Mines Little Theater (MLT) recently began rehearsals for their spring musical, Young Frankenstein. While the plays put on last semester were all student-directed, the musical will be directed by Rory Pierce, who currently works with Miners’ Alley Playhouse. Pierce has spent 28 years in professional theater, and began his relationship with MLT by directing Jekyll…
As I carry my two duffels across the DIA parking lot, I look down and see one bag full of my own things and the other filled with donations that hopefully will be a blessing to the people of Nepal. First, however, I have to get there. I will bounce from Denver to New York,…
On Jan. 17, just a few hours before the fourth Democratic Debate, Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders released details of his universal health care through a Medicare for All system. As a fundamental part of his message, he asserts his beliefs that healthcare should be a right and that no one should go bankrupt from…
With the New Year having come and passed, hopefully most of us still have been able to keep our New Year’s Resolutions. It is no secret that one of the most common Resolutions is to get fit or start going to the gym regularly. After being to the Student Rec Center here at Mines, I…
Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18): Congratulations, Aquariuses! Aquarians. Aquarii? Aquariums? Fish. This is the astrological month of your birthday! The sign of aquarius is two squiggly lines, and given that the Iowa Caucus also happened during this month, basically, you are going to go crazy. And not just, “I hear dead people and ate…
Leonardo DiCaprio began his career as a child artist. He worked his way through television roles and advertisements. He first appeared on the silver screen in a B-rated horror film called Critters 3. In 1993, DiCaprio proved himself a worthy actor when he played mentally handicapped younger brother to Johnny Depp in the movie What’s…
The Ballroom Dance Club welcomed the new semester in style with their Yule Ball. The Ball was on Saturday, Jan. 23, hosted in Freidhoff Hall of the Green Center and was focused on raising money for the Waltz Team, Perpetual Motion. The Ballroom Dance Team charged community members and Mines students, faculty and staff to…