While scientists are among the most respected professionals in the public eye, it can be difficult for scientists to effectively explain their work and its implications to the average person. This difficulty leads to confusion among the public, and can overall worsen the image of scientists and the value of their work. Oftentimes concepts in…
Students piled into the student recreation center, resumes in hand, business attire bedecking them. Packed tightly together, they tried to impress potential employers with their bona fides and forced confidence. It was, for the most part, a normal and for some students even a wonted practice: Career Fair. To the dismay of some, however,…
Ah, the legendary Coors Tour. While most tourists to Golden opt for the “long tour”, which includes a bus ride and a self-guided facility tour paced by recorded voice-overs, many Mines students speak fondly of the “short tour”. The short tour is an opportunity to shortcut most of the long tour, and visit only…
Have you seen a truck outside of Alderson Hall handing out food? If so, you saw Fighting Hunger at Mines at work! Dylan McLain, a senior in mechanical engineering, and Denver Luttrel, a senior in electrical engineering, created the club because they wanted to make a difference on campus and in Golden. McLain…
March is a month set aside to hear the stories of powerful women who have changed history, but are kept out of the textbooks. One such woman was Austrian physicist Lise Meitner. Meitner was one of the great minds who, during World War I, worked with radioactive materials and X-rays to discover more about…
Since the dawn of man, humans have long pondered not only if life existed on other planets, but also what that life would look like. For most people, this question conjures up images of green men with advanced technology. For most biologists who ask, “what do organisms that evolved on distant planets look…
Julianna Valenzuela Contributor In today’s world, it is easy to be oblivious to the struggles of others, especially those who are not within our own social classes. But oblivion and apathy allow discrimination to take place and removes our own power in doing anything about it. Engineering gives us the power to shape the…
The three oldest pieces of public art on campus have more in common than just their age. The trio was commissioned for the Art in Public Places requirements of Berthoud and Stratton hall renovations in the mid-1980s. This is unique as most projects today use all of their budget for a single piece. However,…
The road to the 2019 Academy Awards was littered with controversy. Since the initial announcement in August 2018 of the new category “Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film” nothing has been on track for the Academy. Many believe their decision to include a popular film category was a way to circumvent awarding nominations to the…
Captain Marvel Following its massive setup in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, Captain Marvel, starring Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, and Jude Law, jumps back to the 90s to follow the story of Carol Danvers and her journey as the universe’s most powerful hero fighting to stop a galactic war in its tracks. Between…