The Mines Career Fair proved to be another success and hundreds of students bustled in and out of the student recreation center to talk to hundreds of companies about internships and full-time jobs. Recruiters came from every corner of the country to take resumes from Mines students.
The CSM softball team opened up their season in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Desert Stinger Tournament, as their would-be season opening series at UCCS was postponed due to snow the previous week. The Lady Orediggers suffered tough losses throughout the tournament, falling to Cal State San Bernardino 9-0; California Baptist 16-6; Western Washington 13-5; and Texas Woman’s 10-0.
The weather can never be perfect, and in a place like Golden, Colorado, it frequently oscillates between extremes, satisfying one sort of people while annoying the other sorts. The Front Range of Colorado experienced another cold spell last week, with temperatures in the single and negative digits Fahrenheit. A happy normal seems to lie somewhere in the double digit realm, but the low temps do occur, even if it hurts to breath. This week, Minds at Mines asked students, “Would you rather it be below zero, or in triple digit temperatures?”
Chemistry demos are not only a thing of freshman year General Chemistry. The student chapter of the American Chemical Society mixes, burns, explodes, and displays chemistry for anyone to enjoy and learn about. On Tuesday, February 4, ACS treated Mines students to a BBQ dinner and chemistry demo to attract students who want to know what ACS does on campus.
In tweets Saturday, February 8, Don Nguyen, creator of the insanely popular game app “Flappy Bird,” revealed his intentions to take the game off app stores. The Hanoi based developer has been programming for ten years, but never thought the game would take off like it did. Said Nguyen on Twitter, “…I will take ‘Flappy Bird’ down. I cannot take this anymore.” He also does not intend to sell “Flappy Bird,” despite its popularity and social media attention. “People are overusing my app,” tweeted Nguyen. “I can call ‘Flappy Bird’… a success of mine. But it also ruins my simple life. So now I hate it.”
A pile of homework due the next day and snow falling on the ground gives Mines students a desire to have a snow day, but nearly always the snow is not enough to cancel classes. Spring semester is the most likely time for extreme amounts of snow to fall though, as Colorado weather seems to spew more snow as time the months go on, until April anyway. This week, Minds at Mines asked students to use their imaginations and asked, “What would you do with a snow day?”
Spring Career Fair is coming up, which means one important thing—free stuff. There are other valuable things that happen around Career Day time, such as actually getting to see what people look like when they dress classy or are actually trying to find a job/ internship without sounding incredibly awkward. But why should the weeks leading up to and the month after Career Day be awkward and filled with nerves? Why not make it one of the favorite times of the semester?
Flappy Bird, available for free download on smart phones and other devices, is the most annoying game to flap into the app store. A bird with flappy wings must try to dodge and fly above openings between green pipes, much like the pipes one would expect to find in the Mario Bros universe. A tap on the user’s touch screen device propels the bird upwards, and gravity allows the bird to fall down. The concept is so simple, yet that makes the game even more aggravating. The game requires quick fingers, yet the most dexterous person is sure to fail many times. The game seems to run on failure, in fact, as a slam into the pipe kills the bird, but makes the player want to try and over and over again.
The Super Bowl is a welcome event in any baseball fan’s life, for it is the final hurdle before making it to Spring Training. Below are a few tidbits to help get through the hype:
With the Winter Olympics set to start in Sochi, Russia and Super Bowl 48 featuring the Denver Broncos, the beginning of February will not be boring in the sports world. Many Mines students will be sure to be found huddled around a television somewhere with chicken wings in hand. But the question is, what will they be watching? A week before Super Bowl Sunday, Minds at Mines asked, “Which are you more excited for this year: the Super Bowl or Olympics?”