THE OREDIGGER

The student voice of the Colorado School of Mines

Volume 91, Issue 25 May 2, 2011
COURTESY STEPHEN BARTELS

News 3

Engineering on
Grand Scales:
Hoover Dam

Features 4

Cooking Corner:
Cranberry
Orange Muffins Graduating Senior Molly Jane Roby sings Franz Shubert’s Mass in G with the rest of the Choir during their concert. The Mines
Concert Choir, Concert Band and String Orchestra gave their annual concert on Friday, April 29th.

Lifestyle 6 Engineering on grand scales Making the most of job offers

Deborah Good
Content Manager
“To be sure, there [are] a lot of
lessons to be learned from civil en-
gineering history,” said Kiewit’s Paul
Giroux, explaining the purpose of his
presentation “Building Hoover Dam:
Movie Review: Men, Machines, and Methods.”
The Seventh Giroux offered a brief, behind-the-
scenes history of the Hoover Dam,
construction of Hoover Dam was
enabled by a variety of factors,
including technological advance-
ments, well-qualified personnel, and
politics. The Bureau of Reclamation,
a major proponent and funder of
the project, was founded in 1902
and quickly established itself as
a formidable organization in the
following years. The Arrowrock
Dam, constructed from 1911-1915,
Deborah Good
Content Manager
The end of the semester is only
a few days away and many soon-
to-be alumni now face the difficulty
of beginning their careers. Although
applying for and interviewing for jobs
is the beginning of the process, it is
not the only part. To assist students in
their decision process, Jean Manning-
of time what’s important to you…
Maybe list in a hierarchy what’s im-
portant to you,” said Manning-Clark.
This includes both salary and benefit
qualifications such as health insur-
ance, vacation time, or relocation
funds. Preparation makes negotiation
run more smoothly.
“So, you’re first response to an
offer: Woo-hoo!” laughed Manning-
Clark. She advised potential employ-

Seal as he explained the engineering

innovations and processes that
enabled the project.
“Because of the speed of tech-
served as a training grounds for the
engineers of Hoover Dam. Local
floods and a large dam break in the
1920s left the public clamoring for
Clark of the CSM Career Center of-
fered a procedure for evaluating and
negotiating job.
Dealing with job offers begins
ees to remain professional, however,
and not immediately accept offers.
Potential employees should clarify the
details of their offer, ask questions,

Opinion 11 nological change in the early twen-
tieth century, it’s safe to say that
Hoover Dam could not have been
built more efficiently or to the stan-
dards achieved even a decade
earlier,” asserted Giroux. The rapid
safe dams of the Colorado River and
with the 1929 Stock Market Crash
there already existed a ready supply
of willing labor.
Continued at Hoover, page 3
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even before the job is actually offered.
As in the rest of the job search, it is
important to have done research into
what fair salaries are for the position in
question generally and at the specific
company. Also, applicants should
consider their personal needs. “It’s
really important for you to know ahead
and take notes during their conver-
sation with their potential employer.
Before accepting a job, there should
be time for consideration and negotia-
tion; potential employees can ask for
an extension if given a short deadline.
Continued at Jobs, page 3
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Minds @ Mines:
Summer Plans

Satire 12
The dream of
lazy days with-
out finals The Hoover Dam, build during the Great Depression, still Company representatives and students discuss opportuni-
stands as one of our greatest engineering marvels. ties at the Mines Career Fair.

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Joshua Kleitsch, Staff Writer

Honolulu, Hawaii - Studies by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration are challenging the belief
that humans are the primary cause of
the recent decrease of sea turtle popu-
lations. New evidence indicates that tur-
tles may be in much more danger due
to the weather than humans. Baby log-
gerhead turtles must make their way to
the ocean after hatching to survive, and
that alone can be difficult. Plus, if the
ocean water is either too warm or too
cold, the baby turtles have a very diffi-
cult time surviving in the wild and living
to maturity when they can reproduce.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana -
Scientists have linked many of the
cases of leprosy in the United States
to contact with armadillos. The
unique strain of the bacterium that
is responsible for leprosy, M. Leprae,
has been found in armadillos, and its
genome has been sequenced. The
disease can be contracted through
direct contact with an armadillo or by
being exposed to its blood or excre-
ment. Roughly 30% of armadillos in
the southern United States appear
to be carrying the bacteria. Der-
matologists caution against having
contact with armadillos and recom-
mend washing hands and anything
that may have touched the animal if
contact is unavoidable.
Copenhagen, Denmark - Box Jellyfish have no brains, but their ability
to perform simple tasks is actually well developed. Researchers at the Univer-
sity of Copenhagen have been studying the box jellyfish, and have attributed
this ability to the jellyfish’s wide array of eyes. With 24 eyes set in multiples
groups, the box jellyfish is capable of tracking and navigating around obsta-
cles, as well as identifying its proximity to mangrove tree roots. The jellyfish’s
ability to perform these tasks without a brain is remarkable, scientists say.
Potsdam, Germany - Astrophysicists have
been studying trace elements in modern stars in an
effort to understand their “ancestors”. The ancestral
stars were likely massive, spun at very high speeds,
and were composed mainly of hydrogen and he-
lium. These massive stars are thought to have
created heavy particles of matter in their life cycle,
eventually dying out in massive bursts of gamma
rays. By studying heavy particles in modern stars,
scientists at Potsdam University have been able to
understand some of the makeup of these huge, an-
cient, celestial bodies from which elements such as
strontium and yttrium likely originated.

Oredigger Staff Local News

Ryan Browne
Editor-in-Chief
Headlines from around the world MillerCoors announced that
Tom Long, chief commercial
officer, will replace Leo Kiely as
CEO when he retires in June of
Katie Huckfeldt Joshua Kleitsch, Staff Writer
Managing Editor this year.

Robert Gill
Business Manager The worst storm cluster to hit
the south in nearly four decades
Steven Wooldridge had finally left the area Thursday,
Webmaster and many are beginning to re-
build their lives. Massive tornadoes
Barbara Anderson
swung across six southern states
Design Editor
last week, killing nearly 300 peo-
Zach Boerner ple and causing millions of dollars
Copy Editor worth of damage. The city of Tus-
caloosa, Alabama, was hit hardest
Neelha Mudigonda by the storms, with a massive one-
Asst. Design Editor mile-wide tornado carving a seven-
mile-long swath through the city.
Ian Littman
Asst. Business Manager, China’s declining population
Web Content growth is causing many to chal-
lenge the government’s strict en-
Trevor Crane forcement of the one-child policy,
Content Manager The policy, instituted in 1980, has
been controversial in recent years,
Deborah Good
According to US Secretary of
the Treasury Timothy Geithner,
the current US budget deficit is
too large and must be reduced. At
$1.65 trillion dollars, the 2011 def-
icit is the largest in US history.
Geithner noted that spending cuts
and cost reductions are in order if
the economy is to be brought back
to a healthy state.
The EPA is seeking regulation
that would make the use of diesel
fuel as a fracturing fluid in oil and
gas drilling illegal. Diesel has been
used because it disperses various
chemicals in water, making the
extraction process eas-
ier. Many
companies have already moved
away from diesel as a fracking fluid.
Japanese authorities are still
concerned about further leaks due
to cooling efforts on the Fuku-
shima Daiichi reactor. The mas-
sive influx of water into the reactor
could cause differential cooling of
the reactor chamber, causing more
cracks to develop.
The final launch of the space
shuttle Endeavor has been de-
layed. The launch, scheduled for
April 29th, was delayed due to
problems with some of the elec-
tronics. The launch has not yet
been rescheduled.
Mines profesor, David K.
Matlock, is being recognized
for “outstanding contributions
to the teaching and research of
mechanical metallurgy of steel
and for worldwide leadership
in the steel community.” He will
be delivering the key lecture to
steel industry professionals at
their premier technology event
this year.
The CSM track & field team
competed in a meet against
Chadron State, Metro State and
UC-Colorado Springs on Friday

B E M B E M
and is now being reconsidered as afternoon at the Stermole Track
Content Manager
the population continues to age. & Field Complex. The CSM men
Stephen Hejducek Drug smuggling has re- placed first scoring 205 points
Content Manager cently become more so- while the women finished sec-
phisticated at the De- ond scoring 116 points.
Shira Richman troit airport. Twelve

A D Z A D Z
Faculty Advisor baggage handlers
for Delta Airlines
were indicted for The Colorado School of
working with Mines softball team made a late
smugglers to rally in game one but came up

M C Q M C Q
redirect bag- just short by a score of 5-4. The
gage from Orediggers bounced back to
international take game two by a score of 5-1
lines to do- against UC-Colorado Springs on
mestic lines, Saturday afternoon at the CSM

P U Y P U Y
where the Softball Field.
baggage
would not
be searched Last week’s article “Expertise
for drugs. in economic integration makes
The drugs Kathleen Hancock MIPER’s new

B E M T N O
appeared to director” was incorrectly attributed.
have been The article was written by Cortney
flown from Holles.
Jamaica.

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Engineering on grand scales Making the most
Construction of the Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam required
several different, difficult compo-
nents. The first main challenge
was the river diversion project.
According to Giroux, this “con-
sisted of installing upstream and
downstream coffer dams and in-
stalling four concrete-lined fifty
foot diameter tunnels, each ap-
proximately 4000 feet in length.”
Other components of the dam
included “a U-shaped hydroelec-
tric powerhouse; twin, open line
concrete spillways; the intake
towers that channeled water to
the powerhouse; and finally the
twin outlet works,” he said. The
most noticeable portion of the
system was certainly the 726 foot
high arch gravity dam composed
of 3,250,000 cubic yards of con-
crete.
A coalition of six different com-
panies, dubbed Six Companies,
Inc., submitted a bid March 4,
1931, with an estimate cost of
$48.9 million. Their bid was ac-
cepted, and the companies be-
gan work on the project soon af-
ter. Before any of the actual dam
structures could be constructed;
however, the remote site needed
to have extensive infrastructure
added. “Like the dam, the scope
of the temporary construction
works required to build Hoover
Dam were unprecedented,” com-
mented Giroux. Railroad lines,
roads, electrical lines, water lines,
and telephone lines had to be
added. An entire town had to be
constructed.
The first component of the ac-
tual dam to actually be built was
the river diversion works. These
consisted of four fifty-six foot di-
ameter, 4000 foot long tunnels
requiring1,563,000 cubic yards
of concrete. They were crucial to
further construction, as the river
was piped through them while the
rest of the dam was construct-
ed. First, the tunnels had to be
painstakingly excavated in tem-
peratures up to 130 degrees and
oxygen levels so low the workers
were literally gasping for air. Then,
the concrete had to be laid at an
average daily production of 2000
cubic yards, or eighty linear feet,
per day. Original plans required
the tunnels to be completed by
October 1, 1933, but through dili-
gent hard work and extensive use
of new technologies, the diversion
tunnels were completed Novem-
ber 12, 1932.
While the diversion tasks were
being completed, dam excavation
and aggregate production were
also occurring. The dam required
the construction and use of two
concrete plants and an aggregate
processing plant, which mixed
together the extremely large vol-
ume of ingredients required for
the huge quantities of concrete
in the dam and diversion tunnels.
In preparation for the actual dam
structure, approximately 22,000
cubic yards of debris and frac-
tured rock were removed per day.
This required high-scalers, work-
ers conducting probably the most
dangerous job on the project, who
hung from the canyon walls and
blasted away bits of loose rock.
They made $5.60 per day, as op-
posed to the average worker’s
$4.00.
Once the debris was removed
and the river diverted, the first
bucket of concrete was dropped
for the actual dam structure on
June 6, 1933. “Concrete was
placed block by block in five foot
high lifts in hundreds of inter-
locking concrete blocks, which
ranged in size from about twen-
ty-five to sixty foot squares,” ex-
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plained Giroux. And although
crews had placed only 25,000 cu-
bic yards of concrete by the end
of June 1933, this number would
skyrocket to over 250,000 cubic
yards per month in the spring of
1934. During peak employment,
the Hoover Dam project em-
ployed 5,000 workers working in
three shifts, making safety crucial.
Concrete was poured out of eight-
cubic-yard bins as fast as pos-
sible and then held in a frame for
approximately twenty-four hours
before the frame was moved up
to the next level. Simultaneously,
pipes were laid in the dam to pre-
vent dangerous shrinkage as the
concrete continued to cool. Con-
crete pouring was completed in
May, 1935, and grouting was then
pumped into the holes of the dam.
Another important component
of the Hoover Dam project was
the 650 foot long U-shaped hydro-
electric powerhouse. It was con-
structed by Six Companies, Inc.,
but all of the internal components
were contributed by the Bureau of
Reclamation. The powerhouse is
capable of housing seventeen tur-
bine generators and became fully
operational on October 26, 1936.
As Giroux explained, “Dwarfed by
the dam, the 250,000 cubic yard
power house also tends to be
overshadowed in public accounts
of Hoover Dam’s construction, yet
the drawings indicate a complex
structure [requiring as much at-
tention as the dam].”
In a time dominated by in-
novation and technology, Giroux
reminded his audience that the
“Hoover Dam was completed
seventy-five years ago in the age
of the propeller aircraft, but its
design, construction, and les-
sons have endured well into the
jet age.”
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of job offers
Once a position has been of-
fered, potential employees should
evaluate the offer. “Keep in mind
it’s not just about the salary. It’s
about the entire package,” advised
Manning-Clark. She reminded job
hunters to consider such things as
health insurance, life insurance, dis-
ability, vacation days, holidays, sick
and personal days, stock options,
401ks, pensions, tuition reimburse-
ment, travel reimbursement, and
parking reimbursement as com-
pensation in addition to base salary.
After evaluating an offer, the true
negotiation begins. Future employ-
ees should focus on being fair and
going for a win-win situation in all
of their negotiations. Employees
should be willing to work with non-
monetary benefits, but can ask
about money. A request for money
should be supported by some evi-
dence that the new employee de-
serves more money. Manning-Clark
also reassured reluctant negotia-
tors, saying, “Don’t think that you
have to be a pro to do this. As long
as you’re coming from a thoughtful,
win-win philosophy, all you have to
Students should be prepared to negotiate when they go in
to accept a job offer.
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do is be yourself and ask the ques-
tions.” She also advised the reluc-
tant to say no if no agreement will
be reached and to pretend they are
negotiating for someone other than
themselves.
Finally, it is time for a potential
employee to become an actual
employee or to part ways with a
company entirely. At decision time,
there should be no question what
the final offer does or does not in-
clude. In order to make a decision,
Manning-Clark recommended cre-
ating a decision matrix or a pro-con
list to evaluate a job as compared
to other options. Once a decision
is reached, the position should be
either accepted or respectfully de-
clined promptly. Other companies
the new employee had been inter-
viewing with should be informed of
the decision, as should the CSM
Career Center.
Manning-Clark concluded her
talk by sharing a wise philosophy
on job hunting, “Interview with in-
tegrity, make your decisions with
intelligence, and keep your com-
mitments with integrity as well.”
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Mines choir, band and orchestra finish off

semester with enthralling concert ALL PHOTOS COURTESY STEPHEN BARTELS

Kory Riskey plays first chair violin.

Andrea Switzer sings a solo in Franz Schubert’s “Mass in G”.

Marie Gallup, Julie Thao and Andrew Gracie played the cello in last Friday’s concert.

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Michael Bratton plays the cello in the string orchestra.

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Cooking Corner
Impeccable Writing
There is only one required, writing-intensive class
Cranberry orange muffins
Bryant Pocock COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
at CSM. At The Oredigger, we have designed a fruit.
Staff Writer Preheat the oven
multi-tiered editing and feedback approach that to 400F. Com-
can help you refine your craft and enter the work- Breakfast is the most important bine all the dry
force with premier writing skills. What’s more, we meal of the day. This week, spice ingredients in
up your breakfast with cranberry a bowl with
ensure the flexibility to write what you want and orange muffins! a whisk. In
when you want. You can take a couple weeks Ingredients: a separate
off or pick up an in-depth feature, whatever fits in 2 cups all-purpose flour bowl, com-
2/3 cup sugar bine all the wet
your schedule. 2 tsp baking powder ingredients. Fold
1/4 tsp salt the dry ingredients
High Design 1 cup cranberries
1/2 ounce orange zest
into the wet, then mix
together until smooth.
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may 2, 2011
High Grade released with fanfare
Carly Paige
Staff Writer
For his last time as Co-Editor in
Chief, Abdullah Ahmed announced
the release of “High Grade” 2011.
“High Grade” is the literary arts jour-
nal on campus that accepts sub-
missions each fall and publishes the
pieces in the spring. They encour-
age artists all of kinds to send in their
pieces of music, painting, drawing,
poetry, writing, photography, and
more.
At the release party, Mines stu-
dents and staff took turns performing
and presenting their submissions.
The audience heard one piano solo,
several poetry and short-story read-
ings, one rapper, and one acoustic
performance.
The Dots, a student band, played
an impromptu song after it was re-
quested by an audience member.
Ahmed announced each per-
former and shared several stories
of how these artists had impacted
his life. He stated that before meet-
ing “High Grade” Faculty Advisor
Toni Lefton, he could only see in
black and white. “And now,” Ahmed
praised, “I see everything in color.”
In addition to the selected perfor-
mances, hard copies of the journal
including all accepted submissions
were available to attendees. A CD
with 11 recorded songs and read-
ings came with each journal.
Ahmed took the podium for a
final time and modestly thanked his
fellow staff for their work in “High
Grade.” He was grateful to have
played a part in it and was sad to
be leaving. Lefton then stood and
Homebrewing Corner: Cranberry orange mead
Bryant Pocock
Staff Writer
Mead, or fermented honey, is
one of the oldest alcoholic bever-
ages, possibly even predating agri-
culture. Evidence of mead produc-
tion as far back as 7,000 BC has
been found in China, and cultures
around the world have consumed
different versions of the drink
for thousands of years. Several
commercial meaderies operate in
Colorado, chief among them be-
ing Redstone Meadery in Boulder
and Rocky Mountain Meadery in
Palisade.
While mead is one of the sim-
plest alcoholic drinks to make, a lot
of finesse goes into selecting qual-
ity ingredients and keeping condi-
tions right for the yeast to thrive.
The following recipe produces a
fruit-flavored mead, or “melomel,”
which should be fully aged in a
matter of months rather than the
typical two years for pure honey
mead. The oranges and cranber-
ries also give it a sweet yet tart
fruity flavor.
Ingredients:
½ ounce dried orange zest
8 ounces clementine oranges,
washed and cut into quarters.
6 ounces fresh or frozen cran-
berries, washed
2 pounds quality honey
3 quarts water
1 teaspoon yeast nutrient (Fer-
max brand)
1 envelope Lalvin EC-1118
yeast, although other brewer’s
yeast can be used
Equipment:
1 one-gallon glass wine jug,
cleaned and sanitized
1 airlock and stopper
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This week in
Colorado history
asked the audience for a standing hanging from the towering bells on
ovation for Ahmed. Guggenheim.
“There is a poem beneath every A metaphor lying among the test
boulder in Kafadar commons. There tubes of the mercury lab in Alderson
is a short story waiting to be told in Hall. And many, many pencils wait-
Victory liberty loans
the basement of Meyer Hall. A simile ing to be sharpened and put to use.”
CARLY PAIGE / OREDIGGER
Deborah Good hours trekking up the mountain.
When it arrived at the top, it fired
Content Manager
a salute and its crew gave a short
Residents of Golden were Victory Liberty Loan promotional
treated to an unusual sight 92 speech. More festivities had been
years ago this week, reported the planned, but poor weather cut
May 1, 1919, issue of “The Colo- them short.
rado Transcript.” An actual tank, The tank appearance and oth-
returned from World War I, trekked er promotional efforts were appar-
up Lookout Mountain to promote ently effective, as Golden raised a
the Victory Liberty Loan initiative, substantial sum in its Victory Loan
a program involving private pur- drive. Originally a quota had been
chase of govern- set at $22,700,
An actual tank, re- but that was sur-
ment bonds.
The tank crew turned from World passed “in about
was assisted by ten hours after the
the Mines ROTC War I, trekked up drive started on
under the com- Monday morning.”
mand of Major Lookout Mountain to As of a bank
Dobson before deposit around
being driven by its promote the Victory noon that Tuesday,
original crew up at least $26,100
the mountain. Liberty Loan initiative. had been raised
The whole and unofficial re-
crew had been “in the thick of the ports projected over $30,000 had
fighting in France,” and several actually been raised. The larg-
had awards, including one Croix est donation was from the Grand
de Guerre “awarded for excep- Lodge, I.O.O.F. by treasurer N.
tional bravery in the Argonne for- Koenig.
est fighting.” The organization purchased
The Croix de Guerre is a French $10,000 worth. Although this
and Belgian military award for acts seems generous, it ought to be re-
of heroism in combat created dur- membered that “The Victory notes
ing World War I and often awarded appeal to every careful investor.
Co-editor Abdullah Ahmed announces performers and
to soldiers of other nationalities There are both business and pa-
speaks to attendees while a slideshow of submitted art
fighting with the French or Belgian. triotic reasons for subscribing for
plays behind him.
The tank itself spent three them.”
BRYANT POCOCK / OREDIGGER BRYANT POCOCK / OREDIGGER
1 empty beer bottle (prefer-
ably a swing-top Grolsch bottle),
cleaned and sanitized
Star-San or dilute bleach for
sanitizing
Start by making a yeast starter
the day before. Boil a few ounces
of honey, a cup of water, and the
teaspoon of yeast nutrient in a
stock pot for about 10 minutes,
then cool to room temperature.
Add this to the sanitized beer bottle
along with the yeast, cap with the
airlock (filled with water), and shake
to mix. Leave this overnight.
The next day, boil the 3 quarts
of water and orange zest in a stock
pot for about 15 minutes and then
let it cool to about 100F. Weigh out
the honey and add it to the glass
jug, then add the water on top.
Shake the jug to mix and dissolve
the honey, then add the cranber-
For this recipe, you will need two
ries and clementine oranges. Add
half of the yeast starter, then move pounds of honey.
BRYANT POCOCK / OREDIGGER
the airlock to the wine jug.
Reseal the beer bottle and keep
it refrigerated. If you don’t have
a swing-top bottle you can use a
resealable plastic water or soda
bottle. Let the mead ferment in a
dark place at 65F for about seven
days, or until the bubbling starts to
slow, then add the rest of the yeast
starter.
When fermentation slows and
the mead becomes clear, decant
into another sterile glass jug, being
careful to leave behind the dead
yeast and any pieces of fruit left
on the bottom. If any fruit is still
floating you can either strain it out
or transfer it into the clean jug for
extra fruit flavor. Leave to finish
fermenting for at least two months, After two months of fermentation, the
then store in sealed and sanitized cranberry orange mead is ready to You will need to let the brew sit in a one-gallon,
wine or beer bottles. serve! air-tight, glass jug.
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Authentic cowboy’s The Seventh Seal

music entertains in library
Deborah Good
Man’s emptiness revealed
acquired the fiddle from a friend turing about twenty-five original
Stephen Hejducek
Content Manager
of God is Block’s greatest desire.
He even goes as far to attempt a
Content Manager who had had it sitting in a closet pieces. The second, expanded discussion with a girl who is said
collecting dust for nearly forty edition featured about a hun- “A skull is more interesting to be possessed by the devil, just
“I’m dressed as a cow puncher years. Fiddles need to be played dred pieces and was published than a naked woman” is a quote so he can discuss God with the
from the 1880s or 1890s who’s regularly to maintain sound quality, in 1921 by Houghton Mifflin. As a that describes human interest in devil.
just got paid and been in town so Rideout had to play the fiddle tribute, Rideout performed one of both death and lust and that when He believes that if anyone is to
for about thirty minutes,” laughed a lot before its original sound was the Thorp pieces, entitled “Frijole faced with a choice between the know about God, it would be Sa-
Rex Rideout, in reference to his restored. Beanses,” celebrating both the two, death dominates. “The Sev- tan himself. This act of despera-
unusual costume at Friday’s con- Many of Rideout’s songs are writer and, as the title suggests, enth Seal,” a 1957 Ingmar Berg- tion shows the fragile constitution
cert in the library. Throughout the poems set to common music of beans. man classic opens with Antonius of human nature.
night, Rideout presented Mines the corresponding era, as the po- Most recently, Rideout had the Block, a knight who is worn out Bergman does an amazing
with poems and songs sung by ems were not initially set to music opportunity to share his love for and fatigued after fighting in the job of giving villains a horrible
the cowboys more than a hundred or the original tunes have been old western songs with the cin- crusades for the past ten years. and gruesome fate, whether that
years ago. lost. One of the writers Rideout ematic world as he appeared in He is accompanied by Jöns the fate is death or eternal torment.
Rideout himself is an histori- drew from heavily was Badger the film “Cowboys vs. Aliens” as Squire, who is an intelligent and People who are unfaithful to
cal singer who plays fiddle, banjo, Clark. a rustic fiddler. He says he greatly well-versed man who their spouses
mandolin, and several other in- Clark began writing poetry enjoyed working on the film and writes his COURTESY AB SVENSK FILMINDUSTRI in committing
struments. All of the instruments upon moving to Tombstone, Ari- was impressed by the level of his- own music adultery, or
played by Rideout are actual an- zona, for his health and later sub- torical accuracy in the production. and whose even murder,
tique instruments from the time mitted his work to his DEBORAH GOOD / OREDIGGER speech is as all receive just
period his music represents. His step-mother in the Da- smooth as endings that fit
guitar, for example, is from the kotas, who published it silk. their lifestyles.
1890’s and is known as a parlor in “Pacific Monthly” (now It is on a The same
guitar, due to its small size and its “Sunset”) magazine. The beach that can be said
regular appearances in the parlor poems were extremely Death ap- for those who
during social events. Rideout also successful and encour- proaches commit no
explained that, despite the current aged Clark to begin a Block and crimes. They,
popularity of the instrument, the career writing poetry. reveals that in turn, receive
guitar was not preferred among One of Clark’s poems his time has no punishment
cow punchers until after the turn that Rideout read was come. Block, for their life
of the twentieth century. Instead, entitle “Bacon,” and desiring to choices. Inter-
the primary instrument in the late was a simple ode to the perform one estingly, those
nineteenth century was the banjo. breakfast meat. last mean- who have
Rideout’s personal banjo, a classi- Jack Thorp, a New ingful task, small roles in
cal banjo known as “The Univer- Mexican cowhand, was asks Death the film receive
sal Favorite,” also originates from another source Ride- if he would the same fate
about 1890 and was designed out used. Thorp’s love play him in as their spous-
to be played in banjo orchestras, for poetry originated a game of es. Bergman pushes the fact that
which “were what started before around the turn of the chess in order to prolong his stay though husband and wife are two
mandolin orchestras, which is twentieth century, when on Earth. If victorious, Block will separate people who make their
what started before glee clubs.” he first began compil- no longer be tormented by Death. own choices, they receive the
In addition to his banjo and ing cowboy poems and On his journey, Block meets same punishment as if they were
guitar, Rideout brought a deco- writing a few of his own. Jof and Mia, a young theatrical one person. The fate of Block and
rated fiddle made in Germany By 1908, he had printed couple who have only pure inten- Jöns the Squire is for the viewer
from about the same time period. 2,000 copies of his first tions in raising their child to do to discover when watching the
This particular fiddle was notable collection of cowboy Rex Rideout performs historic cow the impossible. Though only a film.
for its unusual tuning knobs. He poems and songs, fea- puncher poetry and music. baby, Mickael is expected by his In “The Seventh Seal,” Berg-
parents to do the extraordinary. man developed a film that ques-

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lationSeniors!
CongratuCSM
Jof has an amazing ability to see tioned the existence of God and
the supernatural, but his amazing the afterlife with one character
abilities are overlooked and often and silently answered that ques-
hidden by Mia’s intentions. Such tion with another character. Old
an ability would fill the emptiness films never cease to be classics
that haunts Block while he tries to when the lessons they teach are
perform one last great task with as important as life after death.

way to get there.

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Morals to your story

Minds at Mines
Shira Richman
Ethics Columnist
Dilemma 1
So there is a girl on my floor that has been dating a guy for the whole first semester. Her boyfriend and I have
met a few times and I would say we are good friends. Lately, I have been seeing the same girl with a different boy
going in and out of our hall. Yesterday I was just casually walking by and I saw the girl with the other boy kiss-
Stephen Hejducek
ing. I do not want to get involved, but I feel bad for the boyfriend. Am I obligated to tell him as a friend or not?
Content Manager Snitch or Ditch
As the spring semester comes to a close, students at Mines begin to
Responses to Dilemma 1
ponder what they are going to do during their long awaited summer va-
College relationships are similar to a carousel. You ride that horse and buggy for a while and get some angular
cation. Some students choose to rest up and relax, while others choose
momentum with that special someone, then the organ music gets too repetitive and you find a new ride at the
to do more schoolwork. Many students choose to work over the sum-
carnival. Maybe the girl on your hall thought a particular display of testosterone was enticing for a while, but this
mer. Some of them work in engineering related fields and others work on
didn’t meet her prerequisites for the long haul. Mathematically the guy/girl ratio at this school supports matriar-
unrelated jobs. Regardless of their exact plans, students agree summer
chal efforts to find male suitors in that they simply have more choice available. During these formative years, we
vacation is the one time of year they are able to devote themselves to their
all must try as much as possible to determine exactly what it is we want to feel in a relationship. This idea on
own desires.
occasion may preclude any preconceived notions of what we perceive as fidelity. This is simply because at this
age we don’t know what we want. Experience is the only guide that anyone can have in a place as subjective
as relationships.
So to Snitch, I believe your empathy for your friend in his boyfriend role is altruistic and well-placed. Telling
him that you saw his lady love making out real hard in a hallway may not be the best option. Hearing such news
I plan on doing my field ses- from someone else is not conducive to effectively resolving an issue and getting into a lover’s quarrel that isn’t
sion this summer as well as your own won’t help your sanity. To Ditch, your energy is better spent being a supportive friend in his times of
taking some classes. It is not need, in that you shouldn’t get involved until properly prompted. Maybe next time you casually walk past and
really summer if you are taking see the girl getting tender and frisky with another man, you should politely yell, “HONESTY is the underpinning
classes. Fun, not. I will [also] hike to any healthy relationship!”
a little bit. R.P.
Alex Hedlund
If you want to maximize the happiness, or rather minimize the unhappiness, of everyone involved, then you
should talk to the girl on your hall, rather than her boyfriend. You should tell her that she needs to break up
with her boyfriend, or quit cheating. Doing one of these two things will cause some unhappiness of either the
boyfriend or the scandalous mystery boy. If you were to instead confront the boyfriend, it will likely turn out
detrimental and ruin the friendship of your hall mate and the boyfriend forever. If you do nothing, it is likely that
the boyfriend will find out himself, also resulting in a ruined friendship between the hall mate and her boyfriend.
If you want to look out for everyone, counsel your hall mate. Don’t be too harsh on her though, cause let’s face
it—statistically, all of us Mines guys have to share our girlfriends with two other dudes.
My girlfriend’s cheating too

Personally, I expect a friend to be loyal, honest, and respectful. You say that you consider this boy a good
friend, so you should brainstorm the traits that you consider important in a good friend.  Does telling him his girl-
I plan on getting a few pre- friend is cheating show your loyalty to him, your honesty, or show him respect?  I believe it does all of the three,
requisites out of the way this and as a good friend you should tell him.  Do it gently by all means, but tell him nonetheless!
summer. I also intend to learn- Erika
ing to drive manual in a 1995
Honda Civic. Dilemma 2
Max Kosmick My friend became sick for a week and he was falling behind on our group project. Besides a page and a half
of an underdeveloped analysis, I ended up doing most of the 45 page project by myself.  Peer evaluations will
be handed out after the project is over and a large part of our grade is based on that evaluation. How should I
answer when I’m asked, “Did your partner do his share of the work?”  If I tell my professors the truth, they might
dock off his grade. To be fair, he is a good friend of mine and he has helped me out in many instances in the past
over non-school related issues. Should I help him out since he has been a great friend to me and because he
was sick?  Or should I tell the truth and be a disloyal friend? 
Disloyal Friend or Lying Doormat

I will be working at
home where I will redis-
cover the “normal” female
population. I am a profes-
sional salad tosser at Max &
T’s in Grand Lake, Colorado. Try
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Tyler Orr
Responses to Dilemma 2
If your friend did put their best foot forward in an attempt to help with the project, then say so in your evalu-
ation. People get sick in the real world too; it is an expected part of life. Most professors I know recognize this
fact—recognize that the person contributed as best they could, and grade accordingly. Moreover, the professor
would see that you went above and beyond the call of duty to complete the project in a satisfactory manner
even though your partner was sick.
On the other hand, if your friend waited until the last minute to contribute to the project and then tried to
blame his lack of effort on being sick, then this is another matter altogether. In this case, if you lied on the peer
evaluation, then your friend would simply be getting a good grade for doing nothing on the project in addition
to using you as a means to that grade. The fact that this is a good friend to you outside of class should not be
reflected in the grade for an assignment; including this information in your decision would be unfair to the other
students in the class.
Tell the professor the facts as you know them. Your friend will also have to fill out a peer evaluation, at which
point they can state the facts from their perspective. The professor should then take these statements into ac-
count while grading. Do not try to adjust the peer evaluation in order to try and influence the desired outcome.
Let the professor grade as he or she sees fit using accurate facts.
The Power of Pure Truth

It’s not being a disloyal friend to tell the truth here. As Kant would tell you, it’s unethical to lie to anyone for any
reason. So lying on the evaluation would be unethical. Just because your friend was sick does not mean he is
no longer responsible for the work, and any grade solution he gets should come from him talking it out with the
teacher. Academically, he should hold his own and not rely on favors to make it through classes.
Mitch
This summer, I am going to Ha-
waii. My dad moved there and I re- If all society had one group who worked hard and another who leeched off the hard workers, society would
ceived an internship with Hawaiian fail. Having this been said, your friend should have worked his butt off to get caught up and add to the final
Airlines in their engineering depart- presentation. In this case, he should be held responsible for not working
ment. I will be working on an evalu- hard to catch up. I do understand that he was sick for a week, which is The Oredigger is a designated public Editorials Policy
forum. Edi-
ation on the airplane’s structure, difficult, but it is not an excuse for an entire semester long project. Since tors have the authority to make all content deci-
more specifically [the you did do the project, you are already boosting his grade a ton because sions without censorship or advance approval
and may edit submitted pieces for length so long
structure of] an Airbus you were able to complete the project. In this case he should not receive as the original meaning of the piece is unchanged.
A330. those extra points. Opinions contained within the Opinion Section do
not necessarily reflect those of Colorado School
Erica French Your Friend of Mines or The Oredigger. The Oredigger does
not accept submissions without identification and
will consider all requests for anonymity in publica-
Thanks to all of you who have submitted dilemmas, responses to di- tion on a case-by-case basis. Submissions less
than 300 words will receive preference.
lemmas, and have read the column. I wish you all a very ethical summer.
ALL PHOTOS STEPHEN HEJDUCEK / OREDIGGER Shira Richman

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Advice from crazy people: Hero
Janeen Neri
Columnist
Dear AFCP,
I recently asked some strang-
ers for advice about an ethical
dilemma, and was disappointed
by the results. All of their advice
was based on basic premises
with which I did not agree, usually
some tripe about maximizing to-
tal happiness or whether I wanted
my actions to become the gen-
eral principle by which people
behaved.
AFCP, I am an evil overlord.
The entire point of my existence
is to minimize total happiness and
prevent anyone else from having
the power and autonomy that I
enjoy. I may have failed to make
this clear to the people I originally
spoke with, but I was unable to
clarify, as they all died in an unfor-
tunate accident shortly after giv-
ing me such terrible advice. While
I am busy rebuilding my board of
trusted advisees, could you solve
my dilemma? I quote my original
memo below:
It has come to my attention
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that a prophecy predicts a child
born today will someday defeat
me in single combat. Since these
kinds of prophecies are impos-
sible to avert, I was wondering
how I should respond to this in-
formation. My first impulse was
to become even more evil and
decadent, thus allowing me to
milk as much mileage as pos-
sible out of the few years I have
left. My demise would create a
power vacuum that would result
in the kingdom falling to another
Deep Evil within two generations;
furthermore, due to the sudden
admiration he receives from de-
feating such a great evil, the hero
will quickly succumb to pride and
corruption.
An alternate route is to imme-
diately reform all my ways, pass
out puppies to all my subjects,
and usher in a golden age of free-
dom, happiness, and prosperity.
The “hero” will still be doomed by
the prophecy to defeat me, the
most beloved ruler since the An-
cient Ones. Therefore he will have
to turn out as villainous scum,
and will seize power and make an
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s a t i r e may 2, 2011
admirable tyrant. The reformed path does not good, then see if you can finagle
How should I groom my suc- have to start immediately, Troll the hero into your inner circle. He-
cessor? The first option affords King. In fact, I would recommend roes tend to suffer from extremely
more opportunities to come back taking the good path, but only bad luck and unintended conse-
as a lich or some kind of possess- just before the hero reaches ad- quences early in their careers, so
ing spirit, but the second is so at- venturing age. it should not
tractively devious. People can be An alternate route is to be too difficult
-The Troll King quite capti- to get the hero
Witty Advice: vated by a tale immediately reform all to tempt you
Increasing the oppression and of last-minute back over to
darkness of your reign would “ r e d e m p t i o n ” my ways, pass out puppies your old ways.
be a very classic approach, and and will be dev- Then, resume
with good reason. As you men- astated when to all my subjects, and your studies
tioned, even if the hero does re- you are cut of the dark
main uncorrupted (something down just as usher in a golden age of arts and start
which can be avoided if you are you were try-
careful), your return options are ing to do some
freedom, happiness, and to gradually
go more evil.
simply unparalleled. I myself have good. The dan- prosperity. This requires a
come back as a disembodied ger with going delicate touch,
personification of evil five times, good too early since if you are
and I would recommend it if for is that people will start to see merely a good ruler with a weak-
no other reason than to see what flaws and defects in your ruling ness for necromancy, your spells
the servants have gotten up to in style and will be able to come up cannot be powerful enough to
the intervening years. Even under with some small justification for make you a recurring villain after
benevolent rulers, they still fight the hero’s actions. your death. However, if your new
with other kingdoms and some- -Dark Father foray into evil makes your current
times they come up with rather It is possible to go partially ways pale in comparison, you will
marvelous ways to torture and kill good, while retaining some of the be in a very favorable position for
while you are waiting for the ritual more amusing necromancy tricks a return visit and plenty of hero
to kick in. that will enable you to come back angst.
-Ununununundead for an encore. If possible, go -Train the Child