April 2014 – Page 3 – The Oredigger

Club Spotlight: ETA (Equality Through Awareness)

Some of the clubs on campus have been here for longer than anyone can remember but there are also some newer ones that are popping up all of the time. One of these new clubs is ETA (Equality Through Awareness). They began in the early Fall so they are still completing their first year as a club on the Colorado School of Mines campus. ETA was created by a group of women in the Physics department. When the Oredigger talked to their new president, Libby Booton, about what ETA was she said, “ETA (Equality Through Awareness) is a group that focuses on promoting diversity in STEM fields, mainly Physics.” There are three main things that ETA does: discussion groups, speakers, and their mentoring program.

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A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Companion Cookbook to A Game of Thrones

“A Feast of Fire and Ice: The Official Companion Cookbook to A Game of Thrones” is a cookbook by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel and Sariann Lehrer, the owners of the website Inn at the Crossroads. The cookbook aims to expand on what the website has and currently does, in that it recreates recipes for food described in the “Song of Fire and Ice” book series, from which the “Game of Thrones” television show is adapted from, by using cookbooks from the Middle Ages and making modification to those recipes based on the various locations and cultures within the fictional Westeros and Essos as well as to better accommodate the modern kitchen.

Mt. SAC Relays 2014

Members of the Mines track and field squad departed for Mt. San Antonio College this past weekend for the Mt. SAC Relays, one of the larger events the Orediggers have competed in this season.

Softball drops three of four vs Metro

The Colorado School of Mines softball team squared off against RMAC rival Metro State (25-11, 19-8 RMAC) in a four game set this weekend (two Friday and two Saturday) and after dominating the first game of the series, dropped the next three to fall to 16-21 on the season and 12-20 in conference.

JV Gets Their Chance to Shine

Colorado School of Mines golf sent their JV team to CSU-Pueblo to compete in the Wolf Pack Invitational. With a storm rolling through on Monday, the event was postponed until Tuesday and shortened to just 36 holes.

Bryan Clay Invitational

The Colorado School of Mines men’s and women’s track teams had a busy week competing in three different events over the past week on a west coast swing. While some of the team was at the Mt. SAC Relays, a few runners headed to Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California to compete in the Bryan Clay invitational.

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Baseball Sets Records with Sweep of Regis

With Saturday afternoon’s 6-4 win over the Regis Rangers at Jim Darden Field, the Oredigger baseball team set a program record for conference wins at 18. The Diggers are on a streak of success and have now won 15 of their last 20 games. The sweep of Regis brings their record to 20-17 overall and 18-12 in the RMAC. Mines took Thursday’s game 7-6, Friday’s 15-4, and Saturday’s doubleheader 6-2 and 6-4.

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Minds at Mines: What are you doing this summer?

With summer less than three weeks away, school becomes more difficult yet more important to focus on. Yet, the plans for the summer months can be a motivator to get through the last few midterms, projects, and homework assignments. Whether going on their departmental Field Camps, gaining experience on the job, or doing things for fun, Mines kids know how to have a great summer. This week Minds at Mines asked, “What are you doing this summer?”

Correction to “Opinion from GSG Representative”

This correction is intended to clarify some editing issues with my previous article from last week. The tittle “Opinion from GSG Representative” and subtitle of “GSG on SA Fee” was done last minute by the Oredigger Staff from my original title which can be found at oredigger.net. This was purely an opinion piece written by myself and it reflected my views. It was not nor has ever been my intention to represent all of GSG through this article. Unfortunately, this was not made clear in the new title and arrangement selected by the Oredigger and could be misconstrued as an official position when seen next to the opinion written by a USG voting member. Additionally, I would like to note between the transition from page 1 to page 3 the content of “The document “Institutional Plan for Student Fees”, amended by the Board in May of 2013″ was left out and I feel this reference is important for students to have.

Gas Hydrates, Methanogenesis, and Carbon Cycling at Continental Margins

Dr. Alberto Malinverno, an expert in quantitative marine geology, came from Columbia University to deliver a talk on a unique substance from the bottom of the ocean which could someday be an energy source for humanity… but which could also drastically worsen the effects of anthropogenic climate change. The substance is a clathrate, or gas hydrate – methane molecules trapped within the crystal structure of ice. Clathrates are unstable at surface pressure and temperature conditions, preferring low temperatures and high pressures. Because of these unique stability conditions, clathrates are found at depth in places where the temperatures are cold: in permafrost, and at the ocean floor near continental margins, where organic carbon in the sediments provides the methane.

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