Undergraduate Students
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Arthur Lakes Library Hours
The library hours are a bit ridiculous on the weekends and even during the week. Many campus libraries are open until 2am or later during the week and until midnight or 1am on the weekends, whereas our campus library is only open until midnight at the latest during the week and only until 5pm on Saturday. I think we should change the library hours so that the library stays open later (preferably until 2am).
12 votesHi!
Hopefully you heard that the library hours are now extended until 2am Monday through Thursday. Hope that helps!
Love,
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The Junior class is making it a goal to address this issue this semester. If you ever have questions about the progress email the president or representatives, their info can be found at http://mines.orgsync.com/org/usg/officers -
Dead Week?
What ever happened to the idea that we would have a week of nothing but review before our final exams? Dead week has turned into a hell week for the entire school. It is to a point where no one has time to study for their finals because they are too busy trying to finish the papers and lab reports, all due on Dead Day.. Can we at least have one day where things are not due?
29 votesWe discussed this in meeting and have decided not to pursue this topic. Even with one day off assignments would just be pushed to be due a day later or a day earlier, the workload would not decrease. It’s a tough school and we all know that so sometimes we just have to put up with the workload!
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Why are only certain classes counted as H&SS!?
I know of several students whom have taken EBGN courses thinking that they would count towards the LAIS/EBGN requirements stated on the flowcharts. However, it's not very clear that only some classes will fit the requirement. I believe more or all EBGN classes should count for this requirement. It's total nonsense that some EBGN classes, specifically financial accounting, is not a social science! Let's get real here. The course focuses on the study of how people and companies interact to create business deals and investments. Interaction of people.... how is that not considered a social science!?
1 voteWe are pretty sure that to be counted as LAIS credit there has to be a certain amount of reading and writing associated with the course. Unless the course can meet those requirements it can not be counted as LAIS. If you feel strongly that the course could meet the requirements I think that the professor needs to have it approved, so you could ask if they have considered doing so.
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Stop Sign or red light at Illinois and 19th
It is very difficult to turn on 19th from Illinois. There is always a back up of traffic and an accident there is inevitable .
3 votesThe plans for the 6th and 19th crossing include putting in a roundabout at the 19th and Elm intersection. This should help with car traffic there. Unfortunately, that is not going to be complete for a while, but eventually!!
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Graduate school information
It seems that no one knows how to apply to graduate school. At least not the whole story. If you ask any one person they will give you one (and only one) step. First we need to inform the staff in Guggenheim or within our own departments, then we need to inform the students on everything they need to do in order to be successful in applying for graduate school at CSM.
2 votesDue to the lack of support for this topic we are going to decline this request. From what we have heard, advisors are usually a good option when in need of information for graduate school.
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Common Hour Exams
As far as I know, common hour exams were originally created to give a lot of students the same exam at the same time and prevent cheating. With this, the majority of the student population had either a 6 or 8pm exam, but very rarely both on a given night. However with the growth in popularity of the system, it's now becoming common for students to have both a 6 and 8pm exam on a given night. I know of one student personally who had 5 common hour exams in one week, with one having to be rescheduled, obviously. It…
6 votesThank you for your feedback. The one problem we see with this option is that this could cause a lot of scheduling issues trying to reschedule the exams for such a large amount of people (since a lot of the time it’s a large group of freshman or sophomores that have two exams one night). However, with the current plan any student could still be schedule four nights a week, the only difference now is that it’s one per day instead of two on two days. Since that hardly ever happens we don’t think it’ll be an issue with the new schedule. If you disagree, however, please let us know!
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Modify the +/- grading system or get rid of it all together.
The +/- grading system in its current state (93-100 for an A) is unfair. The idea behind the plus/minus system is to reward students in the plus range while penalizing students at the lower end of the minus range. However, there is no reward for earning an A+, but there is a penalty for earning an A-. This isn't fair. Either go back to the old grading system or modify the current one (like Statics does) so that a 90-100 is an A and then everything else follows the plus/minus scale.
369 votesUPDATE: We took the concern to faculty senate. Overall, the plus minus system has brought up average GPA. However, we do see how the A- might hurt the students who normally get A’s. Faculty senate has asked us to poll the students to get more information on the issue, so that will be going out in an email soon.
UPDATE
Right now it’s up to the teacher’s discretion whether or not their class has a +/- grading system. When we polled the student body there was not enough interest in making this change. Thank you for your time and if you still have concerns you can try to speak with your professor about it.Sincerely,
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Fix the Electricity in Brown Building
With the addition to Brown Building being one of the newest on campus, it's extremely frustrating to sit down at any of the desks in the study area on the ground floor, only to find the outlets don't work. This problem appears to be unmitigated. It really shouldn't be that hard to get taken care of!
13 votesUSG is going to decline this post because it is old. If you feel this is still a problem, please post a new one.
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Parking Lot AA Lights
The AA parking lot has overhead lights, but they have been consistently turned off by 10 pm- 10:30 pm, at least on Wednesdays, as I am coming back to campus. Is there a way these lights could stay on all night as to make the parking lot more lit up and safe? Thank you.
6 votesHello!
We recently did a safety walk of campus and addressed all areas where lights were going out. These are being taken to campus safety and will be fixed soon!
Love,
USG
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We have contacted parking services to leave the lights on till 11:00 pm. We will update what’s your beef when we have received confirmation of this. -
GET NAMETAGS AT USG EXEC MEETINGS
self explanatory
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Access to E-mail After Graduation
It would be nice if we could have access to our Mines e-mail addresses even after we graduate. Other universities allow their students to use their e-mail addresses indefinitely and this will help graduates keep social, academic, and career ties.
148 votesHello!
We’ve been talking with the CIO about this and it looks promising! We will keep you posted on our progress!
Love,
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The Graduate Student Government is trying to extend the Mines email address out to 5 years. We will keep you updated on their progress!
UPDATE:This is a big topic and CCIT knows students want this. Last year there was not enough time to make the change but this year CCIT is starting earlier so current seniors can have this for when they graduate. USG can not promise this will happen this year but working with CCIT we hope it does.
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More bike racks
The bikes racks are completely full during the non-snowy times. There is not enough parking for cars so it would be nice if campus was more biker friendly.
4 votesThis has been looked into but unfortunately the cost is way out of USG’s budget and the capital planning is filled with new buildings, so it’s not a priority. However, the school is considering adding a bike share to the campus, so that might help!
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The Wifi in Weaver Towers
The Wireless internet needs attention in weaver towers. I literally cannot access anything, and since almost all my homework is online this is a tremendous pain in the a$$. For 30,000 a year I should be able to have wifi that works.
12 votesHello!
All of the campus wifi has been updated and throughout the year it has been (nearly all done now) pushed through all the buildings. All wifi throughout campus should be improved. If there are any bad spots reach out to any of us and we can relay the information to the CIO. There is also a mines help desk and if you contact them they will also be able to tell where dead spots are to improve them. helpdesk.mines.edu. Hope this helps!
Love,
USG
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Yes, this is a huge pain! USG has created Wi-Fi committee to address and solve this problem.James DeBartolomeis is the head of the committee. If you are interested in getting more involved with the WI-FI committee he is available in the USG office (in the back of the student activities office) from 4:00pm – 5:00pm on Wednesdays. He is also available via…
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iClickers Should Be Rented
Why do we buy iClickers? We're only using them for (generally) the first two years of school and then what happens after that? We sell them to the bookstore at 10% of the original cost? Lame. Seniors and juniors (and sophomores) who are no longer using their iClickers should donate them so that the incoming freshman will not need to buy them! Over time, it would be like a rental program--you borrow one and you return it in working condition, because honestly, you have to really beat up your iClicker for it to be no longer functional. iClickers should not…
6 votesWe agree with Peter J.
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Kafadar lights
Lights on the trees in the center of Kafadar (the wee little ones, similar to holiday lights). Would make campus more pleasant at night. Perhaps solar-powered lights... We have enough sun in Golden!
Lights between the trees instead? Similar to the Celebration of Mines lights, but all year round (or part of the year... as finals approach or somethin!).
6 votesMAC did it’s first annual tree lighting event last year and plans on continuing it for years to come. Hope you enjoy it!
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Repave Streets and Q-Lot
Q-Lot is hideous, needless to say. It'd be really nice if they did it up like the Jones Road apartment lot. There are several potholes around campus too. The streets are looking really patchy due to different stages of construction/repairs. I think that it would improve the overall visual appeal of campus for visitors, prospective students, and professional corporate business men/women who come for events like career day. I don't know how plausible this is since the streets technically are not school owned,l but can we please fix Q-Lot?
4 votesMaybe after all the new building are completed this will be a possibility but right now it is not. Sorry!
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Get rid of the pedestrian zone in the middle of campus!
No one's going to get run over by letting kids ride bikes there, there aren't any problems of people being hit by bikers in the rest of campus. A bike is an easy thing to maneuver, unless you suck at biking you're not hitting anyone. Even if someone got hit by a bike I doubt it would really injure them too much, I've taken much worse falls on my bike and walked away fine. I'd like to know how many people had an injury serious enough to require hospitalization as a result of a bike accident in that area before…
20 votesThe pedestrian zone will never leave, the school is trying to make Mines a pedestrian campus.
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Bring Back the Sherpa House CSM student discount!
So Sherpa house recently stopped giving their student discount for the buffet lunch and this makes me both sad and hungry. Is there anything to be done?
4 votesWe spoke to an employee at Sherpa House and they said that the discount was taken away for financial reasons. When we asked if there was any chance that they would bring it back they did not sound optimistic. Sorry we can’t do anything to fix this!
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This also makes me sad and hungry! I will take this to our next USG meeting to see how we can help. I’m thinking of sending them a letter from USG on behalf of the students. -
Last minute class location and time changes
The registrar often changes the times and locations of classes which is very inconvenient and makes planning tough.
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The CASA webcam should be taken down
Does anyone think its a bit creepy that there is a webcam looking directly at the street recording and livestreaming people walking by? I know quite a few people that park there, and it just feels like an invasion of privacy.... especially since it is broadcast. Link is as follows:
http://casa.mines.edu/casawebcam
Looks like big brother is watching you as you enter campus...
9 votesUSG has met and talked about this. We agree that it is a little strange to have a webcam there, however, it does not seem to be having a large affect on students at this time.
Currently USG believes that there are other ideas that we should first explore before trying to take down the CASA webcam, such as getting 24/7 access to labs or faster grades from teachers. We only have so much time (we go to Mines too!) and we want to make sure we are first addressing the ideas that improve the lives for the largest number of undergrads.
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
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