The Oredigger Issue 5 - October 3, 2011

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T H E O R E D I G G E RVolume 92, Issue 5 October 3, 2011

The student voice of the Colorado School of Mines

CSM beats Fort

Lewis at home-

coming game

Sports 8

w w w . O R E D I G G E R . n e t

Opinion 10

Features 4

News 3

Satire 11

Latest news

from around the

globe

Paninos serves

up food with an

Italian air

Minds at Mines:

The greatest

invention

Victoria Justice

or Pacos Tacos

Im in a very sad time now, as I

look at whats going on in this world.

Im sick to my stomach. Maybe its

my fault too. Maybe I sat on my duff

after I left NASA Maybe some

of you need to get off your duffs,

mused former shuttle astronautDale Gardner about the state of

the space program. He presented

to the Mines campus a passionate

argument for future human explora-

tion combined with a lighthearted

look back at his experiences in the

Shuttle program.

Gardner, a retired US Navy cap-

tain, holds a degree in Engineering

Physics from the University of Il-

linois. He participated in two shuttle

missions STS-8 on Challenger in

August, 1983, and STS-51A on

Discovery in November, 1984. He

was also scheduled to participate

in a mission launched from Vanden-

burg Air Force Base in California,but the mission was canceled after

the Challenger disaster. Gardner is

currently the assistant laboratory

director at NREL and a resident of

Golden.

Deborah Good

Content Manager

COURTES KEN THOMSLEY / NASA

Continued atAstronauton page 3

Astronaut landson Mines campus

Tri Mumpuni has a passion for

the poor. Mumpuni, the Hennebach

lecture guest speaker, described her

experiences and role in using micro-

hydro technology to as she works to

bring power to those less fortunate.

For several decades, Mumpunihas been coordinating renewable

energy projects in rural areas of

various countries and has been very

pleased with the results as sustain-

able energy has been established in

many rural villages across the world.

In Indonesia, for example, 100 mil-

lion of its 243 million citizens do

not receive power to their homes.

These 100 million people reside in

roughly 30,000 villages that have

no electricity. In the few villages

that do receive government subsi-

dized power, the voltage is reduced

dramatically by the time it reaches

them. This lack of electricity can be

attributed to the fact that the Indo-

nesian government has a central

power grid that attempts to spreadpower all across the main islands,

as opposed to having smaller, local

sources of power. It is problems like

these that Mumpuni and her col-

leagues combat, Using [their] brain,

using [their] heart in attempting to

solve them.

Microscale power

aids less fortunateZachary Tanner

Staff Writer

Continued atPoweron page 3

The Mines marching band preforms in downtown Golden during the homecoming day parade on Saturday morning.

STEVEN WOOLDRIDGE / OREDIGGER

The Space Shuttle Discovery, during its operational

period, sits on the launchpad, awaiting launch.

Tri Mumpuni has spent decades nding innovative ways to

provide sufcient power to the rural areas of Indonesia.

COURTESY KEN WHITE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT


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Headlines from around the worldLocal News

The Daltons, a Golden cou-ple, was charged with conspir-

acy to commit mail fraud, wirefraud and interstate transpor-tation of stolen fund last Fridaywhen they were accused of op-perating a $17 million scheme.

They allegedly operated a com-pany called Universal ConsultingResources LLC which attractedinvesters from 13 states, whosefunds they used to pay for theirhome, car and daughters wed-ding.

Last Wednesday, the GoldenCity Council voted to drain LionsPark Pond and ll it with dirt.

This will be completed by No-

vember of this year.

Dr. Roel Snieder, a Geophys-ics professor, has been awardedHonorary Membership by theSociety of Exploration Geo-physicists. This membershipis awarded to those who havemade distinguished contribu-tions to exploration geophys-ics, a related eld or to the ad-vancement of the profession ofexploration geophysics throughservice to the Society.

According to the U.S. Newsand World Report, Mines rankssecond in the country for per-centage of undergraduates par-ticipating in internships, with 81percent of its 2010 graduatingclass reporting internship expe-rience. American University wasrst, with 85%.

Joshua Kleitsch, Staff Writer

Joshua Kleitsch, Staff Writer

An al-Qaeda leader of Ameri-can birth was killed by a predatordrone strike in Yemen last week,marking the rst time in the waron terrorism that an Americanhas been directly targeted. Theleader in question was Anwar al-

Awlaki. Born an American and anoutspoken al-Qaeda activist, hewas considered by the Central In-telligence Agency to be the mostdangerous English-speaking pro-pagandist working for al-Qaeda.

The North Korean propagandateam has been running a mas-

sive campaign over the last yearto elevate the future leader ofNorth Korea in the minds of thepeople. Kim Jong-un, the son ofcurrent president Kim Jong-il, isa four-star general at the age of28, and is slated to take over forhis father soon. The propagandateam in North Korea have shownthe elite leaders of the regimebowing to Kim Jong-un at stateevents, and have carefully craftedhis public image to make himlook like his grandfather, theGreat Leader who foundedthe nation.

An American delega-tion of four Republicansenators visited the Lib-

yan capital of Tripoli lastweek to speak with thetransitional governmentthat is in place there.

The delegation begantalks with those takingover control of Libyaseeking to build ties

with the new statenow that Col. Qaddahas been successfullyousted. American inves-

tors are watching the talks closely,in hopes that they will be able totrade with Libya in the near future.

Germanys Parliament hasvoted to increase the bailoutpackage for several states thathave been unable to pay theirdebts. While this a great step forthe European Union as a whole,it will be slow in having an effect.Every country in the EU has toapprove the move, and with 17countries represented that cantake a considerable amount oftime.

Inmates in one of Californiashigh-security prisons have beenperforming a hunger strike sinceMonday, refusing all state-provid-ed meals. Their stated goal is toforce the state of California to

improve the living conditions

inside the prison, where manyinmates live in total isolation. Theprison ofcials have stated thatthey will discipline any inmate thatparticipates in the strike.

The nations largest banks arebeginning to levy debit cardtransaction fees against con-

sumers, coming in the form of amonthly charge to account hold-ers who use their debit cards.

The average monthly fees rangefrom $3 to $5. This comes asa result of a new rule that limits

the banks ability to charge mer-chants transaction fees for debitcard purchases. Transaction feesused to be about $0.44, and nowthey are limited by law to $0.24per purchase.

Ames Research Center

California - Researchers atthe Ames Research Center, aNASA laboratory, have createdthe most accurate simulation ofthe universe, running on NASAsPleiades supercomputer. The

simulation, called Bolshoi,great in Russian, used datafrom NASAs WMAP Explorermission as a starting point, andcomputed how the universeshould evolve from that state.

The WMAP Explorer has beenmapping the Microwave Back-ground Radiation, the radiationthat resulted from the Big Bang.

Copenhagen, Denmark - Further validating Einsteins theory, agroup of researchers in Denmark have conrmed that the way light es-capes the clusters conforms with Einsteins General Theory of Relativity.

Einsteins theory of general relativity states that the gravitational pull of anobject warps time and space around it. This effect should be observedin the way light is observed leaving a galaxy cluster. Galaxy clusters arecomposed of thousands of galaxies, which results in a large gravita-tional pull. Einstein postulated that light emitted from the center of thecluster would be detected at a longer wavelength than the light towardthe outer edges, a phenomenon known as gravitational redshifting.

Ann Arbor, Michigan - Inan ongoing study of epidemiol-ogy in South America, research-ers at the University of Ann

Arbor have postulated that thenew roads connecting remotevillages deep in the forests ofEcuador have increased theincidence of antibiotic-resistantmicrobes. They believe thatthe roads have made it easierfor these resistant microbes totravel from hospitals in larger

cities. They also hypothesizethat the new roads increase theavailability of common antibiot-ics. When these antibiotics areused liberally they cause themicrobes to build up resistance.

This study shows that roads area contributor to the spread ofantibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Odense, Denmark - Batsproduce their high-pitched loca-tor beacon using a set of super-fast muscles that vibrate at veryhigh frequencies. Researchers atthe University of Southern Den-mark discovered this remarkableability, nding that bats have aset of weak muscles that are

able to contract at speeds up to100 times faster than a humansmuscles. These muscles are ableto produce a set of 190 calls ev-ery second. The researchers alsofound that the bats brain wasable to process the responsesfrom these calls even faster, be-ing able to run through 800 re-sponses per second.


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Mumpunis solution to this prob-lem is micro-hydro power. Micro-hydro power is the idea of imple-menting hydraulic power on a muchsmaller, village-sized scale. Water isdiverted from a local river and pipeddown to a small facility with a turbineand generator, which converts thepotential energy of the upriver wa-ter into usable electrical energy. Thisenergy is then wired directly into thevillage for the people, while the wateris dumped downriver, unpolluted.

As with all things in life, Mum-puni admits, there are drawbacksthat accompany the advantages.Economically, it is nearly three and

a half times as expensive to powera village through sustainable micro-hydro plants as it would be to usegovernment-subsidized power.However, the cheaper price is onlyrelevant for the few villages that havethe opportunity to connect to the In-donesian central power grid. It is upto Mumpuni to then explain to manyvillages why sustainable power isworth the extra cost. She demon-strates the impact the system willhave on future generations and thebenets of good, clean, sustainableenergy.

Then Mumpuni can begin tomake the vision a reality. In order tomaterialize these projects, she rstcoordinates with outside companies

to provide capital for the villages.Then once these micro-hydro plantshave been completed, the villagesbegin to take ownership as they seean increase in income, productivity,efciency, and overall standard of liv-ing. The prots are then split up be-tween the investing companies andthe village.

There are two distinct advan-tages to having a localized, sustain-able power source. The rst, sepa-

Gardner told a few amus-ing stories about practical life inspace. One difcult aspect ofspace ight is adjusting to thegravitational differences and theresulting changes in motion. Forthe rst twenty-four to thirty-sixhours, Gardner explained, motion

was difcult. When his body didadjust, it was quite abrupt. Hesaid of his rst successful instinc-tive journey around the shuttle,And all of I sudden I stoppedand I said, I dont remember com-ing up here I was in the mid-deck, [a crewmate] called me, Idont remember coming up here.

He found the reverse to be truein returning to Earth. During reen-try, Gardner recalled dropping anexpensive camera expecting it tooat and nding that unfortunatelyit fell and broke. Upon landing,he described his and his fellowcrewmates inability to stand up,because their brains expected toexpend so much less force. In or-

der to return to upright standingbefore seeing reporters, the crewdid a conga line around the shuttlebefore emerging. Gardner report-ed that, for his rst ight, returningto physical normalcy took abouttwenty-four hours and mental nor-malcy took about thirty-six to fortyhours.

A major aspect of one of Gard-ners mission was a spacewalk toretrieve a broken satellite. In order

Astronaut lands on Mines campusto catch the satellite and bring itback to the shuttle, he had to usethe manned maneuvering unit(MMU). He described ying theMMU as having No instrumentswhatsoever. Youve seen them y-ing back in the old days with thebiplanes and the guys would get

in there and theyd have the scarfand the goggles thats what itwas like. When the MMU ranlow on fuel during the spacewalk,he had the opportunity to spendabout a half an hour slowly turn-ing, attached to the satellite as itorbited earth. The satellite rstturned him towards empty space,and he described it as feeling likehe was the only person on theEarth. He then also was able towatch continents whip by whenthe satellite turned again.

In addition to his light-hearteddiscussion of shuttle missions,Gardner touched on the future ofNASA and human space explo-ration, an issue very important to

him. The shuttle was retired in Julyand there is currently no replace-ment for it. Four private contrac-tors are working on small vehiclesto convey astronauts and suppliesto the International Space Sta-tion, Obama recently proposed amission to an asteroid, and NASArecently proposed a new largelaunch vehicle. Gardner describedNASAs current approach usingan analogy. He said, You dont

build a house by calling the lum-ber yard and having them just goand dump a bunch of things onthe lot - toilets, wood, and bricksand whatever and then go andsee what you can make out of it.

Youre going to end up with fourbathrooms and one closet and no

kitchen. And thats kind of whattheyre doing here.

Gardner also offered three rea-sons to explore space. First, heargued that we, the human race,are explorers and need the op-portunities provided by space tosatiate our natural curiosity. Thinkhow boring your existence, the hu-man races existence, would be ifall we ever did was our little lives inour little places and our little jobsand we never, forever knew whatwas going on around this planet,he asked. Second, he arguedthat future generations are owedthe possible resources of space.Even if were successful with en-ergy and [the] environment we

still are going to run out of naturalresources we owe those people[in the future] the strategy and theplan for whats going to happen,Gardner argued. Third, he arguedthat space exploration creates

jobs and improves the economy,saying These programs are hugetechnology and economic en-ginesyou cannot imagine whathappens in terms of jobs andtechnology.

Astronaut Dale Gardner spoke at Mines regarding the cur-

rent state and future of space travel.

BEN TRAQUAIR / OREDIGGER

ration from the national power grid,is a double-edged sword. On theone hand, if the rural villages havetheir own independent power, thenational grid can concentrate theirresources on the industries in theurban areas. On the other hand, ifany failure occurs on the nationalgrid, the rural villages would be unaf-fected.

The second, and arguably mostimportant, advantage to sustainablemicro-hydro power lies within thefuture dividends of the community.

As mentioned, the presence of elec-tricity in the village allows productiv-ity and efciency to skyrocket. The

village is then able to produce newproducts that were previously im-possible or extremely labor-intensiveto make. This result, along with thefact that the village has an increasedefciency, leads to a much greaterincome for the village. Much of thismoney is used to improve schoolingand health clinics within the village.Mumpuni described this as a smalltime in history [where] children cango to school, because the villagenally has themoney.

A greatexample thatwitnesses tothe successof Mumpunis

work is theIndonesian vil-lage of CintaMekar. Withtheir newmicro-hydropower, CintaMekar nowp r o d u c e s120kW ofpower at itspeak.

As Mumpuni continues to ghtfor the poor in Indonesia, she basesher work on three distinct principlesthat she believes bring about Intrin-sic Empowerment.

The rst is local community re-spect. Mumpuni understands thatsustainable energy cannot be forcedon a community, especially due tothe overhead costs. Secondly, shenotes the importance of participa-tory development within the projectcommunity. It is important that thelocal villagers take ownership of theproject and understand how to runand repair the micro-hydro plantwhen problems arise. Lastly, she

touches on community empower-ment, as an electried village bringsgreater opportunities and responsi-bilities.

These basic principles bring abouta Humanity-Based Ecology (socialbusiness paradigm) and a Growth-Based Economy (commercial busi-ness paradigm). It is through thesethings that you become a Globalcitizen-hero and a corporate war-rior.

Microscale poweraids

less fortunate

How a microhydro system works.

COURTESY ENERGYSAVERS.GOV

Russia - Prime Minister VladimirPutin has announced his candidacyin next years presidential election.Putin stood down as president in2008 for constitutional reasonswhich forbid over two consecutiveterms. His successor and protgDmitry Medvedev then ensured hisappointment to the more ceremo-nial role of Prime Minister. Medve-dev is now poised to step asidein the upcoming election, allowingPutin to regain the presidency withMedvedev taking the role of PrimeMinister.

Europe - Amide rumors of apotential Greek government de-fault, multiple European govern-ments ratied the expansion of theEuropean Bailout Fund to 440billion this week with the hope ofallaying market fears. There is stilldoubt in the markets that the fundis large enough to take a run on theSpanish or Italian bond markets.

America has reiterated its messageto the Europeans to solve the crisispromptly, with fear that a Europeandebt crisis could tip a shaky globaleconomy into recession. Progresswith the bailout has met hurdlesdue to its deep unpopularity acrossthe electorate of many Europeancountries, who see it as bailing out

their nancially irresponsible neigh-bours.

Yemen - The al-Qaeda activistAnwar al-Awlaki was killed by a USdrone strike in eastern Yemen. Thedeath of the US born cleric wasdescribed by President Obama asa major blow to al-Qaeda. Thecleric was an outspoken proponentof jihad and he has been accusedof directing or inspiring numer-ous plots against western targets,

amongst others, inspiring the manwho carried out the failed TimesSquare bombings in 2010. Thismarks the rst drone killing of an

American citizen in the War on Ter-ror.

Saudi Arabia -The Saudi King Abdullah has announced womenare to be given the right to vote.

They will have the right to standas candidates and vote in futuremunicipal elections, the next beingheld in 4 years. He also said wom-en would have the right in the fu-ture to be appointed to the all-maleShura Council, the most inuentialconsultative body in the country.King Abdullah also overturned the

sentence of 10 lashes for a womanwho deed the countries ban onwoman driving.

Colombia - A submarine be-longing to anti-government FARCrebels has been found by Colombi-an ofcials. The high-tech subma-rine can hold a crew of 5 and hasa capacity of several tonnes. Of-cials say it was used for smugglingdrugs in cooperation with organiza-tions of Colombian drug trafckersand has a range that could havereached Central America.

Ireland - $250 million in sunkentreasure was located by a US mari-time exploration company off thecoast of Ireland. The British ship, SSGairsoppa, was sunk by German

U-boats during World War II whilstdelivering 200 tonnes of silver fromCalcutta to Liverpool. It sits under4,700m of water and if recovered,would be the largest precious metalrecovery from the sea.

Global Markets - In one ofthe worst quarters in the past de-cade, stock markets have droppedacross the US and Europe. Blamehas been put on the Eurozone cri-sis shaking global condence.

News from around

the worldJoseph GroganStaff Writer


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Paninos perfect paninisTucked behind Washington Av-

enue on 12th Street, Paninos waitspatiently for their time to shine. Pre-viously known as Pandoros, thissandwich shop opened under newmanagement and a new name only

four weeks ago. Our customerbase right now are ones from theold owners that keep coming back.

They say they love it, said FreddyNg, one of the employees at Pani-nos.

As the name suggests, Paninosserves a wide variety of the Italiangrilled sandwiches called paninis. Afavorite among the employees andcustomers is the Din Don Panini,made with turkey, spinach, toma-toes, sauted onions, mozzarella,and artichoke spread. For meatlovers, there is the Mambo Italiano.For vegetarians, some paninis to tryinclude the Caprese, Quattro For-maggi, or Rhondas Special panini.

Ng also pointed out the Shrimppanini as one to try, People dontthink that we have seafood but thisone is very good. In addition topaninis, Paninos also makes saladsand pastas, has a small kids menu,and serves a variety of eggs andcroissants for breakfast.

One of the things that makes

Paninos different from other sand-wich shops in town is that we usehigh quality meat and gourmetcheese, said July Brouillette, own-er of the shop. Next week, pricechanges will go into effect, in thehopes that it will be more afford-able to students and the commu-nity. Also in the near future, Paninoswill start offering a wrap option totheir 16 different sandwiches withtortillas such as spinach and herbof sun-dried tomato.

Although business only starteda few weeks ago, this little bakeryand sandwich shop has big plans.

They have already started with afew perks, including free Wi-Fi and

a 10% student discount when IDis shown. Paninos intends to turntheir small table-and-chairs seat-ing into more of a lounge feel witha few couches. They also planto have live music on Friday andSaturday evenings. We want thisto be a hangout for college kids.

Thats why we offer board game

checkouts and we hope to put in TVs soon, said Brouillette. Onelittle-known fact about this shop isthat Brouillette bakes fresh pastriesto sell in addition to the wide pa-nini selection. They take custom or-ders for cupcakes, wedding cakes,birthday cakes, and even cater. Thestudent discount is still available onthese orders as well.

Paninos will be posting adver-tisements in the Student Center inthe coming weeks, which will in-clude specials for the week. Withtheir wide variety of food and plansfor the future, Paninos is sure to be-come one of the new hot spots intown.

Baseball is a sport that hasbeen riddled with problems inrecent years, including steroidabuse and wide payroll disparities.Moneyball, unlike other baseballmovies, is not directly about thesport, but rather the economicsbehind the creation of a team.Billy Beane, general manager ofthe Oakland Athletics, portrayedby Brad Pitt, was given the impos-sible task of creating a winningbaseball team with no money andno star players.

The movie began with the Ath-letics loss of their three star play-ers, including Jason Giambi, toteams with larger payrolls. Givenless than twenty million dollars fora budget, Beane had little room towork with when it comes to draft-ing players, who cost a minimumof $200,000 each.

Jonah Hill played Peter Brand,a young graduate from Yale Uni-versity who, despite or perhaps

because of having little knowl-edge of baseball fundamentals,questioned long-standing recruit-ment procedures. Brand usedmath and a self-derived formulafor a players ability to get on baseand score runs to evaluate utilityinstead of conventional methods.

Therefore, after adopting Brandsstrategy, Beane drafted playerswho walked often or were consid-ered useless or odd, but not thosewho bunted frequently.

During the course of the mov-ie, Beane led the Athletics to thelongest winning streak in baseball

history, a path on which anxiety,drama, comedy, suspense, anddespair followed him. He believedthat he was jinxed. Whether hewas reconciling differences withhis wife, supporting his youngdaughter, or not watching a base-ball game, nothing in Beanes lifetook a positive turn. This remainedtrue until the end of the lm. His

daughters words describe how hefelt about himself perfectly, Youresuch a loser, dad. However, hislegacy was completely different.

Pitt and Hill worked almostawlessly together. Pitt brought hisbest to this lm with great drama,anger, and passion. Though it wasa departure from his usual roles,Hill played an astute Yale graduatewell. Scene transitions were im-pressive and owed smoothly asashbacks and scene cuts lled inpivotal information about Beanespast and present. The lighting inthe movie also portrayed emo-tion. In addition to being dark forangry and light for happy or hope-ful, light was used to encourage

disgust or to describe somethingBeane found unpleasant. Thelms music was dramatic andsimple. It also dropped out at keymoments when Beane was at hislowest. It was actions like thesethat brought out this lms mostdramatic and climactic moments.

Critics and fans agree that thislm is great. The combination ofamazing acting, suspenseful anddelicate music, and furious pas-sion allows viewers to really con-nect with the actors in the lm.

Therefore, this lm receives a solid9.1/10.

The most recent popular thrilleris not one that ends with destruc-tion, but rather a realistic look at apossible catastrophic disease out-break. The lm, Contagion, is di-rected by Steven Soderbergh andstars Matt Damon, Kate Winslet,Jude Law, and Gwyneth Paltrow.

The lm manages to depict an ac-curate and enthralling story of amodern epidemic. While at timesa tad slow, the lm as a whole is

brought together in its enlighteningpresentation of a potential pan-demic.

In the beginning of the lm,Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) isshown with u-like symptoms inan airport, preparing to head homeafter a trip to Hong Kong. Within afew days of arriving home, she ispronounced dead due to an un-known infection. Her son later con-tracts the disease and is also founddead. Her husband, Mitch Emhoff(Matt Damon), shows no symp-toms despite contact with both,revealing his immunity to the fast-spreading, fatal infection. Shortlyafterwards, multitudes of peopleexhibiting the diseases symptomsare seen, and the race for a cure

from the Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention (CDC) becomecrucial to curbing the infection.

All the while, Mitch and hisdaughter stay conned to theirhome to avoid contracting the dis-ease that is taking millions of livesworldwide. Alan Krumwiede (JudeLaw) becomes a major componentof the story as a journalist who be-lieves the epidemic is part of a gov-ernment conspiracy, and as theysearch for a cure, he claims toalready have one, called forsyth-ia. Broadcasting his placebo in anon-line webcast, Krumweide gainsmillions of followers who demandthe drug. In a scene at a local phar-macy, forsythia vaccinations arebeing distributed to a line of peoplethat extends outside the building.Upon hearing that only fty vacci-nations are available, chaos breaksloose as those in the back of theline rush to the front to obtain themedicine. This is the turning pointof the lm, where civilization givesway to anarchy.

From this point forward, themovies main focus is on ndingthe cure. At the movies climax, Dr.Hextall (Jennifer Ehle) tests a vac-cination and exposes herself to herdying father. After the confronta-tion, she remains disease-free.

Therefore, Dr. Hextall increases theproduction of the vaccine for wide-spread use and eventual contain-ment of the infection.

In summation, the lm employsa decent cast bringing to life amodern, realistic scene. The lmalso captures multiple interestingsubplots to increase the audiencesengagement in the story. However,those expecting an apocalyptic lmwhere disease kills all but one lead-ing up to an I Am Legend plot willbe disappointed.

Moneyball nearcinema perfectionStephen Hejducek

Staff Writer

Luke McPherson

Staff Writer

Dont talk, dont touch

A forty-year resident of Goldenwas tragically shot and killed in Oc-tober of 1912. Mrs. Daniel Theo-bald was shot and instantly killed ina shotgun accident. Her son Dan-iel, a miner in Cripple Creek, camehome to visit the family farm andhunt deer. She met him at Floyd hillwith the family wagon. The young-er Theobald loaded his shotgun inan attempt to hunt rabbits on theway home. According to TheColorado Transcript, He placedthe gun, muzzle up, between hismother and himself. Upon arriv-ing at the ranch, both Theobaldsattempted to alight from the wag-on. The loaded gun fell over and

discharged. Mrs. Theobald washit with a full charge of shot in thebreast. She quickly fell into uncon-sciousness and died. She wasa respected long-term residentof Golden, a member of the localWomen of Woodcraft Circle andwas survived by ve daughters andfour sons.

In addition to the unfor-

tunate death of Mrs. Theobald,Donald Parshall shot and instantlykilled himself at his home Tuesdayevening [October 1, 1912], usinga 22-calibre rie, reported TheColorado Transcript. Parshallcame home and worked on a sui-cide note to his mother before go-ing into the bathroom and shootinghimself in the head. He was de-scribed as a particularly ambitious

youth who had for many yearssuffered at intervals from epilepsywhich always left him in a despon-dent frame of mind. The letterindicated he decided to commitsuicide because he wanted to al-leviate his mothers worry about hispoor health. He was survived byhis mother with whom he lived, asister, and a brother.

On a lighter note, Demo-crats of Golden founded a Wilson-Marshall club to support then presi-dential candidate Woodrow Wilsonthis week in 1912. At WoodmanHall, almost all of the county anddistrict democratic candidatesgave speeches. The Colorado

Transcript felt, this demonstratesthat the democrats of Golden areup and doing.

Deborah Good

Content Manager

This week in Colorado history

The outside patio and entrance to Paninos

CARMELLA CALTAGIRONE / OREDIGGER

Carmella Caltagirone

Staff Writer

COURTESY SONY PICTURES

Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) contemplates the Oakland As.

COURTESY WARNER BROTHERS

A health warning from the

movie.

Death and Politics


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A standard dictionary denes ageek as a scientically and techno-

logically advanced person with so-

cial shortcomings. However, after

perusing the college campus and

hopelessly begging passers-by for

an interview, I realized that a true

geek is the social techie the one

who will agree to be interviewed.

Meet Andrew Furze, the geek who

is not a geek by denition.[Oredigger] Whats your fa-

vorite thing about your major?

[Furze] Being able to take the

simplest building blocks and create

the code to do anything I want.

A homeless guy asks you a

math question. What do you do?

If its a math question I can an-

swer, Ill answer it.What do you like to do in your

free time?

Play Xbox Mess around on

my new computer, or just hang out

with my girlfriend.What type of computer?

A new one I built.How long did it take you to

build it?

Ive never done it before, so

probably an hour and a half. Mostly

because the manufacturer didnt

send me the screws I needed for

the motherboard.Call of Duty or World of War-

craft?

COD? Guess it depends which

one.

Rima Baliga

Staff Writer

Geek Weekofthe

...Andrew Furze, Junior, Computer ScienceWhich COD is your favorite?

Modern Warfare 2.Whats your favorite pick-up

line, preferably nerdy?Hey baby, Id like to lie tangent

to your curves.

Do you have any interesting

nicknames?

My old roommate calls me The

Furze. I dont know why be-

cause he decided to. My middle

school gym teacher, who cant

read, called me Furooze the rst

day of class.

What is your favorite nerdy

joke?

A physicist, a chemist, and a

mathematician are stuck on a des-ert island. They have an unlimited

supply of canned food but no way

to open the cans. The physicist

decides he can climb up a palm

tree and drop coconuts off it to hit

with enough force to open a can.

The chemist thinks he can create

an acid to eat through the metal to

open the cans. The mathematician

says assume a can opener.

Andrew Furze enjoys working on and building computers

and play Xbox games.

RIMA BALIGA / OREDIGGER

Ramen noodles has long been

known as a staple in the diets

of college students. Although

it comes in a variety of avors,

sometimes cooking it with some-

thing other than the seasoning

provided can make for a fantastic

microwave meal. With just a fewingredients, any package of ramen

can be made into a dish resem-

bling the delicious pad Thai.

Ingredients:

1 ramen noodle package (any

avor)

1 tablespoon peanut butter

teaspoon onion powder

teaspoon garlic powder

Ridiculouslyeasy Thai ramenCarmella Caltagirone

Staff Writer

1 teaspoon soy sauce

Sriracha hot chili sauce to taste

To start, cook the noodles in

the microwave according to the

directions on the package. Once

noodles are soft, break them up

and drain the excess water (how

much water you drain depends on

how thin you want the sauce to

be).

While the noodles are still hot,add and stir the peanut butter until

melted and follow with onion pow-

der, garlic powder, and soy sauce.

Start with teaspoon of hot chili

sauce, mix it all together and taste

to determine if more hot sauce is

desired. Now the ordinary ramen

package is transformed into a

plate of delicious Thai noodles!

CARMELLA CALTAGIRONE / OREDIGGER

This easy Thai dish only requires fve ingredients.

At Mines, it is not uncommon

to get lost in the world of the engi-neering. However, the presence of

English classes is certainly alive and

well. One of the reasons is Shira

Richman, a Teaching Assistant Pro-

fessor in LAIS, who advocates and

inspires the writing spirit within her

classroom.

But for Richman, a career in edu-

cation was the last path she wanted

to choose. My whole family told me

I was going to be a teacher, and I

rebelled against that for a while. In

this rebellion, Richman worked a va-

riety of jobs around the globe rang-

ing from an environmental agency

in India to social work in an Isreali

kibbutz. She has even tried her

hand at commercial shing up north

in Alaska. But recently, Richmanstravels have brought her to Golden

where she has spent the last three

years teaching at Mines. And even

though she tried to avoid the educa-

tion career, Richman truly enjoys her

job. I feel like [through teaching] I

have a lot of say on how I do things,

and I am doing something positive.

Teaching gives me a way to engage

in deep thinking and push [my stu-

dents] to do the same.

In an attempt to help her stu-

dents grow, Richman has extended

her campus presence beyond the

curricular. Richman is currently the

faculty advisor to the Board and

Gaming Club and the new Pho-

tography and Sketching Club as

An incurable caseof wanderlustLuke McPherson

Staff Writer

well.

As a result of her experiences,

Richman encourages her students

to reach for the diversity that she

has exemplied and to think outsidethe box. The students that excel

are the ones that make unusual

connections and have genuine in-

terests in the views of others. Also,

maybe you shouldnt work quite so

hard all the time. Get distracted ev-

ery once in a while!

Richman loves teaching, but is

a true creative writer at heart. When

she is not on campus, she can of-

ten be found immersing herself in a

good book or letting her imagina-

tion ow through creative writing.

Currently, Richman is working on

writing her own novel, a short story

that has ballooned into a grandiose

project.

Unfortunately for the Mines

community, this year will be Rich-mans last. Due to the state of her

husbands career, the couple will be

travelling across the Atlantic as they

move to Germany. I am very sorry

to leave this job because I love to

teach here, Richman said. Stu-

dents here are so smart and they

really try to understand how things

work. This is my favorite job I have

had, but I have an incurable case of

wanderlust. But as Richmans days

in Golden are coming to a close,

she will be living out the words of

one of her favorite authors, Johann

Wolfgang von Goethe, Whatever

you can do or dream you can, begin

it. Boldness has genius, power, and

magic in it.

Beirut proves themselvesunpredictably endearingLucy Orsi

Staff Writer

Beirut doesnt make a lot of

sense in todays indie scene. They

dont t into the electronic synth

style pop music or the acoustic

melancholy music or even the re-

ned garage band punk. In fact,when I tried to think of bands

that Beirut reminded me of, I was

stumped.

I could only think of a region

that Beirut made me think of, and

that was Eastern Europe. Still,

despite the fact that of all the

random instruments Beirut mixes

into their music, neither an elec-

tric nor an acoustic makes the

lineup, Beirut has found their own

niche in todays music scene.

Wednesday nights concert at the

Fillmore in downtown Denver was

evidence of exactly that.

The concert started off with

opening act Laetitia Sadier. While

her calm and understated stage

presence was charming, most ofthe audience couldnt be both-

ered to pay attention to a setlist

for which 50% of the songs were

in French.

Despite some invitations to

be quiet from Mrs. Sadier, the

audience continued to chatter on

until Beirut came on; I cant really

blame them. Her performance

seemed more suited to a coffee

house than a concert hall.

Beirut opened with a perfor-

mance of Scenic World that im-

mediately lassoed the attention

of the previously otherwise occu-

pied crowd.

Although Beiruts Eastern Eu-

ropean folk music isnt exactly

dancing music, that didnt matter

on Wednesday night as the audi-

ence swayed to the rhythm of the

accordion.

I can

not accu-

rately put

into words

the breath-

taking mo-

ments during

which Zach-

ary Condon

s t o p p e d

singing and

picked up

his trumpet

or ukelele to

play the pure

i n s t r u m en -

tal parts ofsongs. As the band played, we

couldnt help but be caught up in

the music.

It is a rare thing in todays mu-

sic world for a band to be trade-

marked by anything but the lead

singers voice, and while Con-

dons voice is a key component

to Beiruts sound, it is their in-

strumentals that really make this

band unique. I had heard these

parts on songs, but had never

truly appreciated them until I was

literally enveloped by the sounds

of trumpets and trombones.

There is richness and fullness

to this that a recording just cant

capture, not to mention the ma-

jestic image of Condon playing his

trumpet in unison with lead trum-

pet/french horn player Kelly Pratt

(who, interestingly enough, also

plays for Ar-

cade Fire)

or of Perrin

Cloutier per-

forming an

a c c o r d i o n

solo.

H i g h -

lights of the

night include

s t u n n i n g

performanc-

es of Post-

cards from

Italy and

Cherbourg

during theregular set and The Gulag Orke-

star during the second encore,

which featured an impressive

Tuba solo from Ben Lanz. While

Beirut may not be following any of

the trends of modern music, they

have made themselves welcome

in the music scene today by en-

dearing themselves to crowds

with their rich instrumentals and

the soft voice of Zachary Condon.

It is a rare thing in todays

music world for a band to be

trademarked by anything but

the lead singers voice, and

while Condons voice is a key

component to Beiruts sound,

it is their instrumentals that

really make this band unique.


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w w w . O R E D

After battling to the nal pos-session in close games for thepast two weeks, the Orediggersregained their passing domi-nance and erased any concernabout a third straight down-to-the-wire game as they cruisedpast Fort Lewis College 38-11 onHomecoming weekend at Camp-bell Field.

Mines dominated nearly everystatistical category, gaining 511

yards of total offense en routeto their victory. Clay Garcia, oneweek after passing for less than200 yards for only the secondtime in his career, responded byslicing up the Fort Lewis defensefor 353 yards. On the day, Garciacompleted 79.5% of his passesand tossed only eight incomple-tions in his three quarters of play.

The game started slowly forboth teams, as neither was ableto crack the scoreboard until latein the rst quarter, when Garciafound redshirt freshman DiamondGillis wide open in the corner ofthe endzone to give the Oredig-gers a lead they would not relin-quish. Mines continued to build

on that lead, scoring their thirdstraight touchdown on a 54 yardbomb to Jerrod Doucet, puttingCSM ahead 21-0 just before thehalf.

Fort Lewis nally cracked thescoreboard after the Skyhawksrecovered a Dan Palmer fumbledeep in Oredigger territory andkicked a last second eld goalto close the gap to 21-3 at the

break.On their rst drive of the sec-

ond half, Fort Lewis fed off oftheir momentum and methodi-cally drove down the eld for aquick touchdown. The Skyhawksthreatened to make the gamecompetitive after a successful twopoint conversion put the scorewithin 10, at 21-11. That was theclosest Fort Lewis ever came asthe remainder of the second halfwas dominated on both sides ofthe ball by the Orediggers.

Mines added two more touch-down passes and a 42 yard eldgoal from Colin Baker to bring thenal score to 38-11. In the lasttwo weeks, Fort Lewis has beenoutscored 85-11 and has yet towin an RMAC game.

The underlying story of thegame may have been the use ofbackup quarterback Matt Brownas a wide receiver. It was Brownssecond game as a wide out, andin the two contests, he has caught14 passes for 178 yards and ledthe team with three touchdowns.On Saturday, Brown caught twotouchdown passes and nearlyhad a third as Mines Broncos-in-spired decision began to pay off.

Junior Dan Palmer led theOrediggers in the running gamewith 57 yards on 13 carries.Freshman Tevin Champagne,in just his second semester atMines, averaged 6.1 yards percarry, gaining 49 yards on 8 car-ries.

In receiving, David Pawalekled all players with 102 yards,Brown nished with 91 yards andtwo touchdowns, Doucet added

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Content Manager71 yards and a touchdown, andGillis had 55 yards with a touch-down.

Defensively, Mines was suffo-cating, apart from the third quar-ter touchdown drive by the Sky-hawks. In 11 drives, the Minesdefense forced ve punts, forcedtwo turnovers, and stopped theSkyhawks on two fourth downconversions.

Jerrad McKay and Josh Ruffled Mines with seven tackleseach while Alex Vigil and TylerDenson each added six. On FortLewis rst drive, defensive backBumni Adetutu delivered a bone-crunching hit that forced a fumbleand halted a long Skyhawk drive.Later in the third, safety RyanWood earned Mines other turn-over, diving out of bounds for aninterception.

Mines also continues to havea solid season in the specialteams department. PlacekickerColin Baker converted easily ona 42 yard eld goal and made allve of his point-after attempts.Kickoff specialist Russell Barriosperformed well on kickoffs, buthis most impressive feat was histwo punts for 105 yards, replac-ing starting punter Taylor Accardi.

The win moved CSM to 4-1overall, 3-1 in the RMAC. FortLewis dropped to 1-4, 0-3 in theRMAC. The Orediggers continuetheir season at CSU-Pueblo Oc-tober 6 at 6:00 PM at the Netaand Eddie Derose Thunderbowl.

The game is the NCAA Division IIgame of the week and will be na-tionally televised on CBS CollegeSports Network.

Bunmi Adetutu (#2) holds Ft. Lewis to a 0-yd punt return in the rst q

Diamond Gillis (#10) makes a 16-yard reception for an Oredigger touc

Fans exclaim M-I-N-E-S! during the ght song.

Participants and staff celebrate with Marvin after the halftime relay race.

Hunter Dunham is crowned the 2011 Homecoming Beast. Not pictured,

Megan Gift was crowned the 2011 Homecoming Queen.


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Hot wings, tears, and milk were

all abundant at this years facultyhot wing eating contest organizedby Up Til Dawn, a CSM studentgroup that raises money for St.Jude Childrens Research Hospi-tal. St. Jude advances cures andmeans of prevention for pediat-ric catastrophic diseases such ascancer using research and treat-ment. Their one guiding principleis that no child is denied treatmentbased on race, religion, or a fam-ilys ability to pay.

Up Tll Dawn raised moneythrough this event by placing do-nation jars in the ofces of eachcompeting department. For every$10 donated, one regular hot wingwas replaced by a blazing wing

during the competition. The morestudents donated, the more paintheir professors suffered through.Six different departments compet-ed - Chemistry, Mathematics andComputer Science, Engineering,Residence Life, Mining Engineer-ing, and Student Activities. Eachwas given thirty hot wings and al-lowed three faculty members toeat all of them as quickly as pos-

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PROFS POUND DOWN WINGSsible. Whichever team nished all30 rst was declared the winner.

The initial leader was the En-gineering Department. They were

able to devour 8 wings in the timeit took the others to eat 4, butthe heat hit them and they werebogged down. Towards the end,it became a competition betweenthe Chemistry and Math and Com-puter Science departments. In theend, the Math and Computer Sci-ence professors were able to han-dle the heat and proved that withrespect to hot wings, math andcomputer science is greater thanchemistry.

Upon completion of the com-petition, the competitors couldonly focus on drinking their milk.Resident Assistant Elizabeth Pet-tinger said, It was death, but in agood way. She also added that,

Milk is like heaven.This event combined the hilar-

ity of faculty coping with extremelyhot food with an important chari-table fundraiser. Over $500 wasraised for St. Jude this year, andall the students who witnessed itenjoyed quite a show. Dr. RobertRacicot best summed up the ex-perience for all participants, It wasbleeping hot.

Will Parker

Assistant Design Editor

arter.

down.Marvin pumps up the crowds lining Washington Street. The Mines band marches to the ght song.

The Engineering Department competes in Up Til Dawns annual wing eating contest.

Sororities, fraternities, and clubs competed in a oat competition during the parade.

ALL PHOTOS STEVEN WOOLDRIDGE / OREDIGGER


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s p o r t s october 3, 2011page 8


This was a wild weekend in col-

lege football, with conference play

beginning in earnest and a choice

selection of excellent match-ups.

Contenders were exposed, heavy-

weights dominated, and many

teams nally displayed their true

colors after starting out against

weak competition.

Alabama achieved an impres-

sive road win to hold up to LSUs

early triumphs, while Oklahoma

continued its early warm-up run.

Boise State took out its frustrations

from last season against Nevada,

while Ohio State and TCU fell fur-

ther from national relevance.

The SEC East descended into

chaos, while the Big Ten hierarchy

became much clearer. Most major

conferences now have a dominant

front-runner or two, followed by a

thoroughly muddled middle of the

standings. Though the ultimate re-

sults are uncertain, the season will

certainly be exciting.

After this weekend, only fteen

of the 120 top-division teams re-

main undefeated. About one-third

of these teams reside in the former

Big 12, where schedule stufng

has resulted in a barrage of early

victories against unimpressive op-

ponents.

Seven unbeaten teams fell this

weekend, including two losers of

unbeaten-on-unbeaten games in

the Big 12. Here is the prognosis

going forward for these rst-time

losers and advice on whether their

supporters should panic yet.

Iowa State Cyclones: Yes,

somehow, ISU won their rst three

games, including a dramatic upset

of rival Iowa. Still, it was no real sur-

prise when Texas stampeded the

Cyclones. No need to panic, as a

bowl game is still well within reach.

Baylor Bears: This was a bad

weekend for Baylor, which lost in

heartbreaking fashion at Kansas

State, while their earlier marquee

win over TCU lost much of its

impressiveness when the Frogs

bowed out at home against SMU.

That shiny new national ranking is

likely gone for good, as the sched-

ules difculty increases dramatical-

ly from here. For those who were

dreaming of a conference title, it is

past time to panic.

South Florida Bulls: USF

opened the season strong, but got

buzz-sawed in the second half at

Pitt. The Big East is now devoid of

unbeaten teams, and the title race

has been thrown wide open. The

Bulls are still in it, however, as Pitts

inconsistency this season means

that they will be hard-pressed to

hold the lead in a title race. Time to

worry, but not yet to panic.

South Carolina Gamecocks:

A disappointing loss to Auburn

means that Carolinas good luck is

souring.

After a series of dramatic victo-

ries and dominating performanc-

es by RB Marcus Lattimore, the

Gamecock offense nally stalled

out in a ood of Stephen Garcia

interceptions. The Gamecocks are

muddled in a four-way deadlock in

the loss column for the SEC East

lead. However, it seems probable

that Auburn, the fourth-best side in

the West, is better than any East

team this season. Carolina is still

very much in the title hunt. Dont

James Kergosien

Staff Writer

Now that school is into full

swing here at Mines, so are the

Intramural and Club Sports Pro-

grams. Many of the clubs here at

Mines have already had at least

one game, with the rest having

games right around the corner.

The Mens Lacrosse team,

coming off of their rst win ofthe year against Regis University

(Mines: 15, Regis: 7), will be host-

ing the Mens Fall Brawl Lacrosse

Tournament. The

tournament will be

on the Athletic De-

partment Turf Field

next to Brooks Field

on 12th Street on

Saturday, October

8 from 9 A.M. to 5

P.M. Head Coach

Ryan Wallace says

I am already very

impressed with our

new group of athletes this year.

We have some fast, physical mid-

elders joining us that, combined

with a very talented attach pack,should make for some fast, ex-

citing, run-and-gun lacrosse this

year!

The teams at the tournament

will be UNC, Wyoming, Fort

Lewis, Western State, and CSU-

Pueblo, with the toughest game

of the day being against UNC. A

schedule of the days events can

be found at http://inside.mines.

edu/REC-Club-Sports-Lacrosse.

panic yet.

Florida Gators: The main reason

that Carolinas prospects are still

positive is that Florida was disman-

tled by the Crimson Tide. UF was

outscored 38-3, and quarterback

John Brantley suffered a potential

season-ending knee injury, cour-

tesy of the Tides NFL-caliber de-

fensive line. The Gators schedule

has them staring down the barrel

of three probable losses in a row

(at LSU, at Auburn, vs. Georgia).

Panic, and panic hard.

Nebraska Cornhuskers: Wis-

consin threw the Huskers a rude

welcome to the Big Ten, with a

dominant 31-point demolition in

Madison. Nebraska is clearly a long

way from the Big Ten elite, and with

unbeaten challenger Michigan im-

proving each week, the Huskers

will be hard pressed to make it to

the inaugural conference title game

at Soldier Field this December.

Time to panic in Big Red country.

Virginia Tech Hokies: Clem-

son continued its out-of-nowhere

run, beating down the Hokies in

Blacksburg. Tech looked some-

what shaky in its warm-up games,

so this is not entirely unexpected.

Tech still controls its own destiny

in the ACC, with a late-season

game against Georgia Tech loom-

ing large. However, nobody seri-

ously expected greatness from

these Hokies, so there is no need

to panic yet.

Game Picks for Week 6:

Texas by 3 vs. Oklahoma

(Upset Special!)

LSU by 20 vs. Florida

Arkansas by 4 vs. Auburn

Stanford by 17 vs. CU

Nebraska by 14 vs. Ohio State

Sunday October 9, the Mens La-

crosse Team will be having their

annual Alumni Game at 4:00 P.M.

on the turf elds .

The Ice Hockey team will be

down in Colorado Springs at the

World Ice Arena on October 7at

9:15 P.M. to play UCCS. The Ice

Hockey team will be in Arvada,

CO at the APEX Ice Arena on

October 8 to play UCCS again,

starting at 8:30 P.M. The Womens Volleyball Team

is pleased to announce that they

will be forming two teams this

year, due to the

large number of

girls that tried out!

Their rst tourna-

ment will be on

October 9, loca-

tion TBA. The next

tournament will be

on October 23,

with the location

TBA again. Please

visit their website

at http://inside.mines.edu/REC-

Club-Sports-Women-Volleyball

for more information!

The Womens Lacrosse Teamwill be participating in their rst

play day on October 8 at the Air

Force Academy, with games at

10:00 A.M. and 12:00 P.M. They

will also have a game against Uni-

versity of Denver on October 22

at the University of Denver.

Please go to http://recsports.

mines.edu/REC-Club-Sports to

nd out more about the all of the

different club sports!

Football Informant:

This week the Colorado School

of Mines volleyball continued the

winning streak they began last

Friday by defeating University of

Nebraska Kearney. They improved

their record to 11-5 (5-2 RMAC).

Tuesday night the Lady Oredig-gers faced University of Colorado,

Colorado Springs, winning 3-2.

The rst game was won, 25-20.

Mines played well earning a .440

hitting percentage. They took the

lead early on 8-1 and maintained

that lead for the entire game, not

allowing UCCS to come closer

than four points the rest of the

game.

The second game proved to be

a close loss for Mines. The ladies

had 12 kills with 12 attack errors,

giving them a .000 hitting percent-

age. The errors made by CSM kept

the game close, allowing UCCS to

win 22-25.

After a bad loss the lady Oredig-

gers came back for a win in thethird game. They greatly improved

their blocks and were able to keep

UCCS to a .000 hitting percentage.

Mines took the lead early on with a

stuff by #10 Amanda Massey and

#7 Holly Hutchinson, bringing the

score to 4-3. Mines remained in

the lead the rest of the game, even

though they only earned a .172

hitting percentage. The game win-

ning kill was provided by Hutchin-

son, nishing off UCCS 25-21.

The next game started off poor-

ly for CSM, the ladies fell behind

0-6 and couldnt catch back up.

The lady Orediggers were out hit,

with UCCS racking up a .341 hit-

ting percentage, and Mines only

achieving a .257. In the end the

girls suffered a tough defeat losing

21-25.

For those who do not know,

the fth game of a volleyball match

only goes to 15 points. It is es-

sential to take the lead early on toensure victory. At the start of the

match both teams came out ght-

ing, but Mines was able to take the

lead 5-4. The next play the referees

seemed to have missed a call by

not calling four hits on CSM. The

UCCS coach threw his binder into

the bleachers, and the referee pre-

ceded to give him a yellow card.

After this the game remained close

until #11 Melanie Wannamaker

tipped the ball earning a kill, bring-

ing the score to 10-8. From here

the Orediggers nished the game

wining 15-9 with the game win-

ning kill made by Wannamaker.

This fth game gave the Oredig-

gers the match, defeating RMAC

rival UCCS. Speaking about thematch, and the teams prepara-

tion for Colorado Christian Univer-

sity, Head Coach Jamie Skadeland

said, We need to get back to de-

fense, once we gure that out it will

help offensively. Offense is where

our strength is at.

Four days later the CSM ladies

were back on the court facing

Colorado Christian University. Like

Skadeland said, the biggest thing

they needed to focus on was their

defense.

To start off the rst game, Mines

struggled signicantly with their

passing. They fell to 2-6 before

Skadeland called a time out. Skad-

eland rallied the team and put the

teams focus back in check. After

this timeout Mines was able to play

how they needed to and turned the

game around to 10-7. From here

on the lady Orediggers were able

to take advantage of all of CCUs

mistakes to win the game 25-18. The second game started off

with an ace by Massey. It remained

a close game until CSM began

pulling away at 12-11 with a kill by

Stabell. From here the lead was in-

creased to 19-13 and the

game was won 25-20.

Mines proved victorious

by acing CCU three times

during the game and tak-

ing advantage of every

point opportunity.

Stabell started off

game three of the se-

ries with a kill to put the

Orediggers in the lead.

Kills by Wannamaker,

Johnson, Hutchinson,

Padget-Shields, and Sta-bell brought the score to

10-3. The lady Oredig-

gers were shutting down

CCU on every play until

the Cougars mounted a

serious comeback that

resulted in a CSM timeout

at 23-20. Speaking about

the comeback Skadeland

said, There were er-

rors on our part, things

needed to be better.

Our ball control wasnt

good. However, the lady

Orediggers were able to

refocus and win the game 25-20.

The lady Orediggers struggled

this game, but were able to take

the win.

This next week they will be fac-

ing two tough opponents on the

road, Regis University on Friday

and Metro St. on Saturday. Both

teams are currently ranked higher

than Mines. Speaking about theupcoming matches Coach Skad-

eland said, We will have a tough

week of practice, watching a lot of

lm on both teams. They are ex-

tremely talented, but beatable.

Volleyball continues winning streak

The real college football season begins

Ace

When a serve directly results in

a point.

Dig

A pass by the defense, after a

serve or hit by the other team.

DumpAn attack by the setter, where

instead of setting the ball for a

hit, the drop it onto the oppos-

ing teams court.

Hitting Percentage

The effectiveness of a teams of-

fense, take the total amount of

kills, subtract the errors, and di-

vide by the number of attempts.

Pancake

When a player digs the ball by

diving at on the oor and hav-

ing the ball bounce off of their

extended, at hand.

Red Card

An ejection by the referee, re-moving the offending coach or

player for the rest of the match.

Stuff

A block where the ball is sent

back into the hitters face.

Tool

When a hitter spikes the ball into

the block and earns a point by

having it deect out of bounds.

Yellow Card

A warning by the referee for un-

sportsmanlike conduct.

VolleyballJargon

Club sports areoff and runningSydney Liming

Club Sports Council

Will Parker


#11 Wannamaker goes for the kill.

The Mens Lacrosse

team will be hosting

the Mens Fall Brawl

Lacrosse Tourna-

ment, Sunday

October 8.

KEVIN EMERY / OREDIGGER


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When most students get sick of

doing their homework, they want tohit their head on the nearest object

until they felt better. When senior

linebacker Alex Vigil wants to vent

his academic frustration, he can

hurl his 61, 215 lb at the opposing

quarterback. Vigil, a fth-year senior

and team captain, has watched

and helped guide the football team

as the Orediggers have risen from a

squad that went 7-5 in his rst year

to one that has won 21 of its last 25

games and advanced to the NCAA

Division II tournament in 2010.

Over the past three years, Vigil

has played in 37 of 39 games,

missing only two games due to in-

juries. In 2010, Vigil led the RMAC

in fumble recoveries where he was

sixth in the nation among all DivisionII athletes. As a junior in 2009, he

led the RMAC in solo tackles with

45. He has been named the CSM

newcomer of the year and award-

ed First Team All-RMAC, Second

Team All-RMAC, and Preseason

All-RMAC honors.

Amidst all the statistical accom-

plishments, though, Vigils main

contribution is his intangible ability

to make a play when the pressure

is on. When the game is on the line

or during a critical down, Vigil has a

knack for being in the right place at

... Alex Vigil, Senior, Petroleum engineering: Football

Athlete Weekof

the

Trevor Crane

Content Managerthe right time and coming up with a

big play in the clutch. His leadership

and hard work has helped to guide

the Orediggers as they ght to de-

fend their RMAC title. For his suc-cesses, and perseverance through-

out his career as an Oredigger, Vigil

is this weeks Athlete of the Week.[Oredigger] Why did you

come to Mines?

[Vigil] Mines offers a different op-

portunity than other schools. Its a

great school and its a great edu-

cation. I wanted to go somewhere

where I could have more than just

football.How did you start playing

football and how did you end up

playing defense?

Ive played since I was eight. I

played other sports, but really liked

football. My older brother told me

that if I wanted to be tough, I should

play football.I just like playing defense. On

defense, I guess I just like hitting

people. And I liked how they always

say that defense wins champion-

ships.How is playing as a senior

different than other years?

Its kind of mix of happy and sad

emotions. I have some of my best

friends on the team, but I denitely

wont miss the morning runs or the

all-nighters doing homework.

Being a senior kind of gives you

a now or never mindset. As our

coach likes to say, you can play old-

man soccer or old-man softball, but

youll never be able to put on the

pads again.

What do you love about play-ing football?

Game day. Its kind of a relax

from people. You get to hit people

on Saturdays and take out some of

your frustration.What is your favorite play or

game-situation as a defender?

Probably fourth and short or

on third down when coach calls a

blitz. Its an all-out mindset. As an

outside linebacker, my favorite thing

is to blitz.

What has it been like to see

the program improve over your

career?

Its great to start to build a tra-

dition at this school where people

expect to win and expect to beat

certain teams and be a nationalcontender each year.

What has Mines taught you

over your ve years?

Everyone talks about how tough

Mines is, but no one really knows

what its like until they go here. It

denitely forces you to learn time

management and skills that you

dont get anywhere else.What are your favorite NFL

and NCAA football teams?

I still like CU even though they

dont win very much. And the [Den-

ver] Broncos, I have to go stay with

Alex Vigil puts pressure on the quarterback in their game

against New Mexico highlands.

STEVEN WOOLDRIDGE / OREDIGGER

All eyes were on the CSM soc-

cer complex Friday night as the

20th-ranked Oredigger mens team

hosted second-ranked Fort Lewis

College in a crucial Rocky Moun-

tain Athletic Conference match be-

tween bitter rivals. The game was

hotly contested, played with the

fury and determination one would

expect from a conference rivalry.

A rowdy crowd was on hand, in-

cluding a large contingent from Du-

rango supporting the visiting Sky-

hawks. Unfortunately, the visitors

pulled away late for a 4-1 victory

over the Orediggers.

In the opening minutes, the

Skyhawks were dominant, and

only luck and superb defense on

Mines part limited the early dam-

age to a single goal. The goal,

scored by striker Artur Piperkov

ten minutes into the rst half, came

after a masterful joint drive passing

display deep inside the Orediggers

end of the eld. Mines settled in af-

ter this early setback, and the mid-

eld gained control of possession

for much of the remainder of the

rst half, largely keeping the ball

away from the Mines defense.

Although Mines strikers did not

pull off any runs through the Sky-

hawk defense, it was not for lack

of effort, and the aggressive, hard-

charging Mines offense paid divi-

dends late in the rst half. Following

a desperate Skyhawk foul to stop a

serious charge at the goal, Mines

midelder Alex Nass coolly netted

a goal off of a free kick from about

thirty yards. Several Mines strikers

crashed the goal in order to dis-

tract the Skyhawk goalkeeper, who

Mines soccer falls to Ft. Lewismissed what should have been aroutine save. The game was tied,

the crowd was on its feet, and the

momentum temporarily shifted.

The second half opened with

a series of missed opportunities

for both sides, as a combination

of spectacular saves and narrow

misses perpetuated the dead-

locked score. This was a very

physical half, with a number of yel-

low cards on both sides. Fort Lew-

is continued to wear at the Mines

defense, applying more and more

pressure as the half progressed.

Finally, the dam broke as Johannes

Sander netted a header off of a

corner kick in the 64th minute. Fort

Lewis unleashed all of its repower

in the nal half hour, scoring two

more goals to complete a regular

season sweep of the Orediggers,

4-1. It was an exciting game, but

the Orediggers seemed outgunned

from the start against one of the

elite Division II teams.

Sept 25:

Mens Soccer- Metro St. 2,

#11 CSM 1 OT - Sean Helster

scored his rst goal of the yearon a header from an Alex Nass

free kick with less than two

minutes left to play, forcing an

overtime. Goalkeeper Manville

Strand made an impressive 10

saves as Mines fell four minutes

into the extra session.

Sept 27:

Volleyball - CSM 3, UCCS

2 - Jackie Stabell nished with

a match-high 17 kills as the

Orediggers outlasted the Moun-

tain Lions in ve sets. Melanie

Wannamaker added 15 kills and

Sam Johnson had 13 in the win.

Amanda Massey nished with

47 assists and Hannah Mar-

gheim led CSM with 17 digs.

Sept 30:

Mens Soccer - #2 Ft. Lewis

4, #20 CSM 1 - Alex Nass scored

his third goal of the season on a

free kick in the 31st minute to tie

the game at 1, heading into half-

time. Tesho Akindele and Baski

Baker each had shots on goal,

the home team.What has been your least fa-

vorite class?

Oh, freshman chemistry. That

class was crazy. Every test we hadwas like, a 40% average.

What is your favorite part

about the football team?

Football is kind of its own frat.

Every Saturday, everyone is in the

same place, and were all doing the

same thing. When were freshman,

our coach tells us to Look around,

these will be your best friends in

life.

As a senior what advicewould you give incoming stu-

dents?

A lot of kids quit, but even when

its tough, its worth it. Stick with it,

cause these will be some of the

best times of your life.

but the Orediggers were over-

powered 3-0 in the second half

by 2nd-ranked Ft. Lewis.

Womens Soccer - #20 CSM

1, UNK 1 2OT - A late goal in

the 87th minute by Anna Evans,

her seventh of the season, tied

the game at 1-1. Amy Hegarty

made three saves as neither

team scored in either of the ex-

tra sessions.

Oct 1:

Volleyball - CSM 3, CCU 0 -

Jackie Stabell led Mines with 14

Kills, Anna Padget-Shields had

9 and Holly Hutchison had 8 as

Mines cruised to the three set

win. Sam Johnson had 13 digs

and Amanda Massey added 32

assists as CSM won their fth

straight match improving to 5-2

in conference play.

Football - CSM 38, Ft. Lewis

11 - Clay Garcia threw for ve

touchdowns and 353 yards,

and four different Orediggers

scored touchdowns as Mines

cruised past Ft. Lewis 38-11.

Backup QB Matt Brown caught

two touchdown passes and Jer-

rod Doucet added another in the

win. Defensively, Ryan Wood

picked up his second intercep-

tion of the season.

Trevor Crane

Content Manager

This week inMines sportsVolleyball, football and menssoccer games

KEVIN EMORY / OREDIGGER

James Kergosien

Staff Writer

Alex Gunberg holds off Fort Lewis during Friday nights

game.


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Ian Mertz

Staff Writer

Great inventions

Minds at MinesUnequal taxation is slavery.

This statement is not self-evident,and thus the terms in it need tobe dened in order to preventmisunderstandings. Taxationis the government requiring itscitizens to pay it a portion of themoney they earn. Inequality is thegovernment treating two citizensdifferently. Slavery is one personor entity forcibly taking anotherpersons time away from them.Unequal taxation is the govern-ment requiring one citizen to paya higher percentage of their in-come than another.

A persons income is rep-resentative of their time. Theyearn money when they use theirtime to provide either a product

or a service for someone else. That other person gives themmoney because he or she valuesthat product or service. In otherwords, a person trades their timefor money, and money in turn rep-resents the time they have spent.

When the government taxes aperson, they are taxing his or hertime. When a citizens income taxis 15%, the government is tak-ing 15% of his or her time. Thisis a perfectly legitimate role of thegovernment, as the governmentprovides services for its citizens

and in return the citizens mustfund the government. As long asthe taxation is equal for everyone,the government has not commit-

ted an immoral act. However, iftaxation is made unequal, it is nodifferent than slavery.

Here is an example of this.Person A made $10,000 in a yearand person B made $11,000 ina year. The government taxedperson A $1,000 and personB $2,000. Both had the sameamount of mon-ey after taxes,$9,000, but per-son A was taxedat 10% and per-son B was taxedat 18.18%. Thegovernment re-quired 8.18%more money from

person B, andthus required 8.18% more of theirtime. This works in reverse aswell. If person A and B were bothtaxed $1,000, person A wouldbe paying an extra 0.91%, orbe required to spend that muchmore of their time working for thegovernment. In both scenarios,the person paying the higher per-centage is being taxed unfairly.When the government asks ataxpayer to devote more time tothe government, it takes awayfrom that taxpayers time without

This years stone-age-themed homecoming was named Re-inventingthe Wheel. This title is a great way to describe homecoming, but a pooridea in practice. The wheel essentially has no aws, and has been in usefor thousands of years, making it perhaps the greatest invention of alltime. There are of course many other great inventions, which is why thisweek, Minds at Mines asks, What is the greatest invention of all timeand why?

Velcro. It is just brilliant. You can use itfor anything from sky diving to scuba diving.

Ross Peters

Linux. It is a free operating system thatanyone can use, and it has many implementa-tions in our daily life. Linux is software, whichmakes it different from other inventions.

John Reberry

Transistors, because they are whatmake computers work. They can beswitches or ampliers, and are a key toglobal communications.

Chris Marchbanks

Sliced bread. As an invention to which manyothers are compared, it has to be among the

greatest. Not many inventions can be the greatestsince themselves.

Derek Witte

The Material Transporting Carapace (a.k.abackpack.) Before these were invented, peoplehad to carry books and papers with theirhands. Who wants to do that?

Thomas Brown

Editorials Policy

The Oredigger is a designated public forum. Edi-

tors have the authority to make all content deci-

sions without censorship or advance approvaland may edit submitted pieces for length so long

as the original meaning of the piece is unchanged.

Opinions contained within the Opinion Section donot necessarily reect those of Colorado School of

Mines or The Oredigger. The Oredigger does not

accept submissions without identication and willconsider all requests for anonymity in publication

on a case-by-case basis. Submissions less than

300 words will receive preference.

ALL PHOTOS IAN MERTZ / OREDIGGER

To Whom It May Concern,I would like to ask that the

Oredigger apply a stronger handin examining the pieces that arepublished by its writers, and holdwriters to a higher standard ofreporting. I reference the storyObamas optimism not enoughto bring jobs in the Sept 19th is-sue. Your writer Will Parker statesBut one must consider that manyof these people own Limited Li-ability Companies (LLCs), An LLC

is a pass-through-entity, meaningthat the LLCs income is reportedon the owners tax return and theowner of the LLC is taxed not justfor their personal prot but alsotheir businesss prot.

This means that a businessowner who takes home $200,000a year may have a reported in-come of over a million a year be-cause of their businesss prot.

The majority of that prot they

spend by reinvesting in the com-pany, thus creating more jobs, butthey are taxed for the entire thing.

Lets apply a simple logictest to the writers statementthat they pay income taxes onover $1,000,000 but only earn$200,000. According to http://www.moneychimp.com/features/tax_brackets.htm an income of$1,000,000 would generate anincome tax payment of $327,314,far said persons $200,000 in-

come.So, according to your staff writ-

er, that person is taking out a loanof $127,314 every year to pay offhis or her income tax. And thatwould be on the low side as yourwriter said over a million a yearand I used only $1,000,000 as anexample. Clearly this throws alarge wrench in the writers claimsand theories and I would sincere-ly wish that a claim so blatantly

wrong would be noticed and thewriter would be required to pro-vide more information or sourcesto back up his claim and supporthis story.

I would hope that the Oredig-ger Newspaper, being an entityof the Colorado School of Mines,would conduct itself in a manorreecting our schools scienticand academic background andnot print such groundless claimswhich can not stand up to a sim-

ple common sense test.Perhaps you could refer the

writer to the section of their re-search (they DID provide youresearch to back up their storyright?) which discusses deduc-tions and write-offs (where theperson would show that they re-invested the money back to thebusiness and thus not pay incometax on that portion).

Andrew Furze

Letter to the editor

Will Parker


Davids Math Problem of the Week

When there are two numbers x and y, such that x 1 and y1, does it follow that y^x isalways greater than x^y if x is greater than y?

y^x>x^y, x>y

Math Quote of the WeekPure mathematics is the world's best game. It is more absorbing than chess, more of a

gamble than poker, and lasts longer than Monopoly. It's free. It can be played

anywhere; Archimedes did it in a bathtub. -Richard J. Trudeau

Please submit your solution to this weeks problem to [email protected]

Answer to last weeks problem:

(1-1)+(1-1)+(1-1)=0. 1-(1-1)-(1-1)-(1-1)=1.

S=1-1+1-1, 1-S=1-(1-1+1-)=1-1+1-1, 1-S=S, S=1/2

necessarily offering proportionalremuneration. One persons timeis being forcibly taken and usedfor another.

This unequal taxation is akin toslavery. A citizens time is beingforcibly taken from them not forservices they use, but rather forsomeone else. Additionally, taxesare mandatory. The IRS is a pow-erful force and if a person refusesto pay, they will be arrested andthrown into jail. The government,

through unequaltaxation, forciblytakes peoplestime away fromthem and usesit for someoneelse. This wouldbe slavery ifperpetrated bya private indi-

vidual.If unequal taxation is slavery,then the only way for the govern-ment not to violate the fourteenthamendment is to equally tax itspopulous. The way this is doneis through a at tax. A at tax isa when the government taxes ev-eryone at the same percentage.Each citizen is then required togive the same proportion of theirtime to the government. This isthe only fair way to tax; other-wise, the government is continu-ing slavery.

Two guarantees in life:Death and taxes

A citizens time is be-

ing forcibly taken from

them not for services

they use, but rather for

someone else.


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In their latest effort to attract

more people of the female per-

suasion to Mines, the nancial aid

department has announced sev-

eral new grants and scholarships

targeted at women. These new

scholarships have one limitation,

and it is one that many men will nd

annoying. Simply put, you need a

set of ovaries. While some men atthis prestigious school would see

this as an opportunity, most would

rather the nancial aid department

just be more lenient.

The woman responsible for the

new scholarships (and the limita-

tions on those scholarships), Gla-

dos Nazzin, is calling the new ef-

forts the No-Girl-Left-Behind act,

symbolizing her goal of having all

women attend Mines. The side ef-

fects of this new act by the nancial

aid department are perhaps more

profound than Nazzin rst an-

ticipated. The most important and

medically serious side effect will be

the vast number of men seeking a

set of ovaries for implantation. Ini-

tially this seems like a terrible idea,and does not make any sense to

the engineering mind. If you take

the time, however, you too will see

the logic. In todays world of eco-

nomic instability and high jobless-

ness rates, men have been driven

to do unseemly things. While hav-

ing a set of ovaries implanted in

your abdomen might seem a little

weird, with the rapidly rising cost

of school and the increasing dif-

culty in nding good paying jobs,

it has become the go-to solution

for many mewomen (pronounced

meh-wo-men, this is a new term

coined by the medical community

to describe those who have optedfor the ovaries implant).

How does this operation help

men pay for school? Quite simply,

having a set of ovaries allows you

to call yourself a woman, whether

you look like one or not. If you can

convince the nancial aid depart-

ment of the Colorado School of

Mines that you are a woman, they

will allow you to apply for these new

scholarships. Because real women

also apply for and often get the

same scholarships as men, they

dont need the special scholarships

that only apply to them, so that

money is available to mewomen.

When asked about these new

measures, one student was opti-

mistic. Frankly, Im excited aboutthe opportunities. Being a man

but also qualifying for sex-specic

scholarships and grants, this is

fantastic. I really wish Mines would

Mines to instituteNo-girl-left-behindYeshua Gordlitzky

Non-Girl Dude

have moved to this sooner, its real-

ly great. This student chose to see

the bright side of the sex-specic

scholarships, but some were not so

happy about it. One student com-

mented that he felt discriminated

against... Honestly, I really feel that

Mines is being unfair. I mean, there

are no scholarships for just men,

why should there be scholarships

for just women? If you look at it,

most of the women here are smart-

er than the men, and a lot of timesthe scholarships are just based on

grades, so they get more of them

anyway.

Further study showed the dis-

gruntled student to be in the major-

ity, and many agreed that having

a set of ovaries implanted in our

abdomens just doesnt seem like a

good idea. Another student add-

ed, I just really dont want to have

all the same parts as my girlfriend.

Thats just weird. He continued,

At least we cant have real boobs.

Well, not yet, anyway.

Now that Mines has instituted

No-Girl-Left-Behind, men have

chosen to step up their game.

Rather than allow Mines to become

all about the girls, those of the malepersuasion have decided to keep

being nerdy and socially awkward,

to keep as many normal girls away

from here as possible.

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