Lady Orediggers fall to #4 CMU
The Lady Orediggers (11-9, 8-6 RMAC) welcomed the Colorado Mesa Mavericks (18-0, 14-0 RMAC) to Golden on Friday looking to knock off the number four team in the country.
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Track and field traveled to Albuquerque
The Colorado School of Mines men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams were in action Friday and Saturday at the New Mexico Classic in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Both distance medley relay teams recorded NCAA Division II provisional times in the meet.
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Men’s basketball loses in OT to CMU 74-77
The Colorado School of Mines men’s basketball team squared off against the Colorado Mesa Mavericks on Friday night in Lockridge Arena. The Orediggers, down by as much as 17 in the first half, clawed their way out of that hole and forced the Mavericks into overtime.
CSM edges out Western State 94-85
In a game that vindicated basketball coaches everywhere preaching free throw shooting, the Mines men’s basketball team jumped out in front of Western State Colorado University early then held the Mountaineers at arms length to hang on for a 94-85 win Saturday at Lockridge Arena.
Skin Cancer: Know what to look for!
Noticed any odd sun-spots lately or have a weird looking mole on the back. It is always a safe bet to get those odd skin anomalies checked by a professional. Dr. Stan Hill, a local dermatologist, gave an informative lecture to the campus community about what all types of skin cancer can look like and how dangerous they can be.
Athlete of the Week: Seun Ogunmodede, Junior, Track & Field
The average height of a doorway on campus is 6’8″. The tallest player on the Mines men’s basketball team is Clay Boatwright at 6’10”. If you stacked 150 career day guides, they would only reach 6’3″ into the sky and would still probably force you to apply for the job you want online. Yet none of that is any match for the leaping ability of junior Seun Ogunmodede, who recently broke a 28-year old school record clearing 6’11” in his first place finish two weeks ago in Boulder, Colorado. Just one inch under the seven foot barrier, the jump rates as Ogunmodede’s personal best and gives him the seventh-best jump in Division II in the entire nation.
Scientific discoveries this week: 2/4/13
Salt Lake City, Utah – Evolutionary biologist Michael Shapiro of the University of Utah in Salt Lake city began studying the head crests of pigeons since 2006, originally as an effort to understand the process by which there came to exist the many species of pigeons that exist today. Shapiro worked with Chinese scientists to sequence the pigeon genome, then began studying genes to find specific areas that differ between pigeons with head crests and those without.
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Club Sport of the Week: Women’s Lacrosse
Lacrosse is known as the first true sport in North American history, as it was played by the Native Americans (dating back to 1636) as part of cultural ceremonies. The game often had over a thousand people playing and goals spread miles apart. The French colonists initially called the stick used to play the game “crosse” which means “bishop’s staff” in French, essentially naming the sport. The first rules were established in 1867 by Canadian dentist W. George Beers, with the most important rule that the ball cannot touch one’s hands continuing from the Native American version of the game. Nine years later, Queen Victoria watched and “endorsed” the game of lacrosse, allowing the game to spread even more rapidly.
Patent Law as a career
As up and coming engineers and scientists, it is valuable for CSM students to have a basic understanding of patent law. In addition, most CSM graduates are qualified to work as patent agents since they hold a B.S. degree in a field of science or engineering. Ian Schick, a CSM alum with a B.S. in Engineering Physics and a Ph.D. in Materials Science asserted that there are options for CSM students interested in the business side of STEM aside from industry employment.
Headlines from around the world: 2/4/13
University endowment investment has taken a small hit over the last few months due to the poor performance of international equities, a new study shows. The annual rate of return for these investments dropped 0.3 percent, which is significant when compared with a rate of return of 0.8 percent at most large universities. Medium-sized schools took the biggest hit, suffering negative returns.