September 2012 – Page 5

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Club Sport of the Week: Ultimate Frisbee Club

Combining the aerial passing skills of football and baseball with the non-stop movement and athletic endurance of lacrosse and soccer, the game of Ultimate is composed of two seven-player teams on a field similar those used by soccer and football. The object of the game is to score by catching a pass in the opponent’s end zone, just like football. A key rule of the game is that the player must stop running while in possession of the Frisbee, but is allowed to pivot and pass to any of the player’s teammates on the field. Turnovers occur with a dropped pass, an interception, when a player holds the Frisbee for more than 10 seconds, or when a pass goes out of bound.

Volleyball tours RMAC

Metro State came into the game ranked number ten in the nation having won three games in a row, but stood no match against No. 23 Mines. The Orediggers pulled the upset at home in front of a crowd of 620 people, winning 25-13, 20-25, 25-22, and 25-23 in a tightly fought match to improve to 7-4 overall and 2-1 in the RMAC.

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Orediggers shut out Metro State 1-0

The Oredigger Men’s Soccer team was looking for their fourth straight victory Friday night as they hosted cross town rival Metro State. Led by strong defense and impressive goalkeeping, the Orediggers earned that fourth straight win with a 1-0 victory, improving their record to 4-1-2 on the year and 1-0-2 in the RMAC. The highlight of the night came in the 18th minute when freshman Joe Haines scored the lone goal of the game and his first career goal as an Oredigger.

Lady Orediggers fall short against Metro State

Just a week after a bitter overtime defeat to No. 2 Fort Lewis, the Lady Orediggers lost another hard fought game, falling 2-1 to Metro State. The loss marks the first time Mines (4-3-0 overall, 1-2-0 RMAC) has lost consecutive games since October 2010.

The Football Informant: Some meaningful results

This weekend, football season finally started! At least, that’s how it seemed at a number of campuses across the land where highly-ranked teams played against solid competition at last. Gone were the Idahos and Savannah States of the world; in came competitive sides like Arizona and Kansas State. There is finally evidence to substantiate or undermine the meaningless but endlessly-repeated early rankings.

Mines is narrowly edges out by New Mexico Highlands 37-42

For the second straight year, the New Mexico Highlands University Cowboys spoiled No. 18 Mines’ undefeated record as NMHU outlasted the Orediggers 42-37 in an offensive shootout Saturday in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

In a bit of foreshadowing, the game began with a bang, as less than two minutes into the contest, NMHU running back Vincent Venegas broke free for a 76-yard touchdown run.

The demon haunted skies: Our place in the Universe

From a certain perspective, the sky is an incredible temple, representing the creativity and superstitions of human mentality. It is likely that the first supernatural association to the heavens arose during the dawn of humanity, as tribes of proto-humans gazed up at the wide arch of the Milky Way above the dark and ever dangerous plains of Africa and the Middle-East. There is little that is more impressive than a pure night sky, uncorrupted by the lights that currently dot the globe, and as this sight still impresses us today, it must have inspired awe in our ancestors.

This Week in Colorado History: Building Projects, Military Action, and Politics

Road work proceeded at a reasonably rapid pace this week in 1916. The West Colfax-South Golden highway was “going ahead at the rate of approximately 400 feet of cement surfacing per day,” reported “The Colorado Transcript.” The first link of the road was, weather permitting, supposed to be completed by the beginning of November. To meet this deadline, workers were busy seven days a week. The road was to be only the first bit of a longer road, which would help connect Golden to the rest of Colorado.

The Football Informant: Fear the Tree and Other Stories of Entropy

It is that time once again, the most wonderful time of year, when football season is just getting off the ground and anything is possible. These first three weeks of the new season, despite featuring only three games between ranked teams, have already substantially altered the status quo in a way that only college football can provide. In the NFL, a 1-2 start is very recoverable, and by no means the sign of a lost season. In Fayetteville, Arkansas, the same record is understandably producing wailing and gnashing of teeth. There may not have been too much drama so far, but the few exceptions have been, well, exceptional. Hopefully, these opening weeks are a sign of madness to come.

Our wild and crazy neighbor

Although the Sun appears to the observer on Earth as little more than a bright, white dot, it is actually the most wild, crazy, and dynamic force in the solar system.

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