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Make the Most of Your Freshman Year
One month into the start of school and everyone on campus seems to be figuring out how to either be college students again, or for some, figuring it all out for the very first time. That’s right, first years, we see you, walking with your lanyards around your necks, holding all…
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Eating cheap at Mines
Are you out of meal swipes since you used them on ice cream at Mines Market? Are you sick of making ramen every day? Are you tired of the food at Mines Market? Do you want free food? One of the best ways to find free food on campus is to go to…
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Mines dominates Black Hills State
Blaster the Burro got in a workout during the Mines football game against Black Hills State (BHS) on September 14th. The Orediggers won with a final score of 52 to 7 in their first home game of the season. Mines started out strong with five touchdowns in the first half of…
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From the Archive: The evolution of a tradition
Before the school year starts at Colorado School of Mines the freshmen class don hardhats, line up with rocks from each student’s hometown, and march up Mount Zion to add those rocks to the “M”. Every student on campus can recall when they took part in this traditional pilgrimage. However, much of the…
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Senior Moments: Reflecting on Being an Oredigger
As we seniors come nearer and nearer to the final days of being orediggers, there are several things that stick out amongst our colored years. One of the most notable being the M-Climb, and that’s not just because we stare at it every night as it illuminates our late night walks from the…
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We should change this. Incoming freshmen this year faced a particularly hostile M-Climb
The consensus goes that freshmen who don’t endure the M-Climb are not truly Orediggers. The fiery resolve of upperclassmen to stand by the tradition is not unreasonable; afterall, the M-Climb is the quintessential Mines experience. This year, it seemed more like a hazing. My belief is that the climb should revolve around the act of…
Handling stress during finals weeks
Finals Week, Dead Week, and quite frankly every week at Mines can be stressful. It is critical for individual development to learn how to handle stress in a healthy way. While some stress isn’t bad, like the physical stress from athletics and the mind-sharpening stress before a big test, long term stress takes a…
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Athlete Spotlight: Josh Evans
This past weekend, most students were enjoying E-days festivities. Not the Oredigger Track & Field teams- they were busy showing off at the Kit Mayer Invitational Meet. Although there were several impressive performances across the board, perhaps the most incredible event of the meet was the Men’s 1,500-meter race late Saturday afternoon. Josh Evans…
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Tiger Woods & the greatest comeback in golf history
On Sunday, April 14th, 2019, at the Augusta National Golf Course, Tiger Woods sunk a monumental three-foot putt to secure a final round score of 70 in the Masters Golf Tournament, which left him 13 points under par. With that victory, Woods once again donned the elusive green jacket, bestowed only on those who…
Book Club: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Daniel Renkert Arts & Culture Editor I really enjoy Tom Stoppard as a playwright. His works tend to ask existential questions with clever dialogue and unique premises. This week I’d like to recommend three somewhat related works of writing to read. The first being the titular piece of this article, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead….