Enter the mind of best-selling author Neil Gaiman with his collected anthology “Angels and Visitations”. Literary brilliance is exemplified in each one of these tales. Coupled with several illustrations by Dave McKean, “Angels and Visitations” is an experience like none other. Each short story or poem reflects upon Gaiman’s perspective of some moral or social value.
Mines, as most people know, is positively brimming with geeks. However, it takes a special kind of person and a very particular kind of geek to take on the responsibility and sometimes insanity that comes with being an RA. Enter Katie Sexton, an RA from the proud hall of Randall who is most definitely geeky enough to earn her place in this school.
With only one full week of class remaining before Thanksgiving Break and only one week of class after the break, students are quite familiar with their classes to the point of wanting to be rid of them. The wave of registration last week was a reminder that a clean slate is on its way on a couple months. But while classes are certainly a large part of stress, students still have that class that keeps them interested each semester. This week The Oredigger asked, “What is your favorite class this semester?”
In Golden on a cold Friday night, the No. 2 ranked Colorado School of Mines women’s soccer team kept their outstanding season going with a 1-0 semifinal win against Regis in the RMAC tournament. The women moved to 18-0-1 on the season and recorded their fourteenth shutout of the year advancing to the finals of the RMAC tourney as they look to claim their third consecutive RMAC tournament title on Sunday.
This weekend saw the Lady Oredigger Volleyball team take on two tough RMAC opponents in Regis and Metro State. Mines took care of business in straight sets against Regis on Friday night, but faced much more of a test against Metro on Saturday.
This Saturday, the Mines swim and dive team hosted the Colorado College Tigers and ended the day with convincing wins. The women’s team defeated the Tigers 179-109 and the men emerged victorious by a score of 215.5-61.5.When all 32 swimming and diving events had been concluded, Mines had emerged victorious in 25 of them.
The No. 3 seed Colorado Mesa Mavericks (11-5-4) defeated the No. 2 seed Colorado School of Mines (11-6-1) men’s soccer team in the semifinals of the RMAC Tournament Friday with two late goals to grab the 2-1 victory. It was a tough loss for the Orediggers who had the lead at 1-0 going into the eighty-sixth minute.
On Friday, the Colorado School of Mines opened their season with six players in double figures as they walloped Carroll College 96-58. Leading the way in scoring for the Orediggers was No. 20 Trevor Ritchie with 16 points. Ritchie also added 4 assists going 8-for-8 from the charity stripe.
The Oredigger football team improved to 7-3 on the season with a 45-10 trouncing of Adams State this Saturday.
The Colorado School of Mines men’s and women’s cross country teams headed down to Canyon, Texas for the South Central Regional Championships and turned in spectacular results. The fifth ranked men’s team finished third out of 21 teams, losing only to No. 2 Adams State, and No. 1 Western State. The women’s team finished seventh out of 22 teams. Junior Derek Alcorn and Senior Andrew Epperson finished fifth and sixth overall respectively with times of 30:24 and 30:26 at the 10k distance.