The Colorado School of Mines overcame a slow first quarter of mistakes to take care of the New Mexico Highlands University Cowboys 49-21 Saturday afternoon at Perkins Stadium in Las Vegas, NM.
The win sends the Orediggers to 2-1 overall, 1-0 RMAC as the offensive explosion continued for Quarterback Clay Garcia and company.
Two years ago, the name Manville Strand was not heard among the Mines Men’s Soccer team. No one recruited him, no one gave him a scholarship, and he was not even on the team. But, after joining the team as a freshman walk-on, this Oredigger goalkeeper quickly rose from anonymity to become the RMAC 2009 Freshman of the year. Now, in his second year as an Oredigger, Strand has not lost a beat, allowing only one goal in four games and racking up 7 saves. He has played over 340 minutes and garnered a 0.26 goals against average and a 0.875 save percentage. Earlier this month, Strand was named the RMAC defensive player of the week. The civil engineering major is now helping to lead a dangerous Mines team that is ranked third in the nation and has already defeated #1 Fort Lewis 1-0. For his effort and performances so far, Manville Strand is this week’s Oredigger Athlete of the Week.
Mines officially announced the completion of Phase I of the new “residence hive” last Friday. The futuristic living structure will be conveniently located between Green Center and the CTLM and is expected to drastically increase the number of students that can live on-campus. In addition, since it will be encased in thick concrete and housed underground, the earth will provide natural insulation to the living units inside, reducing the need for heating and cooling systems. Project leaders hope the structure will serve as a symbol of the Colorado School of Mines’s commitment to innovation and conservation.
While sitting in Slate thinking about what question I wanted to ask people, someone really irritated me. My blood was pumping and after analyzing the situation it dawned up me. I wanted to know what grinds peoples’ gears. Everyone has something that ticks them off. Whether it is road rage from the grandpa driving the Buick or betas in the gym, there is something that ticks off everyone. So I asked, what grinds your gears?
Hey everybody, back for more I see? Last semester I took PHGN100. It is a hard class, but not impossible. CAPA hurt, but in the end the exams hurt more. The week after the third exam, a cheating ring was discovered in physics 1 involving several students with some estimates as high as 40 total involved. When this was announced in class, I was like, whatever, those people will eventually fail so throw them out. I thought this wouldn’t affect me. Then, our lovely physics department heads decided to jack up the lives of every single student on campus by placing all these new restrictions on what you’re allowed to do in the exam rooms themselves.
Dilemma
My friend continuously talks to me about problems with her mom. My mom died of cancer when I was younger and it makes me very uncomfortable to hear her complain about her mother. Should I continue listening to her talk about her issues while putting myself through stress or tell her to talk to someone else about it?
–Listener Under Stress
As the year continues, some of us are getting tired of going the same old places time and time again. So why not bring out the RTD bus passes that Mines students receive for free. This week, there are four more locations to find some entertainment.
Gore and outrageous action scenes flood every nook of the new Resident Evil movie. Dubbed “Afterlife,” the movie picks up right after Alice left Nevada in the previous movie, Resident Evil: Extinction. Assisted by Claire and Chris Redfield, Alice searches for Arcadia, a place where the infection is rumored to not exist.
Papa Murphy’s is sponsoring a service event on October 1 called “Pizza for Parkinsons.” Manager Jamie Fanchez believes in supporting those in need. “Give just to give, if you have so much (to give), why not (give).” From when the restaurant opens, to when it closes, Papa Murphy’s will be donating all of their sales that day to charity.
Somewhere between shoe-gaze and surf sits Candy Claws, a Fort Collins dream-pop band that has garnered national attention with their recent summer tour and newest record Hidden Lands.
Similar to the group’s previous record In the Dream of the Sea Life, the new disc was inspired, in part, by a book: Richard M. Ketchum’s The Secret Life of the Forest. I used the phrase “in part,” because the band’s own personal experiences living on the cusp of the Rocky Mountains also had a role to play in inspiring a record full of nature-inspired ambient dreamscapes and ethereal melody.