Mines Little Theatre’s spring show season is now underway with the recently returned musical, Pippin. While its most recent incarnation involved flips, tricks, and every manner of circus style flash, MLT’s more modest take on the show promises to deliver an equally poignant piece of musical theatre. The show will run from April 7th to…
The new movie, Hidden Figures, tells the true stories of three extraordinary female African American mathematicians working at NASA in the 1960s. The story primarily follows the lives of Katherine Goble Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan, who fought against great odds to achieve unprecedented opportunities of the time but were still mostly forgotten by…
Do you think President Donald Trump is a political giant? Or perhaps you think the Democrats or Republicans are political giants? If so, I think you are dead wrong. The real political giant is politics as a whole, which has become a black hole. Let me explain. Over a year ago, I started gaining interest…
As soon as we can comprehend what “respect” is, we are taught to respect many different things in our lives. We respect our parents, because they are raising us. We respect our elders, because they are wiser and deserve to be listened to, and they are in a position of knowing what is best. We…
Most people think of cats and dogs when thinking about shelters and rescues, but horses need to be rescued too. Bill Stiffler saw this, and always being a horse lover, Stiffler decided to dedicate his life to rescuing those in need. Thus, in 2001, the non-profit organization ‘Friends of Horses Rescue and Adoption’ (FOHRAA) was…
The “ketogenic diet” has recently become a more popular dietary regime. In short, the ketogenic diet is a system of eating where most calories come from dietary fat and very little come from carbohydrates. Eating this way will switch the body from glucose metabolism to “fat” metabolism for energy, and this fat metabolism state is…
Mines Club Ski team took third at Winter Park last weekend, coming in behind University of Utah and CU Boulder. Mac Bailey, their top finisher, took fifth in the slalom race on Saturday, Jan 14, and fourth in the giant slalom. For those unfamiliar with alpine skiing terms, Captain Brian Coleman has an explanation. “Slalom…
Elizabeth Tomon was nominated for the 2017 Allstate WBCA Good Works Team because of her work with team IMPACT. IMPACT matches children who have life threatening illnesses with a sports team. The women’s basketball team here at Mines is matched with Ella. Tomon is working to bring IMPACT to other varsity athletic teams on the…
Aquarius: You might have the X-Gene. If you don’t know what that is, you probably don’t have it anymore, which is an unfortunate existence in two regards. But if you do, I recommend investing one hour a day into bringing it out. Pisces: New year, new U! The Denver National Etymology club is being a…
Choco-Lit Chip Cookies Ingredients: Store bought cookie dough; we recommend the cheapest stuff you can find, but anything your roommate left in the fridge is up for grabs too. Regret (optional) Instructions: Literally just try your best, alright? The instructions are written on the packaging usually but if it is not written in English or…