John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Scott Carpenter, Deke Slayton and Gordon Cooper were the Mercury Astronauts (I typed their names by memory, by the way). They were rock stars; household names (and still are in my mind). They were fighter pilots and test pilots. These pilots symbolized the highest ideals of the…
Mines has a history of zombie outbreaks and according to reputable sources, another outbreak is scheduled for the week of Halloween. Don’t worry, the outbreak will not interfere with normal campus activities. The Oredigger has been informed that there is no reason to fear the undead, in fact, the Belegarth Medieval Combat Society is actively…
It was breaking news, millions were afflicted, and many individuals were left with nothing to do but wait. Social media was also in the dark left wondering what this meant and most importantly, streamers everywhere no longer had content. Cue Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden and pray for the best. Fortnite’s map went dark on…
It is almost time for Halloween and I’ll admit, I have not decided on a costume yet. I’ll also place a bet that many of you have not had a chance to choose one yet with all of the homework and studying. Never fear because this is a list of last-minute, easy to put together…
This homecoming week, Mines invited astronaut Mae Jameson to speak to students on her experience as the first female of color to travel to space. Her lecture didn’t just kick off the homecoming festivities; it also served to highlight just how far women have travelled in STEM industries. This shift can be seen at Mines…
Fellow Orediggers, once again Homecoming has come and gone during which we hopefully got to celebrate being half way through the semester (with our equally exhausted peers) and attend exciting events that didn’t make our wallets sad. In the spirit of any good Mines student, we were also ecstatic to welcome our world-renowned Homecoming Distinguished…
By 9:50 a.m. on Saturday, Oct.19, our staff sent us all of the stories for this issue, and I had already started walking from Kafadar back to Th e Oredigger office to work on layout out the paper. But at the corner of Maple St. and 13th St., a fun and harmless homecoming tradition had…
I asked over four dozen students around campus if they knew what the Clery Act is, and only four had any idea of what I was talking about. This is concerning considering it is a law that affects every single student at Mines. Originally enacted as an amendment to the Higher Education Act in 1990,…
I don’t have much of a good reason why, but I spent one afternoon riding eighteen elevators across campus. From my recorded experiences, I have compiled an abridged guide of Mines’ vertical transportation devices. Marquez: Like the rest of the building, this elevator flexes how much petroleum engineering is in it for the money. It…
In 2001, The Oredigger published an article emphasizing this hypothetical “Curse of Mines,” to which I scoffed at and read skeptically – as who was I to believe that my classmates and I were cursed? The author back then probably just had taken a rough heat transfer exam and wrote it out of spite. But,…