While the new CoorsTek building on campus is quite stunning and primarily sheathed in glass, there is also new glass elsewhere on campus; the new glassblowing shop in Hill Hall opened this past June. To learn more about this new shop on campus, The Oredigger interviewed Materials Science graduate student Jake Ivy, the head gaffer…
In an era when it feels that anyone with a computer and some spare time can create their own music, music identity is becoming increasingly hard to create and develop. For Seattle’s own Odesza, this concept seemed to come together overnight. Through Summer’s Gone and In Return, Odesza made a name for themselves through a…
While southeast Texas is hundreds of miles from Mines, Hurricane Harvey’s devastating impact hits close to home for many CSM alumni, students, and industries. Hurricane Harvey was the third hurricane of the 2017 hurricane season and was the first major hurricane (classified as a category 3 or stronger) to hit the United States since Hurricanes…
Located on the second floor of the Student Health Center, the Counseling Center provides mental health services to students. The Counseling Center provides confidential, voluntary, short-term solution-focused counseling to students at Mines. Counselors are trained and licensed and provide support to students in resolving concerns that interfere with their ability to meet daily demands. Concerns…
For many engineering students, there is a major dichotomy between university studies and life in the real world. While the academic curriculum emphasizes technical learning and problem-solving skills, engineers in industry rely upon a network of strong connections and effective communicative abilities as well. “In the working world it’s a balance of everything,” expressed Allison…
The First Week in Edinburgh- Sept. 21 Guys, get this: I only have one class a day…Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. Since classes started Sept. 18, I have had just about two classes a day at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, half of them two-hour lectures and labs. I finish classes in…
On Sept. 5, the Trump administration announced that it would soon end the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program (DACA), giving Congress six months to come up with a more permanent solution to the immigration issue. This now puts roughly 800,000 “Dreamers” (those protected by DACA) in jeopardy of deportation, including 17,000 young immigrants who…
Undoubtedly the world has changed since the introduction of cell phones. It is now possible to retain a level of connectedness with those thousands of miles away that was likely unfathomable by previous generations. There are now policies found in classroom syllabi that explicitly forbid the use of cell phones during class. And yet, despite…