By Marlin Kinzer Bookstore Director This spring, approximately 25% of SDSM&T’s 300 course textbooks will be available from Mines Bookstore via rental, digital versions, and the traditional textbook format.  Students who are interested in alternatives to purchasing textbooks will find “Rent Me” tags for texts available for rental and “Jumpbook™” tags for titles available in digital form.

By Loryn Schuetzle Aurum Staff What do Beverly Hills, Orange County, New Jersey, Atlanta, New York and Washington D.C. have in common? These are the locations of the “Real Housewives.” What does it take to be a real housewife? Fake body parts, designer clothes and loads of money.

By Akash Jaggi Aurum Staff Lately, the album that has been on repeat the most for me has been Sparklehorse’s It’s a Wonderful Life. I think it is one of the most emotionally diverse albums produced in recent history. It ranges from intensely melancholic, to exuberant joy, also with some aggression, frustration and folk bad-assery. Actually, if you listen to it on low-volume, it sounds calming due to the predominance of the vocals, though at [...]

By Loryn Schuetzle Aurum Staff Harry Potter fans waited in line for hours to see the Midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, which premiered Thursday, November 18 at 12:01 a.m. The first installment of the final book in the Harry Potter series, proved to be entertaining for Muggles everywhere.