The Oredigger Issue 2 - October 7th, 2014

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Tuesday, September 16 foundnumerous students and residentsof the City of Golden gathering inthe Green Center. The event thatdrew everyone was a presentation

about the intersection between USHighway 6 and 19th Street. This isan intersection that is known for theinherent danger associated with it,for both cars, bicyclists and pedes-trians. In the meeting, the City ofGolden had six different areas with

presentations and people to talk toand ask questions of. These sec-tions isolated the different topics

that needed to be discussed in rela-tion to the upcoming changes to theintersection.

The first area was simply

an introduction to the idea ofwhy the intersection was be-ing changed and what peoplesconcerns are about it. Someof the main things that these

changes aim to fix are all ofthe danger issues associatedwith the intersection. There isa serious problem with peoplerunning red lights when drivingdown Highway 6. Drivers will zipright through them, with no carefor the other cars, bicyclists andpedestrians that they are put-ting in harms way. This is oneof the current leading causes ofaccidents at the intersection of19th and 6th. Another big prob-lem that residents had broughtup at previous meetings is themisunderstandings surroundingyellow flashing lights. No one is quite

sure what they mean so people doall sorts of things. Flashing yellow

lights mean proceed with cautionand they occur when pedestri-ans have the right of way to cross.

This means that when pedestriansare crossing, cars must stop but ifthere are no pedestrians then theyare free to turn. Many do not under-stand this so will behave erraticallywhich can be very dangerous forpedestrians. The dangers posed topedestrians and bikers where someof the things residents were mostconcerned about and those fearswere voiced at previous meetingsand helped to heavily influence the

proposed changes to the intersec-

6th Ave and 19th Street planning meetingJacqueline Feuerborn

Staff Writer

tion.The second section set up was

all about different ramp alternatives

that residents were asked to voteabout. There are two proposedramps that will he lp to filter traffi c

on and off of Highway 6. The first

option was a tucked on ramp to

Highway 6. This option had nu-merous advantages such as re-moving pedestrian crossing acrossroads, meaning anyone that usuallycrosses Highway 6 will no longerbe forced to wait at traffi c lights or

make a dangerous walk across thehighway. Some other advantagesincluded: reduced delays for peoplegoing onto 19th from the highway,reduced delays for people comingdown Lookout Mountain and turn-

ing left onto the highway, and nosignals on 19th Street. These are allexcellent advantages but the otheroption also had some high points

too. The second option for a pro-posed ramp was the on lid ramp toHighway 6. The advantages of thisoption included: the same improve-ments in delays for people comingdown Lookout Mountain and turn-ing left onto the highway, it reducesout of the way travel by 1250 feet,and there would be no changinglanes between the highway and ElmStreet. However, this option still haspedestrians crossing roads but it isthe less expensive option. So thepros and cons had to be weighedand peoples priorities determinedto help them choose between the

two options.Traffi c modeling dominated

the next section of the room. Thisinvolved several pictures show-ing the changes in the intersectionand where these will affect traffi c.

There was also two detailed videosthat demonstrated the traffi c flows

through the intersection. One videoshowed the traffi c flow in the morn-

ing and the other showed whatit would be like at rush hour. Bothdemonstrated that the new flow of

the intersection will definitely speed

up peoples commute throughGolden, as there will no longer bea set of lights that people are forcedto stop at. With this decrease in traf-fic congestion, that was caused by

the traffi c lights, there will, hopefully,

no longer be lines of traffi c that can

back all the way up to the Jefferson

County Municipal Building. This issomething that everyone is sure to

appreciate.Next in the line-up of informa-

tion areas was the Lid Alternativesand Aesthetics section. This areawas focused entirely on the smalldetails regarding the appearanceof the lid over Highway 6 after all ofthe construction is finished. There

were several areas that they askedfor residence opinions. One of theseaesthetic decisions to be made wasabout the arc/pillars that would bedisplayed on the side of the bridgethat drivers on the highway wouldsee. The two choices presentedwere the Rock Outcrop and Golden

Arch or the Lariat Loop Pillars. Bothof the options clearly displayed thename of the city and both has ap-pealing appearances so it wascompletely based on personal pref-erence of which design people pre-ferred.

The next aesthetic topic that

was discussed was the type of parkthat will be on top of the lid overthe highway. The three options pre-sented were the Active Park, LinearPark, and the Mountain Park. Theygot progressively more wildernesslike towards the end, with the Moun-tain Park. The Active Park was verywell groomed and full of kids climb-ing implements and running tracks.

The Linear Park was more like whatmost people picture of a park with

green grass, trees and not muchmore. The Mountain Park as themost wild-like, contained wild-flowers and natural Colorado

grass and had little human in-tervention. Of course, the priceincreased with the more effort

required to build the park, mak-ing the Mountain Park the leastexpensive and the Active Parkthe most expensive.

The final aesthetic decision

that residents were asked toponder was the appearance ofthe wall finishes on the ramps.

These are the different options

for what the sides of the high-way walls would look like. Theoptions increased in price andelaborateness, with the first be-

ing simple concrete walls. Thesecond option was a slightly de-tailed concrete walls, with a simi-

lar feel to the ones that cover thesides of I-25. The final option fea-

tured fake stone walls that looked

very intricate and which were themost expensive. Residents wereasked to pick their favorite choicesout of the various aesthetic optionavailable for each topic.

The fifth area of discussion con-

sisted of Construction Phasing andwhen each part of construction wasplanned for and what it would looklike. This also detailed what partsof the roads would be open duringeach period of construction. Theoverall time frame for the construc-tion on the intersection is plannedto occur between November of

2015, when they will break ground,

until July of 2017 when they plan tobe finished with everything, includ-

ing the aesthetic details on the lid.While this might seem like a fairlylong construction period, in light ofhow much they are planning to do,it is actually quite impressive. Rep-resentatives at the meeting were

quick to assure people that therewill be pedestrian crossings acrossthe highway during every step ofconstruction and that the pedes-trian and car access during the con-struction process was one of theirhighest priorities.

The last section with detailsabout the plans for the changesto the intersection was focused on

Traffi c Calming and how to ensure

that cars, bikes and pedestrianscould safely coexist on their waydown 19th Street and the best wayto ensure that this happened. Therewere also two options here for peo-ple to choose between. People inthe attendance at the meeting wereinvited to choose between keep-

ing the existing sidewalks and bikelanes or if they would prefer for thedownhill bike lane to be removed infavor of making the sidewalks wider.

Overall, the purpose of the meet-ing aimed to show the residents ofGolden what changes were beingplanned for the intersection at USHighway 6 and 19th Street and tofigure out what the people of Gold-

en thought of each of their sugges-tions. Everyone who attended themeeting was encouraged to voicetheir opinions about the project,both to representatives and on pro-vided questionnaires. The meetingsuccessfully demonstrated the pro-cess that the city has gone throughto determine what layouts will best

suit Golden and the particular inter-section and how the feedback fromlocals has been taken into account.

All in all, the city has acquired evenmore information about how theycan best improve the intersection.Residents of the area and anyonewho is interested will be very in-trigued to see how the planningmoves forward. Everyone will beexcited to see the city break groundon the new intersection construc-tion and before residents know it,there will be a brand new junctionthat is sure to be safer and moreuser friendly than the current one.

Staring up at the ceiling of aplanetarium always feels a bit sur-real. From watching the sunset insped up time, to outlining constel-lations with ones fingers while star-

ing at thousands of tiny dots on theceiling, to feeling ones stomachdrop while plummeting throughthe stars faster than the speed oflight, there is just something amaz-ing about leaning back in that chair,looking up at something so big,and feeling so small. Fiske Plan-etarium on CU Campus provides

just that: the childlike wonder ofseeing the universe in all its com-plexity and vastness.

Fiske features a newly remod-eled IMAX format planetarium,which features many presenta-tions and also state of the art la-ser shows with live performances.Currently the Planetarium is show-ing three different shows: Back

to the Moon for Good, DynamicEarth, and Super Volcanoes.

The Fiske Planetarium wows The OrediggerKaty DykesStaff Writer

There are also many family showsincluding: The Life of Trees,Stars and Lasers, Moons andLasers and more. Late night lasershows include a mind-boggling la-ser presentation with music fromartists including Lady Gaga, PinkFloyd, The Doors, and many more.

There are also live talks by someof the CU Grad Students includingColorado Skies and The GreatSpace Debate.

Opening on September 19, anew presentation called BlackHoles: The Other Side of Infinity

will premiere and be showing for thenext couple weeks. This presenta-tion will delve into one of the mostcontradictory parts of space. CUs

Andrew Hamilton helped advise forthe program and says, The showmarries science and art in a newway that compromises neither(and) breaks new ground in visu-alizing accurately what Einsteinsequations predict and what reallyhappens inside a black hole. Thisshow is sure to be both fascinatingand beautiful, and Dr. Hamilton is

available after the presentation todiscuss any questions about hiswork and the presentation.

The Oredigger was able to viewthe show Back to the Moon forGood. Narrated by Tim Allen, this

show focuses on the Google LunarX Prize and the competition to getback to the moon. Google plansto award 30 million dollars to thefirst privately funded team to suc-

cessfully land on themoon, travel 500meters, and sendback video, pictures,and data (or Moon-casts) to Earth. 30private teams from16 different coun-

tries are competingto win $30 million inprizes by the end of2015. This project isa push to re-explorethe vastly untouchedmoon, re-interestthe public in lunarexploration and stepaway from govern-

ment funded moon landings into anew era of private space travel andexploration. Not only was the show

informative, but also the graphicswere amazing and the experienceof the IMAX planetarium was un-real.

There are also several interactiveexhibits that are open in the lobbyfor free during business hours.Business hours are Monday to Fri-

day from 8AM to 5PM. Fiske Plan-etarium is located at 2414 RegentDrive in Boulder, about 30 minutesaway from Mines Campus. Ticketsare $10 for the public and $7 forstudents, seniors, and children.Most shows are about one hourlong. Schedules for shows can befound online at www.fiske.colo-

rado.edu/ or by emailing fiske@

colorado.edu.

The Fiske Planetarium has been newly remodeled into an IMAX format.

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The Economists Point of View

Usama Al-mulali has conducteda study that examined the eect

of nuclear energy consumption onGDP and carbon dioxide emissions.

His study was taken over a twenty-year time frame starting from 1990and concluding at 2010 on 30 majornuclear energy consuming includ-ing the United States and Germany.

The data showed nuclear energycan increase a countrys GDP anddecrease carbon dioxide emissionsin the long run. He stated, On theother hand, fossil fuels energy con-sumption also increases GDP growthas well as carbon dioxide emissionsin the long run. Moreover, nuclearenergy consumption increases GDPgrowth in the short run and it has anegative short run eect on carbon

dioxide emissions. However, fossilfuel energy consumption has a posi-tive short run eect on GDP growth

and CO2 emission. It can be seenthat Al-mulali focuses on the eco-nomic and environmental impact ofnuclear energy.

After the Fukushima incident, Ja-pan shut down all its nuclear powerplants to prevent potential accidentsof the same nature even thoughnuclear power makes up 30% ofthe Japanese economic supply. Asa result, more than 90% of Japansenergy is being imported, leadingto higher energy costs. In an ar-ticle published in The Economist,it states that Japans need to importenergy, such as oil and coal, to oper-ate power stations will cost Japan anextra $93 billion.

The Environmentalists Point

of View

Nuclear power plants requiresome means by which heat is re-leased from their core. Some plantsuse cooling towers or water bodies,either articial or natural. If a natural

water body was used, the release ofthe hot water will adversely aect the

aquatic life. It can cause uctuations

in ow rates of rivers and anomalies

in sea level. A study showed thatan average rise in sea level of about3mm/yr of the Northeast coast ofUS. Since the water discharged issignicantly warmer than the lake or

sea, this might aect the migration

pattern of sh and might kill them.

One study has shown that therehave been signicant drops in the

populations of several species of sh

in certain regions of US.Another eect is the release of

sulfur dioxide into the air. When sul-fur dioxide accumulates in the air, itcauses acid rain to form. Not onlydoes acid rain aect water bodies,

it extends to aect vegetation and

human health. The United States En-vironmental Protection Agency hasshown that acid rain causes heartand lung disorders, such as asthmaand bronchitis, which lead to prema-ture death in some cases.

Plutonium-239 constitutes ahuge concern. Plutonium-239 ismainly used in atomic bombs andconstitutes at least 70% of the to-tal amount of plutonium producedin reactors. The issue here is that ifsucient plutonium of reactor came

together accidentally, a chain couldoccur and result in a wide dispersionof radioactive lethal Plutonium. Plu-tonium is known to have toxic andcarcinogenic eects.

By July of 2012, Alaskan sealsare reported to have exhibited hem-orrhages and signs and immunedeciency. Scientists believe that the

cause of such damage is due to the

A review of perspectives on nuclear energyMussad Alfakhri

Staff Writer

discharge of nuclear sewage intothe Pacic Ocean by Japan. Fur-thermore, research has shown thatradioactive cesium is leaking into thePacic Ocean three times as high as

last year.The radiation aected vegetation.

A Japanese farmer, Mr. Yoshizawa,cannot grow rice or vegetables any-

more due to radiation. He said, I willnever be able to grow rice again onthis land. No vegetables, no fruit. Wecant even eat the mushrooms thatgrow in the woods; they are too con-taminated. But I will not kill my cows.

They are a symbol of the nuclear di-saster that happened here.

The Medical Point of View

This argument directly relates tothe people who work in the nuclearpower plants and those who live ina close proximity to a nuclear powerplant. These people interact withthese plants almost on a daily basis.

In the United States, annual emis-sions for nuclear power plants arelimited to 1 mSv (miliSievert) per per-son per year. Such exposure is esti-

mated to increase the risk of cancerindividual by 0.005% per person peryear. The maximum amount of radia-

tion exposure to people who workdirectly with radioactive material is50 mSv per year and 100 mSv perve years.

The release of radioactive materi-al into the environment poses a greatthreat to the people and ecosystemsfrom radionuclides. Radionuclidesare carcinogens and at high dosescan also cause rapid sickness anddeath. The health eects of expo-sure to radiation depend on manyfactors, mainly the length of timewhich exposure occurs, type of radi-ation, and the person exposed (age,medical history, etc.). On a molecularlevel, the high energy electrons, af-fected by radiation, are in motion andcan directly impact macromoleculeslike DNA, or indirectly create freeradicals (reactive molecules) by ion-izing water. These free radicals canattack the DNA and other cellularcomponents.

The New England Journal ofMedicine has shown that if a personis exposed to a radiation dose of 1Gy or more, acute radiation sick-ness can occur. Mayo Clinic dened

radiation sickness as damage toyour body caused by a large dose ofradiation often received over a shortperiod of time (acute). The amount ofradiation absorbed by the body the absorbed dose determineshow sick youll be. Radiation sick-ness results in damage to the cell tothe point where cellular repair is futile,and the cell eventually dies. The ef-

fects include nausea, vomiting, fa-tigue, low white blood cell count, anddeath in most cases.

The Social Point of View

In 2005,Yale University conduct-ed a survey regarding public opinionof Americans on nuclear power. Fol-lowing the incident at Fukushima,another survey was taken. It was

found that most Americans wouldassociate nuclear power with im-ages of war and disaster and thinkthat it is dangerous and scary. Thesurvey states that only 47 percentof Americans in May 2011 sup-ported building more nuclear powerplants, down 6 points from the prioryear while only 33 percent supportedbuilding a nuclear power plant in theirown local area. It can be inferredthat people are afraid of nuclearenergy because of the possibility ofaccidents, meltdowns, and radia-tion leaks that aect their homes and

their health.On the other hand, David Ropeik

of The New York Times presentedin his article Fear vs. Radiation: The

Mismatch that current researchshows that radiation under 100 mil-lisieverts causes no detectable ele-

vations in normal rates of illness anddisease. He states that the radia-tion from Chernobyl and Fukushimawere well below the 100 millisievertsthreshold. People believe that ra-diation is one of the main causes ofcancer; however, Ropeik disagrees.

A study was done the by The WorldHealth Organization (WHO) over a20 year time period examining thepsychological eect impact of the

disaster. The study showed thatthe psychological impacts did morehealth damage that the radiation ex-posure did, and a principal cause ofthe populations debilitating stresswas an exaggerated sense of thedangers to health of exposure to ra-diation. Another study has shownthat operating nuclear power plantsdo not cause cancer to the residentsliving nearby, and that the radiationhas not harmed the people of Japan.

The World Nuclear Associa-

tion Point of View

The World Nuclear Association(WNA) is an international organiza-tion that promotes the use of nuclearenergy and supports the companiesthat comprise the nuclear power in-dustry. The WNA states that nuclearpower plants produce a very smallquantity of greenhouse gases ascompared to coal or fossil fuel. Thus,nuclear energy will help reduce car-bon dioxide emissions and, in thefuture, avoid them.

Furthermore, Ian Hore-Lacy, Di-rector for Public Communications at

the World Nuclear Association, hasstated to The Economist that theneed for a reliable electricity supplywill double within two decades. Amidthe media frenzy surrounding Fuku-shima, he stated that we will learnlessons from Fukushima that will helpus avoid such tragedy. He states,The need for nuclear power is driv-

en by several factors which have notchanged: the need for a continuous,reliable supply of aordable electric-ity, the importance of energy securityso that fuel for electricity generationis not subject to geopolitical threatsand uncertainties, and the need tominimize carbon dioxide emissionsfrom power generation.

Nuclear Proliferation

Nuclear proliferation is the spreadof nuclear weapons and materialsto states that are not recognized asnuclear weapons states by NuclearNonproliferation Treaty (NPT). Thefear is that terrorists could gain ac-cess to such weapons and usethem for destruction. Tom Burke, thefounding director of Third Genera-tion Environmentalism (E3G), rmlybelieves that nuclear energy cannotbe brought to peace without their

availability for war as he has statedin an interview with The Economist:Atoms cannot be made to work forpeace without making them availablefor war. He also stated that the NPTis only slowing down the spread ofnuclear weapons, not preventing it.

Common Ground

Any resolution to the issue of us-ing nuclear energy must begin withthe recognition of several commongoals between the parties. Four ar-eas of agreement will be examined:the environment, the economy, pub-lic safety, and reliable energy source.

The following statements representthe grounds on which the partiesagree with, but do not imply a com-mon solution.

The environment. The notion ofhaving clean air, water, and soil isa common concern between theparties. The goal is to lower carbondioxide emissions, which in turn re-duces air pollution. It can be under-stood that the parties want to protectthe environment.

The economy. If the economy isin good shape, then it can be inferredthat the people are living well andhave jobs. As a result, all the partiesagree upon the need for a sustain-able economy.

Public Safety. In order to buildand operate nuclear power plants,the safety of the workers and thecommunity nearby is paramount.

Reliable energy source. The worldneeds a reliable energy source that is

continuous, and aordable. Within

two decades, the world electricity-demand will double and the need foranother energy source is even morevital.

Even though all the stakeholdersagree upon these grounds, they dif-fer in their approach to that commongoal. For instance, all people want a

reliable energy source; however, en-vironmentalists argue that a reliableenergy source is renewable energysuch as wind and solar whereas oth-ers argue that nuclear energy is areliable energy source. Furthermore,keeping the environment clean is acommon goal, but environmental-ists believe that a cleaner environ-ment can be achieved through othersources like solar.

Solution

In order to come up with a solu-tion, all of the factors discussed mustbe taken into account. To make asolution in this case, the greatestgood for greatest number approachshould be applied taking into ac-count reliable energy source, the en-

vironment, the economy, and publicsafety.

Nuclear energy is a source ofenergy that is both aordable and

reliable. Using nuclear energy as apower source will help avoid an en-ergy crisis.

From an environmental perspec-tive, building nuclear power plantshelps reduce carbon dioxide levelsin the air, and thus result in a cleanerenvironment. Thus; nuclear energywill help protect the environment.

From an economic point of view,nuclear energy helps create jobs andincrease the GDP of a country. Thiswill result in securing economic sta-bility for the country and its peopleas well as reducing unemploymentlevels.

Public safety is of huge concern.People fear nuclear energy due thepossibility of accidents. Even thoughtheir fears are valid, no major nuclearaccidents that resulted in casualtieshave occurred thus far, with the ex-ception of Chernobyl.

To ensure the safety of the public,it would be wise to build the nuclearreactor in underground desolate ar-eas protected with concrete walls.

This will help prevent any radiationleaks that will aect the environment

and the community. Furthermore,this will help in radiation control anddamage control in case of accidents.

This solution appeals to all partiessince it helps the economy, protectsthe environment, provides a reliableenergy source, and ensures publicsafety. This solution encompassesthe needs of all parties involved andresults in their happiness of the ma-

jority.Even though this solution appeals

to the majority of people concerned,there are some who are not satised

with this solution. The people againstthis solution argue that having nucle-ar material underground will result inaecting the groundwater, which will

in turn aect peoples health. Others

object to this idea due to the facthaving a nuclear reactor is danger-ous and poses a serious threat tothe community.

Despite the fact that their objec-tions are valid, we must take intoconsideration the welfare of the ma-

jority. Nuclear energy will create jobs,provide cheap energy, and protectthe environment, which will providethe greatest good for the greatestnumber. However, this does notmean that they will not be satised.

They will have a reliable, clean en-ergy source that will provide jobs forpeople and help the economy, whichhelp make their life better.

Demonstrators in Tokyo protest against future nuclear power developments in 2013.

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You jus t fai led your firs t examof the year. You are thinking toyourself, There are two moreexams, so if I get an A on bothexams, I can still get a B inthe class. Want to achieve abetter GPA at Mines? Want tobe more effective in studyingand learning new concepts?If you answered yes to eitherquestion, you should know thatacademic success will comewith hard work and motivation.Understanding a concept andexcelling at exams is not a walkin the park. CASA (Center for

Academic Support Resources )at Colorado School of Minessuggests these strategies foracademic success: time andstress management, cooperativelearning, and effective studying.

First, ask yourself, how muchtime do you spend studyingevery day? If you said 12 hours aday, you might be exaggeratinga bit. You want to spend aboutthe same amount of time as youdo in class for studying time

to review and understand theconcepts that were taught inclass. Dedicating study timesare also a good way to maximizestudying time and relaxingtime. For example, study or dohomework for 50 minutes, andthen rest 10 minutes. Anotherstrategy for time management isto prioritize your assignments.

Academic success at MinesMagnus Chun

Staff Writer

Always beg in homework /studywith the most difficult subject.In this way, you have more timeto review concepts and askquestions if needed. Finally, interms of stress management,the best way for this at Mines isa simple solution. Every studentat Mines is stressed becauseof the high workload and thedepth of understanding inconcepts. So, try to make stressyour friend. Every time you arestressed out, think to yourselfthat this stress will benefit youand that the stress is becauseyou have prepared so well. Byrealizing that stress can actuallybenefit you, it will help you in thelong run.

In addition, formingstudy groups and learningcooperatively is probably thebest way to learn somethingor work out a homework set.By interacting and speakingto others, you get to learn thematerial as well as the othersin your group. By setting agoal as a group to accomplishsomething, it will be more likelyto complete the task when there

are more people in a group foraccountability. Also, if you cantfigure out how to do a problem,it is likely that someone elsemight. By forming groups, otherclassmates can help you andyou can help others as well.

Afte r all , by help ing someone ,you are relearning the material,hence strengthening your

concepts as well.The thi rd key po int is eff ecti ve

studying. Follow up with yourpriorities and focus on the taskat hand. Dont study and havesomething distracting you atthe same time, such as havingFacebook open while studying.Studying for 50 minutes andthen checking Facebook for 10minutes is the better solution interms of helping you learn thematerial and complete the taskat hand.

Finally, motivation is a criticalpart that ties the strategies allup. Motivating yourself to learnand understanding conceptsis how you will succeed. Letsrevisit the example that youfailed your exam. Dont justshove it away and not look at itanymore. Take this opportunityof failure to learn and treatfailure as a pathway to success.Review the mistakes you madeand talk to your professors if youdont understand something.

Asking your professo rs aboutsomething you dont understandis better than not asking at all.Professors have office hours

for a reason and that is to helpstudents. Remember, failureis the key to success. As astudent at Mines, there will bemany academic challenges andobstacles that you will have toface. In order to excel in thesechallenges, you will have totake action and find the path tosuccess.

CoorsTek CEO, Dr. John Co-ors recently announced a majorcommitment. CoorsTek will pro-vide $26.9 million in funding to the

Applied Science and Engineering

department at Colorado School ofMines. CoorsTek, headquartered inGolden, is a privately owned manu-facturer of ceramics, semiconductortooling, and other industrial prod-ucts.

Dr. John Coors announced thatOur investment in Mines is not onlyan investment in the future of ourcompany and a great university its an investment in solving globalchallenges in energy, transportation,information technology. Dr. Coors,who received his bachelors degreeat the Colorado School of Mines,feels there is a need for more engi-neering materials and ceramics inour world. He is excited about newdiscoveries in materials science and

biotechnology. However, in orderto discover new ideas, one musthave faith. The only challenge thatstudents have to face is the fear offailure. However, he said that everystudent at Mines is fortunate. Mineswill teach you success from the fail-ures you have, Coors says. Coor-

Magnus Chun

Staff Writer

sTek currently employs 50 Minesgraduates and that figure is ex-

pected to rise with the new scienceand engineering building and the re-search fellowships. Coors describesMines graduate students as havinga unique set of skills and abilities.

The $26.9 million investment to

Mines is the largest single privatecommitment in Mines 140 year his-tory. About $6.9 million of the dona-tion will create a research fellowshipprogram and the other $20 million ofthe donation will cover most of theconstruction budget to build a new95,000-square-foot building, whichwill be a new home to the Physicsdepartment. Building features willinclude flexible laboratories, cus-

tomizable classrooms for hands-onlearning, and centralized teachingand research space. The facility willbe located on and around the site ofthe current physics building, MeyerHall, at 15th and Arapahoe streetsin Golden.

Mines president, Bill Scoggins

said the investment was from dis-cussions that he had with John Co-ors and was excited when the termsof the donation were finalized. They

[CoorsTek] have a long, long historyof collaboration with us, Scogginssaid. What really makes the gift im-pressive is that it involves more than

just bricks and mortar. The equip-ment and educational support arevital.

In addition, Douglas Miller, VicePresident of CoorsTek, said that thecompany selected three projects tofund at Mines. Those projects were

makes $27 million gift to Minesselected based on two areas: ox-ide ceramics and converting gasto liquid gas to reduce greenhousegases.

The investment will fund a great-er partnership between CoorsTekand Mines, focusing on solving

global challenges through techni-cal expertise and innovation. Itsan investment in both the ColoradoSchool of Mines and in the future ofCoorsTek, Coors said. I like theword investment because it impliesa return. Its all about creating value.

The largest donations in Mines history, all overshadowed by CoorsTek and Coors Family.

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES / TAYLOR POLODNA

Alb ema rle Sal es Rep resen-tative, Dr. Jennifer Nieweg, re-cently gave a presentation re-

garding the startup of her owncompany and her career pathin various roles within Albemar-le. Albemarle, headquarteredin Baton Rouge, Louisiana, isa chemical manufacturing en-terprise with operating plantsacross the world.

Aft er Dr. Nie weg comple tedgraduate school in 2007, shestarted a company called Ca-tilin which was funded by MDV(Mohr Davidow Ventures), aventure capitalist firm. Catilinfocused on solid transesteri-fication catalyst and the sur-rounding application technolo-gy to produce biodiesel. Catilinwas acquired by Albemarle in

2011, after which Jennifer heldvarious roles in R&D/ pilot scal edemonstration and manage-ment, customer technical ser-vice, business development,and sales. The transesterifica-tion catalyst developed at Ca-tilin (T300 catalyst) was dem-onstrated in the conversionof vegetable oils, animal fats,and other greases to biodiesel.

Aft er bei ng acq uir ed by Alb e-marle, the research and devel-opment team performed over1600 reactions on a varietyof feeds, including corn, andalgal oils. After initial activ-ity demonstrations, Albemarlebegan looking at process im-

provements. Existing plantscan be retrofitted with ourcatalyst systems. In order toupgrade the plants, producerscan use existing reactors andhardware. To implement thetechnology, these refiners willneed to add a catalyst hopperand a catalyst isolation system.

Nonetheless, the T300 cata-lyst provides numerous advan-tages to biodiesel producers.

The world of catalysis: Albemarle and CatlinMagnus Chun

Staff Writer

These inc lud e:

Higher Value glycerin(>95% purity)

Safer handling Lower operating expenses

for existing plants Lower capital expendi tures for new plants Catalyst recyclabilit y

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Finally, Dr. Nieweg has afew tips for students when jobsearching. She says that it isadvantageous to apply for jobs

early, and she recommendsnetworking, as it is critical inthe job search and workplace.She believes it is beneficial tohave a LinkedIn account tolearn of new opportunities and

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Faculty Spotlight: Mark Seger, PhD. ChemistryKathy Cheng

Staff Writer

Would you rather wear a h ard

hat or a lab coat? Professor Mark

Seger is generally known around

campus as the pyromaniac who

teaches in Coolbaugh Hall. He

makes the day of his students,putting on engaging demos that

are not only educational but also

entertaining. But what has made

Mark Seger who he is today?

Seger was born in Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania to immigrant

parents from Liechtenstein.

Growing up in a mechanical

engineering family, he eventually

became the black sheep,

being the only one to major in

chemistry. He entered college

at the age of 16, taking the first

year of college as his senior

year of high school. He had

reached the point where he had

exhausted the higher end of high

school classes and was ready

to move on.

For two years of his higher

education he attended EdinboroState College in Pennsylvania

before finishing his BS degree

at the University of California

at Riverside. Following that, he

came to Colorado to obtain his

PhD in Chemistry at Colorado

State University in Fort Collins.

However, he left before finishing

his degree and entered industry.

Seger worked for a year

and a half at Pfizer as an NMR

spectroscopist developing new

medications. He enjoyed his

job, commenting I liked the

fact that what I was doing was

helping people and it wasnt

just to make someo ne riche r.

He left the company when

an opportunity arose for him

to work a PhD position at Air

Products and Chemicals. Hestayed with them for nine and

a half years, working also as a

NMR spectroscopist. When he

was let go, it was not because

of his lack of ability; rather, it

was because he was working in

a PhD position without having a

PhD.

He returned to CSU to finish

his degree and at the same

time he got the opportunity to

teach. I taught 8-10 courses

from organic chemistry to the

freshmen chemistry courses

and organic chemistry was

the very first class I taught.

During that time, he came to

the realization that he really

enjoyed teaching and interactingwith his students; The only

thing I enjoyed more than doing

chemistry was talking about it.

His career at Mines started as

a full time adjunct teacher hired

on a semester basis in 2003. He

left three and a half years later to

teach physical chemistry at the

University of Northern Colorado.

After completing the PhD, he

returned to Mines as a Lecturer,

now called Teaching Associate

Professor. In 2008 I came back

to Mines as a lecturer and I have

been here ever since.

His time at Mines has left an

impact on the students. In his last

six and a half years here on the

campus, he has taught a grand

total of 7149 enrolled students in

his lectures alone, not counting

lab courses. He provided that

he would estimate that almost50% of the undergraduates have

had me for a chemistry course at

one point in time or another. He

also would like to tell his former

students that I really appreciate

the students that wave as I walk

by. Its nice to be acknowledged

by former students.

Seger shares that the

freshmen chemistry courses will

be undergoing a few changes in

order to incorporate some of the

active learning that has created

the studio physics and studio

biology. However, he is not

looking for chemistry courses

that are entirely active learning.

He comments that A full studio

approach to Chemistry wouldnot be appropriate. We are

hoping for a hybrid of traditional

and active learning.

In addition to the

incorporation of active learning,

he is also hoping for a change

in the General Chemistry II

course. He offers that there are

some things that every Mines

student should know but other

than a few general concepts.

Chem II offers the opportunity

to direct it towards certain kinds

of students. One example of

this change is the materials

chemistry course that was

piloted starting this year. It is still

unclear as to whether or not the

course will stay as it is still in the

experimental stages.

To the undergraduate

students who have not yet

decided their major, Seger offerssome guiding words. Go talk to

the professors in the departments

that you may want to major in.

Youll find every depar tment has

a few professors that are more

than willing to talk to you about

it. I especially urge students to

talk to undergraduate juniors

and seniors of that major. They

tend to be brutally honest about

the courses, professors and the

major itself.

Professor Mark Seger is

a professor that gives more

to his students then just the

knowledge to pass the class.

He believes that a good course

teaches you more than what you

need to know to pass the test.He engages his students with

trivia and demos; I love doing

demonstrations and Chemistry

provides the best of them, but I

dont do it for a magic show. I

always talk about the chemistry

behind the demonstration and

link it back to what is being

learned.

Despite being here for six

and a half years, he finds time

to invest in his love of NMR and

plans on staying here [at Mines]

till [he] retires.Mark Seger offers engaging lectures, trivia, and demos.

KATHY CHENG / OREDIGGER

Cooking Corner: FalafelJacqueline FeuerbornStaff Writer

There is a common

misconception that vegetarian

food means bland food. While

there are denitely vegetarian

foods that can be bland, there are

also plenty of meats that can be

bland if cooked badly. One of the

most delicious types of vegetarian

food that can be very tasty and

have great avor is Falafel. Falafel

is a Middle Eastern food made

from chickpeas or garbanzo

beans(same thing just two

dierent names for them). This is

a food that is very high in proteindue to the beans used to make

it. As a result, they are a perfect

substitute for meat because it still

provides a good source of protein.

There are several ways in which

falafel can be made, such as deep

fried balls or as patties that can be

eaten like burgers. Often times,

falafel will be eaten with pita,

which is a at bread, hummus, a

dip or spread made from smashed

chickpeas or garbanzo beans, or

a yogurt sauce. What better to eat

than garbanzo beans with a side

of more garbanzo beans? Falafel

is a delicious, nutritious, and very

lling meal that will be sure to

leave everyones stomach happy,

full and content.

Balls/Patties:

1 (15 oz) can chick peas,

drained and rinsed

1 onion, chopped

cup fresh parsley

2 cloves garlic, chopped (I onlyused 1)

1 egg

2 tsp ground cumin

1 tsp ground coriander

1 tsp salt

1 dash pepper

1 pinch cayenne pepper

1 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp baking soda

1 Tbsp olive oil

1 cup dry bread crumbs

Sauce:

1 (6 oz) container plain yogurt

(recommended to use Greek

yogurt)

cucumber, peeled, seeded,

and nely chopped

2 Tbsp chopped fresh mint

(rough estimate)

clove garlic, minced (rough

estimate)

salt and pepper to taste

1. In a large bowl mash

chickpeas until thick and pasty;

dont use a blender as the

consistency will be too thin.

2. In a blender or food

processor, process onion, parsley

and garlic until smooth. Stir into

mashed chickpeas.

3. In a small bowl combine

egg, cumin, coriander, salt,

pepper, cayenne, lemon juice and

baking soda. Stir into chickpea

mixture along with olive oil.

4. Slowly add bread crumbs

until mixture is not sticky but will

hold together; add more or less

bread crumbs as needed.

5. Form 8 balls or 4ish patties.

6. Heat 1 inch of oil in a large

skillet over medium-high heat.

Fry patties or balls in hot oil until

brown on both sides.

7. In a small bowl combine all

ingredients for sauce. Chill for at

least 30 minutes, or as long as

willing to wait.

8. Eat and enjoy

Homemade falafel on pita with hummus and toppings.

JACQUELINE FEUERBORN / OREDIGGERFor anyone that is looking

for a socially acceptable

breakfast that is essentially

jus t sug ar, covered in sug ar,

with a little extra sugar, then

look no further than some

delicious Gooey Rolls. People

who have eaten monkey bread

or cinnamon rolls can probably

picture what this is. Basically,

Gooey Rolls are just a sweet

bread covered in sugar and

cinnamon (possibly with pecans

added in to pretend they are a

little bit healthier). Whether ornot they are being made just for

a sugary breakfast or perhaps to

fill a craving; ei ther way they are

sure to be delicious (assuming

the recipe is followed correctly).

Rolls:

1 pkg dry yeast

2 Tbsp sugar

cup warm water

1 Tbsp salt

sugar

2 cups hot water

1/3 cup lard

1 egg, slightly beaten

6 cups flour

Sauce:

cup butter1 cups brown sugar

3 Tbsp half and half

1 cups chopped pecans

Filling:

cup butter, melted

cup sugar

cup cinnamon

Makes 24 rolls.

Dissolve yeast and 2

tablespoons sugar in cup

warm water and let stand for

5 minutes. Dissolve salt and

cup sugar in 2 cups hot water.

Add lard and beat unt il smooth .

Add egg, 2 cup s fl our a nd yeast

mixture to lard mixture. And

beat until smooth. Add 2 more

cups of flour and beat again.

Add rema ini ng 2 cups of flo ur,

working dough until all flour

is moistened. Place dough in

greased bowl, turning to coat

all sides. Cover with plastic

wrap and let rise in refrigerator

overnight

In large saucepan, meltbutter. Add brown sugar and

half and half; bring sauce to

a simmer. Pour sauce into

2-9x12-inch pans and sprinkle

with nuts. Remove dough from

refrigerator and divide into 2

parts. Roll each part into a l ong

rectangle about 12x18 inches.

Spread with melted butter.

Mix sugar and cinnamon and

sprinkle over dough. Roll up

dough from the long side like a

jel ly roll . S lic e int o 1 -inch sli ces .

Place on end in prepared pans,

cover and let rise until double

in bulk, about 1 hour. Bake at

375 degrees for 20-25 minutes

or until golden brown. Remove

from oven and immediatelyinvert onto cookie sheet. Cool.

(OR let rise until double in

bulk. Make rolls and let rise

in refrigerator overnight then

bake.)

Warning: These will be

consumed almost immediately.

For people who dont want

to share: hide Gooey Rolls as

soon as they leave the oven!

But most importantly, ENJOY!

Jacqueline Feuerborn

Staff WriterGooey Rolls


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What does thedepartment say?Jared Reimer

Content Manager

The Oredigger sat down this week

with Dr. Paul Santi, the departmenthead for Geology and Geological en-gineering, to talk about the state of thedepartment for a new column. Thiscolumn is part of a multi-week seriescalled Department in Review in which

The Oredigger compares faculty andstudent opinions about the state oftheir departments. For the rst week,

we chose geology.The geology department has the

largest masters and grad programon campus. In fact, about one-thirdof the students who graduate fromMines choose to stay at Mines forgraduate school. This statistic mighthave something to do with the highdisparity between starting salaries formasters students and undergradu-

ates, but Dr. Santi believes it stemsfrom the fact that his students are trulypassionate about their work in geol-ogy and want to further their studies.He also thinks the interaction betweenthe faculty and students is the depart-ments key selling point. Geology isa very eld-work intensive major, so

faculty and students get a lot of goodone-on-one time with professors.

According to Dr. Santi, those whograduate with a degree in geologyfrom Mines are highly sought after andcan work in a multitude of industriesfrom oil and gas to civil to hydrology.Students interested in the mineralsside of geology have found jobs all

over the world, including Australia. Healso emphasized the departments

use of computer modeling capabilitieson the school computers. The soft-ware students use in the classroomis the industry standard in technology,meaning students who graduate fromMines are already prepared to work inindustry.

When asked to highlight some in-teresting research, Dr. Santi pointedtwo of the dierent topics his depart-

Student-Professor Ratio: 9:1

Number of Undergraduates:150

Number of Graduates:183

Number of Faculty:17

Average Starting Salary for Un-

dergraduates: $55,000Average Starting Salary for

Graduates:$95,000

Employment Rate for Under-

graduates:80%Employment Rate for Gradu-

ates:+90%

The Numbers:

ment is pursuing. On the hydrologyside, graduate students are studyingthe water quality of pine beetle kill ar-eas to see if there are any trends in-

volved with the pine beetle and waterquality. This is important research be-cause so much of Colorado is beingriddled with beetle kill and if there is atrend found between reduced waterqualities in pine beetle, then work willneed to be done in beetle kill areas toremediate the situation. On the petro-leum side of the department, studentsare looking at ways to deal with thenew and emerging oil shales. Lastly,this summer one of geologys gradstudents worked in Guatemala City.

The Oredigger asked Dr. Santiwhat he would tell incoming freshmanor current students who are unsureabout picking a major to sell them

on Geology. The main thing he notedwas that those who study geology, do

it because they love it and they havea love for the outdoors. If you do nothave an intense passion for actuallybeing in the outdoors, there are plentyof computer intensive jobs available

as well.When asked what he wanted to

highlight about the department, hetalked about eld session. Geologys

eld session is a six week course

where students perform an inten-sive mapping of the region includingplaces in Colorado and Utah. While itis many students favorite part of theirtime here at Mines, it is not all fun andgames. Students spend most of theday and part of the night doing eld/

course work. While it is a challengingsix weeks, it is a great course and pre-

pares students for working the longhours required of them when they gointo industry. There are two tracks ofgeology: exploration and the tradition-al engineering/water engineering side.

Exploration based students are more

likely to go directly into industry upongraduate, whereas students from thetraditional engineering/water side are

more likely to go to grad school.

Favorite class?

Favorite Professor?

What was the easiest class?

How often do you socialize with peoplefrom your department outside of class?

How much time on average do you spenddoing major related coursework each week?

What do the students say?The Oredigger asked the seniorswhat they thought of their de-partment. Here are the results toour survey.

Average Student Rating: 4.8/5

Average Confdence in Employ-

ability: 4.5/5

Approachability of Faculty: 4.9/5

Availability of Faculty: 3.45/5

How large the average class

feels: 25.45 students

Seniors who would recommend

Geology to a freshman:100%


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When and where does USG

Meet?

Undergraduate Student Govern-

ment (USG) meets every Thursday

at 6 PM in Petroleum Hall.

How can you communicate

with USG?

Your USG representatives have

oce hours every week. Stop by

and let them know how they can

help you!

Is there something about

Mines that you want to see

changed?

USG runs an online forum called

Whats Your Beef? To access the

site directly go to mines.uservoice.

com.

Your Undergraduate Student GovernmentWhat is USG working on right

now?

Trying to get blastercard access

to brown for majors in that build-

ing

Getting input about reverse

classroom style to take to faculty

senate and the Board of Trustees.

Implementing a new program

called Swipes for the Homeless

which will exchange your unused

meal swipes for non-perishable

food items and donate these to

local shelters.

Extending library hours

Getting more computers on cam-

pus for open student use.

What you should know about USG:

Executive Ofcers. From left to right: Logan Knowles (Treasurer), Tyrel Jacobsen (Secre-

tary), Lauren Schumacher (President), Colin Marshall (Vice President), James Kor (Parli-

mentarian) , Gerald Miller (Board of Trustees Rep.)

Freshman Class Representatives. Left to Right: James Kiousis (Presi-

dent), Blake Jones, Evan Lukens, Lily Maranto.

Sophmore Class Representatives. Left to Right: Jerrod Crook, Jessie

Burckel (President), Andy Bartleet, Amber Brusak.

Freshman Class Representatives. Left to Right: Max Sanktjohanser, Ryan

Lanham, Stuart Farris (President), Austin Williams.

Freshman Class Representatives. Left to Right: Sam Fritkin (President),

Ben Traquair, Kayler Rietcheck, Trace Tomme.

At-Large Representatives: Patrick Marshall (Faculty), Jonathan Paz (Fac-

ulty), Karen OBrien (Community).

Governing Body Representatives:

Board of Student Organizations Rep. #1:William Stevenson

Board of Student Organizations Rep. #2: Stephen Lawson

Intrafraternity Council: David Gabrielson

Panhellenic Council: Kaylin Berry

Student Athletic Advisory Committee: Hillary Knaebel

Recreational Sports:Alex Gribben

International Council:Xinwei Yan and Pak-Chin Yong

Mines Activity Council: Samara Omar

The Oredigger:Lucy Orsi

RONALD KEM / OREDIGGER







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A bands new album has jus t

become the most downloaded in

history. At more than 500 million

downloads, it happened in a

flash, in an unorthodox manner,

and by an unexpected band.Many iTunes users woke up in

the last few days to (happily or

unhappily) find a free new album

by U2 in their music library

named Songs of Innocence.

Why would Apple and U2 do

such a thing?

It all started a decade ago

when Apple released a U2

themed iPod that came with a

plethora of the bands songs.

Now, Apple has bought 100

million dollars worth of U2s

U2 and Apple: The new savvy partnershipKellen Malone

Staff Writer

new album to give away free to

customers all over the world.

It is easy to see why U2 went

along with the idea: their last

album was one of their lowest-

grossing in ten years. They

currently have up to 500 million

potential buyers prepared when

Songs of Innocence is actuallysold in October. But what does

Appl e gain from the trade? Not

a universally happy audience.

Many iPhone and iPod owners

were angry that Apple practically

force fed them an album they

may not even want into their

possession.

Not to say the album is not

worth listening to. Bono can still

hit the high notes at the climaxes

of the songs. His voice is as

clear as crystal. The harmonies

are sweet to the ear. The album

as a whole has a retro feel

that is reminiscent of early U2

records. Some of the songs do

sound similar in structure, but

have varying sounds added

along with the drum set,

guitar, and bass. These

are presumably syntheticsounds created from the

keyboard, which are evident

in the intros for Sleep like

a Baby Tonight, (regular

keyboard) and California

(church bells). Towards

the middle of the album,

the guitar becomes more

prominent and a more hard

rock feel surrounds the

songs. The end of the album

comes back around to the style

of the first few songs with the

classi c 80s rock sound. Some

of the songs do appear to

be slightly repetitive if you

are not a U2 fan or listen

to a lot of classic rock,

or rock in general. It

seems that Apples

and U2s coalition

scheme paid off, butthe intrusion of the

Songs of Innocence on

many unhappy customers

Appl e produ cts was

borderline breaking and

entering.

COURTESYINKLINGMEDIA

It seems that when large

entertainment tours roll through

Denver, a problem arises. Mayhem

Festival, featuring the likes of Korn

and Avenged Sevenfold, decided

they needed two days and two

different venues to perform at; the

Oddball Comedy Tour had one of

the smallest lineups for their Red

Rocks show; Riot Fest, as was all

over the news, got kicked out of their

initial venue and moved to Sports

Authority Field. Uproar wasnt any

different, opting for only

half of their talent to rock

the 1st Bank Center.Luckily, the artists that

performed were some of

the top bands on the tour.

Pop Evil opened the

night fairly early around

6pm. A fairly new band,

they only recently

received their first number

one hit with Trenches.

They are really the new

kids on the block, just

getting a foothold in

mainstream rock, but

they pour their hearts

into each performance,

and that makes for

an entertaining show.

Behind Leigh Kakaty, their

singer, no one stands still.Including their drummer,

Chachi Riot, who is one

of the most entertaining

people to sit on the throne

behind the kit.

Buckcherry, or more

appropriately, F**kcherry,

followed up next. Being

an older band, they

need to find ways to stay

relevant. Unfortunately, they did with

their new album, F**k, consisting of

songs such as F**k, I dont f**king

care, and Were a f**king band

(the last two might be made up).

They only sang, and talked about

two topics: drugs and cursing.

Its sad they had to resort that

style of shock value becausethey are great, Los Angeles based,

performers; theyre almost like Steel

Panther: both are fun to watch, fun

to listen to, but Steel Panther is

funny and Buckcherry is desperate.

Skillet followed, opening their set

with a cellist and violinist. Of course,

after their little epic intro, Skillet came

out to some of the loudest screams

of the night. Fans of their records

ought to go to a Skillet concert; they

are one of the few bands that are

better live. They combine adrenaline

and passion that will make even the

laziest of concert goers out of breath.

That comes from experience: I dont

mosh, hardly dance, and prefer a

back of the room, listening to the

music approach to my concerts.

I was still out of breath by the end

of their set. Even their orchestral

Awake and Alive arrangement

was intense. Coupled with their

stage that lifted almost everyone up

to the ceiling, they were almost the

best band of the night. Surely good

enough to go after Seether, who

came up next before the headliners,

Godsmack.

Seether is good; they have

good chemistry, but theyre too shy

for being a best selling rockband

(anyone remember Remedy from

back in the day? Fake it maybe?).

In between songs, Jon Kooper of

Skillet would talk to the audience,possibly foreshadowing another

tour; Shaun Morgan of Seether

would loop a guitar riff while the

lights were off. There was almost no

audience interaction (yes, they did

give away picks and sticks at the

end though). Good songs trumped

by a lethargic show . . . Thankfully

they had a ton of hits to choose

from. And contrasted Godsmack

immensely.

Godsmack is headlining Uproar,

and they deserve it. Though their

newest album, 1000HP is their

newest in years, they havent lost

anything. Despite the show being

inside the 1st Bank Center, there

was fire and fireworks. And flying

beer.

Opening up their set was a

video on a huge screen (which had

some technical diffi culties coming

down). As everyone was ripe with

anticipation, the screen fell and

Godsmack came out screaming.

Fire erupted during multiple songs,

and fireworks, which concluded

the usual Sully vs. Shannon

drum-off, but also flying beer. Sully

proved he still has what it takes to

be a Rockstar by not only inspiring

people to support live music (You

can beat the energy you feel going

to a live show), or by getting the

crowd involved by having a beer

catching contest to engage thecrowd (Sully also hasnt become fat

and slow, throwing cups all the way

to the back of the arena): he got

every person in the 1st Bank Center

to get up and be a part of the music.

Uproar brought their heavy

hitters out to Denver, and they

didnt disappoint. In fact, if youre

into heavy, high energy, explosive

situations, you should have come

out to Uproar.

UPROAR Music FestivalCurt Dennis

Staff Writer

Starting late is never easy for

an artist or the audience. With

a scheduled performance time

of 8:15, Clipping, a noise rap

group from California, ended up

starting at 9, and had to make

the most of the intermission,

which they did so by making a

simple joke. But the only way

to understand what made their

simple joke of, Thank you,

were clipping., funny, is to

understand Clipping.

Clipping, stylized as

clipping., is a noise rap

group. What exactly is a noiserap group? Imagine spoken

word poetry. Now imagine if

it was fast with a song-like

structure of verses, choruses,

and occasionally bridges. Now

put random noise, static, bells,

weird melodies, and a beat

behind it. That is noise rap; tha t

is Clipping.

Because of the uniqueness

of the genre, Clipping is quite

literally a have-to-see band:

more emotion, smoother

flow, and sharper dynamics

encompass their live show,

and audience interaction, cool

Clipping in concertCurt Dennis

Staff Writer

visuals, and fast rhymes weave

through each song. Believe

it or not, the songs become

catchier and more fluent

when heard live rather than

through Youtube or iTunes. The

experience of a small venue

might have contributed, but

the packed audience did not

stop MC DD from taking a song

into the crowd, spitting rhymes

in between fans. And all while

MC DD is rapping, the noise is

playing behind him.

The noi se is treb ly and lou d

unless it is mixed properly, and

even with earplugs, it is ear-

shattering. When a band starts

their sound check, nothing isEQd, no volumes are set, and

no one is prepared with their

ear protection. When Clipping

started their soundcheck (45

minutes before their set),

their trebly noise was the last

thing to be set. After piercing

everyones ears, Clipping

decided to make good humor

of their unfortunate delay by

cracking one little joke, Thank

you, were clipping! And with

potentially bleeding ears, but

still in good spirits, everyone

waited patiently for the show to

start.

COURTESY ROCKSTAR ENERGY

COURTESY CLIPPING


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Miyazaki, director/writer of Howls

Moving Castle (2004) and Princess

Mononoke (1997), brings his top

game in Spirited Away. Studio Ghibli,

the studio responsible for this piece of

art, outdid themselves with this movie,and it is possibly one of the best

movies that they have made. It has

won numerous awards, including an

Academy Award for Best Animated

Feature Film. Spirited Away follows

a young girl, Chihiro, as she journeys

into a strange magical world filled

with witches, spirits, and a magical

bathhouse.

The story begins with Chihiro and

her parents in a car as they are moving

to a small Japanese town in the

countryside. Chihiro is sullen, moody,

and childish. Chihiros father makes an

incorrect turn and they end up going

down a small, creepy road that leads

to a dead end in front of a tunnel. Her

parents get out and decide to explore,

much to Chihiros dismay, and shesforced to follow them. They end up

in an amusement-like area where

Chihiros parents find an unstaffed

restaurant filled with food. They begin

to eat and decide to pay for the food

later.

Chihiro leaves and is found by a

boy, Haku, who informs her that she

must leave with her parents before

it gets dark. Chihiro does not get

back to her parents fast enough, and

they are turned into pigs by Yubaba,

the selfish witch who rules the all-

important bath house. Yubaba steals

Spirited AwayErica Dettmer-Radtke

Staff Writer

the names of her workers so that she

has control over them and so that

they can work for her forever. With

her parents turned into pigs, Chihiro is

now stuck in a land full of spirits. She

cannot escape because the path that

she came in on is gone and she is

forced to find a job at the bath house,

the center of this park, so that shecan save her parents. With the help of

Haku and others, Chihiro makes her

journey to adulthood.

The animation in this movie is all

hand drawn, a feat which is impressive

in itself. For every second of the

movie, there are approximately 12

drawings. The movie was released in

Japan in 2001 (IMDb). It was adapted

for an English-speaking audience in

2002 by Disney Animation Studios.

The Disney team worked to make

sure that Miyazakis original ideas

for the movie were not lost in the

translation from Japanese to English.

The animation style is very different

than typical Disney animation. The

soundtrack helps bring the movie to

life, and, although it is not as dramaticas most modern movie soundtracks,

the music complements the movie

really well.

This movie touches on the

importance of childhood but also

the reality of growing up. Miyazaki

is clearly speaking to the children of

Japan in this movie. The disconnect

between generations, the struggle

with dissolving Japanese culture, and

the dangers of environmental pollution

are all ideas that are present in the

screenplay. It also warns against the

dangers of greed and blurs the lines

between good and bad, showing

how the world is really like, for no

person is truly all good or all evil.

All the characters in Spirited

Away are dynamic. All thesethemes are very heavy for

a childrens movie,

but Chihiros journey

from childhood to

adulthood is worth

the watch.

For anyone that has seen and loved Groundhogs Day, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ironman and

Transformers, here is a movie that combines the best parts, the mediocre parts and the completely

random parts of all of them. Edge of Tomorrow tells the story of Major William Cage, played by Tom

Cruise, a man who is all about public relations and making wars seem like a good idea. Major Cage

finds himself forced into service in the war against the Mimic, an alien race that is probably the most

baffl ing part of the entire movie. The Mimic are a strange hive minded race that look like some distant

cousin of Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy, strange tree creatures that move very fast and are kind

of terrifying in their vagueness. In order to fight these foreign enemies from some unknown world, the

people of Earth have created a strange exoskeleton armor that makes them stronger. These suits of armor

are a strange mix of the Iron Man suit and the Pacific Rim robot outfits.

In his very first day (ever) of combat, Major Cage manages to kill a subset of Mimic, called an Alpha, but

dies in the process. However, he then wakes the previous morning, yes, previous, as in the day before he

died. He writes it off as a strange sense of deja vu, until the same thing keeps happening over and over again

once he is killed. This is where the story bears resemblance to Groundhogs Day. Major Cage is forced to live

the same day over and over again. In one of the seemingly endless battles that he is forced to partake in, Major

Cage saves the life of Sergeant Rita Vrataski, played by Emily Blunt, the woman who is the face of the fancy armor,

and who is a war hero in her own right. Just moments before they both die she tells him, somewhat cryptically,

Come find me when you wake up. When Cage next wakes up back the day before, he goes to find her. It takes him

a few days and a few lives but when he does she explains that she has experienced the same thing that he is currently

experiencing, she too has lived a single day over and over again.

Together they figure out that in order to end the war with the Mimic, and therefore save humanity, they need to find

the brain of the hive minded Mimic race. In order to do that they have to find the place that Major Cage has started

to see in visions in his mind, as if his weird predicament couldnt get any weirder. Watch as Tom Cruise dies over and

over and over again, so many times that people might think that they actually walked into a Sean Bean movie, to race

against the clock. Yeah, that clock that seems to start over constantly. Maybe he isnt in as much of a time crunch as

he thought. He kind of has never ending time, there are worse things to ask for when trying to track down an enemy

that is nearly impossible to find.

While the movie might have numerous recurring characters, who are there everyday, most people will only

really remember Tom Cruise, as a time traveling con artist of a sort, and Emily Blunt, a bad ass woman who is

the real leader in the movie. Together the two of them will repeat the

same scenes over and over again, which probably means it only

took them like four days to film the entire movie. Jump cut after

jump cut, the audience will watch to see who is going to die next.

Spoiler alert: Tom Cruise dies a lot.

Overall, Edge of Tomorrow is a movie that will defy all expec-

tations. People going into it are about ninety percent sure that they

are going to see another cheesy and kind of crappy Tom Cruise

movie, not that there is anything wrong with that (everyone loves a

good cheesy action movie). However, walking out of the theater or

the living room or Bunker Auditorium, people will actually be talking

about how surprisingly good a film it is.

Jacqueline Feuerborn

Staff Writer

COURTESY COMICSONLINE

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

is the most recent film adaptation

of the acrobatic comic-book

hero, and it definitely does not

disappoint. Directed by Marc

Webb and written by Alex

Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, themovie sustains the adventurous

nature that won viewers for The

Amazing Spider-Man. This

sequel additionally adds themes of

family, particularly capitalizing on

the prevalence of unfulfilled father-

son relationships.

The movie stars Andrew

Garfield, who reprises his role

as Peter Parker/Spider-Man,

and Emma Stone, who plays

Peters love interest, Gwen Stacy.

Jamie Foxx portrays a bumbling

electrician who becomes a

terrifying villain called Electro

after an experiment goes wrong

at Oscorp. With a concoction of

new, compelling characters and

the return of some old favorites,the film ensnares viewers and

makes their hearts soar and

plummet frequently.

As promised during The

Amazing Spider-Man, the

beginning of the movie sheds

much-anticipated light on the life of

Peter Parkers father, Richard, and

the events leading to his death. A

theme of secrets that can be deadly

is introduced, and this creates a

darker, more foreboding mood that

follows characters to the end. The

storyline primarily focuses on the

conclusion of Peters childhood

as he graduates from high school

and prepares to adapt to life as

an adult. However, Peters life

as Spider-Man also contains theextra pressure and responsibility of

keeping the city safe and the love

of his life out of danger. Danger

predictably emerges, but there is

something more to the villains that

enter the storyline. The multiple

antiheros electrify the audience

The Amazing Spider-Man 2Anonymous with daring plans to upend Spider-

Mans world, but they also have

the ability to stun viewers into a

mixture of terror and pity. It must

therefore be said that the character

development in this film surpasses

the highest expectations.

Peters character in particular

has changed drastically and he isno longer the whimsical and playful

boy he was in the first movie. Peter

fluctuates between his desire to be

with Gwen and his motivation to

protect her by staying away. Their

relationship changes significantly

because of Peters indecision, and,

as with most modern superhero

movies, viewers wait with baited

breath for the characters to

throw caution to the wind and

fall in love despite the odds of

failure or gruesome death. While

this happens to

some extent in

The Amazing

S p i d e r - M a n

2, the results

n eve r t h e l e ssprove satisfying,

shocking, and

worth watching

despite the massive

twist at the end.

One plot piece

worth noting is the

wonderful depth given to

Harry Osborn, Peter Parkers

long-lost childhood friend,

who is played by Dane

DeHaan. DeHaans

performance alone

sells Harrys tragic

backstory as the

child neglected

by his father,

Norman Oscorp,

the founder of thegenetic research

lab, Oscorp. In

addition, the

scenes that

take place

between Harry

and Norman

beautifully parallel the struggles

Peter faces with his past and

his own father. Norman Oscorp

provides an excellent foil for

Richard Parker, as Harry does for

Peter, and these relationships raise

profound moral questions about

right and wrong, sickness and

health, and the price of geneticalteration.

Between action-packed

battles against Electro, thrilling

discussions between Spider-Man

and Harry Osborn, and touching

moments between Peter and

Gwen, viewers will learn much

about what it means to be a hero

in the face of losing everything.

This film, while heart-

wrenching, certainly is one to be

recommended the next time a

respite from studying is needed.

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Many people have seen the

movie, but much fewer have

read the book. The Princess

Bride (1973) by William Gold-

man is everything that the movie

is and more. Although lengthy,it is worth the read. Goldman

claims that his book is the

abridgement of The Princess

Bride by S. Morgenstern which

his father read to him as a child.

That book does not exist, but

Goldmans claim of his version

of The Princess Bride having

only the good bits is definitely

true. That claim helps Goldman

tell the story with a narrative

twist on the classic style of the

novel.

The stor y fol lows Buttercup,

a young woman who lives on

a farm. She spends her days

riding her horse and bossing

around the farm boy, Westley.

Westley always replies withthe classic line, As you wish,

which Buttercup comes to re-

alize means I love you. But-

tercup and Westley fall in love.

The Princess Bride is mostly

a love story after all. Westley

leaves to go find a fortune so

that he can marry the beautiful

Buttercup, but while he is at sea

his ship is attacked by pirates.

The Princess Bride: Better than the movieErica Dettmer-Radtke

Staff WriterButtercup hears that the Dread

Pirate Roberts, famous for kill-

ing everyone on board of the

ships he attacks, attacked the

ship that Westley was on. But-

tercup assumes he is dead and

falls into deep despair, vowing

to never love again.

Enter Prince Humperdink.

Prince Humperdink is deter-

mined to marry the most beau-

tiful woman in the kingdom of

Florin, and Buttercup meets

these criteria. Buttercup reluc-

tantly agrees to marry him but

tells him that she will never love

him. Buttercup is out riding in

the woods just before their wed-

ding when she encounters three

criminals. Vizzini, head criminal

and mastermind, and his two

men, Fezzik and Inigo Montoya,

kidnap Buttercup and haul her

aboard their ship where they

set off for the Cliffs of Insanity.

Much to Vizzinis surprise, they

are followed across the sea by

another ship.

More insanity follows. Vizzini,

Inigo Montoya, Fezzik, and But-

tercup head up the cliffs. They

are followed by the man in black

who was on the ship that fol-

lowed them. Vizzini decides to

leave Inigo Montoya to deal with

the man in black and sets off.

Here, the reader is given what

is not given in the movie, a back

story on Inigo Montoya. Yes, a

six-fingered man killed his father

(My name is Inigo Montoya, you

killed my father, prepare to die.)

but the real story is also told in

the book. This is where the book

far surpasses the movie. Whenthe man in black defeats Inigo

Montoya, Vizzini is even more

surprised and leaves Fezzik to

deal with him. This man in black

defeats him as well and then

battles Vizzini in a game of wits,

which he unsurprisingly wins. By

this point, Prince Humperdink

and his entourage are in pursuit.

The man in black flees with an

angry Buttercup. More action

follows, but revealing anymore

would spoil the whole book.

Although the movi e incorpo-

rates many parts of the book, it

also leaves much out. The book

has a little bit of everything.

There are some good guys and

there are a lot of bad guys.There are beautiful women and

charming men. There are some

escapes and a couple of cap-

tures. There is swordplay, true

love, hatred, revenge, monsters,

lies, death, and even a couple

of miracles. It is well-written,

and although on the predictable

side, especially after seeing the

movie, it is well worth the read.

COURTESY MASS MARKET PAPERBACK

When you want something, all

the universe conspires in helping

you to achieve it. -- Paolo Coelho

in The Alchemist

With beautifully written prose,

a simple plot, and just a touch of

magic, the enlightening novel The

Alchemist has been astounding

readers for the last two and a half

decades. Originally published in

1988 by Brazilian novelist Paolo

Coelho, the book is a perfect readfor anyone looking for

inspiration within a spell-

binding story.

Santiago, an Andalu-

sian shepherd, is a semi-

content young man lead-

ing his sheep through

the unique landscape

of Spain. While he loves

what he does, a dream

awakens his desire to do

something more with his

life and to actively seek

out adventure. Armed

with only courage and

the hope that he is ful-

lling his Personal Legend, he

sells all of his sheep and embarks

on a physical journey to the pyra-mids of Egypt. Despite the fact

that Santiagos journey is spiritual

and symbolic in nature, Coehlos

use of an actual adventure across

the land brings the hardship and

triumph of nding ones destiny to

life.

Along the way, Santiago

stumbles upon several interest-

ing characters, each of which in-

uences the young boy in some

profound manner and serves as

a generalization of some facet of

humanity. He rst comes across

a mysterious old man who says

he is a King. Dressed strangely

but intelligent and well spoken,

this man serves as a catalyst to

Santiagos journey and symbol-

izes the special type of person

who encourages others to reach

their potential. Santiago also

spends a few weeks working for

a dejected crystal merchant with

a barely-surviving business. While

this man helps Santiago discover

what he needs to do to move on,

the merchant himself is the mel-

ancholy example of someone whonever went after his Personal Leg-

end. Coehlos most disappointing

character is Fatima, the love of

Santiagos life and the only signi-

cant female in the novel. Fatima

herself does not have a Personal

Legend, and her only purpose in

the book is waiting in the desert

for Santiago to return.

Although quite unrealistic, The

Alchemist is a pivotal story perfect

for the college student searching

for their life purpose. Because it

is written in a clear style with un-

complicated language, it seems

more like a fun fairytale than a

deep philosophical read and will

have readers quickly turning the

page. Additionally, the novel itself

is the embodiment of a Personal

Legend, as Paolo Coelho always

wanted to be a writer but was

talked into law school by his par-

ents. After overcoming numerous

obstacles and other life experi-

ences, Coelho nally conspired towrite the novel that he felt

the universe needed him

to. The Alchemist was

an instant hit and is cur-

rently published in over

80 dierent languages.

One of the best parts

of this intriguing novel

is that Santiagos story

bridges world cultures,

immersing the reader in

everything from Spanish

shepherding techniques

to maktub, an Arabic

concept that doesnt

have an easy translation

to the English language.

Ultimately, The Alchemist

is one of those rare motivationalnovels that inspires deep thought

and action and leaves the reader

feeling hopeful and excited about

the future. As Paolo Coehlo puts

it, When we strive to become

better than we are, everything

around us becomes better too.

Join Santiago for this inspirational

journey, and with this book, you

may discover more about yourself

while getting lost in the pages.

Personal legends and

Santiagos sheepKatrina San Nicolas

Staff Writer

The AlchemistThe Pacic Crest Trail (aka

the PCT) stretches approximately

2,650 miles from the Mexican to

the Canadian border. It travels

through various terrains, including

the Sierra Nevada and the Cas-

cade Range. At age 26, Cheryl

Strayed hiked from the Mojave

Desert to the Bridge of the Gods

alone, traveling around one thou-

sand miles. Wild tells the ex-

traordinary story of her journey on

the Pacic Crest Trail. Although

she hiked the trail in 1995, Wild

was published in 2012, and since

then her book has been quite the

success, becoming a #1 New

York Times Bestseller.

When Strayed was twenty-two,

she lost her mother to lung cancer.Soon her family dissipated and

her marriage collapsed. A couple

of years later, after her

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