By Aurum Staff This year’s Mines Medal ceremony  was a great success. The event took place on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 6 p.m. at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. The ceremony honored Lee Rybeck Lynd, a professor from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Lynd was honored for his work dealing with sustainability and biofuels. In his speech, Lynd said that, “There is abundant evidence that we are embarking on the third resource revolution in the [...]

By Louisa Burden Editor in Chief   Are you sick of your stuffy dorm room? Then you should take a hike!  Hell Canyon, located just down the road from the Jewel Cave turnoff, is one of the most beautiful and diverse hikes in the Black Hills. Despite its ill-chosen name, it offers spectacular views and many interesting sights to see along the 5.5 mile looped trail. The hike starts off going up the side of [...]

By Katrina Metty Assistant Editor As President Wharton so proudly stated last year, the School of Mines has set a goal to increase the number of students enrolled full time for 2015.  In addition, the number of female attendees is also expected to grow- a fact that is already taking place.  The ratio of male to females on campus is balancing and staff members are happy to share that, but just where are these girls? [...]

By Connor Carlbom Aurum Staff Cobra is a 1980’s action film starring Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Neilson. Need I say any more? Those of you who will actually go out and see this movie are probably convinced by now that you will like it. And those of you with no sense of humor will have already dismissed it. But, I figure I might as well try and convince you. Stallone plays a loose-cannon cop on [...]

By Connor Carlbom Aurum Staff Whenever anyone asks me what movie they should watch on any given night, my answer is automatically Troll 2. Why is that? Because this film may be one of the greatest things you will ever see in your entire life. Not in a serious way though. Troll 2 is famous, or rather, infamous, for being the “best worst movie” ever made. And I must say, that moniker is 100% correct. [...]

By Mark Urban Guest Writer What does it mean to be a man today?  We men have been taught that we have to show our emotions, but we cannot show too much.  We have to be strong or give the appearance of strength.  We have to be nurturing, yet most of us have never been taught how. What is displayed in the media doesn’t make anything easier.  Men have an infinite number of images to [...]