by Zachary Barry With the move to all in-person learning for the fall 2021 semester and the loosening of some COVID19 induced restrictions, clubs and other extracurricular activities are once again offering Colorado School of Mines students a break from the daily grind. Friday the 27th of August saw the return of “Celebration of Mines,”…
by Aidan Lewis “Let’s cut some cable!” On Wednesday August 25 at a new parking lot near the mouth of Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County officials, outdoor enthusiasts, and builders gathered for a “cable cutting ceremony” to celebrate the opening of a new segment of the Peaks to Plains trail. The day was hot with…
The Perseverance rover landed on Mars recently. A star payload is a helicopter. The designers have shrewdly declared that 90% of their test objectives will be met if the helicopter actually takes off. Landing is the hard part. Anyhow, a little-known commercial funder of this little helicopter is Ben & Jerry Ice cream. Yes, the…
I hope since the last issue of Updates in the CS World, you’ve acquired some additional capital courtesy of Gamestop, AMC, and/or Dogecoin. Far away from the Wall Street excitement, our dear Gophers (fans of the Golang programming language), have been raving for their own reasons. After nearly 10 years of communal spit-balling and kicking…
Here are the basics: Census results help determine how approximately $675 billion in annual federal funding are allocated to states and communities for education, health care, public infrastructure, research grants, federal employees, other social services, and more. The results determine how many seats in Congress each state gets. As mandated by the U.S. Constitution in…
Taking a trip to Australia could be scary for some, as the country is well known for being full of intimidating animals. Almost everything in Australia is out to kill you. There are giant snakes, scorpions, massive spiders, bats, venomous animals, and kangaroos (and yes, even the kangaroos can be deadly). Due to this perceived…
Justin Cyrus, former Colorado School of Mines Student, was on the Enabled Opportunities on the Moon breakout session panel at this year’s Space Com conference in Houston, where I conducted the following interview. His father worked for Lockheed Martin, and so did his brother. Influenced by that, he has always wanted to work in the…
At 11:30 am on Monday, Apr. 15 I was sitting in class when I received a message from my friend that the Cathedral Notre Dame was on fire. I rushed to Twitter hoping that it was just a joke in poor taste. I searched Notre Dame and was immediately bombarded by thousands of tweets…
Change on campus is constant. Departments shift their faculty, funds and fees change with campus initiatives, each new class of students has different expectations of Mines than the ones before. Understanding those changes takes a great deal of work and commitment, but getting involved in making those changes is easy to do: get involved with…