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Volume 91, Issue 17 February 28, 2011
NEWS 2 FEATURES 4 SPORTS 8 OPINION - 9
~world headlines
~scientific discoveries
~bill nye
~little shop of physics
~athlete of the week
~track & field nationals
~morals for your story
~tims two cents
SATIRE 12~like we should know
~well let you find out
Every once in a while, an event
comes along that unites people
across the world in hope; even more
rare is it that someone so involved
with such an event comes to Mines.
On Friday the 25th of February, re-
vered driller, Jeff Hart, who made his
mark as the lead driller in the rescue
efforts in the Chilean mine disaster
talked in front of an eager crowd
of Mines students, faculty, and col-legiate mining teams from across
North America. During the hour and
a half long presentation, Hart, who is
a driller for Layne Christensen, a drill-
ing company that works around the
globe, recounted the series of events
that lead up to the completion of the
relief hole that served as an exit for the
33 trapped Chilean miners.
The story of Harts involvement in
the project began with a simple, We
have a project for you, from one of
the people in charge of the drilling
company. Hart and his team had
been stationed in Afghanistan drilling
water wells for the front line military
bases when the disaster occurred.
Where most of the world didnt hear
of the disaster when it actually hap-pened, as drillers, Hart and his team
took an interest into the event; still, it
would take a few more days and one
of the largest surprises in the world to
get them involved. The rst thought
that Hart had on the disaster was
simple, This was not a rescue but a
recovery. The minds of everyone in
the world would be changed just a
few days later when the rst drill hole
was completed; when the bit was
taken back up to the surface, the
end was painted red and had a note
tied to it that read, We are well in the
refuge, the 33.
From there it became a rush to get
down and rescue the miners. When
people from all walks of life put down
what they are doing to come together
like this, there is no way you can fail,
philosophized Hart, This was more
important than what I was doing.
Originally, the Chilean government
cited around four months to makeit down to the trapped miners with
their main strategy, for Hart and his
team, this was too long. After they
were nally hired on to the job, they
sat down and crunched numbers to
come up with an estimate of 30-40
days as opposed to the much longer
time proposed earlier. The plan B, so it
was termed, was to use the Hand of
God hole that had been drilled as an
emergency hole and enlarge it to the
diameter required by the government.
This would be done using special bits
that could follow the original hole while
grinding up the area around it.
By the time Hart and his team had
reached the site in Chile after a long
and arduous journey from Afghani-
stan and the United States, troublewas already waiting down hole. The
team hardly had time to reect on
their surroundings when one of the
people in charge came up to them
and said, Boy, did you show up at
a good time. It turns out that one of
the drill bits had sheared off in the hole
and needed to be shed out in order
to continue the operation; after a few
tries, the team was successful and
with that act they had earned some
needed respect on the site. The site
itself was quite powerful emotionally;
Every photo you had seen was now
looking you in the face, reected
Hart.
After that point, the drilling contin-
ued at a steady pace, only when the
hole had to be enlarged to the nal
diameter did problems arise. While
tensions began to mount on the
surface between the three competing
drilling teams, the new specialized bits
used by Hart and his team began tohave problems. Hart recollected that
after the rst 50 meters the surface
got a call from the miners saying that
some steel cuttings were beginning
to fall down to their level. While it was
known that some of the bits would be
worn away and would fall down the
hole, the magnitude of the problem
was not realized until a few drilling
sessions later; the miners reported
that the bit itself had fallen down the
hole. It is really handy to have a guy at
the bottom of the hole you are drilling,
said Hart to a now amused audience.
It turns out the problem resulted from
the angle of the drill hole. Normally
a drill bit such as the one they were
using would be used in a completely
vertical setting; on the other hand, theone used by Hart and his team was at
around 11 degrees off vertical.
This last problem showcased the
true dedication that the world had to
the disaster. As soon as the bit was
shown to have problems, people
within the company immediately got
to work designing a much better
version that would not have as much
of a problem, and as soon as the
bits were completed, UPS shipped
it down pro-bono through customs
in the short time of four days. Along
with that, the teams began to realize
simply that it didnt matter who got
down to the miners rst as long as
somebody got down there and they
were all doing their best. It was at this
point that Hart revealed his mentality
through the circumstance, every day
he would reect, How could we get
there today? It was this that kept
him drilling.
Within the last stretch the team hita major problem. In the drilling world
you want your holes to be straight
since it is incredibly difcult to bend a
hole around a curve. Along the plan
B hole, teams of drill hole experts had
determined that there were three haz-
ardous turns all close to the end. The
rst two proved to be insignicant as
the drill went through them as though
they were aligned with the rest of the
hole. The third, on the other hand,
proved to almost end the project for
Hart and his team. The rst attempt at
the third turn resulted in drilling around
30 meters until the drill wouldnt go
any further, the next attempt only re-
sulted in 2 meters and the last wasnt
even a meter. Every time we would
bring up the bit it would look worsethan if we had drilled 10,000 meters
with it, recalled Hart. The team nally
gave in to the government who had
suggested that they use a slightly
smaller bit and if they failed with that,
it would be a game over for the proj-
ect. Though the team was frightened,
the smaller bit went right through as
though there were no problem at all,
which meant it was just a little bit more
to go until the hole was completed.
More pressure mounted as the
bit became stuck just a few meters
from completion. In order to free the
bit, Hart and his team tried a variety
of methods including cranking the
drill up to its limits, though no method
had resulted in success. There was
one last method referred to as a drill
whip, in which the drill is whipped
by the machine, though according
to Hart, the method very rarely works
and would have resulted in the proj-
ect failing. As it was their last option,they challenged fate and it came
free; that was my one time in ten, I
wouldnt ever try it again, quipped
Hart. Given the urgency and the 24
hour replacement time, Hart decided
to keep going and nally the relief hole
was completed.
After the completion of the hole,
Hart was escorted down to the lo-
cal town where we was presented
to the families of the miners and the
media. According to him, it was a
very emotional moment seeing the
pride and hope that the hole had
been completed and soon the miss-
ing members of these families would
be able to return home.
To nish off the presentation, Hart
gave a few thoughtful and power-ful pieces of advice. The rst was
simple: what you do for a living can
affect the entire world, posed Hart.
When asked what he learned in his
heart through the experience, Hart
responded, These people truly do
care about each other and I wish we
could see that more here, but we can
start one person at a time.
Hope and determination in ChileJohn Bristow
Staff Writer
Polar Bears take plunge for the thrill of the chillBARBARA ANDERSON / OREDIGGER
Club member David Gilmour reaches for the towel after plunging.
See more on Page 6
Students explore the
Little Shop of Physics
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Headlines from around the worldLocal News
Construction of Marquez Hallis set to begin this week. Mar-
quez Hall will be the new homeof the Petroleum departmentupon completion.
Teams from across the coun-try competed with ColoradoSchool of Mines in the rst Bien-nial Collegiate Mine EmergencyResponse Development Exer-cise (MERD) at the universitysEdgar Mine in Idaho Springs.Two teams of Mines students,including the rst ever all-femaleteam, practiced undergroundrescues, smoke exploration, reghting, patient extraction andother exercises.
The Colorado School ofMines softball team picked up asplit with Metro State on Satur-day afternoon in RMAC action atAuraria Field. The Roadrunnersearned a 5-1 victory in gameone while Mines took game twoby a score of 4-1.
Colorado School of Minesdefeated the University of Colo-rado Colorado Springs by thescore of 97-64 in Rocky Moun-tain Athletic Conference (RMAC)
mens basketball action on Sat-urday night, February 26th, atLockridge Arena. With Saturdaynights victory, Mines becamethe outright 2010-11 RMACregular-season champion andclinched the #1 seed in the up-coming RMAC Shootout.
Joshua Kleitsch, Staff Writer
Joshua Kleitsch, Staff Writer
14 Wisconsin senate demo-crats failed to show up for acrucial session last week, pro-testing a bill that would strip pub-lic sector workers of their collec-tive-bargaining rights. The bill isaimed at taking away much of thepower that unions currently hold.Governor Scott Walker proposedthe bill to begin to solve the mas-sive budget problems that plaguethe state.
The Medicare fraud indus-try is facing major pressure fromlaw enforcement agencies, as114 doctors were indicted for
Medicare fraud totaling over$240 Million in nine major met-ropolitan areas. Allegedly, physi-cal therapists and doctors wouldbill Medicare for home servicesthat either were not performed orwere not medically necessary.
The national army took con-trol of the capitol of Bahrainonly hours after the police redbirdshot, rubber bullets and teargas into the crowds of protesterson Pearl Square Thursday. Withat least ve dead and hundredsmore wounded, the crowd ofpeaceful protesters turned angryafter this violence was perpetrat-ed against them.
In a triumphant win forI.B.M. and computer sciencefanatics everywhere, the su-percomputer Watson beat outthe two reigning champions ofthe TV show Jeopardy! in an ex-hibition match that proved com-puters can understand and re-spond to humans. Watson beatMr. Ken Jennings and Mr. BradRutter with over $77,000 after athree-day match. The computerwas optimized to parse poorly-
phrased questions, and respondcorrectly.
In a season of civil unrest,protests have sprung up invarious Iraqi cities, with dem-onstrators marching on the hous-es of politicians and lawmakers.The protesters are calling for in-creased public services, such aselectricity and water, and askingthat some government leadersstep down. Some are comment-ing that this is, in some ways, apositive thing for Iraq, and thatunder Saddam Hussein protestswere not possible.
The Canadian governmenthas locked down all computersin two departments due to a cy-ber-attack believed to be fromChina. The attack appeared tobe an attempt to gain advanceknowledge of nancial happen-ings within the Canadian govern-ment, but ofcials are condent
that they were able to prevent thehackers from actually securingany data.
Nokia Corp., is planning tooffer its new handsets withMicrosoft Inc.s Windows Mo-bile operating system. GoogleInc. was also trying to secure thecontract, but was unable to offeras much in terms of incentives tosecure the deal.
If the National Football leagueand its players cant reach abargaining agreement withinthe coming week, then therewill be no 2011 football sea-
son. The owners of NFL footballteams want to draw concessionsfrom their players, to try to boosttheir annual prots. If the playersunions dont come to an agree-ment within the next two weeks,then the NFL has stated that theywill lock out the players, resultingin no 2011 football season.
Madrid, Spain - Migratory behavior in birds appears tobe directly related to, if not controlled by, the length of a spe-cic gene. Researchers at Complutense University in Madrid,Spain, found that birds began dgeting and hopping aroundat night, and that the length of this ight gene correspondedwell to the frequency and duration of the hopping and dget-ing in birds. It appears that the longer the gene is, the longerthe length of the birds migration. While not entirely conclu-sive, the study opens new doors in the study of bird migration.
Somerset, United Kingdom - The cavesin Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, England, hidewhat scientists are calling the earliest evidence
of humans using the skulls of their enemies assome kind of ceremonial cup. The skulls showedsigns of careful breakage, which shows that thecannibals were trying to preserve as much of theskull as possible. It is still unclear exactly whatthe skulls were used for, but other cultures ap-peared to have similar practices, and the pur-pose was usually to humiliate their enemies.
Ecuador - A species of frog thought extinct since1995 was rediscovered in Ecuador during the Searchfor Lost Frogs campaign, which occurred between Au-gust and December of 2010. The frog is the only oneon the top 10 list of frogs that are currently fearedto be extinct or nearly so. Scientists and researchersthe world over are searching for these frogs, hopingto nd many that have not been spotted in as long as50 years. Scientists have stated that amphibians ap-pear to be disappearing at a rate of roughly 100-1000times that of years past, and they are currently tryingto understand what is causing this mass-extinction.
Marburg, Germany - It has long been questioned wheth-er or not bears actually do hibernate, due to the fact that theymaintain a normal body temperature for the entire hibernationperiod. A recent study by researchers at the Philipps Universi-
taet in Marburg, Hessen, Germany, have concluded that bearsdo indeed hibernate, in spite of their high body temperature.The questions initially arose because other mammals droptheir body temperature drastically when they hibernate. Smallmammals drop their body temperature to just a few degreesabove the freezing point for body uids for 1-2 weeks at a time,and periodically arouse themselves to bring their core temper-ature back up to normal. Black bears were found to be able tokeep their core temperature at the normal level, while droppingtheir metabolic rate down to roughly 25% of normal.
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I can tell you that there are
25 rms out there right now
whose names youve heard of
that do not exist anymore be-
cause minimizing risk to the
rm was not the rst priority,
said Jim Kerns. A risk manager
for CH2M Hill, Kerns gave the
Economics and Business semi-
nar on risk management.
In his talk entitled A Frame-
work for Approaching Risk
Analysis for High Risk Projects,
Kerns emphasized the need for
proper risk management in en-
gineering and construction. He
said, People talk a lot about
avoiding risks. But the reality
is: it is not always in the top ofthe hierarchy when it comes to
making decisions on how you
run the business.
To prevent catastrophic
damages to your company you
can look at what caused the
failure of other rms. According
to Kerns, If you look at what
ended a company, it was prob-
ably a single project risk, not a
whole enterprise risk. So en-
suring the value of your com-
pany requires you to avoid proj-
ects with potential risks that
Single project risk canend large companiesKaty Beseda
Staff Writer
you know your business cannot
afford. But you cannot turn away
every project. Then how do youdecide which risks to take?
You have to analyze that it will
take x, y and z to do it. Whats the
economics of it? Can you do all
those things with the money thats
available? Kerns explained.
Another important distinction
to make in a large company is
which projects are classied as
high risk. In CH2M Hill, and most
large companies, a contract un-
der consideration is accepted if it
is determined to be low risk but
must go through a very intensive
screening process if it is found to
be high risk.
The severity of the risk taken
on can be based on where the
project is located. A service onanother continent poses many
more possibilities for conicts
than one that can be managed
locally. Kerns gave the example
of projects in the Middle East.
He explained, They have no re-
sources there but oil and money.
So everything you need to do a
project there has to come on ship
and has to go through the Gulf
of Aden. Somali pirates do not
allow any ships through without
taking captive the passengers
and cargo they want. Kerns has
to nd and evaluate every risk
for his company, even ones
that seem far out. He said,The fact is, a lot of people like
CH2M Hill, who dont do any
shipping, have to have these
guys on their radar.
The higher up positions
take over the decisions about
whether to take a contract for
something that is high risk, but
there are still risks in smaller
projects. Kerns also added, As
much as Ill talk about high level
stuff, its getting the people at
the project level to do the right
thing, say the right thing at the
right time, raise their hand if it
needs to be raise that will really
spell the difference between
catastrophic events like this
happening or not. This situa-tion can be unique for CH2M
Hill because the entire com-
pany is owned by its employ-
ees. Kerns said, The reason I
like that is with every employee
being an owner, the way people
down to the project level look
at risk is perhaps a little differ-
ent than others in other com-
panies because theyre stock
holders. The decisions theyre
making every day on projects
affect their share and the value
of their company.
Lockheed Martins recruiter
Marisole Gongora emphasized that
having someone to guide and ad-
vise you in your life is a good thing
in her presentation Tuesday, mak-
ing sure students understood thata mentor can help in the develop-
ment of not only your career, but
in many areas of your life. Mentors
can serve as much more than a
source of advice, by being helpful
in making difcult decisions, offer-
ing comfort when things are not
working out well, and just offering
a mature perspective on the chal-
lenges in life.
Gongora began the presenta-
tion by talking about the different
types of mentoring relationships
students should have in their life,
beginning with the wise leader type,
which would be those in supervi-
sory positions over you. The wise
leader is someone who has put in
the time and effort to advance toa high level within a company, and
would be a good role model.
The next level is the life coach,
who would be a trained therapist
or someone of that level. Next
comes the teacher, which is just as
it sounds. Peer mentors are your
trusted friends, those who have
an interest in helping you succeed
in life. Condantes are your family
members; you would share much
of your life with them, and they
probably know you the best.
Within these different levels of
mentorship, three main styles are
You need a mentorJoshua Kleitsch
Staff Writer
present. The casual style is what
you would generally have with
family and friends, where you just
spend time with them and hang
out, not necessarily with any spe-
cic agenda. Your life coach and
teacher mentors would have the
formal or direct style, as they give
assignments and perhaps set upregular meeting schedules with
agendas. The indirect style is most
common with wise leader men-
tors - examples in industry that you
would do well to follow.
Mentors can offer a college stu-
dent so much in the way of just
opening up new opportunities, so
it is to your benet to seek out a
mentoring relationship with some-
one whose career goals are in line
with yours. Many companies offer
formal mentor programs and will
put an intern in those programs.
Mines also has a mentor program
through the alumni ofce, pairing
students with a Mines alum that
has accomplished some of your
personal goals and can offer spe-cic counsel.
If you would like to pursue a
mentoring relationship with some-
one you think would benet you,
Gongora suggested that you
should talk to them about it and set
up a time to discuss the possibil-
ity. Make sure that they understand
what you want out of the relation-
ship, and also be appreciative of
their investment in you. And men-
tors can help so much in college
and beyond in your career, so it
can greatly benet anyone to have
a mentor.
From his deep connection
with the acclaimed Prehistoric
Journey at the Denver Museum
of Nature and Science to his
newest discovery of a mastodon
fossil in Snowmass, Colorado,
lovingly deemed Snowmast-
odon, the Denver Museum of
Nature and Sciences Dr. Kirk
Johnsons work i s revolutionizing
the way geoscientists and the
public look at the Earths fossil
past. I am a shovel scientist,Johnson explained, I believe
that truth comes from the tip of
a shovel.
For the past few years, a war
has seemingly been waged over
what killed off the dinosaurs
along with a significant amount
of the species present between
the Cretaceous and Tertiary pe-
riods. As Johnson explained,
about 31 years ago geoscientists
began to consider the idea that
an immediate catastrophe, rather
than a long drawn out process,
was responsible for one of the
largest extinction events in the
Earths history. A large amount
of the suspicion came from the
presence of a rare element, Irid-ium, within a few highly concen-
trated beds found between the
Cretaceous and Tertiary periods.
While the Earth does possess
this element, it was believed that
a heightened concentration of
this element in a non-mineralized
setting could only be due to a
meteor impact. Conveniently, a
large meteor impact could deliver
Catastrophic impacts and precision datingJohn Bristow
Staff Writer
the necessary global changes to
cause a massive global extinc-
tion.
Paleontol-
ogy focuses
not only on
specific crea-
tures and their
environments
but how they
change. All
of the good
stuff is still in
the ground,
Johnson re-
flected. Themore data
that can be
recovered, the
more scientists can figure out
about the past. Unlike the world
of today, which is termed an ice-
house world, the past world was
a greenhouse world. There were
no ice caps, the sea tempera-
ture was considerably warmer
and tropical forests covered the
world. Due to the high enrich-
ment of oxygen and the tempera-
tures, flora and fauna were able
to grow to enormous sizes. For
example, the dinosaurs are the
largest land-dwelling creatures
ever. Paleontology lets you see
the improbable, said Johnsonas he brought up a picture of a
flying dinosaur the same size as
a giraffe.
Another aspect of Johnsons
work is that of leaves and plants.
While dinosaurs are incredibly in-
teresting, especially to the public,
to a scientist, there lies a much
larger volume of data in plants.
A chip of mudstone will not give
you 10,000 dinosaur fossils, re-
vealed Johnson, on the other
hand, a chip
of that same
rock can easi-
ly have 10,000
pollen grains.
The shear
amount of
pollen grains
available can
reveal quite a
bit about the
environment
at a spe-
cific instantin time. The
problem with
these pollen
grains lies in their extremely min-
ute size. Analyzing them requires
a lab with the right equipment,
and because of this, it requires
a significant amount of work to
pinpoint the exact location of the
K-T boundary in the rock record.
One problem with imagining
the impact is the shear scale of it.
To cause an extinction you have
to kill them all, you cannot have
even a small population left, said
Johnson. While animals are fairly
vulnerable to extinctions, plants
are fairly resilient. Even if a tree
is chopped in half, some aspectof it can still live. So, in a situa-
tion where more than half of the
variety of pollen grains are lost
across the K-T boundary, it is
easily proved that this event was
a very significant moment in the
history of life.
Where the problem currently
lies and where the conflict is born
is the actual time. Prior to some
of the more recent advances in
dating, even an error of a million
years was small enough to be
desired. Due to some analysis
techniques of the beds surround-
ing the event, the error can be
brought down to around 20,000
years; Johnson said, 20,000
years is hardly an instant, but it is
better than a million years.
Another focus of the lecture
was on what happened after the
impact close to home. Where
the current Colorado climate is
dry and high in elevation, in the
several million years following theK-T impact, the front range was
significantly wetter and actually
had one of the first truly modern
rainforests. Johnson brought up
a few slides that showed road
work near Castle Rock where
construction workers had un-
covered leaf
prints from
palm trees
that were as
big as tables.
Along with
these, they
have found
leaves that
had evolved
features that
deal withamounts of
water in the
range of 80
inches per
year. Even closer to the boundary
though, Johnson has found that
there was a very large diversifica-
tion of ferns. Unlike conventional
plants which require other plants
to breed, fern spores can grow
without having contact with other
ferns, thus they can easily grow
after an area has been devastat-
ed. Most K-T boundaries around
the world can be identified by a
higher amount of spores within
the rock units.
While the general consensus
appears to be directed towards
the meteor impact hypothesis,
there are those that propose a
different event. Before the impact
was hypothesized, the destruc-
tion of the dinosaurs was placed
on global climate change from the
Deccan Traps on the Indian sub-continent. These basalt flows
were large in scale and matched
up to an extent with the timing of
the K-T boundary. The problem
with this theory is that it can-
not be reduced down by dating
by current techniques, and the
dating tech-
niques used
on the ac-
tual K-T beds
have start-
ed to place
them outside
the realm of
the Deccan
Traps. Though
it is unlikely
that the exactreason will be
found within
the next few
years, by
looking at the effects of whatever
caused the extinction scientists
and the general public can get
an idea of what environmental ef-
fects to look for that may cause
a massive extinction in this era.
A chip of mudstone will
not give you 10,000 di-
nosaur fossils, revealed
Johnson, on the other
hand, a chip of that same
rock can easily have
10,000 pollen grains.
For the past few years, a
war has seemingly been
waged over what killed
o the dinosaurs along
with a signicant amount
of the species present be-
tween the Cretaceous and
Tertiary periods.
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A movie about British royalty giv-
ing speeches to British people actu-
ally has a good chance to be one
of the greatest movies of the year.
The Kings Speech is the story of
Englands king who, although he
could not even say a full sentence,
ultimately led his country through
the second world war.
Colin Firth plays Albert the Duke
of York, a man who ghts
a stammer that keeps him
from speaking clearly, posing
a problem when you have
people to lead and inspire.
Bertie tries therapist after
therapist, with no results. He
nally agrees to work with
Lionel, played by Geoffery
Rush. The therapists strange
methods actually help Bertie
read an entire passage out
loud without a stutter.
But perfect uency is still
far off and Berties stutter is
not his only problem. Ber-
ties father, King George V,
dies and the throne goes to
his oldest son Edward. But
Edward is irresponsible and
spends more time seeing to
his mistress than seeing to
his nation. He wants to marry
the woman but she has been
divorced and such a mar-
riage is improper for a king.
Edward would then become
the rst king of England to re-
nounce the throne, passing it
on to his little brother, who
felt no better equipped.
At this time in history, the
increasing use of radio and
newsreels puts more pres-
sure on the head of state to
speak clearly and condent-
ly. Prince Alberts articulation
was anything but clear and
condent. He remained ded-
icated when working with
Lionel, who insists on treat-
ing Bertie as an equal, trying
to form a friendship in order
to break through the Princes
impediment. Lionel stays
with the future king, building
Movie review: The Kings SpeechKaty Beseda
Staff Writer
his condence through exercises
and standing by his side when he
announces that England will go to
war.
The movie gives an important
insight into English culture most
Americans have not, or even cared
to, seen. But it is surprisingly inter-
esting. The dynamics of the royal
family are intriguing. They put aside
all that could resemble a normal life
in order to serve their country. The
Behind most songs today,
there is not usually one artist
or composer. In fact, it usually
takes multiple artists and groups,
sometimes a continent away, to
make a single piece. With this,
one of the most important people
in the process of making a song is
the producer. It is the producer, in
hip-hop, that designs a beat to a
set of lyrics or a beat to give oth-er artists inspiration. This weeks
music review will focus on two of
hip-hops most famous compos-
er, Dr. Dre and DJ Premier.
Dr. Dre - Dr. Dre or Andre
Romelle Young was born on Feb-
ruary 18, 1965. To many, Dr. Dre
is considered one of the godfa-
thers of west coast hip-hop. As a
student in high school, Andre was
frequented with disappointments
with grades. Because of his frus-
tration, young Andre turned too
the popular club hip-hop sound
coming out of California. Under
his original DJ name, DR J., An-
dre soon became a club DJ. Dr.
Dre was always known as a DJ
that was a cut above. His freshand different remixes and beats
were simply better than any other
thing being produced in the area.
On top of this, Dr. Dre himself
could even rap. It is his ability to
both produce amazing beats and
uent raps that set Dr. Dre for a
fruitful career in Hip-Hop and
Rap.
Dr. Dre has produced beats
for many inuential artists in the
Producers in musicJacob Brudvig
Staff Writerindustry. Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent,
Mary J. Blige, and Eminem are
just a few of these artists. He has
won 6 Grammy awards, ranging
from best producer to best rap
solo artist. No matter what ones
opinion on Rap and Hip-Hop is,
it is plain to see that Dr. Dres ca-
reer has been full of success and
is still a fruitful one.
DJ. Premier - DJ Premier Pre-
mier, or Christopher Edward
Martin, was born on March 21,
1966, in Houston, Texas. Pre-miers rst introduction to music
and beat production was in a Tex-
as club. The then young Christo-
pher was simply enthralled by the
industry. Most of Premiers mu-
sic career has been in Brooklyn,
New York. Because of this, he is
known as one of the godfathers
of East Coast Hip-Hop. He has
been named as one of the top
5 Rap producers by The Source
magazine and was named the
best rap producer of all time by
Rolling Stone magazine.
Unlike his west coast coun-
terpart, DJ Premier has mostly
stayed as a music producer,
working with artists like Gang
Starr, NAS, Kanye West, andeven Christina Aguilera. The
beats that Premier makes are
what many consider to be the
Old Skool sound. This sound
involves mixing up to 30-40 dif-
ferent songs to make one single
new beat and sound. Currently,
DJ Premier owns his own record
label, Year Round Records, and
hosts a weekly radio show on
SIRIUS satellite radio.
The eld of astronomy is one
that is extremely vulnerable to
hype and over-dramaticism; very
few examples can compare to the
hype surrounding the current fas-
cination with new planetary bod-
ies within our own solar system.
Our solar system is surrounded
by clouds of gas and rocks, dot-
ted with the occasional plutonid
dwarf planet. While these small
planet are truly deserving of our
interest and focus as they rep-
resent a time in the solar systemthat we cannot understand by
looking at our much closer neigh-
bors, there has recently been a
rush of hypotheses looking into
the idea of a larger planet rest-
ing on the outskirts of our home
system.
The concept of a large un-
known planet is not a new one,
when the race to nd planet x
(or Pluto as it became known)
The stars above MinesFinding a planet that isnt thereJohn Bristow
Staff Writer
stated off they werent looking for
a small desolate ice world, they
were looking for a Neptune-sized
object that would account for
the orbital and gravitational un-
knowns that had been detected.
When the small, almost gravita-
tionally insignicant Pluto was
found, it did not quench the crav-
ing for new planets. Slowly more
and more have been found but
they do not match the size nor
the fervor that they was desired.
In comes Tyche, the newest
hypothesized planet with all the
hype that the possibility of a large
planet can muster. With all of thenew technology going up in orbit,
we are beginning to nd the won-
ders of the cosmos from black-
holes larger than we could have
imagined to galaxies that have
been consumed by our own vo-
racious galaxy. One of the more
startling discoveries has been the
shear number of stars outside our
own solar system, bringing hope
that there may yet be another
Earth sitting around another star
that is not all that different than
our own. Also there has been a
host of information on our own
solar system including a deeper
glance into the outer reaches of
our nest.
So what is it about this pos-
sible planet that has space scien-
tists weary. Well, number one it is
using cloudy data and is looking
for a precision that simply does
not exist. Second, it is lling a role
that may have already been lled.
The reason scientists are looking
for a larger outer system interac-
tion is without it comets have noreason to learn their comfy orbits
and plunge into the inner solar
system. A large planet like Tyche
would disrupt orbits and send a
cascade of comets our way. Un-
fortunately for Tyche this could
also be due to interactions with
stars or maybe even the subject
of the next Stars Above Mines,
the ever tempting allure of Nem-
esis.
In late February of 1907,
The Colorado Transcript re-
ports, Rev. W. N. Friend offered
a paper entitled The Geogra-
phy of Hell at a Foothill club
meeting. The paper was in-
teresting enough to draw two
scholars from Denver, Dr. David
Utter and Rev. H.W. Pinkham,
who were welcomed by the
club. Somehow, the paper
managed to discuss the geog-
raphy of hell in a manner that
circumvented the club prohibi-tion on religion. The Colorado
Transcript commented, It was
a most interesting evening
and the means of enlightening
many of the club men on the
nature of the after-punishment
they are to receive.
Also in late February, 1907,
a pottery plant opened in Gold-
en. The plant had faced ex-
tensive vandalism, making its
opening seem tenuous. The
Colorado Transcirpt described
the extent of the damage say-
ing, Every piece of brass and
every xture had been stripped
from the engine and boiler and
every valve in the shop had
This week inColorado history
Success and summerDeborah Good
Content Manager
been stolen. However, propri-
etors Mr. Marley, Mr. Hunt, and
Mr. Bourne stuck with the shop
and as of February 21, 1907
had their rst batch of pottery
ready to be red in their kiln.
The author praised the propri-
etors for funding their opera-
tion independently and voiced
his opinion that the business
will eventually be a successful
incorporated, publicly-traded
rm. The plant began by man-
ufacturing ower pots as well
as stoneware including jars and
crocks. Again, the author was
condent in the success of this
venture, and disclosed someGolden residents were willing
to contract with the Golden
Pottery Works for sewer pipes,
though this was currently a
sewer-pipe dream.
Those looking forward to
summer in 1907 found few
small traces of it already. A
variety of wild owers were al-
ready reported to be in bloom.
One man sent a bouquet to
his wife in California to dem-
onstrate California was not the
only state with temperate win-
ter weather. Easterners were
reportedly shocked at the pres-
ence of the owers at that time
of year.
lm focuses on Bertie, not the scan-
dal his brother caused, which was
the main event at the time.
If not for being passed the
crown, Bertie would have remained
a timid man with a stammer. He
never saw himself as king, but with
Hitler waging war on neighboring
countries, England needed a leader.
The Kings Speech shows the au-
dience a very personal side of the
British monarchy.
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Belgium has a long traditionof brewing strong, full-avoredbeers. Many recipes started lifein Trappist monasteries and ofteninclude special ingredients such
as spices, caramelized sugar, andspecial strains of yeast and bac-teria. Beer is often categorized bystrength, with tripel, or 9% alco-hol, being the strongest.
Unibroue began making Bel-gian-style beer in 1990 with theestablishment of their brewery inChambly, Quebec. They brew awide range of beer, with La Findu Monde (French for The Endof the World) being one of theirmost famous and celebrated va-rieties.
With a pale straw color anda effervescent foam, La Fin duMonde looks much like a typi-cal light lager, but with a slightlyhazy appearance and a much
more complex avor. The bodyand mouth-feel are both light anddry, which is unusual for such ahigh-alcohol beer. In fact, it is dif-cult to taste the alcohol at all.Belgian-style yeast dominate thesmell with spicy clove and bananaesters. Yeast is also prominent inall aspects of the taste, addinga bread-like quality to each sip.Citrus avors from orange peelstand out at the beginning of the
Beer review:Unibroue La Fin du MondeBryant Pocock
Staff Writer
avor, although an acidic lemontaste stands out more than anyorange avors. Hops lend subtleoral notes and a strong sour-ness, perhaps aided by specialacid-producing bacterial. Be-tween the hops, the orange peel,and whatever other methods Uni-
broue might employ to achievethis sourness, La Fin du Mondetastes almost like fermented lem-onade. Coriander seeds add aspicy and fresh dimension at thenish.
While La Fin du Monde ismostly very dry, there is a light,smokey sweetness similar to aspicy but light pipe tobacco. Asthe beer warms up to room tem-perature, more of these subtle a-vors come out, giving a new tastewith each sip. Overall, it comesacross like a higher-quality, lesssweet version of other Belgian-style ales such as Blue Moon.Fans of Belgian-style ales wouldbe wise to try Colorados own
New Belgium brews, especiallytheir Trippel, which has a subtlerand clearer taste than Unibrouesoffering.
At $8.50 for a 750 mL bottle,La Fin du Monde is best savedfor special occasions and is bestserved by itself or with similarlystrong-avored foods. Although itmight not please everyones pal-let, La Fin du Monde earns a rareA+ score for being an excellent
example of what a Belgian-styletripel can be.
BRYANT POCOCK / OREDIGGER
La Fin du Monde serves as
an excellent Belgian-style
tripel.
In late 2009 The Oredig-ger
s music blog SomethingLike Sound released ColoradoSounds, a compilation of musicfrom the Centennial State. Twoyears later Colorado Sounds Vol-ume 2 is making its debut with anexpanded roster and greater di-versity of sound. The new releasecomes just weeks before Denverbands and fans swarm Austin, TXfor the annual SXSW conference(where download cards for thisfree compilation will be liberallydistributed). My hope is that thisrelease will help stimulate mindsand ears at CSM so that stu-dents might be willing to ventureinto the booming Denver musicscene.
Colorado Sounds Volume2 features 20 tracks from well-known bands and newcomersalike. The record begins with afew folk and pop songs from thelikes of Dan Craig, Gregory AlanIsakov and John Common. Is folknot your thing? For indie rock-ers there are tracks from Mon-roe Monroe, Flashbulb Fires andmore. CMJ-featured group TheKnew recorded their song YellowMoon exclusively for this compi-lation, you wont nd it anywhereelse. The same goes for newtracks from psychedelic rockersFingers of the Sun and post-hard-core outt At The Forefront (fea-turing CSM student Jerel Miller).
Colorado Sound 2: free, fresh and localA message from compilation curator Tim WeilertTim Weilert
Something Like Sound BloggerFor the secondhalf ofSounds2 things get abit experimental
with tracks fromI Am The Dot,FLASHLIGHTS,Tjtjuna, The Biz,and Fellow Citi-zens.
In my timeat Mines I havewitnessed theFront Rangemusic scene ex-plode and pro-pel many greatbands onto thenational stage.While I cant givea 100% guar-antee that all ofthe bands on
this compilationwill make it big,I can say thatevery one showspotential andskill that makesme proud to befrom Colorado.Please take thetime (and about~140 MB of harddrive space) todownload Colo-rado Sounds
Volume 2 atwww.minesblog.com/music, youwont be disap-pointed.
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February midterms got youdown? Try jumping into ClearCreek. You might not take yourfun-nding to such an extreme, butZach Szlendak does. He is trying to
bring the craze to Mines with thePolar Bear Club.
Szlendak, president and founderof the club, held an information ses-sion with free pizza and 15 daringattendees. He hopes to share hislove for polar-bear-ing with the groupand encouragethem to join him.
He began bydiscussing thebudget. We have$100 dollars fromthe school. 50 ofit weve spent onpizza, Szlendakjokes. And theother 50 will be
towels.In the informa-
tion session, a fewparticipants learnedthat the club hadnothing to do with the big whitepredators that live in the Arctic.Taylor Scheuerman came with afriend expecting to help in the con-servation of polar bears. After themisunderstanding was cleared up,Scheuerman began to consider try-ing it, admitting, It seems like aninteresting experience.
Most of the students at the ses-sion had not taken the plunge be-fore. Eric Rosing said, Ive jumped
Katy Beseda
Staff Writer
Polar Bear Club is freezin for a reasonin a cold stream, but thats it. But itsounds fun. Szlendak explained alittle about the experience to thosewho were new. The jump is ex-tremely cold, but as long as you aresmart, it is not dangerous becausetheres not enough time for the heatto transfer and for you to get thatcold.
Marty Droze, a member of theclub, said, Ive polar bear-ed be-fore. It was cold as crap. But alsofun as crap. If you think these stu-dents are nuts for wanting to do it,
realize they are notthe only ones. InCanada, plunginginto icy water is atypical New Yearstradition. Colo-rado has its owntradition with thePolar Bear Plungethat takes place inBoulder Reservoiron January 1.
S z l e n d a kplayed The LifeAquatic for the po-tential Polar BearClub members.The reason were
watching The Life Aquatic is to re-mind us that you cant appreciatenature and enjoy it if you dont re-spect it Thats one of the centralthemes behind the movie.
The club plans to meet everyother Saturday to take a dip in ei-ther Golden Reservoir or ClearCreek. Szlendak said, Im hopinglater in the spring, or early fall, tomaybe even have a trip up to RockyMountain National Park, camp out.
Members of the Polar Bear Club used whatever resources they could nd to created a
hole in the ice to plunge into.
The reason were
watching The Life
Aquatic is to remind us
that you cant appreci-
ate nature and enjoy
it if you dont respect
it Thats one of the
central themes behind
the movie.
ALL PHOTOS BARBARA ANDERSON / OREDIGGER
Club member Marty Droze takes the plunge.
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Little Shop of Physics
The third food to be fried thismonth is the Hostess Twinkie.This almost completely unnaturalfood could only be made more un-healthy by the simple art of deepfrying. The Twinkie itselfis shrouded inmystery.
R u m o r shave specu-lated that itcan even sur-vive a nuclearholocaust, aslong as it is notwithin the direct
blast radius ofthe bombs im-pact. The old-est rumor of allthat follows theTwinkie is thefact they never expire. The onlyingredients required to make thisdish are a Hostess Twinkie and alarge vat of heated oil. The stepsto deep frying the Twinkie are asfollows:
Step 1: Unwrap the Twinkiesand heat the oil to 400 degrees
Deep-fried twinkies:
Interesting, to say
the leastStephen Hejducek
Staff Writer FahrenheitStep 2: Place the Twinkies in-side the heated oil.
Step 3: Cook the Twinkies for4-8 minutes.
Step 4: Delicately remove theTwinkies from the deep fryer.
Step 5: Place onto a paper tow-el to dry for atleast 5 minutes.
Once theTwinkies havecooled andmostly dried out,it is time to eatthem. Becauseof their spongecake consis-tency, they ab-
sorb a very largeamount of oil.This makes
every bite intothe Deep FriedTwinkie very
juicy. By no means is the DeepFried Twinkie soggy, however. It isactually lightly crunchy, but is un-deniably very oily and juicy. Of allthe deep fried foods made so far,the deep fried Twinkie is the foodthat is most likely to induce a heartattack.
Deep-fried twinkies serve as
a crunchy, yet juicy treat for
those looking for a heart at-
tack.
STEPHEN HEJDUCEK / OREDIGGER
ZACH BOERNER / OREDIGGERZACH BOERNER / OREDIGGER
ZACH BOERNER / OREDIGGER
Dressed in his unmistakablebow tie, engineer, comedian, andpop culture icon Bill Nye brought hisunique blend of science and show-manship to the Mackey Auditoriumat CU-Boulder last Tuesday. Energyin the room was palpable as Nyetook the stage; the former 90s-chil-drens television-show-host turneddirector of the Planetary Society re-ceived a standing ovation before hebegan.
Nye cov-ered a varietyof topics fromsun dials toMars explo-ration duringhis openingremarks. Per-sonal anec-dotes mixedin with hisclear mes-sage that ev-eryone couldChange theworld. In amanner similarto the quick-cut scenes
from his for-mer TV show,Nye jumpedfrom topic totopic within the same theme, crack-ing jokes along the way.
As Nye discussed the atmo-spheric compositions of Mars, Venusand Earth the presentation quicklymoved into the realm of climatechange. Quoting Richard Smalley(Nobel Prize winner and one of thescientists responsible for the discov-
ery of Bucky balls), Nye came to aclear point, Do more with less. Hewas clear that the problems causedby population growth, food scarcity,and climate change could not besolved by taking a classic environ-mentalist mentality of just doingless, rather, advances in technologyhold the key.
As he closed, Nye showed an im-age of Earth as just a speck withina greater eld of black space. Thehumbling image brought up ques-tions of size and place in the uni-
verse, the intrica-cies of the planetand how sciencewill help currentand future genera-tions change theworld!
Following theformal presenta-tion Nye eldedquestions fromthe audience. Hewas asked aboutwinning the Hu-manist of the Yearaward, nuclearpower, holding apatent on balletshoes and a vari-ety of other topics.
This reporter wasfortunate enoughto pose the ques-tion, How can sci-
entists and engineers promote newtechnologies and create change in apolitical world? Nyes response wassimple: Learn to make a compel-ling argument in writing and vote.He continued by suggesting involve-ment in politics and creating appro-priate technologies for humanitariandevelopment work.
Bill Nye on a
changing worldTim Weilert
Staff Writer
Science guy, Bill Nye, speaks
to CU-Boulder.
TIM WEILERT / OREDIGGER
Small perturbations persist for a few mo-
ments on a chain spinning around a motor.
A Little Shop volunteer demonstrates
persistence of vision using a bicycle wheel
with LEDs on the spokes.
A child explores the science of "The Mother of all Plasma Balls," as the electric eld
faintly illuminates some nearby uorescent tubes.
Comcast, Verizon and AppleIan Littman
Tech Break Columnist
The last few weeks were rela-tively busy for the nations largestISP, the nations largest wirelessprovider and the nations hot-test computer manufacturer, andeach companys announcementshad something to do with com-munications. With Comcast andApple, the story was about get-ting data faster. With Verizon,
price was a keyword on bothends of the spectrum, thanks totheir release of the rather expen-sive Motorola Xoom tablet andtheir priced-to-sell landline re-placement service.
Apples innovation for theweek was Thunderbolt, an Inteltechnology known to technologymavens as Light Peak until Thurs-day, when the tech was releasedas part of a signicant refresh toApples MacBook Pro line. The
Thunderbolt port combines dualchannel 10 Gbps PCI Expressdata paths with a Mini Display-Port connector so Apple didntneed to add another port to theirsystems.
The port will allow daisy-chaining of up to six devices (oneof which can be a Mini Display-Port monitor...or a monitor be-hind a Mini DisplayPort adapter)and outruns any currently avail-able I/O interface...except maybeten-gigabit Ethernet, which is notavailable on a notebook at thispoint. The interface is fast enoughthat LaCie, the Lexus of externalhard disks, introduced a Thun-derbolt-specic drive containingtwo solid state disks operatingin parallel, an activity that wouldbe pointless on a slower interfacesuch as Firewire 800 or USB 2.0(though USB 3.0 should be ableto handle the load). At this pointthough, the question remains of
whether Apple will keep the in-terface to itself (like Firewire 800has effectively been), or whetherthe technology will show up incomputers from other compa-nies, avoiding chicken-and-eggproblems that would otherwisekeep the market of Thunderboltperipherals disappointingly small.
On the Verizon front, the Mo-torola Xoom tablet, the rst Inter-net tablet available with GooglesHoneycomb Android operatingsystem, appears to be the avorof the week, however the devicecosts $800 if you want a versionthat starts with 3G support fromVerizon and will be upgraded toLTE later. You can also nab thedevice for $600 if you are willingto get a WiFi-only device that...well...isnt the iPad.
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Most of the Track and Field ath-
letes closed out the 2011 indoor
season this past weekend as the
men nished fth and the women
ninth at 2011 RMAC Champion-
ships in Kearney,
NE.
As expected,
the distance run-
ners headlined
the scoring, as
senior Ben Zy-
wicki earned rst
team All-RMAC
placing second
in the 3000m
(8:33.28) run be-
hind Adams States Craig Huffer. In
the DMR, sophomore Ryan Han-
ley, redshirt sophomores Russell
Drummond and Peter Jenkins,
and Junior Mack McClain nished
in second behind Adams State,
earning second team All-RMAC.
Drummond also earned Sec-
ond Team All-RMAC in the mile
placing second (4:19.28) and Mc-
Clain earned Third Team All-RMAC
placing sixth in the same event
(4:22.57). In the 5000m Zywicki
added to his success, placing
third in 14:49.47 and garnering
Second Team All-RMAC honors
while redshirt freshman Sean
Gildea impressed, nishing sixth
in 14:57.89. In the 800m, Hanley
and teammate Ryan Crisp scored
points for the Orediggers, nishing
7th and 8th respectively.
Track and Field RMAC
Championships lead to
nationals for someIn the sprints, sophomore RyanMarshall shook off some hamstringtroubles that have plagued him
throughout his career as he raced
to the Orediggers top nish in the
sprints, placing fth overall in the
400m (51.11). Fellow sophomore
Chris Graziano nsihed 12th in the
200m and 15th
in the 60m.
In the eld
events, Cody
Walega turned
in the highest
nish by Mines
in the pole vault,
placing sixth
after clearing
13 11.75 and
earning Third
Team All-RMAC honors. Heptath-
lete Jim Hanan nished 8th with
4118 points as well as recording
the tenth fast-
est time in the
60m hurdles
(8.74). In the
weight throw,
Cole Carveth
earned Third
Team ALL-
RMAC plac-
ing sixth (50
4.75) and
Chris McFee
nished 11th
(47 8.5).
On the womens side of the
action, All-American senior Kiera
Benson nished in second behind
Adams States Indira Spence in the
60m (7.63) and the 200m, earn-
Mines was well represented
at the USATF indoor national
championships this weekend
as two assistant coaches, Mark
Husted and Rory Quiller, both
competed with Americas best in
Albuquerque, N.M.
Husted, a 2010 Mines grad-
uate, competed in the 800m run
and turned in the fastest time
overall during pre-
lims on Saturday
(1:49.51). Husted
ran most of the
preliminary race in
second place be-
hind Hernandez,but closed the last
50m with a strong
burst good enough
to win the heat. It
was an amazing
feeling and super
exciting, Husted
said of the prelims, I knew that
the nals were going to be on
ESPN, and that is so cool. I think
every athlete dreams of being on
ESPN someday, and its such an
amazing experience. In the -
nals on Sunday, Husted hung in
a close second to eventual win-
ner Duane Solomon for 400 me-
ters before falling to sixth where
he nished in 150.42.
Husted was a standout run-ner during his ve-year stay at
Mines. During his stay, he was
awarded All-American honors
six times, broke the school re-
cord in the 800m (1:48.65), won
Track coachesrepresent Minesat nationals
the NCAA Division II NationalChampionship in the same
event, and helped lead the
Orediggers to a 9th place n-
ish at Nationals, the best nish
in program history at the time.
Husted also saw success in the
DMR, the 400, and the 4x400m
relay, all of which earned him
rst team All-RMAC honors.
Quiller, currrently the Pole
Vault coach at Mines, was com-
peting for the rst time at the
UASTF indoor na-
tionals. His jump
of 17 8.25 ,while
not his personal
best, earned him
a third place nish
overall. Quiller, astandout and Divi-
sion I Binghamton
University, was
awarded two All-
American awards
during his col-
legiate career as
he exploded during his senior
season, nishing second overall
at the NCAA Division I National
Championships with a jump of
18 0.25. That season, he won
countless meets and was named
the Binghamton Male Athlete of
the Year. He even starred in his
own Binghamton promotional
video. Quiller often competes
alongside his collegiate athletes
during their meets, giving thema great example to follow as he
tries to qualify for various na-
tional competitions.
Trevor CraneContent Manager
Russell Drummond, like many
Mines students is a quiet kid.He wont tell you how great he
is or trash talk about how fast
he can run. He doesnt need it.
But behind his red beard lies an
incredible athlete; an athlete that
is seeing success everywhere he
turns.
Drummond runs both
track and cross country
for Mines and has helped
to solidify what is becoming
one of the strongest colle-
giate distance programs in
the country.
After redshirting his
rst season, Drummond
helped push Mines to
a third place nish at
the cross countrynational champion-
ships in 2009 (the
highest in school
history) and a
fourth place n-
ish this past fall.
At the
R M A C Champion-
ships on Friday and
S a t u r - day, the ju-
nior from Eugene, Oregon helped
lead the Mens Distance Medley
relay to a second place nish
b e - hind powerhouse
A d - ams State, while
turning in athird place n-
ish in the mile
(4:19.28) to earn
Second Team
All-RMAC. On
March 12 and
13 Drummond
will complete
his indoor sea-
son by traveling
to Albuquerque,
N.M. for the Na-
tional Championships
in which has provi-
sionally qualied for
the championships
in the mile and 800m
and the
distancemedley
relay.
T h e
staple of
a CSM
s t u d e n t
a t h l e t e ,
Drummond is this weeks Athlete
of the Week.What is your favorite event?
Probably the relays. I love the
relays. Theres something about
running with a group of guys, the
camaraderie. There is just some-
thing kind of magic about it.
Nationals are only twoweeks away and you were
privileged to be able to com-
pete last year. Are you look-
ing at them any differently this
year?
I think Ill look
at them with a
little more con-
dence this year.
Its not as new and
I have some more
training under my
belt. Outdoors
last year was a
wake up call for
me that some of
these guys are re-
ally good and really fast.
What is your favorite partabout being apart of the track
team?
Just hanging out with the
guys. Its a unique thing. We all
work on the same things, and
have the same workouts, so we
know what everyone else is going
through. And we spend so many
hours together, its great.
I get to travel a lot too. For
cross country we got to Louis-
ville, and I probably wouldnt have
been there if I wasnt on the team.
Its a great opportunity.
How are the RMAC cham-
pionships and National Cham-pionships different from the
rest of the season?
In the other meets, your are
kind of racing against yourself,
against a time. But
for the RMACs
and Nationals,
you just want to
go compete. Its
all about placing.
I kind of like that.
I dont really like
racing for a time,
and now its just
racing against the
guy next to you.
What is the
biggest difference between
track and other sports?Denitely the individual side
of it. In football and basketball,
you rely heavily on the other guys
around you. But in the mile, its
just you.
What has been the worst
race youve been in?
(laughs) Any cross country
race I want to kill myself. I re-
member one that was real bad. I
got about two miles in and start-
ed hurting real bad, but you just
have to keep going and racing for
your teammates.
What has been your favor-
ite race?Going back to high school,
I won state in the 800m. It was
a great feeling and great experi-
ence.
What do you like to do in
your free time?
Go to the rec center and shoot
some hoops. I used to ski, but
cant really do that anymore. I ac-
tually joined a bowling league with
some guys on Tuesday nights, its
great.
How do you stay focused in
athletics and academics?
All about time management,
really. Ive learned that when I sit
down to do homework, Ive got to
be brutally efcient about it. But
its still tough.What has it been like to
train alongside your coach,
Art Siemers?
Hes a great coach, you can
tell by the results. Mines distance
is becoming one of the premier
distance teams in the nation lately
and its not a uke. He does the
same workouts as us, and as an
old man who is almost 40, he
whoops our butts.
Trevor Crane
Content Manager
... Russell Drummond, Junior: Civil Engineering, Track and Field, Cross Country
Athlete Weekofthe
Drummonds indoor track
event is relays.
Theres something
about running with
a group of guys, the
camaraderie. There is
just something kind of
magic about it.
STEVEN WOOLDRIDGE / OREDIGGER
ing First Team All-RMAC for both
events. Benson, who currently
holds the school record in the 60m
and 200m also placed 8th in the
long jump (17 7.5) and 12th in the
triple jump (35 4.5).
True freshman Ava Hildebrant
snuck into the scoring in the wom-
ens pole vault, nishing 8th with
a jump of 10 7. Teammate Erin
Glover, in her rst season vault-
ing, nished 10th in the conference
with the same height. Glover didnt
stop there, breaking the school
record in the 60m hurdles prelims
(8.93) and coming in 3rd overall in
nals with time of 8.98s.
In the distance events, Mor-
gan Stumb (3000m, 10:35.66) and
freshman Holly Walker (5000m,
18:56.66) both nished 8th over-
all. Hannah Schuster recorded
the highest Oredigger time in the
w o m e n s
mile, com-
ing in 11th in
5:26.05.
For most
of the ath-
letes, the in-
door season
ends here.
However, for
those that
have quali-
ed and rank
among the
nations best in their event, they
will be selected to compete at the
NCAA Division II National Cham-
pionships in Albuquerque, N.M.
March 12.
Trevor Crane
Content Manager
As expected, the dis-
tance runners headlined
the scoring, as senior
Ben Zywicki earned rst
team All-RMAC placing
second in the 3000m.
Erin Glover, in her rst sea-
son vaulting, nished 10th
in the conference with the
same height. Glover didnt
stop there, breaking the
school record in the 60m
hurdles prelims.
Quiller, a standout
and Division I Bing-
hamton Univer-
sity, was awarded
two All-American
awards during his
collegiate career.
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Lady Orediggers fight hard against
CSU-Pueblo, narrowly lose 80-75
Tory Langas (#45) goes up for a layup during Friday nights game
against CSU-Pueblo.
Taylor McBain (#20) passes the ball during the second half.
Katie Clements (#5) drives up the court late in the rst half. Tory Langas (#45) posted 9 points against CSU-Pueblo.
ALL PHOTOS STEVEN WOOLDRIDGE / OREDIGGER
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Morals to your storyShira Richman
Ethics Columnist
Dilemma
I work for a small engineering rm in the Golden area and I have run into an ethical dilemma. I work as an intern and I am striving for a full time position at the rm when I graduate in May. I am
currently assigned to work with a co-worker on a project that requires signicant amounts of experimentation and report writing. The co-worker has been with the rm for several years and he is in
a position to inuence the owner about whether or not to hire me in May.
The dilemma is due to the fact that he does almost nothing but surf the internet during work! There is very little supervision from the owner and because I am still getting all of the work done, hedoes not ask any questions. I feel compelled to talk to the owner about the co-workers work ethic, but I do not want to disrupt my future career possibilities. If I do not talk to the owner about the
issue, however, I may be at risk of losing my job due to the fact that I am consciously allowing a co-worker to get nothing done during company time. What do you think I should do?
Accomplice or Informant
Responses
Unfortunately, slackers are a common problem in the workplace. There are many ways to deal with them. One extreme is to rat him out to the boss. The other extreme is to do nothing. It is usually
best to follow Aristotles example and aim at the mean. It is not your job to be a babysitter or the boss. It is usually best to deal with the problem directly. You should try to get your co-worker more
involved by asking questions and for help if you need it. If that approach doesnt work, take him out for a beer after work to discuss your concerns in a nonthreatening way. This co-worker may not
realize how much time he is wasting and just needs a friendly reminder to get back on track. Who knows, perhaps the liquid-lubricated conversation will lead to a friendship and the co-worker will
want to work with you more.
Aristotle-ish Arbitration
Lets look at what Kant might think in this situation: if it is one of your principles not to lie (and that includes by omission), then it is your duty to either report your co-worker or ask the co-worker
himself to own up to or cease his laziness. Whether you may lose the job opportunity or not isnt of consequencenot only because that may happen no matter which course you takebut also
because by hiding your co-workers misconduct, you are breaking an important ethical imperative in that you are obscuring the truth from your superior, the owner of the rm. The answer in this
situation is simply to pursue the truth and make the owner aware of your co-workers lack of a work ethic. What happens because of your exposing the truth will not matter in the end, because the
principle of truth takes precedence over the consequences.
Honestys Champion
From a utilitarian point of view, you should not inform the owner about your co-workers habits. By informing the owner, you risk losing your chance at getting a job with this company. The owner
could talk to your co-worker about the situation, letting him know that you feel he is not doing his share in the work. Since the co-worker has inuence over whether you will be hired or not, he will
not be pleased that you talked to the owner, ratting him out. This decision on your part could cause your co-worker to think twice about his opinion regarding your future at the company.
Since utilitarianism is about achieving happiness in each decision that is made, you will be happier if you have a job in May. In order to have this job in May, you do not want to tell on your co-worker.
Continue to work as you have been doing until the decision in made about whether you will be hired or not.
After this point, if you continue to have problems with your co-worker then it might be time to inform the owner of the engineering rm. But as an intern, you do not have much voice in a company,
especially against someone who has been working there for several years.
Understandably, the situation can be frustrating. If you want to subtly make a point that will not harm your future position, ask your co-worker if he or she would mind helping you out once in a
while.
In order to be happy, you do not want to tell the owner of the rm as it could jeopardize your future happiness, and this happiness of having a job is greater than the happiness and gratication
you could gain by telling the owner the habits of your co-worker.
Talking to the Boss Could be Costly
If you feel compelled to tell the owner about your co-workers lack of focus during work, you should. First off, you run the risk of not getting the job in May if the supervisor nds out you are allow-
ing the co-worker to not work on company time. Telling the supervisor may show responsibility in yourself, and even if your co-worker wont recommend you for a full job instead of an internship,
perhaps the supervisor will want to keep you anyway. I would recommend telling the supervisor as a last resort though; perhaps an easier approach would be to talk to your co-worker directly about
his internet surng on company time. You should do whatever feels most appropriate, but since your rst instinct was to x this issue, you should absolutely bring it up, or it will eat away inside you.
Do What Feels Right
It sounds like the issue is mainly between you and your co-worker, since there is little supervision from the owner and nobody minds as long as the work is getting done. I would consider address-
ing the issue with your co-worker, rather than the person who may be hiring you in the spring. Your boss is ultimately the one that will make the decision, regardless of the positive or negative input
from your co-worker, so what really matters is how you look as a future employee in his/her eyes. In this case, it seems that you have more to lose by going straight to the owner, but more to gain
by working it out with your co-worker. If you manage to get your co-worker to do a bit of work, you have resolved the problem yourself and can be considered by your boss to be an independent
worker who doesnt need a helping hand every minute of every day. Also, you can avoid jeopardizing your position in both the co-workers eyes and the eyes of the owner. If you can manage to work
it out without going to the owner, the situation turns out better for everyone involved.
It may work out in your favor if you simply ask your co-worker to help you with a specic aspect of a project. If you ask for his assistance in specic areas, it is harder for him to avoid the work
entirely. If coaxing your co-worker into doing some work doesnt pan out well, then I suggest addressing the problem directly with him. Even if he becomes upset and speaks to the owner about it,
odds are the owner will respect that you tried to address the issue yourself and may even take your side in the matter.
Eligibility Is in the Eyes of the Employer
I think you need to decide what will give you the greatest happiness. If you are a patient person and are willing to wait until May to see what happens, that may be your best route. If this coworker
has this great of an affect whether you get the job or not, and if you continue to do all the work, he may highly recommend you so he can continue to be lazy. If this happens you can then choose to talk
to your coworker about how much work he/she does or go to your boss. Plus i f you are patient and dont get the job in the end, then it is not your problem anymore and you will not have to address it.
If you are not a patient person I would recommend approaching the coworker rst. I think it is wrong to go behind a coworkers back and go to the boss if you have a problem with him or her. It
creates a bad triangle and can lead to more problems than solutions. Also you may not know the whole story; it is possible that the person does work when you dont know or part of his work is be-
ing on the internet. In addition to this, your coworker may not feel this way and could feel really bad if you go straight to your boss before rst addressing them. I think you need to decide how much
you can take and for how long before you decide to take action. You should know yourself better than anyone, thus you will know whether you can wait to deal with the problem or if you need to
deal with it right away. Once you decide this, you can take one of the above actions.A.L.
Because his use of the internet is not harming anyone, I would say to ignore how annoying it might be until you receive the job. In my opinion, it is not worth your chances of not receiving the job
over something as little as internet use. If it was something that was putting someone in harms way or putting the company in jeopardy, I would without a doubt say to report him; however, since this
is such a minor offense, let it slide and eventually your diligence will pay off. Dont view yourself as an accomplice. After all, you are the one getting all the work done. Remember, this is temporary.
Keep up The Hard Work
If I were in your position, I personally would try to give subtle hints to the guy to help you or do his own work, although I am sure this is easier said than done. If this does not work I would then
politely bring it up in conversation around other co-workers so others know he is not working on the companys time. The last thing I would do is tell the boss what he is doing because if you get the
job and this man becomes your superior after being scolded for not working, things will not go to well for you.
Hints Can Work Wonders
If you feel that you are being treated unfairly because of doing all the work, then it is necessary for you to report the situation with your superior. But before doing so, you need to get your point
across with the co-worker in a way that isnt offensive. Yes, you might end up losing your job, but being afraid of speaking up would gain you nothing but sadness and anxiety. How could this be
good for yourself and your future?
Avoid Anxiety
Next Weeks Dilemma
My question is about plagiarism, I think. I suppose what Im trying to establish is what the boundaries of plagiarism are. I have to write a paper for a class and I could potentially choose a topicthat I have written about already for a previous class. It wont be possible to use the entirety of my already existing paper for this one since the assignment is slightly different, but would it be unethical
to use portions of it? And what about the research? Would it be wrong to reuse it? I suppose if I choose a new topic, I wont even have to worry about if Im
plagiarizing myself. But I would prefer to continue my thinking about this topic more deeply than to choose some other topic Im not as interested in. What
do you think I should do? What are the main dangers I should be sure to avoid?
Writing Papers Can Feel Like Walking Across a Mine Field
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With the recent passing of Career Day, Mines students are in a frenzy
to make their GPAs much more impressive for potential employers. There-
fore, the big question presented by Minds at Mines this week is, How do
you feel after your rst round of tests?
Like all well prepared students, the
test I studied the most for I probably
failed. The exam I spent maybe a few
hours studying for, I probably did really
well on.
Maria Johnson
I feel like I must have missed my rst
exams because I have not taken any ex-
ams yet.
Marty Cowell
Okay. I felt like they were more dif-
cult this semester than last semester, but
that can easily be explained by the fact
that I studied less.
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It is almost an unspoken rule
nowadays: youve got to be an en-
trepreneur. Corporate cultures are
shifting from the classic rank-and-
le to a system where inventive,
enterprising people get the jobs.
Speaking from experience, nearly
every job interview I have ever had
has involved some question about
being entrepreneurial.
Before diving further it may be
a good exercise to look at some
denitions. Dictionary.com denes
entrepreneur as a person who or-
ganizes and manages any enter-
prise, especially a business, usually
with considerable initiative and risk.
While this denition does hit the
major points, I believe it misses the
driving forces behind the concept.
Goals. Hopes. Dreams. These
are the motivations that push peo-
ple to extraordinary achievements.
Without solid goals and desire to
succeed, no entrepreneurial project
ever gets off the ground. Imagine
what the world would be like if peo-
ple were simply content to stay with
twoents
Being entrepreneurialTim WeilertStaff Writer
the status quo- wed still be riding
horses for transport, using candles
for light, and cooking over open
res. The point here is entrepreneur-
ial goals are a tough itch to scratch
because they require a craving for
the fresh and new.
Networking. Networking. Net-
working. Many start-up companies
that later became big (there are too
many examples to list here) would
still be nothing more than thoughts
on paper if it werent for the power
of connection. While the word net-
work seems to be a bit of modern
buzz, the concept is as old as time.
The idea is this: with connection
come resources. In order to see
an idea get off the ground outside
funding may be a necessity. By
presenting a clear vision and ambi-
tious goal others may often catch
the vision and jump on board your
project.
However, entrepreneurship does
not have to be huge or relate directly
to business. Have you seen some-
thing on campus that you want to
change? Do you know a better way
of doing things than everyone else?
Are you willing to take a risk?
Stephen Hejducek
Content Manager
First round of tests
Minds at Mines
ALL PHOTOS STEPHEN HEJDUCEK / OREDIGGER
There has been an unac-
ceptable and possibly dangerous
change in the student verication
for health insurance policy. In pre-
vious semesters, I have been able
to get a student verication for
health insurance form to continue
my coverage through my fathers
health insurance (Rocky Moun-
tain UFCW) lled out in a matter of
minutes with a quick look up of my
CWID and a stamp. A change this
semester required it to be mailed
out and lled out by a national ser-
vice and then mailed back so that I
could pick it up. Three weeks later
it has not returned and my bills
for glasses and medical expensesare piling up. Any policy change
that could negatively impact the
continuity of health insurance for
students is highly inappropriate
and possibly dangerous. I know
that I will not be able to be helped,
but for future students, this policy
change must be dealt with aggres-
sively and quickly.
Lara Medley responded:
Thank you for the opportunity to
respond to this comment. As you
know, where we have opportuni-
ties for cost savings for the School,
we must use them. The Registrars
Ofce no longer has a full-time per-
son available at the front desk in
order to achieve salary savings for
the School. I am sure that our cus-tomers have noticed that we have
very good students