Article Contributed on: 10/9/2006 10:05:43 AM
Colorado School of Mines went prehistoric on the weekend of Oct. 7-8 during its annual homecoming celebration. On Oct. 7, cavemen and cavewomen paraded down Washington Avenue on floats depicting barren lands and dinosaur friends, shouting this year's theme: "Yabba Dabba Mu!"
That afternoon, the Orediggers football team played tough against the New Mexico Highlands Cowboys, but lost in the last seconds of the game, 19 - 16. Halftime saw the band performing a field show and the crowning of Queen and Beast.
Mu is the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet whose symbol represents many functions within measurement, mathematics and physics.
Cameron Bell is the Public Relations Specialist at the Colorado School of Mines.