Image courtesy of Colorado School of Mines Flickr by Lauren D’Ambra The annual Mines M-Climb is one of Mine’s most treasured and prevalent traditions. The first ever M-Climb took place in 1951 and almost every student to attend Colorado School of Mines since has participated in the event. It’s easily one of the most highly…
Starting in the fall of 2021, Mines will have yet another new program to offer students. A Bachelor of Science in Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering will be a new degree in an attempt to combine engineering with biology. The current QBE graduate degree has only been offered here at Mines since 2018, and now there…
Originally published on March 2nd, 2021. Mines, of course, has its reputation of being hard or, preferably by the admission’s team, “rigorous.” STEM degrees are expectedly challenging, but Mines comes with a hidden poison. We could debate the difficulty of courses compared to other schools, but one objective facet of Mines is unavoidable: unlike nearly…
Originally published on March 2, 2021. Unaffiliated and unofficial Colorado School of Mines Instagram accounts have been blowing up at an increasing exponential rate in the most recent months of this academic year. In the past only three months, there have been at least nine new unaffiliated Mines accounts. These accounts can be sorted into…
I hope something positive has happened to you since the last issue of “Updates in the CS World.” This sentence is a segue into the topic of this issue, which is nothing. Nothing, in particular, has happened which caused me to think, “Hey, the next column should be about this thing,” so now we’re here….
The Oredigger is proud to be the first to announce the unveiling of the newest residence hall on campus–Johnson Hall. Construction was completed last Wednesday, the 10th, in a record 39 hours by a group of strapping Design 1 students. Johnson Hall is located on the former courtyard of Spruce Hall, to which Residence Life…
Featured image: “Rumor has it that this will be the last parking spot left on campus.” Image courtesy of Shane Cranor. BREAKING NEWS: PCJ recently announced that the school is shooting for a student population of 22,000 by 2022. Lots Q, A, AA, F, FF, I, J, and D to be replaced with residence halls….
Last weekend, a block party thrown by Colorado School of Mines students ended in a way no one could have predicted. The large party drew almost 150 students from Mines to the quiet Hoover Street neighborhood. The gathering started peacefully, but complaints, numbering in the teens, started pouring into the Golden Police department when the…
Featured image: “The Career Center staff had an instrumental role in many of these changes.” Image courtesy of Shane Cranor. The Registrar’s Office has recently released additional requirements for graduation which are effective immediately for the Spring 2021 semester. These new requirements were created with the consideration and alignment of the absolute highest value at…
Image courtesy of Mines Flickr. As of February 4th, there are a total of 49 active coronavirus cases on campus. That makes a total of 143 cases since the start of the Spring semester. Most of the cases have been students, with one being a staff member. Additionally, most of the cases have been limited…