The Mines Dance Team is one of the many clubs on campus, and while they are most visible at football and basketball games, they are involved in many other events. “The Mines Dance Team also performs at events in the community,” Jamie Johnson remarks. “We have danced at the Denver Aquarium, the Denver Dance Festival, the Miss Planet Beach competitions, Colorado Mills Mall, and the USO charity benefit balls.”
Every year, many organizations on campus compete to collect the most non-perishable goods and build the best “castle.” All of the proceeds go first to Mines students, staff, and faculty who are in need and then to CAG Food Bank who will distribute the donations to those who are are also in need here in Golden. The goal this year was an astonishing five-thousand pounds of cans! Nate Skinner, social chair for the Order of Omega stated, “Our goal was 5,000 cans, at this point, we are at 7,200 pounds.” The Order of Omega lead the Castle of Cans along with the Holiday Food Drive.
On Saturday November 6, hundreds of beer aficionados filled the Mr. Biggs Event Center in Colorado Springs. Twenty-eight Colorado breweries brought their samples in for tasting, CSU Pueblo taught a beer-tasting class, and ticket sales benefited local charities. Below are some of my opinions for some of the stand-out brews.
Out of the four groups under the Minority Engineering Program, Asian-Americans are the only group that does not have national representation in the professional world; however, that will soon change, and that change has started right here on Mines campus.
On Saturday, November 13, the Professional Asian Society of Engineers and Scientists (PASES) held their second annual regional conference in Berthoud Hall.
Army ROTC’s Golden Buffalo Battalion marked Veterans Day with the induction of eight of its distinguished graduates into its Hall of Fame. CSM alumni Hugh W. Evans, Colonel Wendell W. Fertig, and Vernon A. (Bud) Isaccs joined CU Boulder alumni Brigadier General Jeffery N. Colt, Douglas Looney, Brigadier General Stephen D. Mundt, Glenn E. Porzack, and Melissa (Hoffman) Stockwell in being recognized for their personal and professional accomplishments. The ceremony took place in CU’s Old Main Chapel Friday, November 12.
The CSM campus is teeming with ongoing research projects all year round. On Wednesday afternoon I was able to delve into the Chemical Engineering department to meet with Dr. Sumit Agarwal, an assistant professor at the Chemical Engineering department who is currently researching the processing of both solar and electronic materials.
Heidelberg, Germany – What may be the first extra-galactic planet was discovered by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany. The planet orbits a star that is apparently from another galaxy, one much older than the Milky-Way. The star is estimated to be roughly 3 to 6-billion years older than the sun, and very low in metals. This leads astronomers to question the origins of this planet, wondering if perhaps there is a different mechanism for the creation of orbiting bodies then what was previously thought.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO)is modernizing the way they solve problems to keep up with 21st-century threats. The 28 nations met to discuss an agreement that would expand the U.S. defense missile base to cover all of Europe. The new agreement would also require NATO to deal with developing nuclear threats.