Talk:Colorado School of Mines

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"Mines is recognized as a World leader" <-- Wikipedia:Avoid peacock terms David.Monniaux 11:41, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Especially given the thin evidence presented. It may be an American leader but it barely rates a mention in European mining circles.

  • In petoleum companies in the middle east (those are the largest in the world, hopefully that doesn't violate the peacock terms policy in your POV) such as Aramco as well as other top petroleum exploration and services companies in the world (such as Halliburton, Schlumberger, and WesternGeco), School of Mines is indeed highly recognized. It is world renown for its geoscience programs. -- Eagleamn 20:32, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
  • I second Eagleamn's comments. Within the petrol community, CSM is internationally renowned. Whether or not that merits a mention in this article remains to be seen, but I wouldn't necessarily consider it a biased POV. If you're in the petrol engineering world it's a known fact that CSM is among the top educational institutions within the geoscience discipline --TheSunTheSea

[edit] Rivalry

Hey do CSM still have a big rivalry with New Mexico Tech in Socorro? There was a time when it was as big a rivalry as you get for tech schools, with reciprocal pranks and good-natured but spirited competition between the schools. I've been out of the loop for a while, and didn't know if it's still a big deal or not. --ABQCat 05:52, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

As a freshman finishing my first semester at Mines I was unaware of such rivalry. While we completed the M climb, and learned the school song, we yell the M-I-N-E-S part towards Boulder; but I would not call them a rival. --MattMMatt 20:43, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

It must have been an older rivalry since I was never aware of it. I attended CSM from 2000-2004 and I don't remember having a rivalry with New Mexico Tech. Of course, CSM has never really been famous for athletics (although the football team did excellent this year). -- TheSunTheSea 22:04, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

New Mexico Tech doesn't really have a lot in the way of athletics, either, but the rivalry tended to be more along the lines of pranks and other competitions. I think either rugby or soccer were the sport of choice between the two schools, but I don't know for sure. It's curious that the rivalry would disappear - I guess that could be the result of turnover with small student bodies or something. Interesting, in any event. --ABQCat 22:53, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I heard that "recently" (don't know the exact date), a group of Tech students came to Mines and put a large cloth "N" and "T" on either side of the "M", thus spelling out "NMT". However, I also heard that few if any Mines students noticed, or if they did, they had no idea what it meant. An interesting rivalry was that between Mines and the U. of Denver in the early 20th century. At one point, Mines students were setting off dynamite charges on the DU campus. Gwimpey 01:00, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)
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