Dan Miller is the coordinator of Nature and Human Values in the Liberal Arts and International Studies department.
In "Why NHV contradicts principles" (The Oredigger 90.14), Kevin Barry charges that Nature and Human Values delivers such messages as "MONEY IS MORALITY" and "The moral thing to do is proceed [with resource depletion], business as usual." The online version of his editorial has this title: "Why NHV contradicts everything Mines stands for." Nothing could be further from the truth.
Like other students in NHV, Mr. Barry learned about difficult situations in which, for example, engineers' judgments are overridden by superiors, sometimes for economic reasons. From that he somehow concludes that NHV preaches that economics should trump ethics. Obviously, pointing out a reality is not the same as endorsing that reality. If I observe that traffic on I-70 is heavy, I am hardly saying that traffic on I-70 should be heavy.
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In "Why NHV contradicts principles" (The Oredigger 90.14), Kevin Barry charges that Nature and Human Values delivers such messages as "MONEY IS MORALITY" and "The moral thing to do is proceed [with resource depletion], business as usual." The online version of his editorial has this title: "Why NHV contradicts everything Mines stands for." Nothing could be further from the truth.
Like other students in NHV, Mr. Barry learned about difficult situations in which, for example, engineers' judgments are overridden by superiors, sometimes for economic reasons. From that he somehow concludes that NHV preaches that economics should trump ethics. Obviously, pointing out a reality is not the same as endorsing that reality. If I observe that traffic on I-70 is heavy, I am hardly saying that traffic on I-70 should be heavy.
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The building itself is named the Loveland building after its constructor, W.A.H Loveland. The Loveland building was, in fact, the original capitol building of the Colorado territory and held Colorado's first legislative sessions in 1866. A battle raged in Congress over the issue of the location of the state capitol; should it be Golden or Denver? Golden lost by a mere vote; a vote many believe was bought. Although the Loveland building lost out on the honor of becoming the capitol building, it still continued to play an important part in Golden's history.
The Colorado School of Mines's Center for Space Resources (CSR) is located in the General Research Labs building, but the center’s director, Dr. Abbud-Madrid, said its best to “think about the Center for Space Resources as CSM in space.” The CSR is a multidisciplinary research center focused on tackling the challenges facing space exploration today and in the future.
The Mines baseball team is looking to rebound in 2010 after a disappointing campaign in 2009. The '09 team went 10-37 overall, going 7-27 in the RMAC. The Orediggers are led by third-year head coach Jerrid Oates and will lean on a core group of six seniors, headed by 2009 All-RMAC selections Andrew Ryan (second team) and Nick Wong (third team), as well as 2010 Pre-Season All-RMAC selection Cory Ast.
