1. Addition is futile—it must all be integrated.

2. Never anger your calculator…

3. Engineers are never wrong—it’s the equipment.

4. EPICS is forever!!

5. At most schools you can study, have a social life and sleep—At Mines you can only do two of those.

6. It doesn't matter how poorly you do on an exam as long as everyone else does just as bad.

7. There will always be someone who will ruin the curve.

8. On homework assignments, it only takes one person with answers (not necessarily correct) for the entire class to finish the assignment.

9. There's even a hierarchy of nerds.

10. The odds help no one's dating life at CSM.

11. It doesn’t matter that you're a procrastinator, as long as you get it done.

12. If you don't, know what you're talking about in a presentation, just use a lot of colorful transparencies—they serve as great distractions.

13. Who needs to talk good English!?!?

14. Aramark - if it doesn't kill you, well then, you're lucky!

15. Chicken cordon BLAH!

16. You know you're at Mines when your Valentine card reads "The free body diagram of my heart points to you."

17. Academic success is 20% intelligence and 80% jumping through hoops.

18. Women—The less men can get, the more they blame it on the women.

19. Run while you still can!!!

20. No matter when your first class of the day is, it will always be too early, even at noon.

21. No matter how trivial the class, you always feel bad after ditching.

22. Guys are desperate everywhere—Mines merely accentuates the fact.

23. Hitting people with metal swords really alleviates tension.

24. The Oredigger- no matter what else you should be doing, you will stay there constantly.

25. Brownies are great bribery.

26. No matter how hard you study for a test, there is still a very good chance you got every single question wrong.

27. The Prospector staff is very, very strange.. but cool anyway.

28. All angles are 37, 53, 45 or 90 degrees.

29. Entering Mines, one immediately becomes nocturnal.

30. Going to CSM is like living in a cave- you forget what the sun looks like.

31. Shower doors open in, stall doors open out.

32. Any club worth joining serves free lunch.

33. You can kill your neighbors with a 9 volt battery.

34. Email is an addiction.

35. Grades do not reflect knowledge.

36. Everyone is someone else's weirdo.

37. Multiple choice does not mean easy.

38. A 95.7% can be an A.

39. A 65.4% can be an A+.

40. Free goodies are the best reason to go to the career fair.

41. Holidays should never be taken for granted.

42. Jell-O is not just for kids.

43. Alcohol only seems to enhance coordination.

44. 70-0 is in fact a football score.

45. Don't drink from a beaker.

The Oredigger Staff
February 24, 2000