Opinion
Helluva Hot Take: Artists and Engineers Are Not on Opposite Sides of the Talent Spectrum
By Lina Hegazy Mines is a place where engineers thrive. It fosters skill, technicality, and offers dozens of opportunities to develop industry specific knowledge. Most importantly, Mines fosters creativity and innovation – or at least that’s what they try to convince us in our HASS classes? In all honesty, Mines really is great – but…
Life in plastic, more explosive than expected: A Barbenheimer Retrospective
By Denali Klipstein Did you make it to Barbenheimer this summer? Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer both rolled into theaters July 21st, 2023, and it is still being talked about. Through a stroke of genius counterprogramming, both films brought movie goers all over for the dual viewing experience. In fact, many dressed for…
Don’t Muddle Through Midterms
By Denali Klipstein Midterm season is upon us! Now is the best time to put mental health first. Here are some tips to help de-stress and give your brain the break it deserves.
Swing Dancing Club
By Denali Klipstein The Mines Country Swing Dance Club knows how to hoedown. Every Tuesday from 6-8 this group meets in the Student Rec Center to learn anything from building tension with a dance partner to leaping into the air and being caught into a graceful dip. Along with that, they hold broader social events…
Oredigger Athletes Competing at Home this Weekend
By Jeremiah Vaille This weekend is E-Days! Several events will be hosted on campus and in Golden later this week that you should check out. Along with the events of E-Days, Colorado School of Mines athletes will be competing in Golden this weekend. Men’s baseball has four games against Regis this week and Track and…
Summer Reads
By Lauren D’Ambra, Jade Glaister, and McKenna Larson Now that the academic year is coming to an end and Mines students will finally have some free time, it’s a great opportunity to start picking up things that aren’t homework. While that Nature & Human Values textbook is fascinating, in case you want something else to…
Two Certainties in Life, Movies and Taxes
By Giovanni Ramirez Have you ever questioned the infinite machinations of the world around you and the possibility of an infinite number of similar yet differing realities that represent every different possibility and path every individual event could have spawned? If yes, you’re reading the right article talking about the right movie. I present Everything…
Music Column
By Jade Glaister If you’ve been following this year’s series of music “columns,” you may have noticed that none of these articles have actually been put into a singular column. Well, in honor of the last edition of the academic year, I present to you… the April Music COLUMN: Recently Released Albums/EPs – “I’m A…
Who’s Ready for Chaos?
By Lauren D’Ambra Summer and blockbuster superhero movies have gone hand in hand for years now and it’s looking like this summer will be no exception. Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness is set to hit theaters on May 6th and expectations are high (not quite Avengers: Endgame high, but still up there). Of…
Very Excellent Finals Advice
By McKenna Larson Cram the night before. This is a classic for a reason—it works! No matter how much studying you do or don’t do before the last minute, always spend the wee hours of the morning before an exam staring at a computer screen or textbook. Stop going to classes. How can anyone have…