Author: cmcgenesis

    GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — When it comes to marriage, three’s a crowd. That’s the way A.R. Gurney’s character Kate sees it when she meets Sylvia, “the other woman.” Kate’s husband Greg has really fallen for Sylvia. She’s gorgeous, young, playful and even worshipful. Sylvia is a dog. On Thursday, Oct. 7, Colorado Mountain…

    What is a constellation, really?  The stars that form a constellation can be weighed and measured, their magnitudes and distances determined.  These are all real qualities.  But, when you get right down to it, our constellations are just figments of our imaginations, dot-to-dot drawings in the sky formed from unrelated stars. Take the…

Physics students set up, measure tiny tremors By Joe Reining Seismic waves are commonly associated with earthquakes resulting in deaths of people and destruction of structures. But the study of seismic waves and their properties can have much more common and beneficial aspects, too. On Sept. 22, students in Joe Reining’s algebra- and calculus-based physics…

There’s a comet coming!  Right now, Comet Hartley 2 is an unimpressive green blob in the constellation of Cassiopeia, but in the weeks ahead, it could blossom into the best little comet of 2010.  It might reach 5th magnitude in mid-to-late October, making it faintly visible to the unaided eye from dark sky locations.   And,…

There’s a lot going on in the skies over Colorado this week.  Here’s a rundown of the week’s big events: Two giant planets, Jupiter and Uranus, reach their closest point to the Earth for this year on September 21.  Look for dazzling Jupiter rising in the east as darkness falls.  You’ll need binoculars to see…

No longer requires library card number for remote access The myCMC portal for students, staff and faculty has been upgraded to make remote access to library services much easier outside the CMC network. The initial version of myCMC required users to enter a library card number, causing difficulties for those off-campus who didn’t have a…