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Ski movie All In a move in a modern direction at Backcountry Ski Club screening
This Friday, the Backcountry ski club is hosting their annual movie benefitting the Friends of Berthoud Pass. The film this year is Matchstick Production’s All In. The movie follows 8 different skiers as they ski across Utah, Alaska, British Columbia and more. All In is not quite like every other ski movie out there. Half…
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Satire: Pokémon Go wants to kill you
It was a clear but dark night when a freshman Pokémon Go enthusiast, who asked he be known as Jimbothy Morgan, was nearly killed because of the game he used to love. In an interview Morgan told me he was staring at his bright phone screen hunting animated Japanese animals with friends when he got…
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The battle for building space, and the importance of practical clubs
Mines is expanding and growing, and that’s good. We get an incredible education here, and to give that opportunity to more people is a fantastic thing. The problem with this, though, is that there’s limited space for all of these students. We’ve already seen this manifesting in the endless complaints about parking space, and once…
Filmmakers at Mines set to debut first feature length film
The filmmaker’s club at Mines is gearing up to release their first full-length film. This project began for a group of students a few years ago who came together to create a space where they could share their love of the process of filmmaking. The club grew from taking on smaller projects as it and…
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Daniel’s Book Club: The Sparrow
Starting a new book has a sense of beginning a new journey where you don’t know the trail. You get to explore a new place, a new story, and meet new people. Better yet, you can do it all from your house, curled up with a blanket and a cup of tea (I’d recommend a…
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2018 Horror-Scopes: Astro-logged by Bob the Astrologer
Scorpio: It is entirely possible I was wrong about this issue’s publish date in last issue’s horoscope. I, therefore, may have possibly ranted to you about not having a good time to write the Horror-scopes this year given the time problems. Whelp, guess I was wrong. Uh… surprise? Happy Halloween? Sagittarius: Your Halloween creature this…
The practical engineer’s guide to upcoming movies
Halloween It’s that time of year again. With the great spooky holiday just around the corner, the flood of horror films is in full swing. One of the most anticipated ones that has just dropped at the time of this issue is Halloween. If initial reviews are to be believed, horror buffs should be very…
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Young Mines volleyball team leads way in RMAC
The volleyball program at Mines has been all but a conference dynasty in recent years. The squad has made an NCAA tournament appearance every year since 2009, including five RMAC regular season titles, and two tournament titles. From the outside looking in, this season does not look too different: starting out 18-3 overall, only dropping…
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Athlete Spotlight: Johnny Haist
The Mines men’s soccer team is putting together an impressive season thus far, winning 13 of their first 14 games, staying undefeated (10-0) in conference play, and earning a top five national ranking for the first time in six years. The Orediggers have outscored their opponents 38 to 9 so far. Forward Johnny Haist has…
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Hitting the trails: A short guide on the best places to run from campus
Running is not only a great workout, but it is also a great way to release stress. Any runner you talk to could tell you about what is often referred to as a “runner’s high”. This is backed up by science too, according to a study published by Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise…