U of M Students: Radioactive Skiing

June 30, 2006

Physics students studying this summer at the University of Mammoth say they have developed a novel scheme for night skiing that would involve the use of natural resources.

The students, working in cooperation with students in the U of M school of business, have proposed the "Yucca Mountain Ski Area" in Nevada, and say the business model would involve night skiing, but without the use of any lights.

"With the nuclear waste stored inside the mountain, we think we can generate moderate to high glow levels year round," said Teeney Brayne, a graduate student from West Hollywood. "We think it would be trippier than Fever, by a long shot."

Brayne, a Fever regular and accomplished pole dancer and snowboarder, led a team of students to Nevada as part of her PhD research called "Physics and Business—Why Not?" She said her team also proposed a new casino operation that would burrow into the mountain from the top.

The name of the casino, she said, would be, simply "Hell."

"The idea is that would descend, as in Dante's ‘Inferno'" she said. "We'd be looking for more of a literary feel than most casinos. Each floor would be a further descent into Yucca Mountain. At the very bottom, there would be nothing but a small, rubber room with a black light. Isn't that cool?"

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