Undergraduate Students
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The Proposed Common Hour Exam Change
I believe that the proposed common hour exam change to one per night has some logistical issues. Wednesday night classes such as McBride would be interrupted by these exams. What happens when someone has class and an exam scheduled at the same time? This includes the late night EPICS classes that are offered to freshman. Also, many organizations make their meetings on either Monday or Wednesday nights in order to avoid conflict with Common Hour exams.
I think that most of the problems with having two exams on the same night could be resolved with a better awareness of scheduling.…
24 votesUPDATE: First, all of these complaints were brought up in detail at several of our USG meetings. We are trying to make the exams at 7:30 so that the evening classes wouldn’t be very interrupted. The exception would be the 6pm to 9pm classes. Overall, it was decided that the benefit of moving exams to four nights a week outweighed the costs. There was a committee formed with students, faculty, and staff to move forward with the proposed common hour exam change. They voted in favor of the change. We will be sure to communicate the progress to the student body, so please comment on our page if you have any suggestions in the future!
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Thanks for the response! We are glad to see that people are reading our email! During the next USG meeting we will bring up these concerns to the council. Feel free to attend… -
Publicize the What's Your Beef forum to Campus
I've mentioned this to many people and it seems like no one is aware of it. This is a powerful tool, but only if the people are aware of it.
19 votesUPDATE: Have you seen the cows on campus?Hopefully!! We are continuously trying to find ways to publicize this forum. Word of mouth always helps! Let your friends know, we would love to hear everyones feedback!
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Thanks for your input! We will send out a campus wide email this week about projects we’ve been working on as well as how to give feedback using this website. Hopefully this increases traffic but if its not effective then we will send out an email just about this website before the end of the semester so that people are aware of it. We post links on our facebook page every once in a while but that has so few followers that I don’t think its very effective. -
Add Youtube services to mymail accounts
My professor posts youtube videos as a supplement to lecture and encourages us to post discussion in the comments. The youtube service is not allowed through the mymail account system. It would be nice if CCIT would enable this for all students.
27 votesUPDATE:
Due to privacy concerns, mymail accounts can’t be used to login to Youtube.
Thank you for your suggestion!Sincerely,
USGWe emailed the Chief Information Officer and he is looking into it!
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What happened to class tshirts?
Remember the awesomely designed tshirts that each class got? Like the grey equations one, navy whiskey style one, orange ratio one, etc?
What happened? I thought that was gonna be a yearly thing.5 votesHello,
The two reasons we haven’t been doing them is because one: we want the USG reps to focus on issues on campus and be proactive in addressing them. In previous years we haven’t done well with actually trying to improve the campus, the main thing classes would do was make tshirts. So we are trying to stray away from that to make USG more effective. Two: Money is not allocated to tshirts.
If you don’t feel that this was a good plan or have other feedback please let us know! We can reopen the ticket if need be!
Thank you!
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The Wellness Center needs to be open on the weekends.
Injuries and sickness don't just stop on the weekends, and plenty of out-of-staters can't go home to be tended to. It's foolish to pay to see an off-campus doctor when we're supposed to have covered visits here. What's the point of living on campus and paying for health coverage if it's not available to us everyday?
216 votesHey!
After many conversations with the Director of the Health Center and Student Life, it has been decided that keeping the Health Center open on the weekends is not feasible. Trading the high level of care and great services students receive during the year for staying open extra days is not an option.
Fortunately, the new Urgent Care Center on Heritage and 6th has quick, friendly service and has reasonable co-pays. It is an ideal option as it is close and open 24/7.
Love,
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Create loading zones on campus
It would be nice if there were a few places on campus where students could park for 15 minutes or so, if they just have to run in and turn in a paper, download something from a computer, etc.
9 votesUPDATE: A couple of the reps brought this up at parking committee. Turns out you are allowed to park on the street and put your hazards on and they will give you a fifteen minute grace period to come back by then without giving you a ticket.
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Hello!
One of our classes is emailing parking services this week to ask about this as a possibility. -
The HDMI cables in Brown should be longer
Currently, almost all of the HDMI cables in the Brown conference and study rooms are inaccessible because they are only a foot or two long. The cables don't even reach the tables in most cases, which makes it difficult to host meetings and group study sessions, which is what the rooms are designed for.
13 votesUPDATE:
We have assigned this as a class project. Should have an update from them soon.
______________Thanks, this issue will be brought before the council at the meeting on Thursday Sept. 25.
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Career Fair
Career Fair should be held on a weekend rather than a weekday. It isn't fair for those of us who have mandatory lab/class during this time period. Or at least offer it like Tuesday/Thursday but honestly a weekend would be preferred in my opinion it would give all students a fair chance for a job/internship.
6 votesMoving the career for to a weekend is unfeasible due the the logistic constraints of spaces used and the hundreds of very busy full time employees working as recruiters. The callender committee is working to ensure that there are no exams on tests days. Last year the student body voted to have class on career day because it means having a 4 day weekend for fall break. If your classes conflict with career day times, you should consider consulting the person in charge of that class. Professors are often willing to work with students that have very busy schedules.
Viewed and will be brought up at the USG meeting on September 18, 2014 at 6:00PM.
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13 votes
Update:
Official word from the administration is that there is no place on the Mines campus that could physically support a parking garage. The amount of foundation work necessary would drive the cost of parking spaces up to unreasonable amount.Viewed and will be brought up at the USG meeting on September 18, 2014 at 6:00PM.
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Fix the damper pedal on the slate piano or move the BB piano to slate.
Slate is a great common area to play piano, but the piano is in awful shape. Brown Building has a really nice piano, but it's in a study area so people get angry if you play it.
10 votesUPDATE:
After speaking with the Brown building manager it was decided that the piano is staying in Brown.Sincerely,
USGThere was a tuner working on the piano on the 17th of September. The facilities people will be notified that there is a problem with the pedal. The idea of moving the pianos are also under serious consideration and the logistics have making that happen are being looked into.
Viewed and will be brought up at the USG meeting on September 18, 2014 at 6:00PM.
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Bring back the Intramural Swim Meets
I don't want to put myself in a position where need 5 years to graduate by joining varsity swimming, but I still would love to swim competitively. It made me very sad to hear that the IM sports budget was cut in such a way that IM sports had to discontinue their swim meets. How can we bring back non-varsity swimming competitions?
5 votesHello!
I’m the Vice President currently for USG. I’m sorry to hear that the IM Swim Meet got cut this year. Undergraduate Student Government did determine how much money IM Sports was allocated, however that was not a specific item that we cut. We do stand by our decision for the amount of money that was cut from each of the organizations. If you are interested I can email you with the specifics on what exactly we decided not to fund, or we could meet. Because IM Sports is a governing body they are allowed to spend their allocated money however they choose, regardless of what items we cut from their budget.
I hope this helps you understand our decision. Again, if you would like more specific details please email me at lemarsha@mines.edu.
Thank you!
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Can we add a few parking spaces for plug-in cars?
Would like to see a few parking spots added with the ability to charge plug-in electric/hybrid cars.
6 votesWe believe there is going to be a power station at the bottom of 19th street, check it out!
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Adjunct Faculty
I have only heard rumors, but I have heard the administration is contemplating removing all adjunct professor positions. This is disheartening to me; I feel they bring invaluable experience from the industry that professors in academia do not have. I feel the adjuncts' knowledge and experience are essential to our education and would hate to see them go.
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Well defined justifications for tuition fee increase
Would like to have a clearly stated documentation of why we need increased tuition costs, validation for who will recieve these additional funds, and guidelines to precautionary measures to assure that funds are being spent appropriately.
7 votesEvery Board of Trustee document is available on blackboard. Blackboard>>Courses>>Research, Councils, and Committees>>Board of Trustees.
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We should not Have tests the week after spring break!!
Having to study my butt off during my spring break isn't much of a break. We work hard enough as Mines' students and deserve a little R&R, also every other college in existence has mid terms the week before break for this reason.
15 votesHello! After discussing this issue we have decided not to take this on as a project. Mines is a hard school and we just have to deal with it.
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The "Wi-Fi Study Lounge" in Green Center Needs Better Wi-Fi
For an area with "Wi-Fi" directly in its name, the Wi-Fi Lounge has some of the worst wireless internet access on campus. It took me about 15 minutes of refreshing and resetting my laptop's wireless to access this page and post this, and I'm here at an off time of the day.
Currently, I get better Wi-Fi by sitting on the ground in the lobby area, which is unavailable when there is some sort of conference, and doesn't have the convenience of couches and chairs to sit in.
Would it be possible to get an access node somewhere closer to/inside…
6 votesThis year the Wi-Fi got updated. Hopefully this hasn’t been much of an issue this year! If it is let us know and we can reopen the ticket!
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Unga Bunga, Discover Thunder, Digger Den.
I recently upgraded from an old Rockintosh deskrock computer system to a laprock form to be able to do my stonework on campus.
But seriously, we living in the stone age or what? Digger Den is old as heck but in a time where everyone has a laptop, it's silly that only every other window bench in Ol' Diggy has outlets, and they're in the least convenient spots in the world. If a fine lady is wearing a skirt and sitting next to one of said ports, I don't want to accidentally lose my fedora while looking down to plug…
20 votesHi! Digger Den is going to be moving in the very near future with the new student center opening soon. So, we will not be working on this. However, Digger Den will be moving to the Slate area, so during the next capital planning we will bring up the need for there to be an abundance of outlets in that area.
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Blackboard should receive a serious push from the school to work better and more consistently, or Mines should switch to a different system.
Blackboard is notorious for crashing during peak usage times, which is inconvenient for teachers and students alike. Not only does Blackboard supply grades, but it also hosts quizzes, homework, and study materials: all things that students should have access to 24/7. Many students have trouble accessing Blackboard on mobile devices, and the app (which you have to pay for) crashes frequently. Blackboard is used by numerous schools across the country and either needs a harder push from schools to increase their reliability and service, or needs to be replaced with something more reliable. Its simply not fair to students.
16 votesHello!
We met with our CIO and he informed us that there were some major changes made and bugs fixed that should prevent nearly all blackboard crashes in the future. Hope this helps!
Love,
USG
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Hello!We are going to ask the blackboard administrator why these errors occur so often. Once we get that information we will work on what to do next!
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More useful CAD software
The mechanical engineering department only uses Solidworks, when in reality most companies want you to have experience with AutoCAD, Pro-E or Six Sigma. Not sure what their thought process is there...
33 votesThis is a great point.
USG recommends talking to the mechanical department about this issue, since they will provide the change.
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Wifi in Mines Park
Similar to Weaver, the wifi in Mines Park is really bad. In addition, not all apartments have 2 ethernet ports in the living room, which makes things extremely difficult when I want to study with friends. We have to load a page and then hand off the cord to someone else. This is really annoying, especially considering how much I pay to live here. While we can set up 1 computer per room on an ethernet cord, this is extremely inconvenient when I want to study with friends.
It would be nice if the wifi was better OR there were…10 votesHello,
This year there was a big wifi update throughout the entire campus. The last to be updated is Mines Park, but it should be better now.
Love,
USG
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