By Zachary Barry I started writing for The Oredigger during my first semester at mines, in the fall of 2018, and I’ve been the Arts and Culture section editor since the fall of 2019. Both of these positions will come to an end when I graduate on December 17th. It’s crazy for me to look…
By Zachary Barry Not that there is ever a bad time to be a Pokémon fan, but in less than two weeks, the next entries in the mainline Pokémon series will be available on the Nintendo Switch. These upcoming entries, Brilliant Dimond and Shining Pearl are remakes of the 2006 games Pokémon Dimond and Pearl….
By Zachary Barry Continuing my series of opinion pieces about Mines changing technology that makes me feel like a boomer shouting, “get off my lawn” at the IT department, today I am writing/ranting about Duo. For the article I wrote on Labby, I included a brief description of what Labby was for readers who may…
Science Fails Us, Zombie Outbreak Sweeps Across Campus By Zachary Barry On Monday, October 25th, a zombie virus broke out on the Mines campus. Since thiswasn’t the first time such an outbreak had occurred on campus, a team was formed to keep theoutbreak under control. During the week-long conflict, both the humans and zombies struggledto…
by Zachary Barry Yes, you read the title correctly, this semester, I decided I would read the first book in the Harry Potter series for the first time. I did, in fact, grow up in the early two thousands when the books and the movies were at the height of their popularity. I just never…
by Zachary Barry It seems like a safe bet that the majority of students attending this school went through a phase at some time or another when they were fans of the Pokémon series. Pokémon was ubiquitous with growing up in the late ninety’s and the early two thousands and has continued to celebrate success…
by Zachary Barry In my opinion, one of the few good things to come out of the recent pandemic for Colorado School of Mines students was the ability to access programs not available for download on personal computers with Labby. For those of you fortunate enough to not have needed to use the service, Labby…
Are you a senior reflecting on your time at Mines, wondering how things might have turned out differently if you had made some different choices? Are you an underclassman wondering what the future will hold? This short quiz will help you in either case. Set in an alternate timeline where COVID never hit, simply answer…
Last weekend, a block party thrown by Colorado School of Mines students ended in a way no one could have predicted. The large party drew almost 150 students from Mines to the quiet Hoover Street neighborhood. The gathering started peacefully, but complaints, numbering in the teens, started pouring into the Golden Police department when the…
Some of the best holidays of the year fall in January and February. In January alone there is New Year’s Day, a time for self-reflection and optimism, as well as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which celebrates the life of a great civil rights leader. Not to be outdone, February has Superbowl Sunday, Groundhog Day,…