Monthly Archives: April 2012

Scientific discoveries this week: 4-16-12

Marseille, France – Monkeys may have the intelligence to identify and effectively “read” short English words. In a study conducted by cognitive psychologists in France, baboons showed an ability to identify the unique arrangement of letters in each word. During the study, the monkeys would approach a touch screen computer. An arrangement of letters would appear and the monkeys would touch an “x” or an “o” depending on whether they believed the letters constituted a word. At the end of the study, the monkeys correctly distinguished words from non-words 75% of the time.

CIA involvement in the Cold War

Often, it is impossible to mention the phrase “CIA” without instantly filling a listener’s mind with imagery ranging from detonating cell phones to explosive penguins. However, there are some researchers, such as McBride Program director Ken Osgood, who have spent the time digging up real information about the CIA’s murky past.

ArtIST conference enlightens campus with poetry

Poetry lovers from across the country converged in Golden to present poems to the Mines community as part of the inaugural Art in Science and Technology (ArtiST) literary journal competition. Presentations varied tremendously, from intense and uncensored desire, to funny and ironic. Professional speakers presented pieces from a variety of sources including the five university journals Ink (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology), Signatures (Rochester Institute of Technology), Erato (Georgia Tech), Rune (MIT) and High Grade (CSM).

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AMS Learning Center helps out with math

The Applied Mathematics and Statistics Learning Center, more commonly known as the “Math Catch Up Lab,” is the place to go for additional math help. The AMS Learning Center, located on the second floor of Stratton Hall in room 201, opened its doors on January 25, 2012, specifically to help undergraduate students with their math classes.

ASCSM Election Results

Over E-days I was elected to be the 2012-2013 Student Body President. I am very excited to help lead student government and represent all of Mines’ students. I will be working with a talented team. Next year’s student government will be:

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Athlete of the Week: Cory Bacon, Senior, Golf

They have by far the longest and least known schedule of all of the Oredigger Athletics. When the football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, and swimming seasons each came and went, the Men’s Golf team quietly kept on practicing. And now, only a few weeks from the end of the spring semester, their work is nearly complete. The Division II Men’s Golf Championship is only a month away, and the Orediggers are considered to be a strong candidate to win the West Super Regional and compete for the first time in the national championship.

Club Sport of the Week: Women’s Soccer

The first written document related to the history of soccer can be found in a 300 B.C. Chinese war manual that was used by men to familiarize themselves with their version of the sport, which included kicking a ball (made out of pig bladders or stuffed leather) through a hole in a cloth tied between two poles. There is no reference to women playing this version of the sport, but can be found depicted in a Han Dynasty fresco (circa 200 C.E.) which clearly shows two female figures playing with what is believed to be a leather ball.

More women tackle engineering

As evidenced by the ratio of males-to-females at Mines, it is safe to say that most engineers in the world today are males. However, the reason for this disproportion is not because males are naturally more gifted in engineering than their female counterparts according to Dr. Erin Cech of Stanford University, who recently presented on Gender and Engineering at a SWE Hennebach lecture.

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