The most famous Apollo mission was Apollo 11; the first to land on the Moon. The next most famous was Apollo 13; because of the inflight anomaly on the way to the Moon and the Tom Hanks Movie by the same title. In between these is Apollo 12. It launched from Kennedy Space Center November…
We hear it all the time at the beginning of the year: “Register your bike on campus.” “Make sure you use a U-lock.” These precautionary measures are designed to help students keep their bicycles safe, and for good reason. Just this past year, 54 bikes were reported missing or stolen from campus, representing an overall…
This past weekend I attended a hackathon in New Haven. Over the 1.5 days that we were given time to work, the organizers held various workshops and training sessions where sponsors would teach how to use their software in our projects, or a group of competitors would meet to talk about some specific subject related…
While senior pranks are a well-known tradition in high school, senior pranks happened here at Mines as well. And Mines students have had their own share of interesting traditions, mostly stories passed down of defending the “M” from rival schools. In 1981 there was an event called “Senior Days” considering the high-spirited behavior and events…
This month, both Apple and Disney launched their respective streaming services Apple TV+ and Disney+, hence the title of this article. Disney+ is so popular that the service failed to stream for thousands of viewers on launch day. As cable dies and streaming services rise, we are entering a new phase of entertainment, streaming services…