By Denali Klipstein The Mines Country Swing Dance Club knows how to hoedown. Every Tuesday from 6-8 this group meets in the Student Rec Center to learn anything from building tension with a dance partner to leaping into the air and being caught into a graceful dip. Along with that, they hold broader social events…
by Aidan Lewis The new Mines Rovers, autonomous shuttles which travel through the Mines campus and wider Golden community, have been much discussed and much criticized by students at this school. This article details the results of a survey which questioned 41 Mines students who were asked 5 questions about the Mines Rover. Students questioned…
George Washington didn’t have a Facebook; Abraham Lincoln didn’t have a Snap Chat; and (thank goodness) William Taft didn’t have an OnlyFans. In this sense, the current president of the United States, Donald Trump, can join their luddite ranks as his accounts on practically every social media platform were removed or banned following the previous…
Stories that center around magic and the mystical arts have been around for centuries. Ancient tales feature mythological creatures and demigods seeking to purge the world of evil. Most big franchises today all incorporate some form of magic, whether this is spiritual like the Jedi’s connection to the Force in Star Wars, spells from a…
The Colorado School of Mines is chosen by students because of its engineering esteem, brilliant faculty, and small school atmosphere, but there is more to the school than meets the eye. There are the obvious sources of magic, from the beautiful mountain setting to the LARPing (Live Action Role Play) and Dungeons & Dragons clubs…
Have you ever heard of the term “excited delirium”? I hadn’t until a week ago, when Colorado called a grand jury to investigate the death of Elijah McClain, the 23 year old Auororan who was stopped by the police for “suspicious activity” while walking, or more accurately: prancing, home on August 24, 2019, and we…
As the wand is to any well-trained wizard, technology is to the muggle, that is to say, a means of accomplishing feats without which one’s quality of life would be greatly diminished. In their ceaseless attempts to rise above the mundane nature of their magic-less lives, the muggle world has recently witnessed several inventions and…
