When you were a kid, your parents were always telling you to “eat your vegetables,” and now while living on your own you might be realizing that your parents had a point. Vegetables are low in calories and fat, high in fiber, and contain a wide array of vitamins and nutrients. So maybe you add…
Last Friday marked the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. After 35 days of little to not funding for a portion of the government, the stalemate ended when President Trump signaled he would sign a temporary budget bill without border wall funds. By the end of the day, the House and the…
The U.S. government has reopened temporarily after the longest shutdown in American history, which lasted 35 days. President Trump passed a bill on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019 to temporarily reopen the U.S. government through Feb. 15. Over the next few days, the nation will be moving towards normalcy once again. Federal workers, who…
Are you a freshman at Mines currently living in the dorms? The pressure of finding new housing for the coming years can start to build as the spring semester carries on. But have no fear, housing is here! On Jan. 22, Residence Life had the first housing information session for freshmen wondering how to…
I am going to be totally honest here. I was asked to write an opinion article and I was stumped. It’s not for lack of opinions; I was scared to say the “wrong” thing. What if I were to put out an unpopular opinion? What if when I wrote what was on my mind, I…
Your Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) professor is right: Mines students need more writing practice. While these book reports or ethics papers might seem pointless now, the writing experience gained from these classes is invaluable to a career. Through a combination of discouraging teachers, horrible creative writing assignments, and my own stubbornness, I was soured…
Recently I’ve noticed a lot of my fellow students covering up their laptop webcams with stickers. I’ve seen postage stamps, Spongebob stickers, even a NSA sticker used to cover up students’ front facing webcams. But what’s all the big fuss, and is it a waste of time and tape? The trend first started in 2013,…
One of the newest pieces of artwork to be found on campus applies the innovative technologies created by Mines students and other engineers from across the country to transform art from a static to a dynamic medium. It is a piece known as Luminous Waveform. Its installation was completed on July 25, 2018. If you…
It is now the year 2019. Probably an unremarkable year in history overall, if statistics are to be believed. History is less about individual years and more about the defining characteristics of an era which humanity assigns to the past retroactively. So, this week I have a book about history. Wait don’t put down the…
Aquarius: Heyy, look at that! You’re already through your first month of 2019! Some people adopt a “New Year, New Me” mentality, others are more for “Same Me, New You.” I recommend a “New Year, Same Me, but Still a Me Who Is Willing to Learn and Grow and Achieve a Personal Perception of ‘New’…