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THE

September 11, 2015

Volume 95, Issue 1
Opinion
Tips to succeed at
Career Fair

The student voice of Mines

since 1920

Arts

Sports

Ballroom Dancing
event a success

Volleyball goes undefeated

in opening tournament

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Mines version
of TED Talks a
success
By: Katrina San Nicolas

Junior Sam Seeton sprints towards the endzone after catching a pass from Junior Justin Dvorak
in the first quarter against South Dakota School of Mines. This was just one of eight touchdown
passes thrown by Dvorak in the game.

CSM dominates in stadium opener

By: Ben Miele

The Mines football team easily handled

South Dakota School of Mines 63-28 in their
home opener, highlighted by an impressive
performance by Junior Justin Dvorak, throwing
for 555 yards and eight touchdown passes.
Weve had a lot of success in past years
against South Dakota Mines and with the
personnel we had back I feel like we would
continue that success, Dvorak said. Personally,
I was not expecting that much success, but they
wanted to play man against us and we exploited
some match ups.
Before the game even started, there was
already excitement in the air with the new
stadium, an almost entirely new coaching staff,
new uniforms and a tailgating event.
I think it is great that the football team has
started to get more notoriety, he said. On
Saturday, I think we showed just how exciting

this team can be to watch and I think the school

should be able to take pride in athletics the way it
does with
academics.
Head Coach Gregg Brandon felt the new
stadium has many benefits.
The biggest effects will be with the fan base,
Brandon said. Former football players have
donated huge amounts of money, proving a
culture of giving surrounding this place.
With all of the success and changes made
from last season, expectation are high for the
football team according to Head Coach Gregg
Brandon.
We obviously want to repeat as RMAC
champions, and ultimately play for a National
Championship, Senior offensive lineman Hasan
Shaar said. We feel we have the talent to do so
this year, and itll be just a matter of executing.
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From analyzing the science of happiness, to

questioning whether or not schools nurture creativity, TEDx speakers use their voices to spread
compelling ideas throughout the world. Technology,
Entertainment, Design (TED) is a non-profit organization that invites thinkers, visionaries, and teachers
to give informational or persuasive presentations in
18 minutes or less.
While Mines students might only have access to
the TED Talks posted on the Internet, a new speaking series called Everything Under the M aims to
promote the spread of powerful ideas throughout
campus.
Everything Under the M will give interesting
insight into incredible student leaders and their
passions and interests, with plenty of other fun
skills along the way, said Jenn Mazzotta, Director of Student Activities and Peer Mentor Program
Coordinator.
At the event, speakers spoke to students about a
variety of subjects, such as dressing professionally.
Sperrys are not dress shoes. Unfortunately
people make that mistake sometimes, speaker
Erik Trenary explained during the first Everything
Under the M talk last Monday.
Trenarys presentation, titled Formal Dress for
Men, arrived just in time to outline the basics of
looking professional at Career Fair.
I learned a little bit from my dad, and a little bit
more from my fraternity, Trenary, who is currently
a junior in Mechanical Engineering, said.
Moving from the toes to the top, Erik recommended everything from the perfect
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Celebration of Mines provides platform for new mental health club

By: Alisha Eskew

Students on Kafadar listen to Under Two Tables

perform at Celebration of Mines.

At Celebration of Mines there

were many sports booths with
clubs including the Triathlon Club,
Running Club, Karate Club and
Shooting Sports Club.
However, there was a slightly
more obscure club, Active Minds
at Mines present Friday. This club
is a not only focused on physical

health, but on mental health as

well.
Along with getting new
members as a first year club, they
are also looking to emphasize
the connection between physical
health and psychological health.
According to Travis Canney,
the director and founder of Active
Minds at Mines, the goal of the
club in its first year is to get
established on campus as much

as possible.
The biggest thing is to just
start the conversation about
mental health, which is the whole
idea behind the club, Canney
said. We want to reach out
to connect all the members of
Mines from freshmen to Ph.D.
students to even faculty with our
counseling center and all the
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INSIDE

Arts
Review of
recent Taylor
Swift concert
p. 5

Arts
Successful
first play for
Mines Little
Theatre
p. 6

INDEX

Under The M......................... 2

Active Minds......................... 2
Biology Club......................... 2
Economics............................ 3
Career Day........................... 3
Ballroom Dancing................. 5
Apple Music.......................... 5
Taylor Swift........................... 5
Mines Little Theatre.............. 6

Mat Kearney......................... 6
iPod Nano Review................ 6
Volleyball.............................. 7
Football................................. 7
Womens Soccer.................. 7
Mens Soccer........................ 8
Cross Country...................... 8
Swimming............................. 8

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Scientic Discoveries Around the World

The Oredigger
Great Britian, UK - Huge stone monoliths resembling Stonehenge were discovered this week.
They are being called Superhenge and are 2.5
miles away from the popular tourist location, Stonehenge. There are around ninety stones placed in a
ring. Researchers are still unsure of how the stones
at both locations were placed and built.

Ottawa, Canada - New evidence suggests

that psychedeilc treatments may be most effective when treating patients with PTSD. By
inducing regulated trips, patients have exemplied a reduction in stress associated with
PTSD, as well as other mental illnesses.

South Africa - On Thursday, archaelogists announced that the remains they

found in a cave two years ago belong to
the human species Homo naledi. This is
a previously undiscovered human species
and these remains have yet to be accurately dated, but are expected to be between two hundred thousand and two millions years old.

Chennai, India - Researchers at the University of India

Madras have identied the ability for a chemical in chilies,
capsaicin, to slow the growth of cancer cells. They are unsure
of exactly how the process works, but when prostate cancer
cells are exposed to capsaicin, their cell membranes start to
dissolve. This is a promising step in the path to eliminating
cancer.

Everything Under the M gives students chance to learn from others

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tie length (just touches the top of the belt), to

the right type of dress socks (thin, polyester and
match with either pants or shoes).
The belt is often neglected, so it is very obvious
whether or not you know how to dress formally by
your belt, he said.
Throughout his engaging 15-minute talk, Trenary even addressed accessories, pattern coordination, and the three levels of dress.
Dressing to yourself is my biggest recommendation, he said. A lot of Career Fair dress is how
it ts you.

As the Everything Under the M series strives

to present a myriad of ideas, Monday nights second presentation covered the importance of friendship, relationships, and kindness.
The rst week of school you meet so many
people, explained second-speaker Alex Yang,
but then the next week you see them around campus and pretend that you never met them.
Yang is a junior in Chemical and Biochemical
Engineering who has experience meeting lots of
people on campus as a Peer Mentor.
To make meaningful friendships that last longer
than Oredigger Camp, Yang recommends using
the rst interaction after initially meeting to set the
pace for all future interactions.
Literally stop them, hug them, call them by

Active Minds at Mines strives to

help with stress
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different resources on campus for

them. We want to start making it okay
to talk about mental health and stop
making it such a strange and weird
thing to talk about.
It is no secret that high amounts
of stress is very common for students
at School of Mines which can easily
slide into deeper problems. Fitness is
one way to combat this.
Health and tness is very
important to our club. Here at
Mines, its denitely a struggle with
all our stress and everything else.
Essentially, we want everyone to be
able to survive at this school and
get through it. Were here for people
to come and talk and well actually
listen. People can feel free to openly

talk about what they have. Were here

to direct them so that way ultimately
theyre okay mentally and they can
go ahead and get through it, states
Canney.
The new club has some events to
look out for in the near future.
Our rst event is suicide prevention
month. It starts September 10th
which is National Suicide Prevention
Day and will go all the way to October
9th which is National Day without
Stigma, Canney said. We are going
to go ahead and do a couple events
and have a couple tables to just kind
of get people to notice it on campus.
Some other things we want to do
are bring guest speakers to campus
through MAC and Res Life and work
with other organizations to bring
everyone together for this and open
it up to the campus.

name, Alex suggests. When you ask questions,

try to make them meaningful and open-ended.
Yangs talk also included advice about talking
points, avoiding awkwardness, and incorporating
humor into interactions. To illustrate the concept of
a lollipop moment, Yang showed a video about
a man who unknowingly inspired a girl to stay in
school, simply by instructing another student to
give her a lollipop.
Just having someone know your name is
huge, Trenary chimed in. True lollipop moments
can come from complete strangers or from your
best friend.
The 2015 Peer Mentors will perform additional
Everything Under the M talks each Monday night
at 7 p.m. in Ballroom D of the Student Center.

New club provides tools for

biology students
By: Amber Hill
This summer, a group of students
took the initiative to register a
national chapter of Beta Beta Beta
at Mines.
Lyndsey Babcock, the president
of the newly established Mines
chapter, stated that Beta Beta Beta
is a national biological honor society.
The goal for meetings is to encourage
biology elds for undergrads.
As declared on the chapters
Orgsync page, students must have
at least a B average in all biology
classes, and must have completed
at least 9 credit hours of biology
courses to qualify for full membership.
Associate membership is open to
anyone with interest.
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the organization.
It has a research focus, so
theres a lot of scholarships and
awards that are available. They
give grants for undergrad students
that you can apply for to fund your
research, Babcock explained.
Besides the opportunity to apply
for scholarships and grants, Beta
Beta Beta will also offer other
valuable services to Mines students.
Were going to have tutoring
for all biology classes, textbooks
students can use, and also test
banks of exam questions from
Dr. Ramey, asserts Babcock.
Dr. Ramey is a Chemical and
Biochemical Engineering faculty
member and the faculty advisor for
Beta Beta Beta.
Chapter meetings will be held every
other Wednesday at 6 p.m.

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EBGN 201 curbs future interest in economics

By: Ronald Kem
If you randomly pick a person out of the
schools population, you have a higher chance of
finding a woman than a non-engineering major.
Since we are the top ranked engineering school
in the nation, the question that pops up in some
minds is:
Why would you ever come here for anything
else?
Other than the majors that help build up a
good engineering curriculum (Math, Chemistry,
etc), it sounds like a fair question. This doesnt
leave many other majors left. What I have in mind
are the people who get Economics degrees from
Mines.
Im not going to say anything bad about
students who decide to study Economics here.
They might have some valid points about their
experiences.
Theres only one required economics class
here and it has many different names: EBGN201,
Principles of Economics, that economics course
that made me hate economics and that one
course were being forced to take for no reason.
I didnt take that course here, but the general

consensus is that many people dont like it.

This develops this bias against the Economics
department and the major in general. What
everybody seems to forget to realize is that
economics, as defined by Wikipedia, is the
social science that seeks to describe the factors
which determine the production, distribution and
consumption of goods and services.
With that, one can interpret it in whatever
sense they want. I think of it as the study of
making the best decisions you can with the
information youre given. Its a vital skill to have
even a basic understanding of and our school
does a great job teaching you the analytical side
of it all. Instead of asking you how economics
makes you feel and what you think is right, the
department here takes partial derivatives and
uses math to solve for optimal solutions.
You may have had a bad experience with
EBGN201. Im sorry that it turned out that way,
but Im going to tell you something: the higher
level EBGN classes are more interesting and
are more relevant. So think twice before you
say youll never take an economics class here
again. Try Intermediate Micro/Macroeconomics
or Operations Research or Econometrics for the

beginning of a semester and see that its not as

bad as you think.
And for any of you wondering why there
are Economics majors here on campus, dont
bother trying to bash them for it. Their field of
study revolves around making optimal decisions
and theyre making the best one for them. The
average salary for an Economics major from
Mines is a pretty good reason to be in it, too.

Helpful hints on how to be successful at Fall Career Fair

Ladies and Gentlemen, let us clear the air right now. On September and impress recruiters! These will not solve all your problems, but they
will offer some assistance to make the big day a lot less daunting.
15, 2015 there will be a lot of mayhem, tears, and anxious students
on the Colorado School of Mines campus due to the always
1) Dress professional...and comfortable. If you spend half
popular event known as Career Day.
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the day trying to keep your collar from choking you, there is
A quick background on Career Day for all the first year
a good chance that frustration will build up and distract you.
students who are unsure as to why all the Sophomores,
The OPINION
Try your clothes on a few days before and determine which
Juniors, and Seniors are sweating bullets and swearing about
of The Oredigger
one is most comfortable and have it dry pressed. There are
the appropriate font to use on a resume; Career Day happens
affordable dry cleaners close to campus!
twice in a school year--once in the Fall Semester
and once in the Spring Semester.
2) PRACTICE YOUR PICK UP LINE! You
The Fall Career Fair is the more popular
do not want to be the 157th person to say,
event of the two because most students get
Hi, my name is Mark and on my resume
internships or full-time positions during the Fall
you can see that Trust me, we all know
Fair. The event takes place at the Student
how amazing your elevator speech is...ours
Recreation Center, where over two hundred
are just as good. But the way you start a
companies attend to their own separate booths,
conversation will be the thing that makes you
collect resumes, and talk to students all day.
different from the fifty other sweating bodies
The experience goes one of two ways: you
behind you.
either get a job or you do not. And, unless you
are part of an unusually small minority here
3) BE CONFIDENT! You go to the
at Mines, you probably are hoping to get that
Colorado School of Mines. Have the
phone call saying, Congratulations! We want
confidence to say that you are one of the best
you to work at That is where I come in. I
Engineers the Engineering world has to offer.
believe that I can help you get a job with a few
quick tips! But there are a couple things that will
4) Remember: you survived this long
happen on the big day no matter what I tell you:
without that job, you will be just fine if you do
not get it this time around as well. Most of us
1) People will judge you at the Career Fair. It
are in the early part of our lives. There are a lot of experiences yet to
sucks, but they are there to make sure they like you enough to let you
be had, with or without a job.
into their company.
2) There is always some guy that will be disappointed in your GPA...
nobody likes that guy but please, refrain from telling him that no one
likes him.
3) It will smell...it will smell terribly. For those of you staying for
more than one hour, I apologize and pray for your noses. But what
can one expect when you put 1000 students in a gym and ask them to
kindly fight for their futures?
Now that we covered that, here are some quick tips to stand out

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5) SMILE. This is a great experience! Cherish the moment...and

grab as much free swag as possible.
Overall, Career Day is one of the best experiences you will have at
Mines. It is one of the best ways to get a job or just make connections
with people in the industry you want to end up in. You have already
done the tough work in the classroom, now it is time to show off your
progress to the rest of the world! Get excited and go stink up the gym with
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Friday, September 11, 2015

Apple releases lineup for

festival

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By: Sarah Dewar

The ever popular Apple Music Festival, formerly named the iTunes Music Festival, returns
in its ninth year to London for ten nights of incredible shows on September 19th.
The festival has been renamed to match the
summer release of iTunes music streaming service, Apple Music. Each show can be streamed
live on Apple Music, as well as for some time
after each show and watched later through the
On Demand feature.
Special behind the scenes content will also be
available through Apple Musics social platform,
Connect, where artists and fans come together
to share music.
The lineup this year includes seasoned performers, such as Florence + The Machine, Disclosure, and The Chemical Brothers to headline
each night.
The lineup also showcases lesser-known artists who have received acclaim this past year, including James Bay, Leon Bridges, and Little Mix.
Even though each show is broadcasted live
online, both the artists and the audience members describe the vibe as intimate and breathtakingly beautiful.
Florence + The Machine describes, a feeling
of oneness, while Take That feels, That were
closer to our audience on gigs like this.
While it might seem counterintuitive to group
the dissimilar terms intimate with world-wide
exposure, the Apple Music Festival is able to
do just that. For the live audience, the historic
venue, The Roundhouse, definitely contributes
to the intimate vibe.
The Roundhouse is one of Englands most
spectacular music venues, known for its underground aesthetics and punk rock roots.
Originally used as a train storage and maintenance facility, this round house opened in 1847
and was a civil engineering marvel of the time. In
the 1960s the space was converted into an auditorium to be used for music performance and
theatrical presentations.
For those of us in the United States, actually attending the Apple Music Festival in person
may be just a dream; however, this festival is important for overseas music fans.
Given the prestige of performers and the social media exposure attributed to the event, this
event may be the first festival many of us are
able to attend, even if it is a virtual attendance.
The digital accessibility of this event provides
an ideal location for music fans living across the
world.

Matt Groce and Gracie Petty perform a swing routine at the Opening Dance Ball. The Ballroom
Dance Club held their first dance of the year in Friedoff Hall.

Large turnout for opening ball

By: Jacquie Feuerborn

Friedhoff Hall was filled to the brim on

Saturday, Sept. 5th with people dancing.
The Opening Dance Ball was the first event
of the semester held by the Colorado School of
Mines Ballroom Dance Club.
Their inaugural event began at 7 p.m. with
an hour of waltz and swing dance lessons for
people new to ballroom dancing.
The incredible group of individuals that run
and are members of the Ballroom Dance Club
did an excellent job teaching the beginners
some basics of both the waltz and some swing
dancing.
It was awesome learning some new types of
dancing and I had a great time dancing, even if
it did get a little hot, said Jenny, a junior here at
Mines.
By 8 p.m., the free dancing had begun. The
Ballroom Dance Clubs great turnout to Friedhoff
Hall saw everyone having a blast, dancing in all
kinds of styles and skills levels.
I kinda recommend going to the first hour,
for the lessons, so that you kind of look like you
know what you are doing. I didnt. Levi, a Mines
student, said.
There was a record turn out for this event
which put a smile on everyones faces because it
meant more dance partners and generally more
fun.
The event drew out some members of the
local community who also decided to spend the

night dancing. There was every kind of music:

from traditional swing music to country music to
popular songs heard on the radio. No matter the
song, there were people swinging, spinning and
swaying to the music.
One student, Katie, said, I dont really know
how to dance but it was still a lot of fun!
For anyone who might have missed out,
there will be several other events just like this
put on by the Ballroom Dance Club later in the
semester.
Before then, however, the Ballroom Dance
Club also has weekly dance lessons for swing
dance, tango, waltz and blues dancing.
Tango and blues lessons are on
Wednesdays in the McNeil Room in the
Student Rec Center at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.,
respectively.
Waltz and swing dance lessons will be held
on Fridays in Friedhoff Hall, at 4 p.m. and 5:30
p.m., respectively.
If anyone is interested in getting a little more
serious, there are two official dance teams on
campus. The Waltz team is Perpetual Motion
and the swing team is the Slide Rulers and they
are always looking for more members.
If you are looking for something fun to get
involved with and want to learn some impressive
dance moves, look into signing up for one of
these great teams.
For any questions or more information on
how to get involved, email minesballroom@
gmail.com.

Taylor Swift connects with crowd during record-breaking

By: Erica Dettmer Radtke

Taylor Swift sings to energetic

crowd during her 1989 World Tour in
the sold out Pepsi Center. She has
been selling out arenas and stadiums in the United States, as well as
internationally.

The Taylor Swift 1989 World

Tour came to Denver Sept. 5 and 6
to perform at the Pepsi Center. Both
nights were completely sold out a
total of 26,000 tickets.
Vance Joy performed before
Taylor Swift. His short performance
was much less showy than Swifts,
but he genuinely looked like he was
enjoying himself. When he asked
the audience if they were ready
for Taylor Swift he was met with
ecstatic screaming.

Taylor Swifts show is a huge
theatrical act, including dancers,
backup signers, a rotating stage,
lots of lights and fireworks.

In the middle of the show,

however, she took an interlude in the
middle where she performed on her
own.
In this section she talked deeply
with the audience and performed
alone with just her guitar or piano.
One of the most interesting
aspects of the performance was the
light up wristbands that were taped
to each seat in the Pepsi Center.
The wristbands lit up in sync
to each song. During Bad Blood,
the arena was full of flashing red
wristbands, while the performance
of Clean caused them to change
to blue and green. Taylor Swift
said that she came up with the

tour

idea because when she and all

the performers were on stage,
they could see each person in the
audience, dancing and singing.
Swifts shows have remained
very similar throughout her past
world tours despite the fact that her
music has evolved from what was
essentially country to pop.
Even in her show this past
weekend, she sang a couple of
songs from her other albums but
changed the style to sound more like
the music on the 1989 album.
Overall, the concert was a
success. Each song was met with
thousands of people singing and
dancing along.

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Mines Little Theatre starts year off with Greek tragedy

By: J. West
The Mines Little Theater held a production of
the Greek play, Agamemnon, this past weekend
at the Clear Cwreek Hay Barn.
Agamemnon, written by Aeschylus and
performed for the first time in 458 BC, is a play
that even today can be well showcased by fellow
Mines students. Agamemnons plot is fairly
rudimentary, but the cultural relevance to modern
times easily explains why this play has lived on
and been performed on countless occasions.
The play is set after Greeces victory over
Troy, and follows the story of Agamemnon, King
of Argos, and his wife, Clytemnestra. The queen
vows to take revenge on Agamemnon after he
sacrificed their daughter to save his army from
a sea storm. The play ends when the queen
murders her husband and claims his throne.
Viewers will agree that the ending of the
play creates many questions about cultural
perceptions of culpability and the remedies that
are acceptable for wrongdoings.
In the eyes of an ancient Greek audience, the
A member of the Chorus of Elders (Eric Schlach) questions why Clytemnestra (Jordan Brothers)
queen was considered completely evil, Richard murdered the prophetress (Claire Mahoney) and Agamemnon (Brock Morrison).
Sebastian-Coleman, Director of Agamemnon
Hoffman, Eric Schalch, Kenzie Parimuha, and
task. The cast of Agamemnon rehearsed, built
and President of Mines Little Theatre, said. In
Shantel Bree, and by the dynamic prophetess,
sets, and secured the location entirely over the
the days when this play would have premiered,
Cassandra, brought to life exquisitely by Claire
summer.
ancient Greek ideals on morality and injustice
Mahoney. Agamemnons title role was performed Some cast members had mere weeks
were quite different than they are today.
by Brock Morrison.
to practice after accommodating to summer
Historically, people believed kings were
Mines Little Theaters choice of Agamemnon
internship schedules. This is a great testament
inherently divine, and that the murder of one,
as a September production, according to
to Mines Little Theaters quality and dedication to
regardless of what he had done, was still
Sebastian-Coleman, had several advantages.
their performance in the face of constraints that
reprehensible.
This is the first time in Mines history that a
summer break imposed. As a result of their hard
Today, of course, viewers are more likely
play has been performed this early in the school
work, the play was lively, intimate, and enjoyable.
to sympathize with the queens desire for
year, he said. The early date was great for
This fall, more productions are to come. If
revenge and grief at the loss of her daughter.
outdoor performances in the Clear Creek Hay
interested, Mines students can audition for
These violent emotions were well portrayed by
Barn, and it gave us a chance to advertise and
parts in the two productions lined up for the end
Jordan Brothers, who took the stage as Queen
encourage new members to join.
of 2015. Auditions will be held September 11
Clytemnestra. Her role was complemented
But such an early performance was no easy
and 12 from 4-7 pm in Ballrooms D and E. For
by the Chorus of Elders, played by Josh

Mat Kearneys album

highlighted by new style
By: Sam Beck
Before you begin reading this
column, a disclaimer: I know nothing
about music. That is to say, I know
nothing more than the average
person about music. My taste is not
in any way sophisticated or refined;
in fact, just today I saved several
One Direction songs to my Spotifiy
account.
Now, that being said, Mat
Kearney has been a staple of
my Spotify playlist for some time.
Actually, Mat Kearney has been a
staple in my life for some time. We
all had a Ships in the Night phase
around sophomore year of high
school, but I think its fair to say that
my attachment to his music has
gone beyond that. I love every single
one of his albums; they are literally
just so good. Go listen to them right
now.
But of course what I am
supposed to be writing about is
dear Mr. Kearneys newest musical
accomplishment, his 4th album, Just
Kids, released earlier this year.
Now, Ill admit that when this album
came out, I didnt actually jump on
the bandwagon straight away. What
struck me initially was just how
different it is from some of Kearneys
older music. Its been four years
since his album, and Kearney has
developed a bit of a new spin on his
old, traditional style.

If you happen to be an old fan

of his Kearneys deep, soulful and
rhythmic rap sections, you wont
be disappointed. Several songs,
including the title song Just Kids,
contain this Mat Kearney staple.
Every track has predictably amazing
vocals as well (would we ever
expect anything less?).
However, there is plenty of
new to go along with the old in this
album. At first I was taken aback by
the harder tone of this album overall.
The impression this album leaves
is much edgier and angrier than
Kearneys older work.
However, Kearney still keeps
enough of his signature style
to please old fans (try the song
Moving On and Miss You).
This album has a lot more
variety and is more daring than
Kearneysby far my favorite
unexpected twist was the
motivational speech buried within
the first track Heartbreak Dreamer.
Kearney also threw in a seriously
cool collab in the song The
Conversation.
So if you are an old Kearney
fan or if you have no clue who I am
talking about (why are you even still
reading this?), there is something
for you on this album. Especially if
you are a midnight cereal eater. Just
listen, youll get it.

Nano provides cheaper option,

efficient storage
By: Evan Ford
In todays day and age,
consolidating technology into one
device seems to be the attractive
option in a fast paced society.
However, when attempting to
combine a phone, a camera, and a
music player, storage becomes an
immediate issue.
Eventually, deleting content
is the way to manage this issue.
Reversing the seemingly convenient
trend of amalgamation is the 7th
generation iPod Nano.Why would
devolving to use an entirely different
electronic device solve any issues?
The Nano answers with a small,
sleek design and plenty of storage
at a reasonable price. For around
$150, there is 16 gigabytes of
undivided space available, which
equates to around 2000-2500
songs.
Additionally, the 7th generation
features Bluetooth compatibility
something that is missed in many
of the older generation iPods.
Featuring a touch screen, the 7th
generation iPod Nano is as cute
as a miniature iPhone. At 3 inches
tall and 1.5 inches wide, the small
profile is a mixed blessing.
Android and iPhones are
becoming bigger and bigger, and
their applicability as music-playing
devices during a workout becomes
severely limited. The small size of

the Nano fits perfectly into a pocket,

but can also be easy to lose or
harm.
While the handiness in small
size and with large storage is an
obvious benefit of the newest iPod,
it becomes susceptible to damage or
loss. Using a Nano without a case or
screen protector feels rather unsafe.
Fortunately, there are plenty
of case options available, like the
sturdy roocase with an attached
clip for even more accessibility to
attach to shorts or pants during
a workout or run. Also, with the
combination of the case clip and
small size, you are freed from the
annoyance of sweaty armbands that
constantly need adjustment.
The iPod Nano features
limited options for customization or
modifications. One can rearrange
applications to fit preferences and
even choose from a simple selection
of backgrounds. While not a selling
point, the lack of adaptability does
not feel like a shortcoming on this
device.
Considering an iPod Nano
to supplement a smart phone
removes the need for immense
personalization.
If you are buying your iPod for
the purpose playing music, it works
wonderfully without the hassle of
cumbersome size and diminishing
storage space.

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Friday, September 11, 2015

Cross Country
teams look
to achieve
unprecedented
success for 2015
season

SPORTS

PAGE 7

By: Brett Tucker

The mens and womens cross country teams
look to build off the success experienced last
season to reach more ambitious goals.
For the men, the goal is to win the first ever
RMAC championship. We were second last year
and we are in a good spot this year, Head
Coach Chris Siemers said. For the Women, the
goal is to
finish in the top three in the RMAC. We are going
to strive to make history. It will be a lot of work, but
that is the goal and everyone is pushing towards
it and we definitely have the potential this year.
Senior Taylor Baird shares the same hopes for
the womens cross country team this year.
We want to get top four in our region, which
would be a challenge this year, Baird said. Being
the top three of the RMAC would help us to that
goal, and we have a few schools on our radar
that if we get our pack ahead of theirs, we will be
successful.
According to Siemers, being a part of the RMAC
means being part of one of the best conferences in
division II for cross country.
Higher elevation schools have been
powerhouses, he said. Only one other team in
recent history has won outside of the RMAC. It has
been Adams and Western winning the national
championship the past couple of years. We are
striving for beating them, getting better to give
them a good shot for RMAC.
Although the team does not have any meets
in Golden this season, there are opportunities for
students to go out and support the team.
Colorado College is not too far if anyone has a
Saturday morning free. We will be racing our top
athletes. The event starts at 9 so people would be
able to start heading back by 11, Siemers said.
Baird feels having fans support the team would
benefit the runners.
It helps a lot. A lot of people probably do not
care about our sport, Senior Taylor Baird. Having
people show up is helpful. The more people
telling you that you can do it, the better, because
racing is painful. Also, it is nice to feel our sport is
appreciated.

Sophomore Ellie Monarch looks to score against Midwestern State in the teams third game of the
tournament. The volleyball team went 4-0 in their first weekend of play.

Volleyball team goes undefeated in first

weekend of the season
By: Alisha Eskew
The Colorado School of Mines volleyball team
started the season off right at the 2015 Courtyard
by Marriott/Residence Inn Oredigger Classic
tournament the first weekend of September
achieving a flawless 4-0. Through hefty practicing
and mental focus, the Lady Orediggers are on
their way to more victories.
Based on preseason data, the team is forecasted
to climb far up the ladder. Senior Danielle JohnsonHazlewood was awarded the Preseason RMAC
Player and Setter of the Year.
As a team, were looking good. Its more a
matter of who shows up on what day. Every team
goes after us for blood so well have to work really
hard and make sure were focused for every game.
Im the same wayI have to get focused everyday
just like anybody else, Johnson-Hazlewood
declares.
As a team, I think well do pretty well. We have 7
new incoming freshmen and were just trying to get
them on board, Sophomore Ellie Monarch agrees.
The team will be able to go far through becoming
not only physically fit, but mentally fit as well.
I think weve implemented more mental training
into our workouts so its not just about the physical
game anymore, its about who is mentally and
physically prepared for every match, states
Johnson-Hazlewood. Though there are quite a
few new recruits this year, as long as they gather
together and trust each other as a team, they will

succeed.
The three hour daily practices and weightlifting
throughout the day began the Monday before
school started. On top of a busy Mines student
schedule, how do these girlsand any student
athletebalance life and school?
At first its a shocker especially if you havent
been exposed to it. But our program implements
things for the freshmen so that they get on their
studies. Most people can get on it, but if not we help
them out, says Johnson-Hazlewood. Sophomore
Ellie Monarch agrees, Its a balancing act for sure.
We get used to it and learn time management.
As usual, the teams main rivals this year are
Metro State University and Regis University. Mines
students should be on the lookout for more home
games because, as Monarch says, Were always
looking for a good, strong fan base at the games.
Volleyball is fun and sometimes were a boring
team .We dont like to do fancy thingswere all
about technique and winningbut its nice to have
people cheering in the crowd. Though volleyball
in and of itself is exciting to watch, this year they
will be implementing more enticing events into the
games.
This year were having a lot of prizes that were
giving out at the games and DJs and stuff like that
so hopefully we can get more fans to our games.
We love having loud crowds. The louder the fans,
the more amped we get on the court, JohnsonHazlewood attests.

Transition made easier with old schemes

From Page 1

Senior Nate Weimers catches a pass in the second quarter of the teams blowout victory over
South Dakota School of Mines. The team will be
traveling to William Jewell College this weekend.

The transition to a new coaching staff was

made easier by adopting some of the same
schemes the players were used to.
We hired more coaches. We didnt want to
change a successful schematic that was in place,
so we brought in more eyes to help us improve
that scheme in place, he said. There was sure
to be growing pains, but we havent changed the
schematic that the older guys were used to.
Overall, the players response to the new staff
has been pretty good. We have 17 seniors that I
meet with regularly, and are in charge of policing
the younger men.
According to Brandon, the decision to come
to Mines was made easier by the communitys
support and a steak of success.

I didnt want to come into a losing program,

said Brandon. The [Mines] community showed
its commitment to this program with the new
stadium and facilities, so I wanted to take this
program to the next level. I am here to attract
great division two players that want engineering,
can succeed at this school, and can ultimately be
effective football players.
Overall, the teams goals this season is to
repeat the same success enjoyed last season,
but take it to the next level.
We just have to take it one day at a time and
stay focused, Dvorak said. We feel that the only
team that can beat us is us.
Coach Brandon felt the biggest test for the
team in their regular season schedule will be
agianst CSU Pueblo.

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September 11, 2015

Volume 95, Issue 1

SPORTS

Senior Ryan Leach celebrates after scoring the go-ahead goal during last Saturdays game against Rollins.

Mens soccer starts season off with two wins

By: Evan Wong
On Saturday, Sept. 5, mens soccer defeated Rollins, a
top ranked team from Florida.
The Orediggers prevailed 4-3 after a hard fought game
against Rollins with contributions from seniors Richard
Garvey and Ryan Leach, as well as sophomore Preston
Migaki.
According to Leach, Saturdays game was just the
start and a good building block.
The team hopes to be back-to-back RMAC champions
and earn a spot in the national tournament.
Last season, the team fell short of the national
tournament despite winning the RMAC championship.
Senior leader Joe Haines described the team as
disappointed but stated that its rare to end on a high
note, and that last year the team created a culture that
works hard for each other.
At practice, the teams hard working culture has
heightened the level of competition. Head Coach
Kohlenstein says that more players competing creates
depth and allows the team to fill in for injuries, and
players having bad weeks.
Recognizing the ability of his team, Kohlenstein wants
the Orediggers to prove themselves on the national
scale and is excited by the series of tough matches in

the teams schedule.

The Orediggers are scheduled to play ten teams ranked
within the top five in their respective regions. Kohlenstein
expects a crazy year in the conference and region and
realizes the Orediggers have to play the best to be the
best to advance in the national standings.
Tuesday, Sept. 8, the Orediggers played Regis in a
close game and prevailed 2-1 in overtime. Freshman
John Haist scored early in the game, and sophomore
Nikolaus Grotz gave the team the win during the second
overtime.
Ryan Leach explained the teams focus as getting
better every game, every practice. I think there are a
lot of people stepping up, a lot of subs came in against
Regis and everyone did a good job.
The Orediggers advance into the season with two big
wins under their belt, however, the team is only looking
forward to the next time they are on the field.
Joe Haines described the game as a great result,
overall good team effort, we battled hard for each other.
Before the home game Sunday, Sept. 13 against St.
Edwards, the team is taking it one practice at a time,
trying to work on things, getting better defensively along
with finishing chances to put the game away when we
can.

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Womens
soccer team
tested in first
weekend
After coming off of one of the most
successful seasons in CSM history,
the womens soccer team is looking
for players to step up into new roles
and continue their success.
I like to say it doesnt add any more
pressure, because every year is new.
We lost four seniors last year, which
may not seem like a lot, but they were
players that made big contributions,
Head Coach Kevin Fickes said. You
think to yourself no pressure, but now
we have expectations and it also put
a big target on our back.
These feelings were confirmed
after losing to Dallas Baptist in the
first game of the season 2-0.
Dallas came a long way since last
year, and when they won their whole
school was celebrating, and that is
what we will get this year and the girls
are doing well handling pressure,
Fickes said. They see us as a team
that will be a contender every year,
so we do not have the element of
surprise anymore. We come in and
play hard, and beating us would be a
big deal. We have earned that.
Senior Rachael Turner said
the team was disappointed after
losing the first game, but used it as
motivation to beat West Texas A&M
two days later.
We went into the weekend
expecting to do well and it did not
start off that way. I think that was
motivation the next day for us to
prove we are the same team as last
year, if not better, Turner said. I
think the first game we just needed
to work on a few things, and we did.

Swim team focuses on team chemistry ahead of upcoming season

By: Alisha Eskew
Though the teams first meet is not until October,
the season for the Mines swim team is looking
brightlike the sun at their early 5:30 am practices.
They are starting off the season with new talented
recruits and by focusing on synergy in both the
races and practices.
After a long summer, the team jumped right in to
intensive practices.
Coach dove in real hard and definitely made it
challenging, senior swimmer Britt Holloway says.
Their aim in practice is to start with the fundamentals
and build on them throughout the season.
The new freshmen are super positive and
theres no complaining even though coach has been
super hard on us right away. None of them really
complainedthey all just bit the bullet, Holloway
comments about the incoming recruits. With losing
only one senior and gaining six new freshmen, the
season is starting off on a great note.
Im really excited about this year. We got a really
cool group of freshmen. Theyre all really excited
about swimming. Its so cool to see the freshmen

and how close they already are. Theyre already

hanging out with the team all the time, sophomore
Briana Burns states. Trusting each other and
creating camaraderie with each other is going to be
key for the team this season.
The team is really working on dealing with
criticisms from teammates positively and focusing
on contribution to the team as a whole. I think
that we spend a lot of time thinking about our
competitors. One of our biggest competitors up at
Mesa University has 30 recruited freshmen and
Im just afraid that concentrating on that might
throw some of us off our games. But theres not
necessarily power in numbers, so we just need to
keep our minds on that, Holloway discloses.
I think our team dynamic is really strong this
year. Everyone is super involved. When we are
supporting each other as a team I think we can do a
lot better. On our team theres just so much potential
for anyone to do something great, Burns confirms.
Because of the new recruits and positive attitude of
the whole team, they are anticipating sending their
first girls relays to nationals!

Junior Brent Kehoe swims at practice as the team prepares

for the upcoming season. The swim team looks forward to their
first swim meet in early October, which will be an intersquad
meet.

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