While a myriad of senior design projects are being completed and implemented this semester, one particular project focused on improving green infrastructure is coming to a close. “The project aims to provide a master plan for future campus development of green spaces and green infrastructure,” Elliot Gordon, a member on the team working on the…
It is no news that Mines is expanding. Each new class is larger and more diverse than the last, and there are new construction projects on every campus corner. The McBride Honors Program is expanding as well: the current sophomore class has 46 members, which is twice the size of the next largest class! McBride…
On October 11th, Mines’ Be Well Health and Fitness Club hosted a presentation about proper nutrition with guest speakers Leighza Baasch and Kristin Johnson, dietetic interns with Sodexo. The aim of the event was to illuminate how proper sleep and nutrition can enhance students’ academic performance. “I hope they can take away that though sleep…
Having the tagline of “Earth, energy, environment,” research on the campus is often linked with sustainability. According to the Gregory Jackson, the department head for mechanical engineering, “If you look at our funding, a higher amount of it addresses these issues than at other schools.” Through sustainability research and efforts, there is hope for a…
One of the many student organizations on campus focused on sustainability at Mines is the Solar Decathlon team. “The Solar Decathlon is a competition put on by the U.S. Department of Energy that challenges collegiate student teams to design and fully build a net-zero, solar-powered homes. This competition requires teams of students to build innovative,…
To an egomaniacal prepubescent animal, Halloween is sacred. I recall crafting costumes for the entire month of October, placing financial and creative demands upon my nuclear family. I truly became the monster I sought to mirror. Like an amateur method actor, I embodied my character in both behavior and attire on Halloween day. Given my…
The human body has a will to move. From crawling to walking to running, individuals learn how to control their body and use it to accomplish tasks and goals. Somewhere in adulthood, exercise becomes non-essential to regular life. Where did we go wrong? Living without exercising emboldens a dangerous game: you get more time to…
Being afraid of failure causes people to inhibit their performance in their academics and passions. Psychology Today explains that disappointment, anger, embarrassment, frustration, and regret are side effects of failure, but to me, failure provokes a different feeling, an almost more detrimental one, shame. Shame makes us feel bad about who we are, rather than…
A band that has seemed to pop up frequently as of late in Denver’s Local Music scene is New Leverage. This band always seems to pop up playing with other local bands along with touring bands that need local openers, so it only seemed appropriate to check out their recordings. The band has two releases,…
The new Glass Animals album is, as the kids say these days, “amazeballs”. It is a physical and mental feat to listen to any of the 11 tracks on “How To Be A Human Being” without breaking out into a plethora of embarrassing dance moves. Glass Animals is a band from Oxford, England who have…