The Oredigger Issue 14 - January 16, 2008

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The Voice of the Colorado School of Mines, a Superior Education in Applied Science and EngineeringVolume 88, Issue 14 January 16, 2008

News - 2 Features - 5 Lifestyle - 10 Opinion - 12 Fools Gold - 14

In late 2005, Colorado School ofMines alumnus Timothy Marquezand spouse Bernadette madeschool history when theypledged $10 million for theconstruction of a new petro-leum engineering building.

The story behind Marquez,however, is as monumental asthe contribution itself. Born in

Denver, Marquez graduatedin 1980 with a Bachelor ofScience in Petroleum Engi-neering. After working for 13years at Unocal, a petroleumengineering and marketingcompany that was absorbedby Chevron in 2005, Marquezbecame disenchanted withthe companys direction.Unocal started to becomea dying company [with] nota lot of vision and not a lotof direction, said Marquez.One of my biggest beefs atUnocal was that they wentaround saying people arethe greatest assets, but atthe end of the day they treated

everybody like a widget. Peopleare important; good people adda tremendous amount of value.

In 1992, Marquez started whatwould become the fastest growingprivate oil company for two years ina row. I hadnt even thought aboutgetting rich. I just wanted to do it abetter way, said Marquez. I had alittle ofce and was paying $75 permonth in rent. With only $3,000to start his company, Venoco Inc.,Marquez spent much of the rst twoyears trying to make deals. In 1994,we got our rst deal from MitchellEnergy, what used to be one of thebigger independents in the US. Wealways like to say that we boughtout Mitchell Energys entire assets

West of the Rockies, which is true,but that amounted to a 55% inter-

Building a billion dollar businessA story of success from one of Miness most notable alumniZach Aman

Editor-in-Chief

est in a 180 barrel-per-day eld. Tobe honest, it was so small that theydidnt even know they owned it.

We offered $150,000 for thisproperty and, when I went toHouston to negotiate the deal, the

rst thing out of the Vice Presidentsmouth was, we werent sure if youroffer included the house thats onthe property. I said, yes sir andthat was great because we got ahouse worth $200,000. You couldalmost say we bought a house andgot an oil eld thrown in for free.

Marquez noted that his personalphilosophy is to search for protableacquisitions that dont necessarilymake economic sense for larger oilcompanies. Venocos leadershipalso searched for ways to improvethe eld operation. This particularproperty was being operated verypoorly, said Marquez. We guredout a better pump that could runall the way down and, within a

year, we doubled eld productionand turned our $150,000 invest-

ment into something that wascash-owing about $150,000 or$200,000 a month. From there,

Venoco used sweat equity toacquire new fields and expandoperation. Marquez explained that

Venoco acquired its third eld for100% debt and did not requireequity in the deal. For many years,we just grew by increasing valueon properties, being able to bor-row more against them and makeanother acquisition, he added.

On June 20, 1998, Venococlosed a deal with Enron. At thetime, it seemed like a good deal,Marquez explained. Enron, backthen, was seen like the GoodHousekeeping seal of approval.If you got Enron to invest in yourcompany, you were seen as be-ing a quality company. Enroninvested approximately $60 mil-lion one quarter of the company.

Brick by Brick: Tim Marquez built his company one acquisi-

tion at a time, surviving an attempted takeover by goliath Enron.

ZACH AMAN / OREDIGGER

see venoco pg. 5

Students talk textbookswith state legislatorsAssociated Students of Colorado, Sen-

ator Tupa, and Representative Kefalas

announce relief from pricey textbooksAssociated Students of

Colorado

The Associated Students ofColorado (ASC) hosted a round-table discussion Thursday at the

Tivoli Student Center on the Au-

raria Campus with Senator Ron Tupa (D-Boulder), RepresentativeJohn Kefalas (D-Fort Collins) andstudents from around the stateto discuss the crippling priceof textbooks. Dur-ing the discussion,

ASC leadership pre-sented thousandsof handwritten let-ters they have col-lected statewidefrom students asking for relief.

Tupa and Kefalas had an an-swer: a bill they will introduce thisspring to ease textbook prices.

We have heard from studentsin our districts and around thestate, said Senator Tupa. Its

clear the cost of textbooks isaffecting college access and af-fordability. During the discussion,which was hosted on one of thebusiest textbook buy-back daysof the year, students related theirpersonal experiences with ex-pensive books. I routinely spendover $500 a semester, said KatieGleeson from Colorado State Uni-versity, and many other studentsspend much more. Besides pricealone, students also pointed outother unnecessary practices ofthe textbook publishers. Most ofmy books now have a CD-ROMor a workbook shrink-wrappedalong with it, which the professorsnever ask us to use and I almost

never do, related Robert Vincent,a senior from the University ofNorthern Colorado. The ASC hasidentied such bundling prac-tices as a major cost driver result-

ing in overpriced textbooks.The proposed legislation

would require publishersto offer unbundled booksalongside the bundles, giv-ing students more options.It also requires publishers toprovide faculty with muchmore information about thebooks they assign. A big partof the problem is that studentsarent making the purchasingdecision in the textbook mar-

ket; the teachers are, said MasonSmith, ASC External Affairs Direc-tor and senior at the University ofColorado, who organized the event.We have to get more informationabout textbooks into their hands so

they can be more informed whenmaking assignment decisions.

The ASC has been buildingsupport for their effort on cam-puses this fall throughout the state,

resulting in over athousand lettersfrom students ask-ing their state rep-resentatives to takeaction. ASC Chair-man Blake Gibson, asophomore at CSU,

was pleasantly surprised by theresponse from students. Assoon as we gave them an op-portunity to do something aboutit, students were eager to take ac-tion. They realize that for too long,

publishers prots have been pro-tected at the expense of students.

As part of their campaign, theASC has reached out to faculty,campus administrators, and book-store managers, who have alsobeen supportive. The disclosurerules of the proposed bill would pro-vide faculty with considerably moreinformation to make decisions.We sometimes get ack from stu-dents, said Gerri Kuna, manager ofthe UNC bookstore, even thoughwe actually agree with them andsupport students in these efforts.

The legislation that Tupa andKefalas announced mirror legis-lation passed in states such asConnecticut, Oregon, Washington,

and Minnesota. Its very importantto have a strong student voiceat the Capitol, and the studentshave spoken, said RepresentativeKefalas. High textbook prices areplacing a college education out ofreach for many students. Makingcollege textbooks more afford-able makes a college educationmore affordable, which is good forstudents and good for Colorado.

Ultimately, we want to cre-ate a vibrant, student-centeredtextbook market, concludedSmith, and we think our workthis year, as part of a national ef-fort, is a great start toward savingmoney for Colorado students.

High textbook prices

are placing a college

education out of reach

for many students.

City of Golden officials sworn in

Passing the Torch: (Clockwise from left)Newly elected District 1 Councilor Marjorie Sloan (with

husband Dendy Sloan), Mayor Jacob Smith, and reelected District 2 Councilor Karen Oxman

(with husband and grandchildren Quinn, Clair, and Ava Osmun) are sworn in as former Mayor

Charles Baroch and former District 1 Councilor Lynne Timpeiro take their seats for the last time.

InsidethisEdition-New BoT Members (Pg. 2)

-MEP Organizations (Pg. 6)

-Top Albums of 2007 (Pg. 10)

-Comics (Pgs. 12, 14, 15)

ZACH AMAN / OREDIGGER


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January 16, 2008

NewsPage 2

Emily Trudell, Staff Writer

BRAZIL - Brazilian citi-

zens lined up for vaccinations

for yellow fever after ofcials

confirmed that there have

been at least twelve cases

of the disease in past weeks.

Yellow fever is transmitted

from infected mosquitoes,

and Brazilians fear that this

might be the start of the rst

urban outbreak since 1942.

NIGERIA Arguments in

Nigerian courts against threemajor tobacco companies

have adjourned until March.

The government has accused

the companies of promoting

tobacco use among teens, and

hopes to follow in the footsteps

of the American government,

which settled out of court for

billions of dollars in the 1990s.

INDIA A rat infestation

has caused farmers in north-

ern India to lose an estimated

40,000 tons of rice. Though

the rats were drawn to the area

due to the blooming bamboo

owers, the infestation has also

depleted crops of chili, ba-

nanas, pumpkin, watermelon,

and papaya, in addition to the

destruction of the rice crops.

NEW ZEALAND After a

strenuous 2050 mile journey by

kayak, two Australian adven-

turers landed ashore on NewZealands western shore after

62 days out on the Tasmanian

Sea. Though rough winds and

tides endangered the dar-

ing stunt, the two men were

both able to make it safely

to shore, and were greeted

by over 2,000 New Zealand-

ers and native Maori people.

CHINA- Due to rapid

expansion, Chinas exports

have recently expanded

to surpass imports by a

staggering 48 percent. De-

spite recent scares from

unsafe products, China

has increased its trade

surplus with the United

States by 19 percent.

Oredigger Staff

Zach AmanEditor-in-Chief

Hilary BrownAsst. Editor-in-Chief

Sara PostCopy Editor

Andrew AschenbrennerOpinion Editor

Josh ElliottBusiness Manager

Cericia MartinezProspector Editor

Richard WalkerWebmaster

Meave HammLead ProspectorPhotographer

Ryan BrowneAsst. Business Manager

Abdullah AhmedAsst. Business Manager

Mike StoneFools Gold Editor

Jason FishContent Manager

Kevin DuffyContent Manager

Lily GiddingsContent Manager

Matthew PusardContent Manager

David FrossardFaculty Advisor

[email protected]

This week atM ines Professor Tracy Camp is mentioned in the

Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post afterreceiving the Outstanding Faculty Award

from the CSM Board of Trustees.

Arthur Sacks ocially leaves his post as

Associate Vice President for Academic and

Faculty Aairs.

Multiple news organizations mention Chad

Friehaufs return to CSM after he led the

football team to its rst conference title since

1958.

CSM received accolades in the Denver Busi-

ness Journal as the only institution of higher

education in Colorado to have more interna-

tional students enrolled in the current year

than before 9/11.

Mines received $81,500 in support of its K-12

program Mobile Science Show.

Mines received $2.5 million from Stephen

Bechtel, Jr., to work on a new elementary

education program for math and science.

Mines received $984,000 for its ColoradoCenter for Sustainable Energy.

Assistant Professor Tina Gianquitto receives

a one-year National Endowment for the Hu-

manities Fellowship.

Two new members join the CSM Board of

Trustees: Vicki Cowart and James Spaanstra.

Pakistani candidateassassinatedEmily Trudell

Staff Writer

When Benazir Bhutto, the

rst female leader of a Muslim

nation, former Pakistani Prime

minister, and lead candidate

for the Pakistan Peoples Party

(PPP), was assassinated on De-

cember 27, 2007, the nation

mourned the leader who helped to

pioneer democracy in the nation.

B h u t t o

was born intoan important

political fam-

ily; her father

was elected

Prime Minis-

ter of Paki-

stan in 1977,

b u t w a s

overthrown

and arrested

l a t e r t h a t

year. Bhutto herself was arrest-

ed on numerous occasions for

resisting the military dictator-

ships and corruption, including

multiple periods of imprison-

ment in government prisons.

In a nation plagued by ex-

tremist influence, Bhutto wasa strong voice of democracy.

She worked to improve condi-

tions of hunger and poverty in

Pakistan, while modernizing the

nation, and initiated a campaign

against corruption in the govern-

ment. She was elected to be

one of the co-chairwomen of the

PPP beside her mother in 1988,

serving as one of the young-

est world leaders of the time.

Bhutto was elected twice to

lead the Muslim nuclear power,

serving as Prime Minister from

1988 to1990 and again in 1993

to 1996. She was removed from

ofce both in 1990 and in 1996

under suspicion of corruption.

Bhutto then went into a self-

imposed exile from the nation

in 1998, returning in October

2007 upon receiving amnesty

from President Pervez Musharraf.

It is be-

l ieved thatBhutto was

a s s a s s i -

n a t e d b y

a l - Qaed a -

l inked ex-

tremists, as

she had re-

ceived mul-

tiple threats

from Islamic

r a d i c a l s

upon returning to Pakistan this fall.

The United States govern-

ment saw Bhutto as an invalu-

able ally for spreading democ-

racy to the Middle East, and

in fighting the war on terror.

After word of her death, the

streets of Pakistan lled with mobsand riots, as the people grieved for

the beloved leader of democracy.

Without Bhuttos strong demo-

cratic inuence, many fear that the

nation will fall into extremist hands.

At the time of her death, Bhutto

was the leading opposition can-

didate for the 2008 Pakistani

elections, which were scheduled

for next week, but have been

postponed until mid-February.

After word of her death,the streets of Pakistan

lled with mobs and riots,

as the people grieved for

the beloved leader of de-

mocracy.


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NewsJanuary 16, 2008

Chief of Police Keith Turney isno stranger to campus security:

before coming to the Colorado

School of Mines he worked at

Colorado State University in Fort

Collins for 23

years. Tur-

ney came to

CSM in late

O c t o b e r ,

and is cur-

rently evalu-

a t i n g t h e

Public Safety

program and

trying to help

the depart-

m e n t b e -

come more community-oriented.

We want to be sure that stu-dents are comfortable seeing the

ofcers on campus, like the dorms

and the student center, said Tur-

ney. He hopes that as students

become more accustomed to the

ofcers, students will make more

of an effort to let ofcers know

about problems on campus.

Not that he feels that Mines is a

problem campus; since it is small-

er than the last school he worked

New police chief joins Colorado

School of Mines Public Safety

Lily Giddings

Content Managerat, Turney said, Mines has its

own challenges, but for the most

part I dont see as many problems

in terms of drugs and alcohol.In terms of enforcing public

safety on campus, Turney com-

mented, Campus law enforce-

ment is different from the city

pol ice. We

a r e h e r e

to address

s t u d e n t

p rob l ems;

its different

than city law

enforcement

because we

have a small

r a n g e o f

ages, most

people are

18-24, except the graduate stu-

dents. So we see more of somekinds of crimes and we see less

of others than the city does.

Turney enjoys the atmosphere

at Mines, saying, Its like one

college inside of CSU. The stu-

dents are so focused on what

they do academically. Hes

also impressed with students

that participate in extra cur-

ricular activities that have no

connection with their major.

Turney came to CSM in late

October, and is currently

evaluating the Public Safety

program, and trying to help

the department become more

community-oriented.

Golden, Colo. Jan. 2, 2008

The long-time City Attorney

for the cities of Golden, Lafayette

and Sheridan, Jim Windholz, 65,

president of Boulder-based Wind-

holz & Associates law firm, died

of a heart attack Jan. 1. Windholz

was in California to attend the

funeral of his sister, Mary Beth

Lind, who died on Christmas Day.

Windholz had been appointed

and served as the City Attorney in

Golden since January 1990, in Lafay-

ette since May 2004 and in Sheridan

since October 2002. His rm wrote

the Charter that made Sheridan a

home-rule city. Other public agen-

cies his firm currently represents

include theEstes Park Ur-

ban Renewal

Authority and

the Scientific

and Cultural

Facilities Dis-

trict (SCFD).

In his role as

City Attorney,

Windholz ad-

vised the City

Counci ls he

served on legal issues pertaining to

their duties and functions, attended

Council meetings, handled litigation,

and drafted ordinances, resolutions

and contracts. Windholz advised

all three cities Councils on many

signicant legal issues and led themthrough many legal cases. He was

City Attorney of Golden, Lafayette,

Sheridan Died New Years DayPress Release

City of Golden

particularly well versed in Colorados

urban renewal law, and all three of

the cities he has served saw notable

urban renewal during his tenure.Jim had a winning record in

court that would make any football

coach jealous, said Golden City

Manager Mike Bestor. He led

Golden to victory time and time

again in many difcult cases, some

of which have set legal precedent

in the State of Colorado. He will

be remembered for his wisdom,

honesty and integrity. To say hell be

sorely missed is an understatement.

Sheridan Mayor Mary Carter

worked with Windholz in writing the

citys home rule charter beginning

in December 2001 and presided

over the Council that hired him as

City Attorney in October 2002.

Hes been absolutely invaluable

to our city asfar as the ur-

ban renewal

we are do-

ing, Carter

said. Hes

been an in-

tegral part of

our city for

about sev-

en or eight

years. His

loss is going

to be sorely felt by all of us. Several

of us on Council are personal friends

with him. This has been a very sud-

den blow to us, to say the least.

Under Jims direction, Windholz

& Associates assisted Lafayette

through the process of updatingsections of the Citys Municipal

Charter, organizing a special elec-

tion in February 2007, and the

successful negotiation of several

economic development agreements.Jim was a dynamic and intelli-

gent advisor to the City whose input,

guidance and personal charm will

be greatly missed, said Lafayette

City Administrator Gary Klaphake.

He is survived by Martha Dru

Dunham; his mother Alice Wind-

holz; brothers Frank Windholz and

Ken Windholz; sons Eric Windholz

and Grant Windholz; daughter Amy

Lawrence; and four grandchildren.

Memorial arrangements will be an-

nounced when they are nalized.

Dave Williamson and William

Hayashi are his associates, and will

continue to operate the Windholz

& Associates law rm in Boulder.

Golden City Council is scheduled

to consider a resolution Jan. 10 toappoint Dave Williamson of Windholz

& Associates as Acting City Attorney.

Lafayette City Administrator Gary

Klaphake will also recommend that

Williamson be appointed as Acting

City Attorney at its Jan. 8 City Coun-

cil meeting. Sheridan City Councils

agreement is with the Windholz &

Associates law rm, and therefore

Sheridan will continue to use the

firms services as City Attorney.

Windholz had been ap-

pointed and served as the

City Attorney in Golden since

June 1990, in Lafayette since

May 2004 and in Sheridan

since October 2002.

Mines celebrates Martin Luther

King Jr. DayPress Release

Colorado School of Mines

Members of the community are

invited to join Colorado School

of Mines students, staff and fac-

ulty in celebrating the life of Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan.

21 from 5:15 to 7 p.m. in the

Green Center, 924 16 th St., on

the Mines campus in Golden.

The event is sponsored by the

Presidents Diversity Committee.

Diversity provides broad ap-

preciation of different cultures, rec-

ognizes the changing demograph-

ics of tomorrows leaders, and

provides a learning environment

for our students more indicative of

the world theyll live in, said Mines

President M.W. Bill Scoggins.

Attendees will enjoy a free meal,

student poetry, entertainment

and a presentation by multiple

service organiza-

tions throughout

the Denver area.

Reverb and

the Verse, a pro-

gressive hip-hop

group, will offer

stimulating mu-

sic while citizens

and s tudents

explore different

service options.

We are very

excited to be a

part of this inspi-

rational event,

said Jahi Sim-

bai, lead vocalist

of Reverb and

the Verse andMines director

of graduate re-

cruiting and ad-

missions. I hope

the Mines and

Go lden com-

munities enjoy the event and

are motivated to join organiza-

tions that help those in need.

For addit ional information,

please contact the Ofce of Stu-

dent Activities at 303-273-3234.

COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS


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Gov. Bill Ritter has namedtwo Coloradans to the Colorado

School of Mines Board of Trust-ees. Vicki J. Cowart, of Denver,and James R. Spaanstra, of Lake-wood, will serve terms effectiveJan. 1 and expiring Dec. 31, 2011.

Cowart, who received a mastersdegree in geophysics from Mines in1977, serves as president and chiefexecutive ofcer of Planned Par-enthood of the Rocky Mountains.Previously, she was state geologistfor Colorado and director of theColorado Geological Survey for10 years and prior, spent 19 yearsworking in the oil and gas industry.

She belongs to of a number oforganizations including the Colo-rado School of Mines Alumni As-sociation, CSM Foundation Board,

International Womens Forum ofColorado, American GeophysicalUnion, Association for WomenGeoscientists and is an honor-ary member of the Associationof American State Geologists.

Spaanstra is a partner at theDenver law rm of Faegre & BensonLLP, one of the largest and mostdiverse environmental practices in

Assistant Professor Tina Gi-anquitto, who teaches in theColorado School of Mines Divisionof Liberal Arts and InternationalStudies, has been awarded a one-year National Endowment for theHumanities (NEH) Fellowship.

Gianquittos fellowship oneof 94 granted out of 1,200 ap-plications will allow her tobegin research for a new project,Dear Mr. Darwin: Women andthe Epistolary Tradition in the

Nineteenth-Century Sciences.I hope to show how womenwriters and activists in the late19th century, instead of turningaway from or ignoring the debatesconcerning evolutionary theory,

U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.), amember of the Senate AppropriationsSubcommittee on Energy & WaterDevelopment, announced today hehas secured $69.21 million in fundingfor Colorado as a part of the Omnibus

Appropriations bill $984,000 is slatedfor the Colorado Center for SustainableEnergy at Colorado School of Mines.

The projects that I included in thisbill are from every part of the state andwill ensure that important projects cango forward, said Allard. I am pleasedthat my seat on the Energy & WaterDevelopment Appropriations Subcom-mittee puts me in a position to securethis important funding for our state.

In addition to funding Coloradoprojects, the bill includes $1.74 bil-

lion for Energy Ef-ficiency and Re-newable Energy,the account whichfunds the NationalRenewable En-ergy Laboratoryin Golden, Colo.

Allard does notmake requestsfor earmarks thatwould negativelyaffect the fund-ing for NREL.

Governmentfunded researchon renewable andhighly eff icienttechnologies is

the backbone thathelps continue ad-vancements in this

eld, continued Allard. To requestfunds that take away from the impor-tant work being done at the National

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the Rocky Mountain region. He hasspent more than 25 years in privatepractice and specializes in envi-ronmental law, natural resourcesand energy, land use, zoning and

environmental review. He beganhis career as a staff attorney for theCouncil on Environmental Qualityin the executive ofce of the U.S.President, where he helped advisePresident Jimmy Carter regard-ing national environmental policy.

His professional afliations in-clude service on the IndustrialWaste Committee of the Colo-rado Association of Commerceand Industry, Colorado Bar Asso-ciation Environmental Law Section

Advisory Council, the American,Colorado and Denver Bar As-sociations Environmental LawCommittees, and is founding di-rector of the Colorado Hazard-ous Waste Management Society.

Founded in 1874, ColoradoSchool of Mines was establishedto serve the needs of the localmining industry. Today, the Schoolhas an international reputationfor excellence in both engineer-ing education and the appliedsciences with special expertisein the development and steward-ship of the Earths resources.

MEAVE HAMM / OREDIGGER

Cowart, Spaanstra namedto Board of TrusteesKaren Gilbert


THROUGH JAN 21: JOIN THE

GOLDEN CONCERT CHOIR

You have an opportunity to jointhe Golden Concert Choir onthrough Jan 21. No auditions arerequired; singers must be able tomatch pitch to the piano. All solosfor concerts are auditioned fromthe choir. Adults and teenagerswho are interested in joining theChoir for the spring concert cancontact us by E-mail, phone303-279-5177, or just come torehearsals starting January 7th,2008 at 6:30pm. Rehearsals areat Applewood Valley United Meth-odist Church, 2035 Ellis, in Gold-en from 7:00 - 9:00pm. www.

goldencommunitychoirs.org

Mines receives $984,000 for ColoradoCenter for Sustainable EnergyOfce of U.S. Senator

Wayne Allard

Renewable Energy Laboratory is adirect hit at our ability to remain in theforefront of technological advancesin the area of renewable energy.

Allard is listed in the final ver-sion of the bill as the RequestingMember for the following projectsfor Colorado that he requested:

* $984,000 for the Colora-do Center for Sustainable Energyat the Colorado School of Mines;

$984,000 for Ultra DenseMemory for Supercomputing;

$984,000 to place the North-ern Hemisphere Pierre Auger Ob-servatory in eastern Colorado ;

$492,000 for the Rocky FlatsCold War Museum in Arvada ;

$60.64 million for the Ani -mas-La Plata project in Durango ;

$ 1 4 7 , 0 0 0 t o c o m -p lete the Army Corps fea-sibility study on Fountain Creek;

$1.65 million for Operationsand Maintenance at Chateld Res-ervoir, including a direction thatthe Army Corps continue work onthe Chatfield Reallocation Study;

$1.26 million for Operations and

Maintenance at Cherry Creek Reservoir; $1.79 million for Operations and

Maintenance at Trinidad Lake Reservoir $269,000 to continue the Army

Corps feasibility study at Chateld, Cher-ry Creek and Bear Creek Reservoirs;* Priority designation under

the Army Corps Continuing Au-thorities Program for the Arkan-sas River Habitat Restoration.

Allard opposed the nal version ofthe Omnibus Appropriations bill due toa controversial measure that prohib-ited the promulgation of oil shale de-velopment regulations for the WesternSlope, which could result in the millionsof dollars being lost for Colorado s ru-ral communities and school districts.

The nal version of the bill is now head-ed to the President to be signed into law.

Founded in 1874, ColoradoSchool of Mines was established toserve the needs of the local mining

industry. Today, the School has aninternational reputation for excellencein both engineering education andthe applied sciences with specialexpertise in the development andstewardship of the Earths resources.

Mines professor receivesNational Endowment forthe Humanities fellowshipKaren Gilbert


were instead deeply interested in

showing how that theory couldbe used to support radical socialreform activities, Gianquitto said.

According to Gianquitto, thestudy will examine the reciprocalrelationship that existed betweenCharles Darwin and his femalescientic and non-scientic corre-spondents. Gianquitto aims to rein-sert women into the critical discus-sion of evolutionary theory to showhow they were engaged in thecutting edge scientic discussionsand controversies of their time.

I t s impor tan t becauseit is a story that has not yetbeen told, Gianquitto said.

NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United

States govern-ment dedicatedto suppor t ingresearch, edu-cation, preser-vation and pub-lic programs inthe humanities.

Founded in1874, ColoradoSchool of Mineswas establishedt o s e r v e t h eneeds of the localmining industry.

Today, the Schoolhas an interna-tional reputationfor excellence in

both engineeringeducat ion andthe applied sci-ences with special expertise inthe development and steward-ship of the Earths resources.

JOHN DOWNS / DOWNS MARKETING

Assistant Professor Tina

Gianquitto


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FeaturesJanuary 16, 2008

As Enron began to hit trouble in2001, they approached Marquezand asked for a buy-back on theirinvestment. We had no incen-tive to buy them back, explainedMarquez. They eventually gured

out that the best way to get theirmoney out of Venoco was to breakup the company, because the termsof their investment were that, ifthe company was ever sold, theygot taken out at 100 percent. Wewerent interested in selling the com-pany, so they got together with mypartners and agreed to vote me outof my own company in early 2002.

Enrons next move was to ap-proach Marquez. They wantedme to vote my shares with Enron toforce my partners out of the com-pany. I knew what their plan wasand I didnt want any part of that.Clearly, if I voted my partners out, Ithink new management would havecome in and sold the company.

Without Marquez the com-pany began to crumble away,with souring bank relationshipsand little faith in management.

Two years after I was thrownout, I was able to nally strike a

deal with my partners, recountedMarquez. I bought them out andI was back in control of the com-pany. I owned about 95% of thecommon stock, but Enron still hadtheir shares of preferred stock. Allof a sudden, I said, Guess whatguys, Im back. I took over controlof the company, took control over

the board, and started assem-bling a new management team.

That began the rebirth of Venoco. At that point, we were making10,000 barrels per day. Sincethen, weve more than doubledproduction. We went public a yearago November of 2006 andits been off to the races since.

With a background at Mines,Marquez also gave some tips tocurrent Mines students. The onlyway you can get 100% on a phys-ics test is to just work hard thatsmy best advice to somebody, hesaid. Dont wait for somebody tobring something to you, but take onthe challenge [yourself]. Marquezalso advocates moving through-out disciplines to see the biggerpicture. As you move around todifferent disciplines, you start allover again; most people dontwant to do whats uncomfortable.

For those that hope to start theirown companies, Marquez also ad-vocated spending 8 to 10 years tolearn the business rst. Take every

opportunity and nd out what those

different disciplines do. Theres areason for every line on the balancesheet nd out what those mean,

Marquez said. After all these years,I probably know 5% of what thereis to know in the oil business and Iliterally learn something new everyday. Some people, after 5 or 10years, start thinking they know it all.When you start having the attitudethat you know it all, youre dead.

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As much as we try to stayhealthy there are times when the

bug gets us or an accident hap-pens and we need some advice ortreatment. The Staff at the HealthCenter want to take this opportunityto inform you of the services thatare provided at the Health Center.

Health Care is provided by aNurse Practitioner(s), RegisteredNurses and Family Medicine Phy-sicians. Nurses staff the HealthCenter everyday 8-12, and 1-4:45.

You do not have to wait to seethe doctor as many of your healthproblems can be treated by thenurse and/or nurse practitioner.

What services are provided?Evaluation of common illnesses andinjuries, rapid throat cultures, monotests, inuenza tests; administra-

tion of immunizations (some freeand some with a small fee), warttreatments, labwork if necessary, alimited supply of OTC and prescrip-tion medications, suturing of minorlacerations during doctors hours.

What can a Nurse Practi-tioner do? She/he can evaluatecommon health problems, orderlab tests, write prescriptions anddo well woman exams includingpap smears, prescribe birth control.

What can the RNs do? Evalu-ate common illnesses, dispensemedications according to protocolsestablished by the physicians, treatwarts, evaluate injuries and wounds.

Dental Clinic: One of a fewcollege health centers that providedental care. The clinic is staffedby a dentist, dental hygienist anddental assistant. Dental services areprovided on a fee for service basisand are available to all students whohave paid the Health Center fee.

Services at the Health CenterDebra Roberge

Director, Student Health

Center

Venoco chief battles odds

The rovers Spirit and Opportunityare still rolling on the surface of Mars.On Tuesday, January 8, the ColoradoScientic Society hosted its Emmons

Lecture in the Green Center and therovers lead scientist was the speaker.Dr. Steven W. Squyres, GoldwinSmith Professor of Astronomy at Cor-nell University and the Principal Inves-tigator for the Mars Exploration RoverProject presented the recent ndings

of the rovers to a full Petroleum Hall.

Launched in 2003, the two rovershave spent over 1400 sols (Martiandays) on the surface, collecting dataand surviving several winter seasonseach. Dr. Squyres talked about hisexcitement that the rovers havegreatly exceeded their calculated 90sol lifespans and still function well.

Dr. Squyres rst discussed the

Spirit rover and its initial ndings with-

in the Gusev Crater. One major nd-ing along the Columbia Hills was thediscovery of 12 rock types, all chemi-cally different within a few meters ofeach other. Specically, the mineral

goethite, associated with aqueousenvironments, was discovered andindicates the likely presence of wateron Mars at some point in its history.

At a site named Home Plate,one of Spirits broken front wheelsdragged a trench revealing Martiansoil that was unusually white colored,contrasting with the red-brown soil.

This swath of material was found to

contain 91% pure silica. Dr. Squyreselaborated on the hypothesis that theMartian silica chemistry is remarkablysimilar to hot, hydrothermal springswith siliceous sinter, or an environ-ment where acid sulfate leaching oc-curs - similar to volcanic fumerals nearHawaii. According to Dr. Squyres,these findings also give strongevidence of past water on Mars.

Akira Rattenbury

Staff Writer

The strike by the Writers Guild ofAmerica continues to march forwardwith no apparent end in sight. Theonly progress seen has been the re-turn of late night television and a fewindependent, WGA brokered deals.

One of the main sticking pointsthat led to the strike, which hasbeen in progress since November5th, is compensation for newmedia; which includes distributionof shows on the internet. Negotia-tions broke down on December 7thafter the Alliance of Motion Pictureand Television Producers, withwhom the WGA is negotiating,walked away from the negotiationtable. The AMPTP has refusedto return to the table without theWGA rescinding a few importantproposals, such as ones thatwould place writers of animatedand reality programming underthe jurisdiction of the writers guild.

One of the most immediateimpacts of the WGA strike was thecessation of new late night pro-gramming which is heavily depen-dent on the writers. However, latenight made a comeback on January2nd upon the threat of non-writing

staff being laid off. Jay Leno andConan OBrien came back withouta writing staff while David Letterman

and Craig Ferguson were able toretain their full staff of writers dueto an independent deals stuck byLettermans production company,Worldwide Pants, with the WGA.Similar deals with the WGA havebeen struck by United Artists andthe Weinstein Company. As a re-sult of the independent deals, theScreen Actors Guild has encour-aged its members to appear onLetterman and Fergusons showsto show support of the strike.

As late night programming re-turned, Letterman and OBriencame back with newly grownbeards as symbols of solidarity withthe WGA. Additionally, Lettermansrst Top Ten list upon his return

was presented by a variety of strik-ing writers from different shows.Five days later, John Stewart andStephen Colbert returned withhairpieces parodying the strikebeard Stewart with his solidarityunibrow and Colbert with a beardreminiscent of ZZ Top. Neverthe-less, both hosts have temporarilychanged the names of their showsin support of the strike. Stewartsshow is now called A Daily Show

We do PAP smears and BirthControl

Weve got FREE condomsWe do shots (not free but

pretty CHEAP!!)We have limited amounts of

medications FREE!Weve got crutches, braces,

slings, and other injury aids thatwe will loan out for FREE

We treat warts, lumps,bumps, cuts, scrapes, and awide variety of other health is-sues and injuries!!

Guild writers strike lingers onNew tactics prevail as negotiations break downMatthew Pusard

Content Manager

rather than The Daily Show whileColbert has begun pronouncing thet in his last name in the title of his

show. Additionally, Stewarts entirerst show after the hiatus was dedi-cated entirely to strike coverage.

The strike has affected manyaward presentations. Becauseaward shows, like late night tele-vision, are heavily scripted andbecause many actors will not crossthe picket lines to attend the cer-emonies, the Golden Globes andPeoples Choice Awards could notgo on in their usual incarnations.

The Golden Globes ceremony wasreduced to a press conference whilethe Peoples Choice Awards had tobe pretaped with a magazine-styleformat. Ratings for the PeoplesChoice Awards were almost halvedas a result of the new format.

Popular shows such as Greys Anatomy, Heroes, DesperateHousewives, and The Ofce are

all out of unaired episodes untilthe strike is resolved, while 24 willnot show any of its 8 producedepisodes until the entire seasoncan be shown without interrup-tion. Reality television, such as

American Idol and the newly resur-rected American Gladiators, is ex-pected to ll the void in their stead.

Dr. Squyres also discussed theOpportunity rovers major discoveriesduring more than four years and 12km of travel. Geologically, Opportunityhas helped scientists create the rst

stratigraphic column on Mars fromthe cliff-like walls of Victoria Craternear its landing site. It has observedsub-aqueous waveforms on thesurface that have a strikingly similarappearance to sinuous ow deposits

beneath streams and riverbeds onEarth. Goethite spherules, whichSquyres describes as Martian blue-berries have helped scientists assess

possible methods of Martian craterformation and paleo-wind directions.

Dr. Squyres ended the lecture bynoting the wealth of data discoveredon Mars has been at the relativelylow cost of about $900 million fromplanning to the current operation. Theprogram continues to employ largeteams of scientists and engineersto program and complete tasks.

Cost Most of the services

provided in the Health Center

are FREE!!!! Some immuniza-

tions require a small co-pay,

labs and x-rays will be charged

to your insurance. Otherwise

all services are FREE and cov-ered by your Health Center Fee.

Looking at geology on Mars

This weeks theme is New Yearsresolutions. Here are my responsesto a few of the common ones:

Get More Exercise:Walk to school! Walk to the gro-

cery store, walk to the bars, walkto Coors lab. Just walk everywhere.

The health benets are hard to beat:

walking is considered one of thebest activities to ensure longer life,better tness, happier moods, etc.

(Ask Cambridge if you dont believeme: http://www,.cambridgema.gov/cdd/et/ped/ped_hlth.html). Toboot, you save money on gas andalso save on the emissions. If youcant stand walking, or are alwayslate, bikes and skateboards are agreat way to get around as well. (Ifyou need a bike and for whateverreason cant afford one, email me:[email protected], and Ill see if

I can help.)Eat Healthier:

Try to stay away from the junkand test out some organic versionsof your favorite snacks. Startingcold turkey and moving totally toorganic foods is a big step, butsometimes the organic produce ischeaper than the conventional stuff,so take a closer look. And when youdo get groceries, try to use clothbags - even I forget sometimes.

The evils of pesticides: Notonly will buying organic supportthe smaller farmers, but also freeyou from some of the unknowndangers of pesticides: http://www.panna.org/

Lowering the Stress levels:

Take advantage of the JeffCo nature trail system (http://co.jefferson.co.us/openspace/openspace_T56_R108.html). After

all, Golden is one of the prime loca-tions for mountain activities. Checkthem out and walk away from ofyour frustrations. A little fresh airand nature can make most baddays seem pretty worthwhile.

Be More Green:Take the bus! Now that CSM has

a fully functioning RTD College buspass, use it. Check out www.rtd-denver.com for routes and times.

Take it to Boulder on your day off,head to Denver for an afternoonor weekend of culture and fun, oruse it to get around in Golden onthose windy days that youd rathernot ride a bike or walk around. Youalready paid for it, you might as wellget the most out of it.

Start a log of the things that youthrow away, and try to see whereyou can make alterations. (An inter-esting view on the whole thing canbe seen here: http://www.storyof-stuff.com/another-way.html.)

Recycling is pretty easy, andsince Golden has a single streamsystem (everything in one bin) withthe main collection site just off ofSH93 (http://ci.golden.co.us/Page.asp?NavID=255), it is very doable.

Composting is another greatway to reduce the amount of trashyou send out to the curb, and nowis a good time to look for a spot ora friend who can help you with it.If you have a backyard, reserve acorner of it and put a small fenceup or place an old trash can (checkhere for more complete instruc-tions: http://ladpw.org/epd/sg/bc.cfm). Add your leftovers (notthe meats), and by fall youll havefresh, nutritious soil for houseplants

or gardens.Stay tuned for more tips next

week on how to Reduce andReuse!

Green Tip of the WeekNew Years Resolutions

Natalie Wagner

Guest Columnist


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The National Society of BlackEngineers (NSBE) was founded bysix black engineering students atPurdue University in 1975 to createa support system for other blackengineering students. The student-managed organization now fullls

that goal at 270 colleges, includingMines, not to mention the alum-ni and pre-college associations.

NSBE president Ellice Whit-tington became involved with theorganization in high school, whichis how she found out about Mines.NSBE sponsors an annual Re-cruitment Weekend, where mi-nority students from the DenverMetro area can experience theMines campus. It happens duringhomecoming weekend, so thatstudents can watch the homecom-ing game and get a feel for whatit would be like to attend Mines.

It was a really big connec-tion for me, coming to the schooland seeing what it was like,says Whittington. Now I cantimagine myself anywhere else.

NSBE sponsors other events as

well, including the Cultural Celebra-tion scheduled for the end of Febru-ary. While there are different displaysevery year, they always center on

African and African-American cul-

Lily Giddings

Content Manager

In 1989, CSM student Rus-sel Stands brought the AmericanIndian Science and Engineering

Society (AISES) to the Minescampus. In the years since, it hasbeen upholding the mission of thenational AISES organization toincrease substantially the repre-sentation of American Indian and

Alaskan Natives in engineering,science and other related technol-ogy disciplines. As one of the fourorganizations being run with sup-port from the Minority EngineeringProgram (MEP) at Mines, AISESaccepts members of any ethnic-ity. These members focus theirefforts particularly on the support,development, and assistance of

American Indian students andmembers of AISES, as well as help-ing the Mines campus as a whole

to develop cultural awareness. Traditionally, AISES puts on anumber of events throughout theyear for the Mines community.

Among these are the frybread sales,which occur several times eachsemester. A paintball tournamentis also being organized this year.

Jake Rezac

Staff Writer

Akira Rattenbury

Staff Writer

PASES, or the Professional Asian Society of Engineers andScientists, is one of four campusgroups organized under the Minor-ity Engineering Program (MEP).

Founded last semester, the or-ganization was created in place ofthe former Asian Student Associa-tion (ASA). The group offers openmembership, including both Asianand non-Asian students for $15 ayear. PASES does not discourageanybody from joining. We havemembers from all backgroundsand ethnicities. You dont haveto be Asian to join, said RachelNii, Vice President of PASES andone of the founding members.

Building on the social andcultural aspects of ASA, PASES

Meettheorganizationsofthe

Minority engineering PrograM

incorporates many popular pastprograms. We hosted an icecream social with the AISES pizzaparty in the fall, this spring wehope to go to the Alpine Slideat Heritage Square and possiblybowling, said Nii. General meet-ings are held twice a month onWednesdays at noon. The firstmeeting this semester is January23 in Alderson Hall, room 340.

Regular sales throughout theyear of lumpia, a type of Southeast

Asian pastry, help fund the orga-nizations events. The next saleis February 7th at the MEP house.

This spring, the organizationwill again hold its Lunar Festivalon February 22nd in the GreenCenter. The event will featureperformances showcasing Asianculture and celebration of the lu-nar New Year. Nii said, In 2007,attendance was over 300 fordinner and we [estimated] that200 stayed for the entire show.

Beyond social events, PASESsmission statement illustrates thegroups goal to become a moreprofessional society. We striveto develop leaders who are edu-cated in issues facing both Asianand non-Asian communities andpromote the academic and profes-sional success of our members.

To facilitate the transition toa professional society, PASESoffers members a community

for professional and academ-ic development through work-shops and study sessions, ac-cording to the groups website.

Additionally, PASES is in the pro-cess of branching into other Colo-rado campuses with the overall goalto become a national, professionalorganization with chapters in majoruniversities across the country.

This would be the beginning ofthe national group, said Khanh Vu,director of MEP at Mines. We arelooking at starting the rst regional

conference with local schools. In10 to 15 years, it will grow nation-ally with national conferences andleadership workshops, and wecan say it started here at Mines.

Another annual event is thepow-wow. Traditionally, it is a dis-play of American Indian culture,done in a way which presentsfacts about American Indian cul-ture, but nothing more. According

to AISES Secretary Eva Salas,however, AISES is revamping thepow-wow. It will now be closer toa traditional American Indian pow-wowTraditional dances, songs,and talking circles for both menand women will be included inthe event, and it will be put on withthe help of the American Indiancommunity in the K-12 JeffersonCounty schools. These activitiesall tie in with AISESs goal to ex-pose others to American Indiancultures, as well as accordingto Salas having lots of fun.

According to the most recentMEP statistics, there are 39 Na-tive American undergraduate andgraduate students at Mines. Al-

though this is a comparatively smallnumber (with African Americansdoubling this number, and Asian

Americans and Hispanics morethan quadrupling it) the membersof AISES are very passionateabout the program. Salas whowas president of the Society of

Hispanic Professional Engineers fortwo years was worried that thenumber of members of AISES wastoo low; if AISES is in trouble, Imgoing to help, she thought whenshe decided to join the group.

Although Salas has only beena member of AISES since thestart of the fall semester, shesalready created many powerfulmemories and friendships. I lovemeeting the new people through

AISES. When I attended the AISESnational conference in Phoenix,I had the opportunity to get toknow my fellow AISES membersvery well, as well as having thememorable experience of attend-ing a true AISES conference. Thiswas a very powerful experience.

Because of the relatively smallproportion of American Indianstudents, AISES is always lookingfor new members. Anyone look-ing to join AISES should contact

either Salas, at [email protected], or AISES President BenRomo at [email protected]. Any-one who joins can hope to con-tinue the AISES mission of helpingMines community better under-stand American Indian culture.

shPe

On Friday, January 11, MEPheld its kickoff meeting for thespring semester. Among the vari-ous organizations present was theSociety of Hispanic ProfessionalEngineers, eager to get the year un-derway and continue their pursuit ofcultural unity and professionalism.

The Society of Hispanic Pro-fessional Engineers was createdin 1974 by a group of Los Ange-les engineers. Their goal was toestablish a national engineering

organization that would serve asa standard of excellence for theHispanic community through net-working, communication, and astrong sense of cultural heritage.

We are brought together byheritage, social responsibility anddesire to improve the equality of allpeople through the use of scienceand technology, says SHPEs na-tional statement of values. This ideahas served as the foundation for theprograms commitment and is an in-tegral part of its members activitiesand guidance. Above all, SHPE val-ues excellence in education, pro-fessional pursuits and leadershipand obtains these through integrity,empowerment, achievement, diver-

sity and continuous improvement.Members nd greater educationalopportunities that fall in line with thevision of professional and personalgrowth held by the organization.

SHPE arrived on the Mines cam-pus in 1987 under the leadership ofDon Velazquez. Since then, it has

David Sommer

Staff Writer

grown into the biggest organizationin MEP. In the course of one yearit has seen its membership growrapidly from 40 to its current level of200 members, testifying to its prog-ress as a professional organization.

The Mines chapter holds manyof the same values as its nationalcounterpart. Our goal is to promoteprofessionalism and academic ex-cellence, says President Alejandro

Arceo. We do this by offering helpwith classes through workshopsand tutoring, by trying to raisethe average GPA every semester(which they have so far succeeded

in doing), and by creating oppor-tunities for the active participationof its members. Activities like bur-rito sales as fundraisers, movienights, bowling nights and fies-tas help provide a sense of unityfor the organization as a whole.

Every year, many of SHPEsmembers attend a national confer-ence that is like a career day atMines times ten, (last years washeld in Philadelphia) and all are wel-come to attend professional ses-sions that offer connections withcompanies and mock interviews.

While SHPE began with theHispanic community in mind, itencourages anybody to join whohas a desire to grow professionally

and academically. It is a commonmisconception that SHPE is only forHispanics, says Arceo. The orga-nization is open to everybody and isa great way to explore other culturesand professional avenues. Arceosummarized SHPEs mission intwo words: Everyones welcome.

ture, including food, art, fashions,and martial arts such as Capoeira.

They also sell food throughoutthe year, such as the sambusasbeing sold on Thursday at the Mi-nority Engineering Program house.

There are also general meetings,where students can eat pizzawhile listening to speakers. Thereare other events, such as movienights, tournaments, and competi-tions either within the organizationor with other MEP student groups.

One of the main NSBE eventsis the National Conference, whichis to be held in Orlando, Florida,this year. Its so exciting to go andbe with thousands of other blackengineers, people who you can re-ally connect with, says Whittington.

The organization is also strives tobe supportive of members in theiracademics. The Mission of NSBEis to increase the number of cultur-ally responsible black engineerswho excel academically, succeedprofessionally and positively impactthe community. In accordancewith this mission, the CSM chapterhelps involved students by provid-ing study sessions, tutoring, andmentoring. The MEP house has

started a database for studentsand study purposes, includingold tests and study materials.

Students of al l ethnicit iesare encouraged to be involvedwith NSBE. To learn more aboutNSBE in general, or the Mineschapter, go online to http://www.mines.edu/Stu_life/mep/NSBE.

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LifestyLePage 10

1. Feist The Reminder: Leslie

Feists laid back vocals and dance-

beat driven folk style gained noto-

riety in 07 through several outlets.

A mixture of classic sounds and

catchy melodies boosted Feists

album to the top of the list. Her

unique style set her apart during an

excellent year for music. Listen to

So Sorry and My Moon My Man.

2. Rilo Kiley Under The

Blacklight:Two words: Jenny Lew-

is. The album is a great mix of dance

and harmony. The rest of the band

deserves equally as much praise for

their effort to redesign their sound.

Highlights of this album are Under

The Blacklight and Dreamworld.

3.The National Boxer:

Deep, smooth, and

haunting, Boxer

beckons back

to simple in-

strumenta-

tion and

thought

provok-

ing lyrics,

aspects

of music

t ha t a r e

often over-

l o o ked t o -

day. The album

has a distinctly

dark tone, tem-

pered with sometimes

cheery guitar parts. Suggested

tracks: Fake Empire and Ada.

4. Radiohead In Rainbows:

Even though Radioheads seventh

album is distinctly modern, it de-

pends heavily on songs written dur-

ing the last 10 years. This record was

innovative in both delivery method

and sound. 15 Step and Nude

are the most enjoyable tracks.

5. Bright Eyes Cassadaga:

2007 saw a number of concept

albums, and Cassadaga was one

of the best. Conor Obersts mel-

ancholy lyrics work well with the

classic folk-country sounds heard

on the album. Make A Plan To Love

Me and Coat Check Dream Song

stretch the boundaries of the genre.

6.Against Me! - New Wave:

By far the best punk album heardin recent years. A combination

of politically charged lyrics and

guitar driven anthems earned

Against Me! a place in the top ten.

Tracks Stop and Thrash Un-

real should energize any situation.

7. Once Soundtrack: Simply

put, independent flms this past year

had excellent soundtracks. Falling

Slowly and When Your Minds

Made Up are simply beautiful.

8. Band of Horses Cease To

Begin: Catchy lyrics, ambient guitar

sounds and just the right amount of

reverb make this album an interest-

ing listen. The opening two tracks

Is There A

G h o s t ?

a n d O d e

T o

LRC

are an

e x -

c e l l e n t

i n t r o d u c -

tion to the disc.

9. Minus The Bear Planet of

Ice: Seattle is no longer a grunge

town, the experimental scene hastaken over and this disc shows why.

The classic Minus The Bear sound can

be heard on Knights and Dr. Lling.

10. Thrice The Alchemy

Index Vol. I & II: An interest-

ing experiment in hardcore mu-

sic: explore the original four ele-

ments through song. Volumes I &

II cover fire and water incredibly

well. The Arsonist and Digital

Sea offer a unique comparison.

W h a t i s t h e g e e k i -

e s t t h i n g y o u o w n ?

I have a ham radio license.

Basically its a license that lets me

operate my own radio on different

frequencies around the world. I

even have my own call

sign. Its good to have

in case of emergencies

if the communication

systems go down. Its

pretty cool because

you have to pass a

test to get it. You have

to know about radio

etiquette, basic electri-

cal and wave mechan-ics, and some circuitry

stuff like Ohms law. I

took it when I was 10.

Whats your fa-

vorite geek joke?

I dont have any.

But I really like XKCD,

which is a web comic written by a

NASA roboticist. He writes about a

geeks perspective on life and ro-

mance. Hes my favorite comedian.

W h y d o y o u w a n t

t o b e a n e n g i n e e r ?

All the parts of Electrical Engineer-

ing fascinate me. Like the normal cir-

Geek Weekof

the

...Jason Sexauer, Sophomore: Electrical Engineering

The best of 2007Tim Weilert

Staff Writer

TOP 25 Albums

1. Feist The Reminder

2. Rilo Kiley Under The Blacklight

3. The National Boxer

4. Radiohead In Rainbows5. Bright Eyes Cassadaga

6. Against Me! - New Wave

7. Once Soundtrack

8. Band Of Horses Cease To Begin

9. Minus The Bear Planet of Ice

10. Thrice The Alchemy Index Vol. I & II

11. The Shins Wincing The Night Away

12. Arcade Fire Neon Bible

13. The Snake The Cross The Crown Cotton

Teeth

14. Circa Survive On Letting Go

15. The Frames The Cost

16. Motion City Soundtrack Even If It Kills Me

17. Kanye West Graduation

18. Interpol Our Love To Admire19. Im Not There Soundtrack

20. Anberlin Cities

21. Eisley Combinations

22. Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before The

Ship Even Sank

23. Iron & Wine The Shepherds Dog

24. Wilco Sky Blue Sky

25. John Ralston Sorry Vampire

cuitry of a blender or a microwave.

And I want to understand the magicthat goes on behind computers.

S o w h e n d i d y o u

know you were a Geek?

Oh jeez, its been a long time,

since elementary school. I did a lot

of weird extracurricular activities

and Ive always been the kid that

took things apart and tinkered

with them and hope they worked.

W h a t d o y o u d o f o r

f u n o u t s i d e o f s c h o o l ?

I play a lot of WOW. I have 45

days logged in as a Mage. And I do

a lot of random stuff on the comput-

Melinda Bartel

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er. I like to mess around with Linux.

W h a t s y o u r f a v o r -

i te th i ng about M i nes ?

I like the community. You can

go around and be geeky and peo-

ple wont kill you. Its like being in

a clique where everyone is weird.

Are you

part of any

o rgan i z a-

t i o n s o n

c a m p u s ?

U m m , I

was in the

m a r c h i n g

band, concert

band, and

pit band in

high school.I played the

t rombone.

And I played

f r e s h m a n

y e a r b u t

i t was too

much of a

c o m m i t -

ment so I dont do that any-

more. Just a lot of homework.

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SportSJanuary 16, 2008

This years college football sea-

son, dubbed The Year of the

Upset, was one of the most un-

predictable seasons to date.

Thus, it only makes sense inthis wild, erratic year that

the bowl season would go

by with nary a shocking vic-

tory. Of course, that isnt

to say some of the games

werent interesting. Here

are some of the more no-

table college bowl games

from this past year:

B C S N a t i o n -

a l C ham pi ons h i p

LSU 38, Ohio State 24

LSU blew a number

1 ranking in college

football twice, but

still backed their way

into the champion-

ship games because

the high seeds justkept losing this year.

Similar ly, Ohio State

was ranked #1 in the na-

tion until their penultimate

game of the season (a

loss to Illinois), but still

managed to gain a

BCS Championship

berth because of

late season losses

by Missouri, Kansas,

and West Virginia. Neither

team was particularly impressive

coming into the matchup, but

LSU won and became the first

team since 1960 to win the na-

tional championship with 2 losses.

Sugar Bowl

Geo r g i a 4 1 , Hawa i i 1 0#5 Georgia made their case that

they should have been in the BCS

Championship by humiliating the

only unbeaten team left in college

football. Georgia, like LSU, had

2 losses, but those losses were

early in the season and Georgia

won when they had to late in the

season, unlike many other college

teams. Meanwhile, Hawaii was

undefeated going into the game,

but the team wasnt considered for

the championship game because

of a weak schedule this season. A

win for Hawaii would have made

2007 once looked like a re-

bound year for the Broncos. Their

division was wretched, their record

was 2-0, and all the breaks were

falling the Broncos way, such as a

rushed game-winning eld goal in

the season opener by Jason Elam.

Not only that, but the Broncos

were playing for the memories

of their late teammates Darrent

Williams and Damien Nash. But

week 2 was the apex of the 2007

season for these Broncos. A rough

3 game stretch against eventual

playoff teams in Jacksonville, In-

dianapolis, and San Diego sent

the Broncos below .500. They

would never have a winning re-

cord from there on in. But why did

the Broncos falter so much this

season? They were on the wrong

side of far too many blowouts

and here are ve reasons why:1. Al Wilson

Al Wilson was the heart and

soul of the Broncos defense.

Champ Bailey may be the most

talented player on the defensive

side of the ball, but the middle

linebacker was the true leaderof the team. Wilson made 5

Pro Bowls in 8 years and drew

favorable comparisons to Brian

Urlacher of the Chicago Bears.

With him, the Denver defense

was a solid, united corps. Just

last year, the Broncos became

the rst team since the 1930s to

let up a only single touchdown in

the rst 5 games of the season.

Without him, however, the Bron-

cos became weak and porous.

They went from being a top 10

team in terms of points allowed

to 28th in the league this year.

Whats worse, they let up more

rushing yards per game than all

but 2 teams. Al Wilsons absence

played a huge part in both of theseoccurrences. Announcers used to

rave about the Broncos having the

quickest linebackers in the league,

but not anymore with the addi-

tion of Nate Webster to the crew.

DJ Williams also did not adjust

to the crucial middle linebacker

role quickly enough. Al Wilson

was simply an irreplaceable tal-

ent on the Broncos defense and

he will continue to be missed.

a statement, but their offensive

line did not hold and thus, the

potent Rainbow Warrior offense

was pulverized by the Bulldogs.Rose Bowl

U S C 4 9 , I l l i n o i s 1 7

The USC Trojans were left

out of the championshipgame for the rst time in

3 years, but they made

a statement in the Rose

Bowl. They were also a 2

loss team, but they were

on the wrong side of the

biggest upset of the season

when 20 point underdog

Stanford upended them

24-23. USC never fully

recovered from that loss,

but they made a statement

with their thrashing of the

Fighting Illini. Freshman RB

Joe McKnight also showed

that he will be force to be

reckoned with after gain-

ing 204 all purpose yards

and scoring a touchdown.Orange Bowl

Kansas 24, Virginia Tech 21

The Orange Bowl was

the closest of the BCS

bowls, but it wasnt as ex-

citing as the score might

indicate. Kansas capitalized

on an early interception

to pull out to a 17-0 lead

in the rst half and never

looked back. Virginia Tech

used the third quarter to pull within

3 points until another intercep-

tion thrown by QB Sean Glennon

set up another Kansas score that

nally put the game out of reach.Fiesta Bowl

West Virginia 48, Oklahoma 28

West Virginias coach, RichRodriguez, left the team 2 weeks

before this bowl to become the new

coach at Michigan. Undaunted,

West Virginia and interim coach

Bill Stewart rolled over the #4

ranked Oklahoma Sooners. This

win got Stewart hired on as the

teams permanent head coach.New Mexico Bowl

New Mexico 23, Nevada 0

The New Mexico Bowl has only

been around for 2 seasons, but

it held some significance as the

New Mexico Lobos got their rst

postseason victory in 46 years.

2. The Defensive Line

One player alone cannot be

blamed for the ineptitude of this

unit. The Broncos ofcially aban-

doned the Cleveland Brownsplayers on their line with none

playing for them this season: Ke-

nard Lang, Courtney Brown, and

Michael Myers because of cuts;

Gerard Warren because of a trade

to Oakland; and Ebenezer Ekuban

because of injury. In their place

was a hodgepodge of retreads

(Sam Adams and Simeon Rice)

and rookies (Jarvis Moss, Mar-

cus Thomas, and Tim Crowder).

This led the line to play like, well,

a hodgepodge of retreads and

rookies and led to the retreads

being cut before the end of the

season. The lone bright spot was

second year DE Elvis Dumervil

whose uncannily long arms for his

small-for-a-lineman body led to 12

sacks on the season. The young

linemen on the team have shown

promise, but a lot of work needs

to be done to x this poor line.3. Coordinators

The coordinators on both sides

of the ball may need replacement

for Denver. The much ballyhooed

Jim Bates was a huge letdown

for the Broncos this season as

his philosophies opped miser-ably this year. He came in after

turning Green Bays defensive line

into one of the best in the league,

but their defense only got better

this year, allowing the Packers to

advance to the NFC Champion-

ship Game. With the Broncos,

Batess philosophies flopped,

making the line worse despite the

fact that it was never that good to

begin with. Bates just resigned

from the team on January 8th.

Meanwhile, Rick Dennison has

failed to live up to the offensive

standards the Broncos have set

under Mike Shanahan. The team

is scoring 5 points per game

fewer with Dennison than they did

with former offensive coordinatorGary Kubiak. The Broncos are

gaining decent yardage in the air

and on the ground, but are hav-

ing difculties nishing drives off.

With mastermind coordinators

like Brian Billick and Cam Cam-

eron on the market, the Broncos

would be wise to make a switch.4. The Offensive Line

Injuries dened this season for

the Broncos O-Line. The season

started off rough with mainstay

Ben Hamilton being placed on

injured reserve without playing

a game due to post-concussion

syndrome. Later in week 5, centerTom Nalen tore his right bicep in

the rst quarter against the Char-

gers. He nished the game out

nevertheless, but was placed on

injured reserve afterwards. The

only other veteran on the line, Matt

Lepsis, played so poorly that he

immediately retired after the end

of the season because he knew he

was slipping. The result was Den-

vers second year QB Jay Cutler

having to face immense pressure

during a key formative year. The

running game didnt do too badly,

as they were 9th in the league in

rushing yards, but they werent

anywhere near as good as usual.

The Broncos need to draft some

new linemen to replace Lepsis and

to act as insurance for Nalen and

Hamilton. Guards Montrae Holland

and Chris Kuper and tackle Erik

Pears were also nothing to write

home about. The Broncos ought

to take advantage of the upcom-

ing draft, which is rich in offensive

line talent, especially at tackle.5. Jay Cutler

Very few quarterbacks can

excel in their rst few seasons ofstarting. Inexperienced QBs Matt

Leinart, Vince Young, Tarvaris

Jackson, Phillip Rivers, and Alex

Smith have all had very rough

years at the helms of their respec-

tive teams. It is not necessarily

their faults per se, but it is the na-

ture of the position. Quarterback

is a very demanding position that

requires expert reads of defensive

plays and superb decision making

skills. These are both things that

have to be learned by experience.

Jay Cutler had a better season

than all of the aforementioned

young QBs, but he still has to

take his knocks and make his mis-

takes like all young QBs. The only

problem was that he was facingdifcult pressure, both because

of a shaky offensive line and be-

cause his defense was not good

enough to make up for his youthful

mistakes. Cutler did very well, all

things considered, for a rst full

year of starting (it was better than

what Elway did at the same point

in his career), but he might not be

ready for another year or two to

live up to his enormous potential.

What happened to the Broncos?Once promising season went nowhere, fast

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As the primary season unfolds

in this highly contentious election-

to-end-all-elections, the media is

living up to its traditional role of sti-

ing issue-based dialogue and pre-

selecting candidates from the perchatop Madison Avenue.

Take for instance the plight of

two highly qualified, yet virtually

ignored candidates on both sides of

the political aisle: Bill Richardson (D)

and Ron Paul (R). Mr. Richardsons

resume of experience in national

and international politics far sur-

passes any other Democrat running

for ofce. His exploits include Unites

States Congressman, Ambassador

to the United Nations, Energy Sec-

retary and current Governor of New

Mexico. Throughout his career he,

has became known for his ability

to deal with foreign policy issues,

and is widely considered a mem-

ber of the Democratic leadership.

Dr. Paul, meanwhile, is not onlya highly educated individual but

also an advocate of constitution-

alism in US government. Before

spending three separate terms in

Congress spanning the last three

decades, Dr. Paul was an accom-

plished physician and decorated

Air Force veteran. During his time

in the political circle, Paul became

known for his libertarian positions

and opposition to frivolous gov-

ernment actions and resolutions.

Its worth noting the background

of these candidates, because

neither represents a fringe posi-

tion. Both individuals are not only

qualified candidates, they also

signify the same trend of political

marginalization. Political ideol-ogy, therefore, ceases to matter

in the view of some candidates.

Despite his impressive track

record, Mr. Richardson withdrew

his candidacy from the race shortly

after garnering little more than 4%

of the vote in New Hampshire.

Dr. Pauls campaign will likely

press on for a time, because of

the deep financial donations of

his supporters; ultimately he no

longer has a legitimate chance

of winning either the Republican

nomination or the presidency.

It is easy to look at this as a

failure of message and funding

on behalf of the candidates them-

selves. And perhaps that is truthful

to a certain extent. Before jumping

to that conclusion, rst consider themedias coverage of the primarys

pre-game and regular season.

On the Democrat side, the im-

age of Hillary versus Obama has

long been, and still is, played out

in all of the major news outlets.

For a time, Hillary was inevitable,

then Obama was sure to win

with the youth and minority vote.

After Hillarys comeback in New

Hampshire last week, the race

is largely viewed as being tied.

Although this may feel like an

oversimplication of the matter, the

reality is that the political memory

of most Americans consists of the

snippets of a candidates mo-

mentum broadcast by the press.

However, the momentum is oftenconcocted by the same press

for interior reasons: what sells.

A Hillary or Obama win certainly

will maximize ratings more so than a

Richardson victory. If Obama wins,

America is inherently fascinated be-

cause of his diversity; and if Hillary

wins, Americans are almost equally

curious because of the thought of

the rst married couple to both be

president. What will Bill Clinton do?

The Republican side faces simi -

lar issues but with less elitist direc-

tion and more ideologically-driven

debate-stiing. Ron Paul is a very

large reminder for the other Repub-

lican candidates in the race, as well

as conservative news outlets, that

the Republican Party has largelystrayed from their founding principle

of reduced government interaction.

From interventionist foreign policy

to legislating private relationships,

many of the actions of the past

Republican administration could

be classified as overburdening.

Whether or not the proactive

legislative and executive purviews

of the past eight years were sen-

sible or not is beside the issue.

Duffys Corner: Does the media

select Americas candidates?Kevin Duffy

Content ManagerThe fact is, they cant be justied

by looking strictly at the Con-

stitution and the founding prin-

ciple of the Republican Party.

Therefore, Dr. Paul is largely

shunned from honest debate, be-

cause, while he may hold extreme

views in some regards, he begs a

fundamental question about thestate of US government, which many

in the eld nd to difcult to address.

Take, for instance, the Fox

News Sunday Presidential Debate,

which aired the Sunday before

the New Hampshire primary. Dr.

Paul was not invited. Anchor Brit

Hume proudly announced before

the debate that only candidates

polling in the double digits nation-

wide were allowed to participate.

The logic here is extremely awed.

The double-digit support mark

is completely ludicrous, as the

purpose in early, single state cau-

cuses and primaries is to spread

a political message to a slice

of America before investing in a

nationwide campaign. By thatmargin, Dr. Paul should have been

included as he gained 10% of the

electorate in Iowa and virtually tied

Giuliani for 4th in New Hampshire.

Even more disconcerting than

Fox News apparent lack of knowl-

edge on the primary process is the

notion that interior motives could

also be at play. Although it can

never be conclusively proven, it

certainly cannot be ruled out that

the oversight of Paul by Fox was

simply because of his politics and

not due to his national rankings.

By the time this article goes

to print, the Michigan contest will

have already been decided and

the pollsters and pundits will look

forward to Nevada and SouthCarolina in the coming days. The

media must remain unbiased in

delivering facts throughout the

rest of this important decision.

People tend to vote on momen-

tum and emotion. They want to side

with a winner. With emotion and

momentum long running the ratings

of broadcast and cable television,

the coverage on the campaign

trail has little hope for change.

Steve Wimberly, head coachof the Mines tennis team from

1 9 9 9 - 2 0 0 5 ,passed away re-

cently while work-

ing in New York.He was one ofthe most suc-

cessful coachesin Miness his-tory, having won

three conferencechampionships

in six years andearning six bids to

the NCAA DII ten-nis tournament,

one for each yearo f h is tenu re .

In 2002, he led

the Orediggers toan upset regional

c h a m p io n s h ipover top-seeded

Washburn andearned a berth

in the NCAA DIIsweet s ix teen.For most of his

tenure, CoachWimber ly was

able to achievet h i s s u c c e s s

with no assistant coach andalmost no scholarship money,

even though he was compet-ing against over 170 DII tennisprograms, many of which had

full budgets and coaching staffs. The key to Steves success

lay in his ability to establish trustimmediately and foster genuine

relationships with his players.

His conference championshipswere often won by a single matchagainst teams of superior tal-

ent, and his players and the

Colorado School of Mines owethese championships to Steves

rare combination of insight,motivational skills, and moxie.

William Jamesonce wrote, The

art of being wise

is knowing whatto overlook, and

Steve was therare leader who

was able to stripaway the frivo-

lous details ofa situation and

ide n t i f y wh a twas necessaryto accomplish

his object ive.Coaches are

too often com-pared to military

leaders, and thecomparison of

leading peopleinto battle with

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