The Oredigger Issue 18 - March 5, 2012

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T H E O R E D I G Volume 93, Issue 18 March 4, 2013

The student voice of the Colorado School of Mines

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Sports 10

Opinion 12

Features 4

News 2

The hardest jobyoull ever love:

Peace Corps

Bake up some

impressivecupcakes

Hipsterideology grinds

our gears!

MinesBasketball comeback falls short

Tonight is not a night to cel-ebrate what the leaders of thiscampus have achieved, but ratherwork towards making Golden andthe School of Mines a more collab-orative community. Undergradu-ate Student Government (USG)President Matthew McNew offeredthis sentiment to all those in at-tendance at last Fridays frst everBanquet of Leaders. The eventaimed to connect CSM leadershipacross the board, inviting USGexecs, class presidents, varsityand club sport captains, GSA rep-resentatives, student activities andadministrative staff, the Mayor of Golden, and other distinguishedguests. It was a night for all thefactions of CSM to share theiraccomplishments and goals, andwork to come together for thebetterment of the community. TheGolden Hotel hosted the eveningevent, and attendees were treatedto dinner and speeches by stu-dents, faculty and city members.

McNew began the evening witha recap of USGs accomplish-ments over the past year. Sincethe organizations name change atthe beginning of the year (formerlyknown as ASCSM), voter turnouthas tripled. USG updated the RTDbus passes and allocated a record$800,000 to student organiza-tions. McNew informs that there is$30,000 remaining in the budgetto allocate to anything that provesbenefcial to the Mines communityand welcome suggestions. He

stresses a desire for more trans-parency and visibility concerningUSG actions. Upcoming eventsfor USG include elections the week of E-days and a new event calledInto the Streets, happening onMarch 23, in which CSM studentswill go into the streets of Goldento volunteer around town.

Following the USG announce-ments was an update on theGraduate Student Association byGSA President Cericia Martinez.GSA separated from ASCSM threeyears ago, resulting in separateg o v e r n i n gb o d i e s f o rgraduate andundergradu-ate students.Martinez ex-plains that ,u n l i k e t h eundergradu-ate program,the majorityof graduatework is fo-cused on re-search. The GSA aims specifcallyto help graduate students withtheir research by providing fund-ing, travel to conference, etc. Theorganization also hosts the annualConference on Earth and EnergyResearch (CEER), which is a greatopportunity for students to presenttheir research. Funds are availablefor undergraduates to further theirresearch and travel to conferencesas well, said Martinez. The GSA welcomes more open interactionwith and amongst the undergradu-ates.

Elliot Feng, Vice President of the Student Athletics AdvisoryCommittee, was next to take thepodium. Feng began by thankingthe audience for the opportunityto speak, We have such a greatacademic school, its not often weget to brag about athletics. But,as Fang explained, CSM has alot to brag about. Mines athletesare breaking records across theboard, and the school is currentlyranked number one in athleticsfor a division two school. Justa few of CSMs athletic accom-

plishments overthe past year in-cluded womensvolleyball placing12th in the na-tion, mens soc-cer placing 11thin the nat ion,womens soc-cer placing 5th,womens cross-country makingnationals for thefirst time ever,

and mens cross-country ranked2nd in the nation. Feng concludedby thanking the many club repre-sentatives and faculty saying, Wecouldnt do what we do withoutyou.

Following athletics were ad-dresses for Greek Life by theInterfraternity President NoahLangford and Panhellenic CouncilPresident Taryn Mantta. Langfordtalked about his own experienceas a fraternity member, and theastounding professional and edu-cational benefts to which he has

access. In an attempt to make theCSM community more aware of Greek Life, Langford has beguna long-term news and advertisingcampaign. Mantta, echoing Lang-fords message, said that many of the great accomplishments madeby CSMs three sororities that havegone largely unrecognized. Thesize of the sororities has increasedby ten percent over the past twoyears and the members havedone a combined 4,000 hoursof community service each year.Sororities have also made a recentpush to be more supportive oncampus by attending sporting andclub events. Mantta urges clubs toreach out to the Greek communityfor support, saying Let us knowwhat you are doing, we love com-ing out to support Mines. Makingher point on the involvement of thefraternities and sororities, Manttapointed out that twenty percent of those attending the banquet wereindeed Greeks.

After an intermission for din-ner, the night continued with aspeech from CSM Vice Presidentand Provost Terry Parker. Parkeraimed to address four main ques-tions heard around campus, withthe frst being Who are we? Whatis Mines? While there are manyways to describe the atmosphereand the direction of CSM, Parkersummarized the school as a smallinstitution with a stemmed focus,programs of excellence, and ex-emplary graduates.

Banquet of Leaders unites GoldenKatie HuckfeldtEditor-in-Chief

Tonight is not a night to cele-

brate what the leaders of this

campus have achieved, but

rather work towards mak-

ing Golden and the School of

Mines a more collaborative

community.

Continued at Leaders on page 3

The Banquet of Leaders brought together CSM student leaders, administrative faculty, and Golden city members. Allthose in attendence worked to make Golden a more collaborate community.

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Headlines from around the worldLocal News

An ice shing team has beenbanned from competing at the

11 Mile Reservoir in Park Coun -ty for life after they were caughtusing live minnows as bait. Afteran unexpected win, of cials be -came suspicious, searched thecontestants cars, and foundthe minnows. Two other teamswere also caught using live min -nows, but consented to take apolygraph test on the subjectand were not automaticallybanned.

Summit County of cialsare searching for two men ac -cused of possessing over eightpounds of cocaine and half apound of meth. The SummitCounty Sheriff Of ce stoppedthe men for a traf c violation,

and a K9 unit detected drugs.Since there was not enough evi -dence to arrest the men, depu -ties took the men to a local ho -tel. However, once the car wassearched, enough evidence ex -isted to arrest the men, who arenow missing.

The 11th Annual TubbsRomp to Stomp out Breast Can -cer raised more than $67,000for Komen for the Cure lastSaturday. The event, held at theFrisco Nordic Center, was oneof the largest snowshoe seriesin the world.

The Cheyenne Mountain Zoorecaptured an escaped Howlermonkey last Saturday after -

noon. Zoo employees used anet to safely capture the mon -key and return her to the pri -mate exhibit.

A coal train derailed nearSterling last Saturday morn -ing and sparked grass resnearby. The train was empty, noone was injured, and the reswere all extinguished. However,road closures resulted from theevent. I-76 was not affected.

Arnaud Filliat, Asst. Copy Editor

Arnaud Filliat, Asst. Copy Editor

NASA has given the SpaceX rocket the go-ahead to rendez -vous with the InternationalSpace Station. The maneuversfor the rendezvous involve settingup SpaceXs unmanned Dragoncargo ship to be grappled withthe space stations robotic arm.

The Dragon was launched Fridayfrom Cape Canaveral Air ForceStation in Florida, but minutesafter reaching orbit SpaceXsoperators in California found outthat only one of the crafts fourthruster pods was working. After

several hours the glitch was re -solved and all four thruster podswere functional, but it delayedthe rendezvous until Sunday. TheDragon is carrying 2,300 poundsof cargo, including a researchfreezer for preserving biologi -cal samples and experiments tostudy the growth of plants andmouse stem cells in an zero-grav -ity environment.

The United States is givingnon-lethal aid to rebels ghtingto topple Syrian President Basharal-Assad. Syria and Iran con -demned the aid and Syrian For -eign Minister Walid al-Moualemsaid, I do not understand howthe United States can give sup -

port to groups that kill the Syrianpeople. The assistance includesmedical supplies, food for rebel

ghters and $60 million to helpthe civil opposition provide basicservices.

Chads Army Chief of Staff General Zakaria Ngobongue saidthat his troops had killed Mok-tar Belmoktar , the terroristwho attacked a natural gasplant in Algeria . The French

military, which is leading the of -fensive against al-Qaida rebels inMali, said they could not con rmnor deny the information. His pur -ported death comes a day afterChads president announced thatthe troops had also killed AbouZeid another leader of al-Qaidaoperations in northern Mali.

A gang leader and drug lordfrom Myanmar and three otherforeigners were executed in Chi -na Friday, marking th e frst timeBeijing has tried and put todeath foreign nationals. The

four were found guilty last yearand for the October 2011 hijack -ing of two cargo ships and themurder of 13 Chinese sailors onthe Mekong River. They werealso guilty of smuggling drugs,kidnapping and hijacking cargoships in the golden triangle asection of territory that accounts

for most of the opium and meth -amphetamine production.

Taliban insurgents poi-soned, and then shot 17 peo-ple as they slept at a local po -lice post in eastern Afghanistan.It is unclear how the militantswere able to drug people insidethe post before ring bullets intotheir incapacitated bodies. Tenmembers of the Afghan local po -lice, and seven civilians died inthe attack. In another attack, asuicide bomber slid under a busfull of Afghan soldiers and blew

himself up in Kabul, wounding10. The bomber was wearing ablack overcoat and approachedthe bus, set down his umbrella,and went under the bus as if to

x something. An of ce workerfrom across the street said thathe thought the man might havebeen a mechanic.

Los Angeles, California - Re-searchers from the University of Southern California projected pixelson to a headset to help the visuallyimpaired in everyday tasks such asnavigation, and object nding. De -veloped using a video camera andalgorithm the researchers hope theycan enhance the vision of patientsalready tted with retinal implants.

Munich, Germany - According to a new studyfrom the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich(LMU), a protein called TDP-43 causes muscle wast -ing and stunted nerve cells leading to dementia. The

nding supports the idea that this protein plays a bigrole in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Cambridge, Massachusetts - Re-searchers at MIT presented a new algorithmfor solving graph Laplacians that is faster andsimpler than its predecessors. The research -ers believe that the simplicity of their algo -rithm should make it much faster and easierto implement in software, and could general -ize graph Laplacians to other contexts.


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Parkers next question to ad-dress was, What is the pres-

ent and future of academics atMines? The present state of academics includes a noticeablechange in the balance of graduateand undergraduate from previousyears, new degrees and formal-ized programs offered to stu-dents, and the growth of a strongresearch culture. In regards to thefuture, Parker said that the schoolaims to improve the bio offerings,but has no plans to broaden itsfocus to non-engineering degreesor grow the size of the school.

The third question addressedwas Why are we transitioning tocolleges? Without going into thecomplex organizational structur-ing of the university, Parker ex-plained the bene ts of the collegesystem. The colleges help col-laboration between faculty andadministration, and they allow formore competitive competition,which leads to better programsfor everyone. In addition, theyhelp hold all departments to aminimum standard of excellence.

The last point to a ddress wasthe physical locale of depart-

Banquet of Leaders unites Golden

ments on campus and associ-ated problems and complaints.Parker states, There are threetypes of space problems: quality,quantity and location. We have allthree. The school is working onsolutions that bene t everyone,but it continues to be a work inprogress.

Dan Fox, Dean of Students,was next to the stage, highlight-ing student life. Fox explainedthe goal of student activities is tomaximize the time spent outsidethe classroom, make a more im-mersive environment for studentsand impart a sense of civic dutyto students during their timeat Mines. Even though he hasworked at multiple schools, Foxsaid that this student body caresmore about the world than any-where else I have been. Studentlife hopes to continue to enrich thecollege experience for CSM stu-dents and has undertaken manyprojects for the upcoming year.Starting this spring and into nextyear, construction will begin onthe Marv Kay Athletics Complex,Elm Residence and Dining Hall,a new Student Welcome Centerand a three-phase renovation tothe Student Center. Concluding

Continued from page 1 his speech, Fox left students witha quote from Abraham Lincoln,Commitment is what transformspromise into reality.

Ending the evening was anaddress from Marjorie Sloan, theMayor of Golden. Sloan said thather job was to make sure thatCSM students feel welcome inGolden. And Sloan is happy tohave Mines saying, You [CSMstudents] are the spice of Gold-en. We are so happy to have youin our town. Following a videorecap of Golden events in 2012,Sloan said Im not sure whatsin store for this year, but Imsure it will be as phenomenal as2012. A few things coming overthe next year include the light railand a pedestrian bridge acrossSixth Avenue, more microbrew-ery openings, and a new 100-unitapartment complex to be builtnear the Briarwood Inn.

The Banquet of Leaders wasa night to rally CSM to continueimprovements of the Mines com-munity. The accomplishments of the many individual groups areastounding, and by collaboratingand combining these fragmentedsegments of campus, CSM canaccomplish truly amazing feats.

Munich, Germany . ALS isan incurable neurological diseasewhich manifests rst by musclewasting. Both limbs and respira-tory muscles are affected leadingto impaired mobility and breath-ing problems.

Patients usually die with a fewyears after symptoms emerge butin rare cases such as StephenHawking, patients can live withthe disease for a long time. In-creasing evidence that ALS andfrontal temporal dementia (FTD)may have similar causes.

The symptoms overlap andcommon factors were found atthe microscopic level. The dis-ease affects humans with par-ticles accumulating and formingclumps in nerve cells, especiallythe TDP-43 protein. The proteinis normally located in the cell nu-cleus and involved in processinggenetic information, but with thedisease TDP-43, accumulatesoutside the nucleus forming ag-gregates.

The proteins normal func-tion is disrupted and it no longerreaches the nucleus. The studywas done on zebra sh. Their ge -netic code was modi ed so thatthey did not produce TDP-43

protein. This led to the young shdemonstrating muscle wastingand dying a few days after hatch-ing.

According to LMU, the studyrevealed that loss of function of

TDP-43 does see m to play a criti -cal role in both ALS and FTD.

MIT, Massachusetts . Appli-cations using graph Laplaciansinvolve scheduling, image pro-cessing, network analysis and

more. A graph Laplacian is a ma-trix that describes a graph.

A graph is an collecti on of nodes, often depicted as circles,and edges as lines that connectthe nodes. The nodes might rep-resent tasks to be performed. Inmany graphs, the numbers havedifferent numbers associatedwith them thatcould repre-sent cost orother dataabout movingfrom one stepto another inan operation.

The Lapla-cian graphdescribes theweights be-tween all theedges, but itcan be a seriesof linear equa-tions. Solvingthose equa-tions is crucialfor analyzingthe graphs.

Earlier approaches consid-ered a series of approximationsof the graph of interest. Unfortu-nately the rules for constructingthe sequence of graphs could becomplex, proving that solving theequations to nd a good approxi -mation required mathematical in-genuity.

The researchers approach ismuch simpler. They nd a span -ning tree which is a tree or graphwith no closed loops that touchesall the graphs nodes, but dis-penses with the edges that cre-ate loops. Using the spanningthey add back one of the missingedges, creating a loop.

A l oop means that two nodesare connected by two differentpaths. The researchers showedthat this simple repetitive processof adding edges and rebalancingwill converge on the solution of the graph Laplacian.

California . Blind people withretinal implants can detect mo-

tion and largeobjects, butthey are stilllack resolution.

The re-s e a r c h e r sbelieve theiralgorithm will

enhance reti-nal implantsproviding theuser with bet-ter resolutionwhen they arelooking for aspeci c item.

19 subjectswere involvedin the study.

They eachtrained rst to get used to thepixelated vision and during thestudy they took part in three dif-ferent experiments. The subjectwalked an obstacle course, foundobjects on empty tables, andsearched for a particular target ina cluttered environment. A cam-era collected real-world informa-tion in the view of the subject andthe information was conveyed tothe subject.

The s ubjects learned to ada ptto pixelated vision in all of thetasks, suggesting that image pro-cessing algorithms can be usedto provide greater con dence topatients when performing tasks,especially in a new environment.

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Blind people with retinal

implants can detect motion

and large objects, but they

are still lack resolution. The

researchers believe their

algorithm will enhance reti-

nal implants providing the

user with better resolution

when they are looking for a

speci c item.

How are you going to be re-

membered? Brad Meltzer askedthe audience of a webinar hostedby the National Society of Leader-ship and Success.

What seemed like a writingseminar from the title turned outto be a talk of how everyone af-fects each other and the legacypeople leave behind. Meltzer,best-selling author, had the op-portunity to read his own obitu-ary after he asked a reporter towrite it. The writer gave Meltzerhis obituary, lled with his accom -plishments, but incomplete as it

nished with the phrase, He wasa... The phrase left Meltzer won-dering what the rest of the obitu-ary would read. He was a what?

Meltzer then turned the questionto the audience. Who are you?

In looking back on life, thethings done for oneself and thethings done for others have to beseparated into this grand ques-tion, Who will remember you?

In an obituary, one might havetheir job listed, their accomplish-ments, but it is the last time theirresume will be uttered. What lastsafter the obituary is long printedand forgotten is the legacy thatanyone leaves. The legacy andthe impact the deceased had onpeople is what everyone will re-member, explained Meltzer.

Writing your ownobituaryKaterina GonzalesContent Manager

Meltzer started on family, tell-ing his story and ending with thepoint that family builds on whoeach person is. The sphere of

in uence then extends to friendsand teachers. Our mentors in u -ence us beyond what they canimagine. Meltzers English teacherhad an enormous impact on hislife, leading him to eventually be-come a writer, even if she had noidea of her in uence on her stu -dents. Then the sphere of legacyextends to the communities peo-ple build around themselves, and

nally, to random strangers. Thepeople we help who we do notknow are still a part of our legacy.

All these people will remember us.Use your power, Meltzer en-

couraged. I believe ordinary peo-ple change the world. It does nothave to be as historic as writing

the Declaration of Independence,but rather can be the act of be-ing nice to one person. Everyonethinks and dreams about doingthings beyond themselves, butseem ordinary and boring, likeClark Kent.

Going back to the impact of agiant in his life, Meltzer pressedthe audience to thank those men-tors, and through the thanks be-come a giant in their lives.

Meltzer ended by stating thatsomeone cannot write their ownobituary, but through his or herlegacy, he or she can live forever.

For anyone who has ever wantedto travel to another country to ap-ply skills in his or her major, there isthe Peace Corps. The Peace Corpshas been around since 1961, whenPresident John F. Kennedy estab-lished it to promote world peace andfriendship. The Corps has three sim-

ple goals, helping the people of inter-ested countries in meeting their needfor trained men and women, helpingpromote a better understanding of

Americans on the part of the peoplesserved and helping promote a bet-ter understandingof other peopleson the part of the

Americans.Last Wednes-

day, Peace Corpsvolunteers, all hav-ing served aroundthe world, came toColorado Schoolof Mines to talk tointerested studentsabout traveling abroad to help an-

other community and to help your-self. Not only can traveling abroadincrease knowledge about othercommunities, it also can bring outanother side of anyone who makesthe journey. One volunteer said,Youbecome a different person, in thatvolunteers mature in a way thatwhen they come back, they experi-ence some culture shock betweenhome and the rest of the world.

But what if I want to be some-

The toughest jobyoull ever loveChase TyreeStaff Writer

where vastly different from home?one might ask. The Peace Corpstrains all their volunteers to preparefor any situation. As part of thecross-cultural program the PeaceCorps covers all speci cs and maindifferences to prepare you for yourexperience. The training is amazingin this way, explained one volunteer.

When volunteering for the PeaceCorps, one gets to take on a proj-

ect or mission to complete duringthe stay, but it may not be the onlyone. There are opportunities to beplugged into projects that are not partof your main assignment abroad. Itmay involve teaching young children

Math or English, oreven something re-lated to a future ca-reer. One volunteer,a geotechnical en-gineer, said I wasasked Hey, canyou work on thiswater system forme? When sign-ing up to volunteer,they will take major

into consideration and try to match

the volunteer to a country that canuse their skills. If anyone is interestedin volunteering, head over to www.peacecorps.gov to start the appli-cation and get the ball rolling. ThePeace Corps loves volunteers andMines is one way they are trying toget more students involved. Withover 130 countries that are look-ing for volunteers, joining the PeaceCorps is a great way to have newexperiences.

As part of the cross

cultural program the

Peace Corps covers all

speci cs and main dif -

ferences to prepare you

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If youre like me, you played Half-Life at a young age. Chances areyou missed a lot of what this serieshas to offer (if you havent played orheard of Half-Life, you may not be-long at Mines). Or maybe you un-derstood the scienti c anomalies,taxonomy of all the alien species,the multi-faceted government cover-ups, and interdimensional politics onyour rst go around. Well its safe tosay I did not; partly due to the factmy primary exposure to the serieswas through watching my olderbrother and uncle play. Heres whatI gathered from watching them: sci-entist, scary aliens, military, creepydude in a blue suit. Even this servedto tickle my fancy, and the game re-mains a nostalgic refuge in my mem-ory. However, for some odd reason, Irecently decided it was time to replaythe games and try to piece togetherthe incredibly intricate story of the

Half-Life universe. Just a warning:spoiler upon spoiler alerts are on theway. I am assuming a mild familiar-ity with the series to understand theaspects of the game below.

I began, obviously, with a replayof the original Half-Life, 1998 graph-ics and all. Not horrible honestly, thesuperb gameplay and instant recog-nition of the familiar game soundsallowed me to stomach the lifeless

AI models. This lead to some minorconfusion, however. In Half-Life 2,you meet up with Drs. Kleiner and

Vance. In Half-Life 1, all of the sci-entists look the same and have thesame audio les for their voices.Barney Calhoun, loveable secu-rity guard? Hard to tell which one is

Barney, because all of the securityguards have the exact same playermodels. This problem is solved bythe updated Half-Life called Black Mesa. An independent studio re-vamped the Half-Life storyline tothe Source engine, and performedan aesthetic remodel of the entireBlack Mesa facility. I have not playedthis yet, but videos show the re-semblances to Half-Life in incredibledetail and enhancement. I assumethe key roles like Eli Vance are up-dated and recognizable, but only aplay-through would con rm that. Allof that aside, it is important to payclose attention to the beginning se-quence of Half-Life where you learnabout a timely accidental systems

failure and can listen to scientists dis-cussing the odd sample being test-ed that day. More importantly youcan re-ruin Dr. Magnussons casse-role (referenced later in Half-Life Epi-sode Two). I rst began to delve intothe world of Half-Life Wikia upon themention of a resonance cascade,because upon hearing that I thoughtprofoundly to myself, Huh? So be-gan the scouring of the internet formore information.

I had thought, at about the age of seven, that the player, Gordon Free-man, had intentionally placed some-thing called the Xen crystal into ananti-matter spectrometer (Ill pretendto know that this is because I go toMines) with malicious intent. This

was very wrong, as listening to thedialogue proves the crystal is beingtested and the science team wishesthat Gordon place the crystal into themachine. This quantum event spursa dimensional rift between Xen andEarth. Initially, I thought that the aliensthat came through the portals duringthe portal storm were just inhabitantsof Xen, and all of them barbaric withno purpose. Further research provedthat Xen is an interdimensional sort

C O U R T E S Y V A L V E

It may be time to revisit the classic Half-LifeEvan FordStaff Writer

of subway station that connects dif-ferent dimensions, meaning mostteleportation events are drawn tothat speci c place in space andtime. This explains the multitude of species in the Xen, such as the infa-mous bullsquid, headcrab, barnacle,and houndeye that take advantageof the interdimensional portal rift.

Their hostile behavior lacks a mo-tive, and is more related to survival.However, more alien species comethrough the rift, yet their purpose iswell established.

To understand why the other sen-tient aliens urgently come throughthe portals, you have to understandthe politics and struggles of the Half-Life universe. One group, the Com-bine forces (from Half-Life 2) are abiomechanical aggregate of racesthat scour the universe in hopes toenslave and better equip their armyand quest for universal domination.

Their current (during time period of Half-Life 1 and before) pursuit of theNihilanth ( nal boss of Half-Life 1) and

his minions, Alien Grunts (big gorillathings with hivehand), Vortigaunts,and Alien Controllers ( oaty, mini Ni -hilanths), has left this race hiding in

Xen. I call them a race because theyare under similar control and sharesimilar features, including a third ves-tigial arm and backward jointed legs,alluding to a comparable evolution-ary chain. Essentially, the Nihilanthhas enslaved the Vortigaunts withthe help of the Alien Controllers,most likely the same species as theNihilanth. Meanwhile, as discoveredlater on Xen, the Alien Grunts ap-pear to be arti cially developed orcloned, rendering their loyalty to theNihilanths cause understandable.Conversely, the Vortigaunts are en-

slaved, as can be seen by the col-lars and cuffs on their arms. Eitherway, when the resonance cascadeopened the portals to Earth, the Ni-hilanth saw our planet as an easyescape and a conquerable territorythat would be safe from the Com-bine. Little did they know, the strongresistance of Freeman and the sci-entists of Black Mesa would severelyweaken and impede their attempt.

In his journey through the intes-tines and rail systems of the Black Mesa complex, Freeman launchesa satellite to close the portals asper the relayed instructions of theLambda Team. The Lambda Teamof the Lambda Complex is the teamresponsible for the pre-resonance

cascade interdimensional portalscreated at Black Mesa. Further-more, the military has been sent into manage the situation. By man-age, I mean silence everyone whohas any involvement or knowledgeof the event. By silence, I mean kill.

The satellite launch did not serve asa permanent x because the scien -tists soon learned another being on

Xen, the Nihilanth, was keeping theportals open. Regarding the Lamb-da Complex: I had once thoughtthat the resonance cascade wasthe rst contact the human race hadwith any species from Xen, sentientor not. This is not the case. Replay-ing Half-Life made it clear that therehad been testing on alien species

(in the chapter Questionable Ethics)for quite some time, which raisessome questions. How did humansreach Xen in the rst place without

rst obtaining a Xen crystal? To un -derstand this, I believe we mustaccept the fact that the scientistswere able to simply develop thistechnology independent of Xen,but upon arrival to this dimensionalteleportation sink, they found thecrystals as a more ef cient means of

developing teleportation technology.In their explorations of Xen, casual-ties were experienced, as shown bythe corpses of those in hazardousenvironment (HEV) suits on Xen. Yet,Black Mesas competitor, ApertureScience, was able to develop tele-portation technology as well. Portaland Portal 2 do indeed tie into thismess as well. It is curious why the

Aperture Science facility never expe-rienced relocation to Xen, but this isunfortunately one of the plot holesof the Half-Life universe. The waythe writers have it set up is the morethey leave unsaid, the more they canleave up to debate and future revi-sion. Honestly, their obscure set upof the entire universe, including bothHalf-Life and Portal, prevents themfrom being pigeonholed in their ex-planations and interconnections.

Anyway, people died on Xen, forscience. In these efforts, samples of both crystals and creatures were ob-tained, including headcrabs, hound-eyes, and Alien Grunts. Scientists

of Black Mesa tested these crea-tures, treating them quite poorly, asin certain labs the headcrabs wereeuthanized using electrical means.

This operation was kept quite hush-hushnot very many people knewabout it. So, as the creatures foundtheir way to Earth during the cas-cade and began terrorizing the sci-entists, it served as somewhat of aninstant karma. Not instant per se,but cross-dimensional teleportationis pretty quick.

Freeman survives the initialcatastrophic resonance cascade,thwarts the military suppressionoperations and government cover-ups of government cover-ups, andevades the deadly alien forces. Now

he travels to Xen to permanentlyclose the portal between Xen andEarth. Here he experiences formerdeceased Lambda team members,and even more bizarre alien species.Gordon eventually defeats the Ni-hilanth, which closes the connectionbetween Earth and Xen. Problemsolved right? Well, not exactly.

This marks the rst time Freemaninteracts verbally with G-man. In thisinteraction, the player learns that G-man is more than a government of-

cial. It seems that G-man and hisemployers have motives separatefrom the alien forces and the govern-ment. He observed your hard work at the Black Mesa, and leaves youwith a job offer that will leave you in

stasis, a hibernation, until your nextassignment. The other choice is abattle you cannot win. Half-Life 2opens assuming you chose the job.

Half-Life 2 begins with anothereerie G-man dialogue (I have yetto beat Half-Life 2 or any of theEpisodes recently, as I am currentlymidway through Half-Life OpposingForce. The expansions, OpposingForce and Blue Shift serve to inter-connect and develop the intricacyof the Half-Life universe, which alsoaid in a better understanding of Half-Life 2). The rst time I played Half-Life 2, I had no idea where I was orwhat I was doing. This is becausesome events were omitted duringthe 20 years Freeman was in sta-

sis, but these events are incrediblyimportant to the storyline. The Black Mesa incident opened portals to

Xen, and the Combine Empire de-tected the concentrated and high-intensity teleportation/portal rift. Inthe time after Gordon was placed instasis, the Combine traveled to thenewly discovered Earth in search of another potential enslavable spe-cies. The Combine is composed of a bunch of different aliens that have

been mechanically engineered (think Striders, Gunships, and Dropships).

The Combine Empire, upon reach-ing earth, was able to defeat Earthsscattered military forces in 7 hours.

At this point, the Combine declaredEarth its own, and to ease the ten-sion of integration of a new species,they appointed Dr. Wallace Breen,former head of Black Mesa, as Ad-ministrator of Earth. Breen is a pawnof the Combine, simply acting as acommon species relation to the hu-mans on Earth.

The Combine implement drasticmonitoring and control methods,using large monitors and constantenforcement of law using the ever-present Metropolice. A commonmisconception is that the Metropo-lice, the combine units on theground, are aliens. In actuality, theMetropolice are humans in Combineissued equipment that aids in thecontrol of their actions. It is unknownwhy humans would support the en-slavement of their own species, but

perhaps joining the Metropolice isan appealing alternative to the awfuland repressive city-states of futureEarth. The Black Mesa event openedportals not only at Black Mesa butalso all over Earth, and aliens wereroaming the land unchecked, killinghumans and native animal species,causing quite the ruckus. For secu-rity, humans sought the shelter of togetherness in cities. The central-ized locations of humans allowedthe ease of enslavement into cities,which were stripped of their nameand replaced with numbers, like City17, the City in which Gordon Awak-ens 20 years after Black Mesa. Theworld has been completely trans-formed (think 1984) where humans

are enslaved and stripped of privacy,and even the ability to reproduce. Alien species run rampant outsideof cities, enforcing the suppressionof the human race. A rebellion hasbeen quietly brewing, and Freemanis just the man to spark a large-scaleuprising.

In Half-Life 2, Freeman meetsback up with the few scientiststhat survived Black Mesa, Kleiner,

Vance, and Mossman. All are partof the resistance, and they speak of events that tie directly to Gordonsexperiences back at Black Mesa.Gordon also works with Barney Cal-houn to ght against the Combine.Even more, Vortigaunts have joinedthe resistance (Combine is common

enemy), and praise Freeman for hisefforts in freeing their species fromthe Nihilanth. The orchestration of aplan to defeat the Combine is set inmotion when Freeman arrives, butis soon spoiled when it is revealedMossman is a double agentworking for the Combine. Shereveals the location of the rebelhideout, and the Combineattack. The ensuing confu-sion sends Freeman throughRavelholm, and we dont gothrough Ravenholm. From there,things happen with a prison andsome giant bugs. The resistance is inturn strengthened. An assault of theCitadel (Combine center command)is launched.

The research I conducted servedone large purpose, to connect theplots of Half-Life 1 and Half-Life 2,because honestly before I just ac-cepted they were sequels and I didnot know why. Hey look a headcrab! Must be the same game! Peo-ple still calling me Gordon, nice. I

just took the similarities for grantedand thought nothing of the discon-nect between the settings and timeperiods of the game. Either way,

the Half-Life universe is incrediblyin-depth and immersive, and is oneof the greatest and most revolu-tionary games ever created. Thegames combine complex puzzles,intense action, and melds the sci-and horror genres into one. On topof that, Valve has also embeddedPortal into the Half-Life universe,which further expands the possibili-ties and events that can be revealedin upcoming games. There is oneproblem, however. The numberthree. Accurate reports surrounding

Valves CEO, Gabe Newell, showthat he may be unable to count tothree (Think: Half-Life, Half-Life 2,Episode One, Episode Two, Portal,Portal 2, Left for Dead, Left for Dead2). There has been no Valve gamethat has reached the supreme des-ignation of three. The conclusion oraddition to the Half-Life game seriesin the form of Half-Life 3 would bemore than well accepted, and wouldstimulate the minds of the dedicatedfans. With todays technology, and

the time that has been theoreticallypumped into Half-Life 3, the gamewould be groundbreaking, and couldonce more revolutionize the industrybeyond our wildest dreams.Just thinking aboutit gets me giddy.

There is so muchto be explained,such as the originand purpose of G-man otherthan stalk-i n g

Free-m a n .In themean-time, Iwill at-t e m p tto beatall of thegamesin theser ies .I wonthold myb r e a t h

until theh y p o -t h e t i c a lr e l e a s eof a newgame inthe Half-Life series,but I willkeep myc r o w b a rnearby.


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Steven King once wrote thatnightmares exist outside of logicand theres little fun to be had inexplanations. Theyre antithetical tothe poetry of fear. In a horror storythe victim keeps asking why, butthere can be no explanation andthere shouldnt be one. The unan-swered mystery is what stays withus the longest and is what well

remember in the end. My name is Alan Wake, Im a writer. The psychological horror shoot-

er video game called Alan Wakefollows the story of bestselling thrill-er novelist Alan Wake as he tries touncover the veil of mystery behindhis wifes disappearance while onvacation in Bright Falls, Washing-ton. While searching, he experi-ences events from the plot of hismost recent novel, which he cannotremember writing, coming to life.

The gameplay of Alan Wakeis a third-person shooter with twomain weapons. First is the trusty

ashlight, which is the most es -sential weapon in the game. Themain enemies called the Taken

are people, animals, and objectsthat are possessed by shadowsand attack Wake with weapons of their own. The only way to kill the

Taken is to use the purity of light,which burns the dark away, allow-ing them to be injured. To injure the

Taken, Wake uses guns with hisashlight, a combo that helps him

survive the darkness. Aside fromthe ghting, Wake can discovermanuscript pages of the book he is

living, giving him warnings of whatis to come and how to combatthem. Another discovery are TVswith episodes of Night Springs, ashow similar to The Twilight Zonein the real universe.

The main plot of the story, thatof Alan Wakes work coming true, isa theme explored by Stephen Kinghimself in many of his books. Also,a hedge maze paying homage tothe movie The Shining is pres-ent. Alfred Hitchcock is cited as an

inspiration, which is shown with anenemy that is a large ock of birdsthat attack Wake at random mo-ments.

The game style of Alan Wakeis great. It is presented as a mys-tery television program, separatedinto episodes that bring anotherpiece of the puzzle to the main sto-ry, but have a distinct plot of theirown. The story is also told withcliffhangers at the end of each epi-sode, making the gamer crave toplay the next one to see what hap-pens next.

Alan Wake the main gamecame out with two DLC packagesto continue the story, as well as asequel called Alan Wake: Ameri-

can Nightmare, which is based inthe same universe, but is not part of the main story. This is a great gameeven for non-gamers. The story willkeep the player guessing and go-ing deeper and deeper to an amaz-ing climax that book lovers enjoy.Alan Wake can be purchased onthe Xbox Live Marketplace or onSteam for a low price of $30 for themain game, or $15 for AmericanNightmare.

Wake up to Alan WakeChase TyreeStaff Writer Chase Tyree

Staff Writer

When people think of a 4X (ex-plore, expand, exploit, and exter-minate) game, they think of theCivilization series, the quintes-sential 4X game. For space 4X games, people think of Sins of a

Solar Empire, Master of Orion,or Galactic Civilizations. SpaceEmpires V tries to break into thegenre, but it unfortunately fallsshort of its potential.

The object of the game is toexpand the empire and control theuniverse. There are many ways todo that such as conquering ev-eryone, researching most of thetechnology of the game, or ensur-ing that the galaxy stays at peacefor a set number of turns. Thereare other ways to win besides theabove. Players start on one planetand must expand or fall by thewaysides. Warp points connectstar systems to each other, andthey must be guarded. Players

need to manage ve types of re -sources: minerals, organics (food),radioactive materials, intelligencepoints, and research points. Min-erals have the most use in thegame so they need to be main-tained. Players also need to bediplomatic with all of the otherempires in the game whether theywant to conquer them or not. Inaddition, players need to researchtechnology to gain abilities, bet-ter ships, better resource gather-ing, and more. Players must keeptrack of their military, economy,resources, and planets so theirempires will thrive.

This game succeeds the mostin customization. Players can

choose the portrait of their empirefrom a wide variety of options to

give their species a unique look. They can name their species, em-pire, and government whateverthey want or choose from a list.Players can also choose from awide variety of species bonuses,such as combat and mining, thatimprove their empire. There is stillmore to choose, however, as play-

ers must decide what atmospheretheir species breathes, what kindof planet their species lives on,and the overall design theme of their ships. Each ship is unique,but all ships in the empire sharethe same theme. There are somany choices that it can get over-whelming to new players. The raceportrait and ship design theme areultimately inconsequential andonly give each empire some per-sonalization, but the planet andatmosphere of the home planetdo affect what worlds players caneffectively and easily colonize.

Managing the empire is an in-volved process. The player has tokeep up with ships, planets, their

activities, technology research,and more. It gets overwhelmingquickly and the interface ham-pers action. There are many but-tons corresponding to each as-pect players need to maintain. Itrequires a lot of clicks and it getstedious to click properly with smallbuttons in the interface and nohotkeys for the empire manage-ment screens. Selecting the shipsand planets can be tedious as themap is at an angle and proper se-lection can get tricky.

With the ships, each ship has tobe made from set designs: freight-ers, colony ships, frigates, de-stroyers, and others. Componentssuch as weapons, engines, life

support, and the bridge are addedby hand to the ship. Ship presets

are available and build ships fromdefault. It is hard to create a goodship from scratch and newer play-ers will rely solely on the defaults.

The fact that each ship has to bemade and upgraded is yet anotherthing players must manage.

Out in the eld, ships requirea lot of upkeep. Supplies and or-

dinance have to be watched tomake sure they do not run low.Keeping track of ships can gettedious, and the somewhat un-helpful user interface makes it dif-

cult to nd them all. The interfacedoes not have a clear indication of where each ship is, so it may beeasier just to nd them manually.Players also need to keep track of their ships because they may runinto a ship of a rival empire andthey will ght.

Speaking of the combat, thecombat brings down the gamesquality considerably. It is

just awful. Players haveships ght each other. The

AI is terrible as the ships do

not act on their own, es-pecially if theyre in a eet.Players must direct them tothe enemy so they will ac-tually attack. They do notattack the enemy on theirown. Plus, running out of ordinance is common, andplayers have to keep track of that as well. This is yetanother way the game canget overwhelming. Play-ers can simply auto-playthe battles, but their shipsare more likely to die. Thiscombat system can be sal-vaged with practice, butthe learning curve is veryhigh.

Speaking of the AI, itis terrible. While all AI act

Space Empires V brings a twist on strategy gamesKyle SantiStaff Writer

on predetermined programming,good AI have very complex pro-gramming and do not make itobvious that they act on presetcommands. An AI will ask to allywith a player and keep askingif the player refuses. There is noway to predict what they want orwhat they will do, even if the game

tells players what terms they areon with them. Negotiating withthem is very complicated as play-ers cannot simply make a peacetreaty with them or trade technol-ogy. Players have to navigate thecumbersome interface to do it andselect a whole mess of options fornegotiation.

Finally, the performance of thegame can be described as bad.

The frame rate is extremely low,even on a powerful machine. Thegame is designed for Windows XP,and it will run terribly on other op-

erating systems regardless of howwell they can handle the game.

The graphics are not good for i tsrelease date. For reference, StarWars: Empire at War was re-leased at the same time and looksmuch better and runs well on op-erating systems later than Win-dows XP. The cursor is slow, and

the performance issues add frus-tration to the tedium. However,dedicated players can x this, butfew would be willing to do that.

Overall, Space Empires V ismixed. Its complexity will keephardcore players engaged. Theywill have to work around the per-formance issues, abysmal combatsystem, and tedious mechanics.

All others would not like this gameand be turned off after a few hoursof play. It can be fun, but playersneed to work at the game to ndits potential enjoyment.

The object of the game is to expand the empire and control theuniverse.

COURTESY STRATEGY FIRST

54321Boom! A loudnoise startles Junpei awake, andhis eyes snap open. He wakes to

nd a completely unfamiliar room.Still groggy, he falls to the metal

oor and nds that his whole bodyhurts and that he has large bumpon his head. Wheream I?Looking around the room, he seesa large iron door. On it, written inred paint, is the number 5. Tryingto open it, he nds it is locked.

These are the rst scenes aplayer sees in the rst game fea -tured in Under the Radar Games.

The name: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9Doors, also known for short as 999,can be found on the Nintendo DSgame system. Released in North

America on November 16, 2010,this action game follows the mainprotagonist Junpei as he and eightother people play a game createdby their kidnapper, who uses the

Alias Zero. They are to play theNonary Game, a game that mustbe solved in nine hours. To makethings harder, the nine people are

split up forcefully into groups andenter doors with large, red numberspainted on them, with the prom-ise that their escape lies behind adoor with the number 9 on it. Theplayers also notice they all have awatch on their wrist, each num-bered one through nine. Placedinside their bodies are bombs thatwill kill them if they break the rulesand the watch is the detonator toknow if they do or not.

999 plays as a adventure andpuzzle game. Each room presentsa new puzzle to the player in whichhe or she must focus on what heor she can see and do to solve theroom. Throughout the puzzles andthe game, emphasis is placed onthe characters, their motives, andthe mystery of their situation. Dur-ing dialogue with the other eightpeople, the players decisions af-fect how the game progresses,

which could entail certain peoplebeing killed or someones person-ality drastically changing. Every-thing adds up and the player canend up with one of the multipleendings to 999.

This game will break your mind.Going for each of the endings andbeing able to go back and solvingrooms you did not go into beforewill provide hours of entertainmentand in some cases, a really goodlaugh. For those who still are notconvinced to should try out 999,here is what some other gamershave said:

You wont put it down. Seri-ously, immediately after achievingyour rst ending youll dive back in for a second, then a third, andwont stop until youve seen themall. Expect to lose sleep. IGN.com

If youre willing to put in theeffort of replaying 999 to examineits many paths, youll be rewardedwith a multilayered, oftentimes hor-rifying, story and some satisfyingly

creative puzzles Escapist Maga-zine999 is perfectly balanced with

comedy, a compelling storyline, agreat soundtrack, and deep char-acters that will stay in your heartfor a long time. If you are lookingfor a fun puzzle game that is truly agem, this title is for you. This gameshould be one of the games of theyear. Amazon.com

Duuuuuuuude, try out thisgame! Chase Tyree

Thanks for reading. Stay tunedfor the next segment of Under theRadar Games!

999 fies under the radar

COURTESY CHUNSOFT

This action game follows the main protagonist, Junpei,as he and eight other people play a game created by their kidnapper, who uses the Alias Zero.


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Making something vegan doesnot mean sacri cing taste. Thesecupcakes are moist and deliciousand the frosting adds just the rightamount of sweetness.

Cupcake Ingredients:Makes 24 cupcakes-1 1/4 cups our-1 cup white sugar-1/3 cup unsweetened cocoapowder-1 tsp baking soda-1/2 tsp salt-1 tsp vanilla extract-1/3 cup vegetable oil-1 tsp apple cider vinegar-1 cup warm waterCream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:

-1 eight ounce package of dairyfree cream cheese frosting*,softened-1/4 cup of vegan butter**softened-1 cup of powdered sugar-1/2 tsp vanilla extractCupcake Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F andline cupcake pan.

2. In a medium bowl mix our,sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and

salt.3. Then, add water, vanilla, veg -

etable oil, and vinegar. Mix togeth -

er until well blended.4. Fill cupcake liners full.

Bake for 20-25 minutes.Frosting Directions:

1. In medium bowl mix togeth -er cream cheese and butter untilsmooth.

Vegan chocolate cupcakesWhitney WelchStaff Writer

2. Mix in vanilla.3. Gradually mix in powdered

sugar.

4. Frost cupcakes once cooled.Enjoy.

*Vegan cream cheese can bebought at King Soopers

**Vegan butter (EarthBalanceor Smart Balance Light) can bebought at King Soopers

WHITNEY WELCH / OREDIGGER

These chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting aresweet, delicious, and 100% vegan!

The Emperors New Groove fol -lows a young, cocky, and busy em-peror named Kuzco. Maintaining hisgroove and surviving another day of hearing his people complaining is adif cult job, of course. Not worriedabout his people, he brings in oneof his subjects, Pacha, andtells him some exciting news.Hes building a new waterpark just for himself. Kuzco isbuilding it right where Pachashouse is, so Kuzco sends himon his way with the happyannouncement. Meanwhile,

Yzma, Kuzcos administrator,believes that she should be-come emperor and take thethrone. In an attempt to as -sassinate Kuzco, Yzma andher right-hand man, Kronk,mistake a deadly poison with allama potion, which magicallytransforms Kuzco into a llama.Finding himself in the propertyof Pacha, Kuzco promises Pa -cha that he will move his wa-ter park to a different locationif he helps him turn back intoa human. Thus begins the ani -mated comedy adventure thatis sure to make anyone laugh.

The Emperors NewGroove is a funny movie withmany talented actors. Da -vid Spade voices the cockyKuzco who thinks of nothingbut himself, John Goodman isthe voice of the llama-herdingpeasant Pacha, Eartha Kittplays as Yzma, and Patrick Warburton (yes, Joe Swan-son, Mr. X, and The Tick) voic -es the innocent and lovableKronk.

Unlike most Disney mov-ies, New Groove does not aimtoo high or strain too hard tomake itself a Disney movie,

nor does it go for the selling point of making a bunch of songs to sell tothe populace for money. Instead, ithas a fun, quirky beat and little plotleads which lead to a climax that isfun, innovative, and makes watch-ers fall off the bed, couch, chair, orwherever they are sitting. This moviewas made for children, but the ani-mators and director Mark Dindal did

The Emporers NewGroove, a groovy movieChase TyreeStaff Writer

not let that stop them to make it funfor everyone.

Check out The Emperors NewGroove on iTunes or rent it becauseit is a great movie that everyone willenjoy. Make sure to get The Em -perors New Groove and not TheEmperors New Groove 2: KronksNew Groove, which is not as goodas the original.

The Emperors New Groove is a great lm for people of all ages.

One of my favorite thingsto have in the winter time is awholesome, lling Chicken PotPie. Beth from budgetbytes.comhas a perfect, cheap recipe that isdelicious, and can be afforded byany college student with a tightbudget. The total recipe costs

just over $7 and involves a prepa-ration time of 10 minutes and 45minutes of cooking time.

Ingredients for the lling:-1 boneless skinless chickenbreast

-1 Tbsp vegetable oil-2 Cloves of Garlic-1 medium onion-8 oz. mushrooms sliced-2 Tbsp butter-3 Tbsp all-purpose our-1 cup chicken broth-1 cup milk - lb. green beans-2 medium carrots-2 stalks celery- cup frozen peas- cup frozen corn kernels- tsp thyme-Salt and pepper to tasteIngredients for the biscuitdough:-1 cup milk -1 Tbsp mild vinegar or lemon

juice-2.5 cups all-purpose our,divided-4 tsp baking powder- tsp baking soda- tsp salt-4 Tbsp cold butter-1 eggInstructions:Begin by getting all of the veg-

etables together. Mince the gar -lic and dice the onion. Chop thecelery into small pieces and peeland slice the carrot. Peeling thecarrot is very important. Break the green beans into sectionsabout the size of a thumb. Slicethe mushrooms unless using pre-sliced mushrooms.

Add the vegetable oil, onion,and garlic to a large pot. Sautover medium-low heat until theonions soften and turn goldenbrown. Add the mushrooms andcontinue to saut until the mush -rooms have softened and turneddark tan in color.

Melt the butter into the pot.Once the butter has melted, addthe our. Stir and cook this mix -ture for about three minutes. Cutup a chicken breast into smallpieces, saut it up in a separateskillet and then add it in to the

large pot.Warm the vegetable broth up

in the microwave. Add the brothto the pot and stir to dissolve allof the our off of the bottom of the pot and off of the vegetables.Warm the milk in the microwave.

Slowly add the milk while stir-ring. It is important to use warmmilk because cold milk has thetendency to curdle. This is notbadit just means the proteinshave denatured and will still taste

ne. Add the rest of the vegetables

(green beans, carrots, celery,corn, peas) and the thyme. Golight on the thyme, as a little goesa long way.

Increase the heat and bringthe pot up to a simmer. Once itreaches a simmer, reduce theheat to medium and allow it tosimmer for 10 -15 minutes whilepreparing the biscuit dough. Stirthe mixture occasionally.

Preheat the oven to 450 de -grees. Now begin making the bis -cuit dough.

Mix the vinegar or lemon juiceinto one cup of milk. In a largebowl combine two cups of ourwith the baking powder, bakingsoda and salt. Stir well to makesure the ingredients are evenlydistributed.

Slice the butter into pats andadd to the our mixture. Mix thebiscuit dough by hand. It will havea ne, sandy texture when it is allmixed.

Stir in the cold milk just untilthe mixture is completely wet.

The dough will be very wet andsticky at this point.

Returning to the lling, aftersimmering for 10 -15 minutes,the liquid in the pot should havethickened. Add one teaspoon of cornstarch to thicken the mixtureif desired. Add salt and pepper totaste. Pour the vegetable mixturein the bottom of an 8x8 inch cas-serole dish.

Turn the biscuit dough outonto a oured surface and shapeit into about the same size andshape as the casserole dish. A pie pan can also work for thispart. Transfer the biscuit doughto top the vegetables in the dish.

Use a sharp knife to cut a fewslits in the biscuit dough to al-low steam to escape. For a moregolden brown crust, whisk andan egg with a fork and brush itonto the crust. Bake the dish inthe preheated oven for 15 -17minutes or until the biscuit top isgolden brown.

Tyrel JacobsenStaff Writer

Delicious, simple$7 chicken pot pie

TYREL JACOBSEN / OREDIGGER

The chicken pot pie llingis a delicious combinationof garlic, onions, mush-rooms, and chicken.

Bake for 15-17 minutes at450 degrees or until thebiscuit top is golden brownand enjoy!

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Slow cooker chili is an easydish to make on cold days. Thisrecipe is full of hearty vegetablesthat are sure to warm the body.

Try it at home after a l ong day of skiing.

Ingredients (Makes 8 servings)1 can (28 oz) of diced tomatoes1 small green pepper, chopped1 small red pepper, chopped1 white onion, diced1 tablespoon of olive oil2 bay leaves1/2 tsp salt1/8 tsp paprika1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

3 whole cloves1-2 tbsp chili powder1 can of light red kidney beans1 can of dark red kidney beansDirections1. In a slow cooker pour diced

tomatoes with liquid from can.2. Then mix in chopped pep-

pers, diced onion, olive oil, bayleaves, salt, paprika, cayennepepper, cloves, and chili powder.Stir so ingredients are well mixed.

3. Cook on low for 8 hours oron high for 4 hours.

4. Rinse and strain dark redkidney beans and light red kidneybeans.

5. Stir in the beans 30 minutesprior to serving.

Whitney WelchStaff Writer

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Looking for dessert with awow-factor? Want somethingdifferent than the ordinary, some-thing that uses some seriousbaking skills? If so, this deliciousand decadent cupcake recipe isfor you. Strawberries and choco-late come together to satisfy anysweet craving.

Show off to a special someoneor impress friends and co-work-ers. The work is well worth theresults, so put an apron on andhappy baking. (Recipe courtesy of yourcupofcake.com)

Ingredients:*Strawberries and bakingchocolate for decoration(For cupcake batter)-1 Box chocolate or devilsfoodcake mix- C. melted butter, cooled (oroil)-3 eggs-2 tsp. vanilla extract- C. milk - C. sour cream(For strawberry buttercreamfrosting)- C. butter, softened-4 oz. cream cheese, softened-1 tsp. vanilla extract-2-4 Tbsp. strawberry puree(see note)-3-4 C. powdered sugar, asneeded*Note: To make strawberry

puree, simply put strawberries(washed and cut) into a blenderand mix until fruit reaches a soupconsistency.

Directions:1. Preheat the oven to 350 de-

grees Fahrenheit and line a panwith cupcake liners.

2. In a large bowl mix the butter(or oil), eggs, vanilla extract, milk and sour cream for the cupcakebatter. Stir until smooth.

3. Gently sift the cake mix intothe wet ingredients. Stir until fullymixed.

4. Fill the cupcake liners fulland bake cupcakes for 17-22 min-utes. Check to see if the cupcakesare done by inserting a knife, if itcomes out clean they are ready.

5. Let the cupcakes cool whilebeginning the frosting.

6. Beat the butter and thecream cheese in a mixer or largebowl until smooth. Add the vanillaextract and 2 tbsp of the straw-

berry puree. Slowly add the pow-dered sugar until you reach thedesired consistency. If frosting istoo thick, add more strawberrypuree.

7. Using a frosting bag (or zip-lock bag with a clipped corner)pipe the frosting onto the cup-cakes.

8. For the decoration, meltbaking chocolate according to di-rections in the microwave.

9. Meanwhile, place a pieceof parchment paper on a cookiesheet and wash strawberries.

10. Dip strawberries in meltedchocolate and place on the cookiesheet. Refrigerate for 20 minutesto let the chocolate set.

11. Place one chocolate-dipped strawberry on top of eachcupcake and enjoy!

Katie HuckfeldtEditor-in-Chief

A chocolate and straw-berry dessert sensation

Strawberries and chocolate come together to satisfy anysweet craving.

This week in 1919, JeffersonCounty found itself in an awkward,but fortunate position. The districtcourt opened with only three criminalcases on thedocket.

Many civilcases werelisted, but un-less there [was]a sudden waveof crime in Jef-ferson countyduring the nextweek or two,the district at-torney was

likely to bebored and thesession wouldprobably endquickly, according to The Colorado

Transcript. The three criminal cases were

over liquor sales (Colorado was a drystate at the time), libel, and a stolenovercoat. It is possible that the de-creased criminal caseload was relat-ed to the U.S. involvement in WorldWar I in 1918, decreasing the num-ber of young men in Jefferson Coun-ty at that time. The civil docket tech-nically had sixty-three cases, butmany of these cases [had] been onthe docket for years without going totrial, and it [was] likely that the same

thing [would] happen this time.Environmental debates are not

unique to the twenty-frst century;

Golden and the rest of the ClearCreek corridor were experiencingone this week in 1919.

The Golden city council had en-dorsed a Colorado legislature bill toprevent the pollution of streams.

Most miningtown residentswere againstthe proposition,however, pub-lishing articlessaying every milland mine wouldhave to close.

As the contro-versy ragedon, one miningman fanned

the ames bywriting to Alder-man Chas. W.Owens, arguing

that the mines and mills had contin-ued on and surely would continue oneven if the bill passed.

The letter writer argued, though,that success would be reached onlyif the people banded together topass the measure.

This week in 1919, residentsalong the Middle Golden Road cel-ebrated the completion of a sectionof pavement stretching from Palmerstation to Maple Grove school.

Plans for paving continued, andthe area stretching from the Tram-way Crossing, just below the malted

milk factory, to Palmer Station wasbeing tackled next.

This week inColorado HistoryCourt cases and creek pollutionDeborah Good

Managing Editor

The Golden city council had

endorsed a Colorado legis-

lature bill to prevent the

pollution of streams. Most

mining town residents were

against the proposition,

however, publishing articles

saying every mill and minewould have to close.

KATIE HUCKFELDT / OREDIGGER


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To explore Denver RestaurantWeek, Carrabbas Italian Grillwas visited. About a 25 minutedrive from Golden, Carrabbasis located in West Central West-minster. With a Tuscan style de-cor and specialized lighting, theatmosphere of Carrabbas waslaid back and sophisticated. Theplace was very busy the night wewent, but we were still able tohave a natural conversation.

The meal began with an appe-tizer of calamari with a marinaradipping sauce and lemon alongwith a loaf of bread and a basilpesto olive oil dipping sauce. Thecalamari was thin with a light pep-per breading. When dipped in thespicy marinara sauce the dishwas complete. The loaf of breadwas soft on the inside and crispon the outside; paired with thedipping sauce made for a greatsnack before dinner. This was ascrumptious way to start out themeal.

Next came individual soups.Melissa got a sausage and orzosoup and Sydney got a SicilianChicken Soup. The Sicilian Chick-en Soup came in a good sizedbowl and tasted like grandmashomemade chicken noodle soup.It was warm and comforting.

The sausage and orzo soup alsocame in a good sized bowl andwas lled with chunks of a spicy

Sydney Sullinger Melissa AshwoodStaff Writers

Carrabbas Italian Grill a delicious Tuscan feastItalian sausage and just the rightamount of seasoning to provide akick without being overly pungent.

For the individual entrees Syd-ney had Carrabbas Chicken Triowhile Melissa chose The Dami-an. The Damian was a pairing of three of the most popular seafooddishes; Grilled Salmon, SpiedinoDi Mare and Lobster Ravioli. TheGrilled Salmon was topped witha spicy tomato basil vinaigretteand provided a luscious avor -ing to the salmon that fell apartinto perfect bites. The LobsterRavioli was topped with a tomatocream sauce and was lled withdelicious lobster and a smoothcheese. The only problem withthe ravioli was that they wereserved at barely a lukewarm tem-perature. My favorite of the threeseafood dishes was by far theSpiedino Di Mare. Consisting of shrimp and scallops breaded withlight and ne italian breadcrumbsand topped with a lemon andpepper sauce the dish was ex-ploding with avor. The Damianis a highly recommend dish for allseafood lovers and will be sure todelight. Carrabbas Chicken Triohad three of their famous chick-en dishes. The rst was ChickenBryan, chicken breast toppedwith goat cheese, sundried to-matoes, and basil lemon buttersauce. The second was ChickenMarsala, chicken breast toppedwith mushrooms, prosciutto, andLombardo Marsala wine sauce.

The nal was Pollo Rosa Maria,

stuffed chicken breast with fon-tina and prosciutto, topped withmushrooms and basil lemon but-ter sauce. The chicken was verymoist and had bursts of avor.

Along with the chicken came gar-lic mashed potatoes which werevery creamy. There was no com-plaint for the Chicken Trio entree.

The nal course was dessert. There were only two options tochoose from, so we tried both.We got the Tiramisu and Choco-late Dream. The Tiramisu con-sisted of lady ngers dipped inliqueur laced espresso, layeredwith sweetened mascarpone,Myers Rum and chocolate shav-ings. The alcohol avoring wasvery overwhelming, but otherthan that it was a sweet treat.

The Chocolate Dream was arich fudge brownie brushed withKahlua, with chocolate mousse,fresh whipped cream and home-made chocolate sauce. This wasour favorite dessert. It is de nitelya chocolate lovers dessert.

We did get to try a glass of wine. The wine chosen was aWhite Zinfandel. It was a sweetwine that was avored by straw -berries and melon.

This was a great st art to Den-ver Restaurant Week. There wasso much food that left overs weretaken home. The food was evendelicious the second time around.College students looking for agreat deal should de nitely try itout. We highly recommend Car-rabbas Italian Grill. Carrabbas dishes up delish Tiramisu and Chocolate Dream.

For a quick, hot, and savorymeal, try this stir-fry recipe. Differ-ent vegetables and meats can besubstituted to adjust the taste toany palate.

Stir-fry Ingredients:-1/4 lb of beef (or preferred pro-teinif any)-4 green onions-2 carrots-1 cup of broccoli-1/2 onion-1 red pepper-1/2 cup snow peas-2 cups of sliced bok choy-2 tablespoons of vegetable oil-1/4 teaspoon of black pepper-1/2 cup of teriyaki sauceInstructions:

To begin making the stir-fry, rstcut the meat into small pieces. Cut

Ramiro RodriguezStaff Writer

the broccoli into small orets. Dicethe remaining uncut vegetablesinto similar sized pieces. Heat thevegetable oil in a wok or large skil-let over high heat until it almoststarts smoking. Lower the heat tomedium and add the meat. Stiroccasionally until the beef is lightlybrowned. Add pepper and onionsand continue stirring. While stir-ring, gradually add in carrot, broc-coli, and red pepper. Then, stir thesauce and black pepper into thepan. After two minutes, add in bok choy and stir for two more minutes.Stir in peas, continue stirring for afew minutes minutes. Remove thestir-fry mixture from heat and serveit over rice.

Teriyaki Sauce Ingredients(Note: This will yield 1 cup of

sauce, do not attempt to reducerecipe to just make 1/2 cup.)

-1/4 cup of soy sauce-2/3 cup of water

Few pieces of clothing are moreversatile than the Hoo-rag. Essen-tially a seamless, tube-shaped ban-dana, the Hoo-rag has a name thatmight raise an eyebrow, but an easeof use that is outstanding.

The company that produces theHoo-rag started just a few yearsback, but the success of their prod-uct has led to extensive expansion.Now, there are dozens of designs tochoose from, and free shipping onnearly everything.

One may wonder how a seem-ingly glori ed tube sock could be souseful. If the Hoo-rag is pulled over

the wearers head and onto the neck,it can sit comfortably around theneck as a scarf or sun guard. Fromthere, the Hoo-rag can be pulled upover the mouth and nose and serveto keep the face warm during skiingor any other activity. There are moreuses although they are less practicaland comfortable.

The Hoo-rag claims to work asa balaclava, headband, and beanie,but these uses are a bit of a stretch.

This does not mean that these formsof the Hoo-rag should be written off,it just means that the other uses aremore practical and realistic. Also, the

Hoo-rag can be used for a pony tailor alice rag for those with longerhair.

Hoo-rags are made from a mate-rial comparable to book covers, butthe material is less stretchy and com-posed of more soft cotton. This re-sults in virtually no irritation to the skinon the face and neck. The Hoo-ragstays in place and gets the job done,whatever that job may be. Althoughthe material is thin, it does a great jobof protecting from wind and keepingthe face warm. In extreme weatherconditions, the Hoo-rag can get wet,but it takes a lot of water to renderthe product unusable until it is dried.

The Hoo-rag may claim to haveover eight uses, but in reality only

three or four are feasible, dependingon personal preference. Regardingpreference, the number of patternsavailable for the Hoo-rag lets thewearer express his or herself inde -nitely. If there is no perfect match of style on their website, Hoo-rag evenoffers custom design with personaldesign assistance during the orderprocess. Fairly priced at $14.95,Hoo-rags are a no-brainer for an indi-vidual who enjoys the outdoors andthe multitude of weather conditionsthat Mother Nature has to offer. Evenbetter, the Hoo-rag allows anyone tolook good doing it.

Savory stir-fry an easy x-1/3 teaspoon of freshly groundginger-1/4 teaspoon of ground garlic-3 tablespoons of brown sugar-1 tablespoon of honey-1 1/3 tablespoon of cornstarch-1/4 cup of cold water, separatefrom other water.-1/4 teaspoon of salt-1/3 teaspoon of black pepperFor the teriyaki sauce, mix all

of the ingredients into a saucepanand begin cooking on mediumheat. Mix the cornstarch and coldwater together in a cup. This iscalled a slurry. Add the slurry to thesaucepan when the water is sim-mering. Do not add this to a boil-ing liquid, as this will not allow forthe cornstarch to bind. Reduce theheat and stir occasionally, cook-ing the mixture and allowing it tothicken to a desired thickness.Remove from heat and set asidewhen done.

COURTESY YU MORITA

Savory stir-fry can be prepared with a variety of vegetables and meats to please any palate.

Evan FordStaff Writer

Hoo-rag a do-rag

EVAN FORD / OREDIGGER

SYDNEY SULLINGER AND MELISSA ASHWOOD / OREDIGGER

Calamari appetizer a seafod steal served with marinara and lemon.

Two of the most popular ways to wear the Hoo-rag.


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When people think of rappers,they generally think of celebrities withmoney to burn, and egos larger thanthe pants they sag. They do not think of an engineering student with phys-ics homework to do and oor event

to plan, but that is Brandon Gill. Asa mining engineering major, an RA in Bradford, and the rapper of theband In uence, Gill is a very activestudent. He started rapping when hewas 17 and at the request of somefriends compiled a mix tape called 6Days Til Summer. In September hereleased a second mix tape calledConstructing My Mind.

While listening to ConstructingMy Mind, is clear how much pas-sion and energy went into compil-ing the track list. Gill writes all hisown lyrics and many tracks on thetape are very inspirational. Whenasked how he makes his music hesaid, When Im writing in rapping,it sounds clich, but Im really just

rapping from the heart. WhateverIm feeling in that moment... The in-spirational things that come from mysongs are really just me trying to getrap back to its roots. It started withpeople trying to get their feelings andemotions out. Trying to get people tohear what they were saying and nowits all kind of gone mainstream tothe point where you hear the samesongs and its kind of just a cool beatand a good chorus. But for me itsmore about putting my emotions outthere and the inspiration of lettingpeople know it will be okay and hop-ing that the song helps them out.

Every original in uence song em -bodies this grassroots, soulful jour-

ney. Dream Chaser is one songthat really exempli es how In uenceraps are like musical poems givingthe listener a glimpse into the soulof Gill. In this simple upbeat tune,Gill shows his own dreams and thestruggles he faced while going afterthem. He also encourages his lis-teners to go after their own, despite

what anybody else thinks. While Gillis very lyrically talented he has to pullthe beats for his songs from varioussources. Sometimes while lookingthrough new beats, a vision of theway that song is going to turn ap-pears, but other times he has a pre-conceived notion in hand. While thebeats that he nds affects the waythat the songs come out, In uence isalso inspired by a lot of other sourc-es. Familiar places of inspiration arethe musical stylings of Jay-Z andKanye West, or a couple of artiststhat are bit more off the radar suchas Logic and OCD Moosh & Twist.Gill easily relates to artists who arerapping from the same perspectiveas himself.

While rapping started out as moreof a hobby and an escape from real-ity for Gill, it has become more of areality. In uence now hopes to getsigned and one of the ways Gill triesto get exposure is on the Internet. Gillhas songs on two websites, a Face-book page, and a music video on

YouTube. In uence will also be per -forming on April 19 in Friedhoff Hall,which will hopefully include materialfrom the new project Makeshift Stu-dio which is slated for full release inMay 2013. Even though it is still inits infancy, the project and In uencehave a very promising future ahead,and with a dream chaser like Gill be-hind it, who knows how far it will go.

Tyrel JacobsenStaff Writer

Mines student byday, rapper by night

Blink: The Power of Think-ing Without Thinking by MalcolmGladwell presents research onpsychology and the split seconddecisions that people make withtheir adaptive unconscious. Hedescribes it as our ability to thin-slice, or to gauge what is impor-tant from a short period of time.He uses numerous examples andstudies to highlight his hypotheses,such as one with a gam-bling game. Someone pre-sented with two cards, onethat has a steady state of returns and one with higherreturns but massive lossesthat outweigh the returns.

The players realize how thegame works after havingdrawn about sixty cards,but due to our adaptiveunconscious and our abil-ity to thin-slice our bodyresponds to the cardsand unconsciously peoplemodify their behavior afteras little as ten cards.

Gladwell also says thatsometimes having toomuch information can in-terfere with the accuracy of a judgment. The challengeis to sift through all thedata and focus solely onthe critical information tomake a decision. He usesexamples of doctors diag-nosis and how sometimeshaving less information toconsider can lead to betterresults.

Another example in-volves Paul Ekmam, apsychologist who createdthe Facial Action CodingSystem (FACS), that indi-

cates that our ability to un-derstand facial expressionscomes from thin slicingand can be done withinseconds of unconsciouslyanalyzing a persons mi-cro expression. This re-search involved looking atautistic patients, and howtheir lack of adaptive un -conscious hinders socialinteraction. Instead autistic

patients generally associate facesas the same as objects such as alight or microwave.

Blink received harsh criti-cism from American judge RichardPosner, who argued that Gladwellmakes unsupported assumptionsand mistakes in his characteriza-tions of the evidence for thin-slicing. Nobel prize winner DanielKahneman also said, MalcolmGladwell de nitely created in thepublic arenas the impression thatintuition is magical That belief is

false. The book highlights recent re-

search and a new idea that in ourera of informational overload ourability to subconsciously determinewhat is important is incredible butimperfect. Malcolm Gladwell saysthat learning to control our adap-tive unconscious can lead to betterdecision making and highly ef cientsystems. Blink is a great book foranyone interested in psychologyand improving split-second deci -sion making.

Blink a great psychological readArnaud Filliat

Asst. Copy Editor

COURTESY BACK BAY BOOKS

Blink is a great book for anyone interested in psychology andimproving split-second decision making.

This years Snowball Festival atWinter Park has a stacked lineup.From Friday March 8 to SundayMarch 10, Winter Park, CO will hostthis years festival. On opening daythe main stage has headliners Ken-drick Lamar and Big Gigantic. Ken-drick Lamar is an American rapperthat gained attention with the re-lease of his fourth mixtape, OverlyDedicated. Big Gigantic, the head-liner on Friday is a electronic, jazz,and hip-hop band from Boulder,Colorado. They are known for theirhigh energy performances.

Then on Saturday, the main stageline-up includes Kink Ador startingat 2 pm, followed by TumbleweedWanderers, Delta Spirit, Polica, Por-tugal the Man, and Pretty Lights.Portugal the Man is an americanrock band from Portland, Oregon.Pretty Lights, also known as Derek

Vincent Smith, plays electronic mu-sic and is well known for his hits inthe last few years. Smith originated

from Fort Collins, Colorado wherehe rst started writing music in highschool. Smith considers his musicas electronic hip-hop soul.

Sunday will see Surfer Blood,Robert Randolph and the FamilyBand, and Grizmatik, opening forSTS9. STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9)is an instrumental band that mixesstandard rock instrumentation withelectronic music. STS9 has theirorigins in Georgia. They have ap -peared in numerous festivals andare known for their live performanc -es.

There is plentiful parking avail-able at Winter Park for the eventsand no age restrictions, althoughchildren under age 10 must be ac-companied by an adult. Food anddrinks including alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be avail -able at Winter Park. Attendees thatare visibly intoxicated and causingproblems will be removed from thepremises.

Other bands playing at thetent and ballroom include Datsik,Krewella, American Royalty, Ja-

Snowball Festival offers a stacked lineupArnaud Filliat

Asst. Copy Editor pandroids, Flying Lotus and more.

Tickets for all three days are cur-rently $170, but tickets for one day

are available as low as $60. The fulllineup can be found online alongwith the schedule of events. Make

sure to bring a coat and some warmclothes because it will be cold atWinter Park during the night.

In addition to a great lineup, the Snowball Festival also offers awesome after parties.

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As a result of lousy weather inthe Golden area, The ColoradoSchool of Mines Baseball teams

rst home game was moved toSaturday, making a doubleheader

against Regis the start of baseballat Jim Darden Field. The recentsnow in Golden did have an effect,as Regis had to share bullpenswith Mines for the rst game, butthe weather on this day was fair forthe most part, with an occasionalbreeze.

The wind was not in favor of CSM pitchers as the Rangersscored 20 runs on 22 hits. RightyMatt Brown started the game andpitched into the fourth inning, giv -ing up 7 runs on 9 hits. Regis onlyscored one in the bottom of the

rst, and Mines quickly answeredback in the bottom of the rst, asCharlie Basil blasted a double onthe second pitch. A perfectly ex -

ecuted bunt, by sophomore rstbaseman Zach Bothwell, movedBasil to third, and a Bobby Ege -berg groundout scored Basil.

The top of the second inningwent well for Brown and the Ore-diggers. Regis led off with a single,but a strikeout and a double playended the inning quickly. However,Mines went down 1-2-3 in the bot-tom of the second inning.

The game began to get awayfrom Mines in the third inning. Aftera failed diving catch by center eld -er Bobby Egeberg resulted in therunner going to second. Five hitslater, including a homerun to right,the Rangers were up 6-1. Egebergappeared to be a little roughed up

after the dive, but stayed in the restof the game.

Pitching-wise, the rest of thegame fell apart for Mines. Fresh -man Nick Vittulli, Clark Martin,

and Parker Stevens all threw inrelief, giving up a combined 13runs over four innings. Sophomorerighty Brandon Storm came in andpitched a perfect ninth to end theRangers hit parade against theOrediggers.

The remainder of the CSM of-

fense came in the fourth, fth,and sixth innings. Mines scoredtwo unearned runs in the fourth,with Egeberg scoring on an er -rant throw after singling to leftand Nate Olinger trotting home asKyle Wallace was caught stealing.With the bases loaded in the fth,Olinger laced a single through theleft side of the in eld scoring two.In the sixth, Travis Ramos patiencepaid off as the freshman shortstopwalked, advanced to second on agroundout, and nally scored onBasils single.

The Orediggers would fare bet -ter on the mound in the secondgame, although not better withthe bats as they fell to the Rang -

ers 8-1. Sophomore righty BenGilman took the loss, pitching fourfull innings and allowing four of theruns. Gilman struck out seven andwalked only one. Eric Shannonrelieved him, as the junior rightypitched the nal three innings andallow four runs as well.

Mines was scoreless headinginto the bottom of the seventh.Sophomore catcher Evan Browndoubled to right-center eld, andwas replaced by Matt Spirek onthe basepaths. Spirek would thenpromptly score Mines lone run of the game on senior Garrett Schirm -achers single through the hole onthe right side.

Mines wrapped up their series

with the Rangers Saturday withanother doubleheader on Sunday.

They will face Colorado ChristianUniversity in Lakewood next week to continue conference play.



Mines loses rst home doubleheader to Regis

The Orediggers next game is against Colorado Christian University Friday, March 8th.

ALL PHOTOS MICHAEL RODGERS / OREDIGGER

The Lady Oredigger s went towork on the road, winning bothgames of their Saturday double -header against the ColoradoChristian University Cougars.RMAC pitcher of the week KellyUnkrich won her ninth game, giv -ing up the two runs on ve hitswith ve strikeouts in a completegame. The undefeated seniorrightys ERA is still at 0.77 aftergiving up the two runs in the sev -

enth inning. The Cougars tworuns came off of a double after abatter was hit by a pitch and an -

other walked.Mines grabbed the lead 1-0in the fourth, and added anotherin the fth. CCU tied it with theirtwo-run seventh, pushing thegame into extra innings, but theOredigger offense answered back in the top of the ninth. FreshmanElise Dugwyler started the rally off with a bunt single. Macy Jonesthen singled to the left side of thein eld. Kamee Vessey walked,

loading the bases for SamiSpringer, who doubled to cen -ter eld, as Dugwyler and Jones

trotted in to take the lead back.Mines added an insurance run asMolly Thiebaut drove in Vessey ona elders choice.

Ashley Goletz picked up theball in the second game, giv -ing a solid performance as well.In completing the game, the se -nior righty gave up six hits andallowed two of the runs, as onecame on an error in the rst in -ning.

The Oredigger offense wasled by center elder Vessey, whowent three for three with a double

and a triple, Theibaut, who wentthree for four including two homeruns, and Springer who had twohits including a triple. The thirdand fth innings were big forMines. Vessey led off the thirdwith her triple to right center, andSpringer followed with a single toscore her. Springer would laterscore on Theibauts home runover the right eld fence. Vesseygot the offense going in the fth,

leading off with a double to rightcenter eld. Melissa Marshall alsodoubled to right center, scoring

Vessey. Thiebaut then came upand blasted he

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