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Semester 39: “Home again, home again!”

Home again, home again! Students arrived back on campus Sunday night from their 16-day excursions through the Utah canyons. While […]

This past weekend was jam packed. On Saturday night we gathered in Who’s Hall to watch Inception. Hayden provided a

What an awesome week! In Science, we went searching for glacier-made formations in the mountains and valleys nearby Leadville. We

The first official day of winter is December 21. In hearing this, we imagine the picturesque scenes of the holiday

It is difficult to wake up in the morning when the sun has not peaked out from behind the trees

Last Sunday night, a delicate dusting of snow settled on top of Mt. Massive and Mt. Elbert, powdering the mountains in

Group A Our very first expedition began with nine of us and our three instructors climbing into a van towing

Group A Second expedition was truly extraordinary. After an easy first day we hiked to our second (even more beautiful)

This week at HMI started off strong with projects in our science and humanities classes. The humanities classes went to

This week at HMI we studied Leadville’s comprehensive mining history and the effects that this had on the the town’s