Tulips Along the Creek
Photo by Richard Luckin
What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Thursday, Apr. 11th
- All day: CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day: Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day: Golden History Tours
- All day: GlorE-Days 2024
- 9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Community Marketing Stakeholder Committee @ City Hall Council Chambers
- 9:15 AM-9:45 AM: Baby Time @ Golden Library
- 10:00 AM-12:00 PM: DeLong Park Weedbusters @ DeLong Park
- 10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation
- 10:00 AM-4:00 PM: Beginning Quilting Class @ Golden Quilt Company
- 10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Everything Dinosaur (on the Rocks) Lecture Series @ Dinosaur Ridge Discovery Center
- 3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
- 6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Run Club @ Runners Roost
- 6:00 PM-9:00 PM: Karaoke Night @ Morris & Mae @ Morris & Mae
- 6:00 PM-9:00 PM: Golden Game Guild Mini Paint Night @ Golden Game Guild
- 6:30 PM-6:30 PM: Economic Development Commission (EdComm) Meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers
- 7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Kendal Mountain Tour 2024 Adventure Film Screening @ Buffalo Rose
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Kendal Mountain Tour Film Festival
7PM Kendal Mountain Tour Adventure Films @ The Buffalo Rose
Prepare for an unforgettable night of adventure as the Kendal Mountain Tour 2024 comes to North America!
Brought to you by the team behind Kendal Mountain Festival – a world-renowned event that celebrates adventure and the great outdoors through film, book events, music, outdoor activities, and parties. Held annually in Kendal, on the edge of the English Lake District, they now take these stories across the globe on Tour.
Join us on a cinematic journey through the world's most breathtaking landscapes with a selection of award winning films showcasing the year’s most daring feats of courage and tales of human resilience. Whether you're a seasoned explorer or simply someone who appreciates the majesty of nature, this tour promises to ignite your sense of adventure and leave you with a renewed appreciation for the planet we call home.
Proceeds benefit Outdoor Lab.
More information
Economic Development Commission - 4/11/24
6:30PM Economic Development Commission @ City Hall
This group has commissioned an economic study to determine what various industries bring to Golden's economy. Some early results may be available at the meeting.
Community Marketing Meeting 4/11/24
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9-10:30AM Community Marketing Stakeholder Committee @ City Hall
The City staff person for this committee recently resigned, so the committee members plan to take a step back and discuss how the program is working and whether they want to make any course corrections.
Live Music for Thursday, Apr. 11th
Alibi will play tonight at the Golden Mill, 5-8PM
- 5PM-8PM: Alibi @ Golden Mill @ Golden Mill
- 6-9PM Karaoke @ Morris & Mae
All ages welcome--half-price beer when you sing! (1 per customer) - More Live Music
6PM The Grind 5280 @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6-9PM Jack Hadley @ Goosetown Station
6PM Brandywine & The Mighty Fines @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Hazing and Manliness
View from South Table Mountain showing Mines Campus, including Engineering Hall and Old Chemistry
The Colorado School of Mines wasn’t always the quiet, scholarly place it is today.
117 Years Ago
The April 11, 1907 Colorado Transcript announced that the students and faculty of the School of Mines had settled their differences over a hazing incident. Hazing was an established tradition at that time, with each class aligned against the others. That year, the hazing process involved each group attacking the others and trying to bind the “enemies” hand and foot with rope.
In 1907, the School’s President, Victor Alderson, took exception to a hazing incident and expelled six of the students. The freshman, sophomore, and junior classes all declared they would go on strike if the six were not reinstated. The president said all of the students would be expelled if they didn’t show up in class.
The issue was resolved when the entire sophomore class visited the president’s home, confessed their guilt, and offered to receive the same sentence as the six who had been expelled.
President Alderson commended the students for their “manliness,” distributed cigars all around, and reinstated the formerly expelled students. He mandated that in future, all hazing would be strictly forbidden.
In 1917, the United States entered World War I, and in the fall of 1918, all male students were required to serve in the Student Army Training Corps. The Army effectively took control of student schedules, and left no time for student pranks.
The good behavior didn’t last. As described in Rocky Mountains to the World: A History of the Colorado School of Mines:
During 1915 and 1916, it was not unusual for students to ride around Golden in cars while shooting off revolvers and throwing lighted sticks of dynamite onto the streets.
The same book describes an event in 1917:
…with drinking, starting fairly early in the morning. By afternoon, many students were feeling little or no pain. During the baseball game, the sophomores began a favorite campus sport called “wrinkling,” an activity involving the forceful rubbing of dirt and stones into the bare abdomens of prostrate freshmen. On this particular day, however, a faculty member was “wrinkled”–an indiscretion that later resulted in five sophomores being suspended.
This event proceeded similarly to the 1907 incident: the student body went on strike and the faculty relented, with all students–included those who had been suspended–being allowed to return to class.
In 1959, one student shot another when he was threatened with forcible shaving of his beard.
Fortunately, hazing has greatly declined over the years.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
Weather
Overnight: Mostly cloudy. Low around 35, with temperatures rising to around 38 overnight. East northeast wind around 3 mph.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. East wind 1 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. West wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly Clear, 42°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny, 74°F
Friday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 48°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny, 72°F
Saturday Night: Mostly Clear, 47°F
Sunday: Sunny, 75°F
Sunday Night: Mostly Clear, 46°F
Monday: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 66°F
Monday Night: Chance Rain Showers, 46°F
Tuesday: Chance Rain Showers, 64°F
Tuesday Night: Chance Rain Showers then Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 40°F
Wednesday: Chance Snow Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 54°F
News Relating to Golden - April 11, 2024
AC Development Breaks Ground on Transformative Clayworks Project in Golden
AC Development
Five-Block Mixed-Use District to Feature Cutting-Edge Offices, Boutique Hotel, and Apartments
Golden, Colo. (April 10, 2024) – After nearly four years of redevelopment planning and 140 years of ownership of the property, AC Development is pleased to announce the groundbreaking of Clayworks, a transformative project in Golden, Colorado. This five-block district will feature state-of-the-art office spaces, including the new global headquarters of CoorsTek, a boutique hotel, apartments, and exceptional food and beverage options. Download press release below.
BGOLDN Spring Event
BGOLDN
We are excited our April Spring Event at the Golden Mill is just around the corner, and we would like to extend an invitation for you to join us!
Date: April 25
Time: 5 - 8 p.m.
for live music, opportunity drawing, meet the artist and more
Giveback day at the Golden Mill will be all day
USPS Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is on Saturday, May 11!
CAG Food Pantry
On Saturday, May 11th, the Golden Postal Carriers are once again taking part in the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. All food that is collected in Golden will be donated to the CAG Food Pantry. This food will then be given to Golden residents in need.
With the increased price of food and cost of living, the CAG Food Pantry is seeing an increase in Golden residents needing food assistance. We would love your donations of non-perishable food. You just need to place a bag of food by your mailbox on May 11 and the postal carriers will pick it up. Download press release below.
Colorado companies win NASA contract for lunar vehicle development
By Greg Avery/Denver Business Journal
9News
GOLDEN, Colo. — NASA is including a moon vehicle from Colorado space companies in a program meant to develop autonomous lunar surface transportation, a projected $4.6 billion effort over 15 years.
A team led by Lunar Outpost, a Golden-based startup, on Wednesday won participation in a 12-month feasibility phase of NASA’s Lunar Transport Vehicle Service contract... Read more...
EXCITING NEW HIKING NETWORK UNVEILED – THE ‘DENVER ORBITAL TRAIL (DOT)’ ENCIRCLES ENTIRE METRO!
Denver Orbital Trail
(DENVER, CO) Locals and visitors to Denver alike now have a new way to explore the region. The ‘Denver Orbital Trail’ (AKA the ‘DOT’) is a 177-mile, 28-segment, walking, running, and wheeling route linking existing trails and public-access paths to completely encircle the Denver metro area.
The DOT’s designer is Golden resident Michael Tormey, a Civil Engineer currently working on transportation safety projects on public lands. He developed his love of walking the outdoors in the English countryside while in graduate school in London. Download press release below.
City of Golden Weekly Digest
Colorado School of Mines celebrates 90th Engineering Days
By Emilie Rusch
Colorado School of Mines Newsroom
Colorado School of Mines students are gearing up for a weekend-long celebration of what it means to be an engineer.
Engineering Days – or E-Days – is one of the most anticipated events of the academic year, and this year is no different as Mines celebrates its 150th anniversary.
The 90th edition of E-Days will begin Thursday, April 11 and continue through Saturday, April 13. Among the highlights of this signature student experience are the Ore Cart Pull, Cardboard Boat Races and weather permitting, E-Day Fireworks... Read more...
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