By Jerika Ihnen Aurum Staff Gone are the lazy days of summer… wakeboarding, swimming, waterskiing, tubing, knee-boarding, and the ever challenging sport of tanning.  It’s nearly impossible to get the perfect tan (via old-fashioned UV rays from the sun, not a tanning booth).  Fair-skinned blondes like myself tend to turn the flattering color of tomato-red, followed by peeling, and then possibly turning a slightly darker shade of off-white.  Others seem to never overcome the challenge [...]

By Jerika Ihnen Aurum Staff A new intramural season is underway, and with the new season comes new intramural directors in charge and new students participating.  This season, Rachel Janzen, assistant women’s basketball coach, will take over the fall intramurals and Jennie Malone, assistant women’s volleyball coach, will run the spring intramural season.  They will take over for Jennifer Ranum, assistant athletic trainer, due to her new responsibility as the NCAA Compliance Director.

By Loryn Schuetzle Aurum Staff Two of the most life changing events in a senior’s life at the School of Mines are M-Week and the fall Career Fair. M-Week is the time where seniors wear their senior hats with pride, hunt for garters at local bars and march up M Hill to set up their plaques all while welcoming the final chapter of their schooling. For some, the fall Career Fair is crucial in tying [...]

By Darrell Sawyer Guest Writer Career fairs, which the School of Mines has been holding for more than 20 years, are win-win situations for both students and employers. These events provide students the opportunity for direct contact with employers. The connections students make with employers can lead to interviews and result in job offers. For employers, career fairs offer an excellent way to get to know students beyond their resumes and to identify those students [...]

By Louisa Burden Feature Editor Are you one of those people who, at the end of the year, glance through a list of albums of the year and you haven’t listened to any of them? Well, you don’t have to be that guy (or girl) this year… just pick up a copy of The Gaslight Anthem’s new album, American Slang and get start listening to what is sure to be topping the lists at the [...]

By Jerika Ihnen Aurum Staff Team player: Tom Lunzman is a civil engineering senior who is one of the football team captains. Tom Lunzman, civil engineering senior, is September’s Senior Spotlight for many reasons. He is one of the Hardrocker Football Team Captains, a hardworking free safety, and a four-time All-Conference Player.  Lunzman hails from the great state of Nebraska, where his interest in football started early watching the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Cornhuskers dominate the [...]