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A little more than a week ago Google announced it would "go big with a gig" in a few cities, covering between 50,000 and 500,000 people. The method of delivery: fiber to the home. Google's stated mission: to take limited bandwidth out of the equation for ...
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The bike racks are always full, especially since the racks in front of the green center were taken out. We need more bike racks. Good news! New bike racks have already been purchased for installation at the Rec Center and the residence halls. Faci...
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"The overall goal is to do awesome research," said Dr. Tracy Camp, a professor in the Mines's Computer Science department, "to do research that has an impact." Camp started The Toilers, a research group devoted to wireless sensor networks, in 1993 at the ...
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Mass Effect 2 is the middle child of BioWare's planned Mass Effect Trilogy, but has none of the usual problems associated with second titles. Before this dives into the meat of the review, a little background. Mass Effect was released in November 2007 for...
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Despite the handful of "final shows" Denver band Young Coyotes have played over the last few months, Adam Halferty and Zach Tipton decided to come together once more last Friday night at the Hi-Dive to showcase their respective side-projects and play once...
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Mangoes are in season, and that can mean only one thing: yet another tropical fruit that tastes delicious but is hard to eat in a civilized fashion. Since I have family in the Philippines, I've had the privilege of eating mangoes in almost every possible ...
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In my opinion, India Pale Ales (IPA) are some of the best beers on the market. Therefore, I decided to try a couple of them this week. New Belgium Brewing just released their version of this beer style. Also, Stone Brewing claims that their Ruination IPA ...
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Do you consider yourself a geek? Depends upon who you talk to. People have the same definitions for geek and nerd. But people flip-flop them sometimes. I consider myself one for sure, but only when it's the good definition. Sure, if you are going to call ...
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Snow covered the walkways and ice glazed the streets as heels traveled in backpacks and dress shoes doubled as ice skates. Bundled under coats, scarves, gloves, and the occasional parka, students and alumni of the Colorado School of Mines bustled their wa...
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Colorado Mines has a reputation for its numerous, diverse clubs. The upside to this is that everyone has a chance of getting involved. The downside is that many clubs often go unnoticed. But the cycling team is trying to break that trend. Even though it i...
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The Colorado School of Mines followed through on a successful season with a strong showing last weekend during the 2010 RMAC Swimming and Diving championships. The men's 860.5 points were good for a second place finish while the Oredigger women earned 309...
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They don't have team bags, a team bus, or even matching jerseys, but one thing they do have is heart. The Colorado School of Mines hockey team is 5-11 this year, going 2-3 this semester. With a season-defining 14-4 win coming 2 weeks ago at Colorado Colle...
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Energy is a popular subject here at Mines, from the applications of energy to the on-going research of new energy sources. ExxonMobil, one of the world's largest providers of global energy, came to Mines to share their "Outlook for Energy, a View to 2030....
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Does anyone out there remember being very young? It was a glorious time, complete with naps and snacks, where we were free to make mistakes leading to common sense. Now that we have all grown up, it seems that some things that were once common sense are n...
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Last week, the Mines community was shocked to find a student with an unusual talent: telekinesis. "I'm only a bit less surprised than everyone else," said Mattie Wormwood, the soft-spoken Mines sophomore at the center of the frenzy. When asked how she dis...
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In light of the recent controversy, school officials decided last week to replace Nature and Human Values with Intro to Crayon Art. "NHV was just too offensive to students," said LAIS head Jonathan Bierce, "because it involved too much of that horrible th...
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{boncko}/0910/i16/jamesEIS{/boncko}James Balog is passionate about his subject. Since 2007, Balog has headed a project that has placed time-lapse cameras in some of the most remote places in the world. The Extreme Ice Survey began in 2007, after Balog had...
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Long Island, NY - Particle physicists at Brookhaven National Labs made use of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider to temporarily change the laws of physics in a small region of space. By accelerating and colliding gold atoms around a 2.4 mile-long track a...
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation closed its case on the killer responsible for the 2001 anthrax letters that killed five people. The justice department stated that government researcher Dr. Bruce Ivins acted alone in sending the letters. Ivins committe...
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The Oredigger men's baseball team showed off their powerful offense as they piled up 22 runs in two games against Augustana (SD) last weekend at Darden Field. Short stop Craig Matsuda led the way, going 5 for 9 on the day with 7 RBIs and 3 runs. Starting ...
