civil War and the intertwined Cavalier poetry movement, or if it is merely named for a gentlemen remains to be known. There is one phrase repeated throughout the song that perfectly embodies magnificence through sound. I remember my first love is sung again and again by McMorrow, strengthening the truth of the phrase in each revolution back to its repetition. All Points is a rhythmiCOURTESY VAGRANT RECORDS cally enchanting piece that to find themselves by discovering speaks of the vastness of the natural someone else. world. In the canyon I was started young//In the ocean in the valley run//There was hope that time would disappear//In the smoke when the valley clears. He sings of being in the dark and thinking about the coldness of the season, but dreaming about a warmer climate. In imaginary destiny//Reached the palms and stretched around the skin//Every breath that echoes endlessly//Every point to ever let it leave. If music can medicate the mind, then this album is the one and only prescription. James Vincent McMorrow has a voice to cure all cases of cabin fever and the spiritual ailments that winter can bring. This album showcases his voice to one plus ultra, the perfect and most extreme example of its kind. Post Tropical has not yet received the critical acclaim that it deserves and should be endowed. This is a highly recommended album that should be listened to time and time again. It carries the intricacy necessary to send the mind on an enchanting voyage into the realm of musical enlightenment.

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The Monuments Men misses the mark

Hope Sisley Staff Writer
The Monuments Men is a historical film about a squad of men brought together during World War II to rescue stolen art from the Nazis. It stars a number of excellent veteran actors, including George Clooney, Matt Damon, John Goodman, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, and Jean Dujardin, the Academy Award-winning star of The Artist. The acting is therefore quite good (naturally), and the plot of the movie is an interesting, little-known bit of true life, but the movie falls short of its full potential. Spoiler alert, this piece contains facts critical to the movie. In 1945, the great art of Western Europe was in sore need of rescue. There was, of course, the collateral damage caused by both Axis and Allied bombing raids on cities like Milan, Bremen and Cologne, but this was not the primary concern of the so-called Monuments Men, the art-rescue squad led by Frank Stokes (George Clooney). Hitler, himself an artist, envisioned building a massive Fuhrer Museum, in which would be housed the greatest of European artworks, and, to this end, he stole vast quantities of paintings and sculpture from Paris and other occupied lands. When it became clear that the Axis powers were not going to win the war, he issued an order that would ensure that, if he could not have the art, no one would. Called the Nero Decree after the Roman dictator who burned his city to the ground, the document instructed the SS to destroy the stolen art rather than let it fall into Allied hands. Renaissance masterpieces were torched, sculptures smashed (at least, the film portrays it this way; in reality, the Nero directive was never carried out). To make matters worse, the Soviet troops had orders to steal whatever they could - including art - for Stalin, as compensation for their efforts in the conflict. Stokes team, on the other hand, wanted to return the art to the collectors, churches, and museums from which it was stolen. They had to beat the Germans and the Russians alike if they were to accomplish this task. Other reviewers have observed that The Monuments Men is unsure just what sort of movie it wants to be. This is true. It has elements of a war movie, a buddy picture, and, to a lesser extent, a heist film. The transitions from comical to serious can be jarring, but this is not a major problem with the film. Most war movies use this trope: a moment of jovial camaraderie is interrupted with tragedy or disaster, so as to drive home the point that there is no safe harbor, no security in a war zone. The buddy movie feeling comes from the interactions between the individual men, most notably Goodman and Dujardin, as they roam about Europe in search of stolen goods. The heist film angle is strongest at the beginning, when the team is being introduced, but it quickly fizzles out, which makes the story seem a little disjointed. There is even a stillborn hint of romance between Damon and Blanchett, but thankfully this is minor. The main problem with the movie runs far deeper than a bit of narrative laziness. Rather, it concerns the basic premise of the film, and the all-important question of why the characters - and, by extension, the audience - should care. After all, these events take place during the waning months of World War II. People are being slaughtered by the millions. Why on earth does it matter if a couple of paintings by Van Gogh or Michaelangelo are among the casualties? The film tries to answer the question in multiple ways - some of them conflicting - and the overall effect is unsatisfactory. In essence, three answers are given. First, the cultural heritage of Europe is at stake, and this is something more timeless and enduring than a human life. Second, the majority of these artworks were stolen from Jewish collectors, and by returning them to the few still alive, the Monuments Men are playing a small but important part in restoring these peoples humanity to them. And lastly, two of the team members lose their lives trying to fulfill the mission, and Stokes and company need it to succeed for their sakes, so that their deaths will not have been in vain. The first reason is that which Stokes gives for why the Monuments Men should be established in the first place. Stokes argues at one point that people can rebuild homes and lives, but not culture or history. He also says at several points, however, that the lives of his men are more important than the paintings they are working to recover. Another character, a military officer, refuses to go out of his way to protect a statue, as his priority is with his men. Unless the message is that American lives are more valuable than art but French and Belgian lives are not, these remarks contradict the original argument. As for the third reason, the film places too much emphasis on it. Wanting to complete a task that ones friend died trying to accomplish is a worthy goal, and it gives a good motivation for Stokes to be so invested in finding one statue in particular - but it does not explain why the mission happened at all. Never is the audience told why the dead man should have risked his life over this statue - not explicitly, at least. The man himself waxes poetic over the statue, and he speaks about how this mission allows him to regain his honor, which he lost due to severe alcoholism. But again, this gives him a rationale for caring without giving the viewer one. The root of the answer lies with the second reason. Many hints in the film point to it. For instance, in one stockpile of stolen goods are two barrels filled with gold: one holds wedding rings, the other gold teeth and fillings; both represent the victims of the Nazi gas chambers. Another stockpile holds furniture and household items piled to the ceiling, taken from the homes of Jews being shipped to death camps. What is all of this? James Granger (Matt Damon) asks, awed. Claire Simone (Cate Blanchett) responds, Peoples lives. Finally, in the most effective scene in the film, Granger brings a portrait back to the home of its owner, a dirty apartment longabandoned and stripped of furniture and decoration. As he hangs it on the wall, Simone asks him why. After all, she observes, the person who lived here is long gone, likely among the nameless dead at Dachau or Auschwitz. Granger replies that his job is to return stolen art, and this seems like a good place to start. Paired with multiple references to the Jewish collectors who once owned the majority of the paintings and statuary in the Nazi stockpiles, the message seems to be that this is why people should care about this mission. This is what makes rescuing art worth risking ones life. Sadly, the film drops the ball here. It could have driven the point home hard - by showing, for instance, one of these collectors being robbed, or his home ransacked as he himself is shipped off to his death. It could have highlighted the sick injustice that a Nazi middleman, overweight and comfortable in his home in the country, has covered his walls with Rembrandt and medieval masterpieces taken from the once-wealthy Rothschild family of Austria, while the family itself was forced to flee or be killed, and much of their vast art collection was not returned until the 1990s. Instead, The Monuments Men dances around the topic. It talks about the Jews without actually showing any. It hints at the connection between the concentration camps and the Nazi art theft but never makes it blatant, and the subtlety costs the movie most of its possible impact. This could have been a hard-hitting and heroic story about the restoration of peoples heritage to them, but instead it ends up just being an enjoyable but forgettable peek at an obscure bit of history. On a final, positive note, the cinematography in the movie cleverly sets great art as the background in many shots. A meeting in a New York bar has a beautiful Works Progress mural as its backdrop, while cathedrals soar over blasted streets. So at least, in a movie about the true value of aesthetics, the people working on it took the time to add some nice aesthetic touches of their own. 3 out of 5 stars. This movie is rated PG-13 because of minor war violence, minor language, and one or two disturbing things like buckets of gold teeth taken from corpses and horribly racist Nazis.

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Julia Lipnitskaya in the Olympics A smoothie a day

Tyrell Frame Staff Writer
Lipnitskaya insisted in spite of his opinions. They struggled to find a choreographer who would be willing to choreograph her skating to With the Olympics currently the piece but eventually they sucbeing televised and talked about ceeded, and in the end Lipnitskaya almost constantly, there is always did indeed skate to it at the Olymsomething new and fascinating to pics. hear about. Recently in the OlymWhile the majority of the poppic world of figure skating, there ulation can not actually identify is a new name catching everymost figure skating moves, almost ones attention. That name is Julia everyone who sees them is in awe Lipnitskaya. She is a Russian figure of the skill required. While spinning skater who is just fifteen years old. in complex figure eights in swirlShe is the youngest figure skater ing skirts, she makes to ever win a gold medal at the Olympics and Julia Lipnitskaya is only fifteen and has al- incredible leaps and seems to fly through the achieved this just a few weeks ago. Almost ev- ready accomplished so much. She is a gold air. Her moves are made more beautiful by eryone who witnessed medal Olympian and has also won several only the smooth flow she her skating at the Olympics can verify that she other prestigious medals for figure skating demonstrates between each move. Many peoshowed some truly imLipnitskaya to give her daughter ple who watch figure skating often pressive feats. Julia Lipnitskaya is only fifteen her own last name and raise Julia remark on the seemingly indecent outfits that the skaters wear and has already accomplished so alone. Not common for such a young but Lipnitskayas are suitably modmuch. She is a gold medal Olympian and has also won several other figure skater, Julia Lipnitskaya est for her age and yet still beautiful prestigious medals for figure skat- chooses all of her own music for and functional for figure skating. She has some incredible raw ing including winning the World Ju- her programs. Most music she nior Championship, getting gold at picks simply because she likes talent that is most obvious when the Finlandia Trophy, and winning them, which has led to some dis- she is seen spinning through the the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final. agreements with her coach. For air in impressive spins and jumps. She is also the youngest skater in her Olympic Free Skate, she chose Due to the fact that Lipnitskaya is ladies singles to win the European the theme song from Schindlers just fifteen years old there is still title. What she has accomplished List because she had watched the time for her to continue to impress in just fifteen years is more than a movie numerous times and loved anyone who watches her, so she lot of people accomplish in their the song. Her coach, Eteri Tut- should definitely be a name to entire lives and it makes everyone beridze, was not originally a fan of keep an eye out for in the figure this decision because of the sen- skating world. Who knows what a little jealous. Julia Lipnitskaya started skating sitivity related to the subject, but she will accomplish next. at four and, fifteen years later, became one of the best figure skaters in the world. This dedication has led to her to move from her home town to Moscow in order to pursue her dreams. She has been raised by her single mother, who has been there to support her in her pursuit of figure skating fame. Her father has been out of the picture since before Lipnitskaya was born, as he enlisted in the Russian army and then never returned back to his family. This led Daniela

Kat Murphy Staff Writer

Red beets and leafy greens are great for the body. This high energy smoothie is filled to the brim with minerals, enzymes, antioxidants, vitamins, and chlorophyll. This is easy and surprisingly tasteful. This smoothie will restore the body after a workout and bring energy for a full day of classes. Ingredients (2 servings) cup apple juice 2 handfuls of kale leaves 1 cup of Greek yogurt 1 cup of canned pineapple 1 red beet 1 cup frozen raspberries Directions 1. Peel and grate the beet. Remove kale leaves from stem. 2. Blend all the ingredients together until smooth. 3. Enjoy this fresh, healthy smoothie. There are numerous health benefits to this delicious and easy to make smoothie. Beets, kale, raspberries, pineapple, and apples all contain high quantities of vitamins and minerals. The different vitamins and minerals are great for many reasons including bone health, detoxifica-

tion, cell growth, vision, healthy skin, and hydration. Also, these fruits and vegetables are excellent anti-inflammatory foods. Beets: High in chlorophyll and normalizes blood pressure. Kale: High in chlorophyll, contains omega-3, and contains a decent amount of protein. This protein is said to be better bio-available to the body than compared to meat protein. Greek yogurt: Twice as much protein as regular yogurt and contain probiotics (improve the immune system). Pineapple: High amounts of potassium.
KAT MURPHY / OREDIGGER

High-energy morning smoothie.

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Joe Davies Open Baseball competes in Texas

Jared Riemer Content Manager
In what would be the final tuneup before the conference championships, the Colorado School of Mines Track team finished off the regular season in style. With eight provisionals, Mines made the most of their home meet, the Joe Davies Open. In the mens 800, freshman Patrick Weaver qualified for nationals by winning the race and recording the second fastest time in DII this season with a time of 1:52.08; Junior Garrett Hoch provisionaled with a time of 1:54.06 to finish third. In the mens 400, junior Ian Rozier provisionaled with a time of 50.03 to take first place in the event. With the fifth fastest 4x400 relay time in nation this year, the Oredigger team of Rozier, Weaver, Hoch, and sophomore Austin Shaffer placed first with a time of 3:17.43. In the 3000m, Mines placed first and second with sophomore Marty Andrie recording a provisional with a time of 8:36.48 and senior Sean Gildea coming in with a time of 8:57.83. In the Triple Jump, junior Michelle Rigsby recorded a provisional with a fourth place jump of 37-7.75 (11.47m), she placed sixth in the long jump. Two more provisionals were recorded in the mens weight throw with senior Ryan Ewan and sophomore Jacob Hollister throwing 56-6.5 (17.236m) and 56-1 (17.09m) respectively; Austin Roup placed fifth in the event (14.80m). In the mile, senior Frank Socha placed third with a time of 4:27.82, and sophomore Drew Kerschieter finished fourth (4:28.10); Ann Miller (sophomore) and junior Kirsten Farquhar placed fourth and seventh respectively in the womens mile. In the womens high jump, Amanda Giles and Amber Harley finished third and fourth, while Seun Ogunmodede won the mens event, while competing unattached, with a jump of 7.00m. In the mens triple jump, Marc Leachman and Kento Okamato placed third and fourth. Both mens and womens teams head to Adams State in Alamosa next week for the RMAC Indoor Track Championships.

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Katerina Gonzales Content Manager
Baseballs two-week trip to Texas started out in Odessa, where the Orediggers took on Tarleton State and UT-Permian Basin for three games. Mines won the first two games 3-1 and 5-1 and lost Sundays game 6-2. Sophomore righty Christian Rooney took the mound for the opener on Saturday, throwing a solid 7 and two-thirds innings with three hits, two walks, and four strikeouts. The only run that Tarleton State scored was unearned from advancement on an illegal pitch in the eighth inning. The game remained scoreless until the eighth inning, when Mines struck first, scoring the three runs in the top of the inning, allowing Rooney to be credited with the win. Freshman infielder Logan Smith started off the run manufacturing by walking to lead off the eighth. Junior catcher A.J. Schillinger was promptly hit by a pitch, and after a bunt out, senior Derek Skrdlant came up to the plate and singled to right-center field, scoring Smith. Skrdlant would then get out at second on a fielders choice, but that allowed Schillinger to score and sophomore outfielder Nate Olinger to reach first. Olinger

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WNM falls to Mines

Chris Robbins Staff Writer
Seeking their fifth straight win since the heartbreaking loss to Metro State, the Orediggers looked to keep building up momentum with a win over the RMACs worst team, the Western New Mexico Mustangs. As one would expect, the 11th ranked Mines squad easily dismantled the one-win Mustangs by a wide margin, 90-58. CSM opened the game strong, building up a 17-11 lead just over six minutes into the contest, but the Mustangs showed a bit of resilience and hit consecutive three pointers to bring the score back within one. However, that is as close as they would manage to get, as the Oredigger offense opened up the rest of the half. Leading by as much as 27 at one point, Mines built up a substantial 49-27 lead by the end of the period. The second half saw a bit more competitiveness from WNM, but Mines was still able to prevail and edge the Mustangs in scoring by 10 in the half. When all was said and

done, the Orediggers left Silver City, New Mexico with a 90-58 victory. Brett Green led all scorers with 20 points on the night, with Will Carr adding 15 and Trevor Ritchie contributing 12. Trevor Wages posted a double-double in the game, notching 15 points to go with 10 rebounds. In total, eight Orediggers put up at least six points in the game, making for one of the more balanced offensive attacks CSM has had this season. The stat sheet reflected the onesidedness of the game, as Mines surpassed the Mustangs in every major category, and mostly by a wide margin. The Orediggers outshot WNM 54.8% to 40%, including a 40% to 30% edge from beyond the three point arc, as well as doubling the Mustangs in rebounds collected (46 to 23). Mines will have one more game before the regular season comes to a close, a match-up on the road against Colorado Christian in Lakewood. That game tips off at 7pm next Saturday, March 1st, and will be the last game before the Orediggers begin preparation for the RMAC tournament, which begins March 4th.

The Orediggers win again

Jared Riemer Content Manager
The No. 11 School of Mines mens basketball team (21-3, 17-3 in the RMAC) took their show on the road Friday to Las Vegas, New Mexico and walked away with a 77-69 victory. With five players in double figures on the night, Mines grinded out the eight point victory. Mines never quite could pull away from the Cowboys in the beginning of the first half. With the game tied 8-8, Mines scored seven straight to lead 15-8, but the Cowboys came back and tied the game at 15. Once again, Mines jumped out a lead, 23-15, but the Cowboys refused to just lay down and quit, scoring six straight to cut the lead to two. Finally in the final five minutes of the game, Mines managed to increase their lead to double digits, and at halftime the Orediggers led 44-34. The Cowboys would cut that lead to six with 15:41 remaining, but a Brian Muller triple increased the lead back to nine. Never able to completely pull away, Mines led by at least eight for much of the second half, but with just 2:11 remaining, that lead was once again cut into, this time to a four point margin. Both teams traded points in the next minute and with 47 second left Mines held a four point advantage, but the Cowboys had possession. NMHU would miss two layups and be forced to foul twice in the final seconds and senior Luke Meisch sunk four straight free throws to seal the game. Off the bench with 16 points to lead the team, Gokul Natesan also added two assists, two steals, and two rebounds in 24

then swiped second base and scored on junior infielder Zach Bothwells single to left. Sophomore right-hander Brett Kovach got Tarleton to fly out in the ninth, but then gave up two singles. Olinger would then come in from right field to take the mound and pitch to the remaining two batters and pick up the save. Mines took on Texas Permian Basin next in a two-game series. Saturdays 5-1 win consisted of the Orediggers scoring one run in the third, and then two runs in the fifth and sixth. Senior DH Patrick Ihme and Nate Olinger led the offense, going two for five, with Olingers thirdinning double scoring Ihme. It was pitcher Ben Gilman who would keep Permian at Bay, however. In the performance that would precede his naming of Athlete of the Week by Mines, the righty would throw seven complete innings, making the Permian batters go hitless, and allowing two walks but fanning three. The Orediggers were excited to have won two out of three games in Texas, usually a tough state to open the season in. Sundays game against UT Permian Basin did not go as hoped, however. Despite Mines scoring twice (one run on a wild pitch, one unearned run on

a throwing error) and striking first, UTPBs four-run inning would set the outcome, and Mines would have to settle for a series split. Sophomore righty Tommy Rodgers would take the loss, although only two of the four runs scored while he was pitching were earned. Rodgers went five innings and struck out four batters. The baseball team returned again to Texas the following week, this time going all the way to San Angelo, TX to play No. 25 Angelo State. The four-game series did not go as well as the previous week had as Mines lost the first three games 10-1, 6-5, and 7-2. Nate Olinger had the brightest pitching performance of the three games, going five full innings in Saturdays 6-5 loss, allowing two earned runs and striking out three. That game was back-and forth, with Angelo State scoring three runs in the seventh to walk off with the victory. Mines bats were led by pitchers. Christian Rooney played left field in this game but went onefor-two with two RBIs, and the pitcher Olinger, who batted in the leadoff spot, went one-for-four with a double. Also on the offensive side, A.J. Schillinger got two hits in his three at bats, and also scored twice. The Orediggers return to Colorado next weekend, when they will play at Regis in another away series.

minutes. Brian Muller scored 14, dished out three assists, and grabbed six rebounds; while Trevor Wages scored 13 and had seven rebounds. Meisch led the team with nine rebounds and added 10 points, including the crucial free throws, three assists, and two steals. Trevor Ritchie also recorded three dimes and two steals in addition to his 11 points. Caleb Waitsman had eight rebounds and Brett Green recorded seven points as well as two each of the following: rebounds, assists, and steals. The Orediggers shot 47.2% from the field compared to 43.1 for the Cowboys, but were outshot 11-6 (44% to 33.3%) from behind the arch. Mines shot 21of-25 from the charity stripe for 84%, and dominated the painted area 30-18 while out-rebounding the Cowboys 39-22.

Swimming and Diving take on RMAC Championship

Jared Riemer Content Manager
The Colorado School of Mines swimming and diving team traveled to Grand Junction for the four day competition known as the RMAC Championship. Day one of the competition saw two school records fall and four Allconference performances. Cayla Wood saw both of these records broken and recorded two of the four All-conference distinctions with her performance in the womens 200 individual medley (IM) and the womens 200 medley relay. In the 200 IM, Wood finished third with a NCAA B-standard time of 2:06.53, and in medley relay, along with teammates Camille Davis (sophomore), Melanie Buckles (freshman), and Tasha Pfeiffer (junior), Wood helped lead the team to a third place finish with a time of 1:50.29. Both results earned Third Team Allconference. In the mens 200 IM, earning Third Team All-RMAC, freshman Todd Brannon finished third, while teammates Justin Dearden (sophomore) and Daniel Peter (senior) finished fifth and sixth respectively. In the mens 200 medley relay, Peter and Brannon were joined by junior Will Porter and freshman Ethan Pfeiffer in a third place effort, again garnering the Third Team All-RMAC distinction. On the 3-meter diving board, junior Mark Repella just missed All-conference honors finishing fourth. The mens team ended day one in third and the women in fourth. Day two of the competition again saw school record breaking times. This time five records fell and seven All-conference accolades were earned. Becoming the first swimming champion in current head coach, Nate Rothmans tenure, junior Zack Gertig captured the 200 freestyle with a B-standard time of 1:39.07 after breaking the RMAC record in the prelims with a swim of 1:38.89. Also in the 200 free, junior Kyle Burt garnered Third Team All-RMAC honors with a third place finish and a B-standard time of 1:41.27. In the 200 m freestyle relay, joined by Ethan Pfeifer, Kalen Rasmussen (junior), and Porter, Gertig lead the team to a third place finish and thus a Third Team All-RMAC distinction. In the womens 200 free relay, freshman Brittany Holloway, senior Monica Mick, sophomore Hillary Knaebel, and Tasha Pfeiffer finished fourth, breaking the school record with a time of 4:03.85. Wood broke another school record on day two finishing second in the womens 200 free with a time of 1:54.86, good enough for Second Team AllRMAC. In the 400 medley relay, the men finished third with a time of 3:27.49 and the women finished fourth with a time of 4:00.75 to break the school record. The Third Team AllRMAC mens relay team consisted of Brannon, Rasmussen, Peter, and Gertig. The womens team consisted of Mick, freshman Katrin Gallup, freshman Carrie Kralovec, and Knaebel. After day two, the Orediggers still sat in third and fourth overall. The third day of competition was another solid performance by Oredigger athletes, with three more AllRMAC distinctions being earned. Gertig, Ethan Pfeiffer, Burt, and freshman Josh Graber placed second in the 800 freestyle relay with a school record-breaking time of 6:45.50. Their performance garnered Second Team All-RMAC and B-standard recognition. In the womens 800 free relay, Knaebel, Gallup, Kralovec, and Wood finished third, breaking another Mines school record and earning Third Team All-RMAC honors with a time of 7:51.02. Day three saw Wood earn her third All-RMAC accolade with a third place finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:05.87; Mines still sat third and fourth in the team standings after day three. Day four saw Cayla Wood record yet another All-RMAC distinction finishing second in the womens 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:22.54, her teammate, Gallup finished fifth. In the mens 200 backstroke, Brannon Todd and Justin Dearden finished fourth and fifth respectively with Todd earning a B-standard time. The mens 400 free relay finished in third place to grab third team All-RMAC with a time of 3:05.48. The team consisted of Porter, Pfeiffer, Gertig, and Burt. Overall, the mens team finished in third out of four school and the women finished fourth out of five teams.

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Minds at Mines Why Mines?

Katerina Gonzales Content Manager
Discover Mines happened last week, with prospective accepted students and their families scurrying about campus, trying to decide if they want to spend the next four (or five or more) years of their life in Golden. To students at Mines, that decision-making time may seem like a long time ago, yet the reasons they decided to choose Mines can still be remembered. This week, Minds at Mines tried to get an idea of what made undergraduate students choose to come here by asking, What was the deciding factor in deciding you wanted to come to Mines?

I mean, I like math. It just kinda worked out that way. Izzie Aguiar

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Nerds. I was drawn to the nerdy atmosphere. Jojo Clark

The girls. Gus Becker

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self-assurance (6) 24 Uproarious with her involving leg lost in drill manoeuvre(5,5) 25 We see Mother with net, not quite finished with hair (4) 26 Ignoring the odds, blue grass in tye was flourishing soonest (8) 27 List varied bridge opponents overwhelmed by Mum (6) DOWN 1 Line of regular coolness shown when cracking Times or Telegraph, ultimately? (8) 2 Bettys hearts a jewel, un up lifting all around, providing spice (6) 3 Event: Rings knockout after first seen in Munich, to boot (8) 4 Star bridge player material (6) 5 Assurance of good luck if Sam climbs on the bed (6) 6 Duties (not obligations) to a
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son involved supplying musical accompaniment (8) 7 Leaders of royal establish ment awarded licenciate one in music, note. Thats the facts (6) 15 You see independence after she fell, breaking hip (hospital one doesnt count) (4-4) 16 Maybe Hampstead area to meet Ernest regularly and put away the Claymore? (8) 17 Inplay, see slams flowing (8) 18 Superior in rubber (not half!) consisting of no trumps ace is held (8) 20 Sung in choir, a profit to the audience (6) 21 Eh? Weepat in Scrabble? Thats not English!Nothing pre cludesDad producing Che wink (6) 23 Disobedient child in Lakes? Why, we hear its firmly the op posite! (6)

The potential once I graduate. Drew Stoltzfus

It is the best engineering school in the state. Jonathon Kohl

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