Monthly Archives: August 2014
Fall Sports Preview: Men’s Soccer
On Tuesday, Atlantic 10 coaches predicted Mason’s men’s soccer team to finish second in the A-10 Conference for the 2014 season. The poll predicts St. Louis University to repeat its first-place finish from last season after out beating Mason and Virginia Commonwealth University for…
The Rise of Specialty Coffee
A new trend is taking over Northern Virginia: local, specialty coffee shops. Small cafes that serve specialty roasts, such as 29th Parallel Coffee and Tea in Fairfax, are popping up across the region to challenge larger-scale retailers like Starbucks. The…
OPINION: Neutrality is complicity
One of the biggest lies we’ve been fed about the way the world works is the idea that there are two sides to every issue. From our elementary school teachers attempting to resolve disputes to pundits on cable news, this…
Meow Mason! Coalition reduces feral cat population on campus
In the early 1990s, feral cats had taken over George Mason University, with over one hundred cats roaming around the Fairfax campus. Today, no cats remain on the main Fairfax campus thanks to the Mason Cat Coalition (MCC) who have treated…
Fall Sports Preview: Women’s Soccer
The Mason women’s soccer team enters their second season in the Atlantic 10 conference, looking to improve on their 5th place finish last year. The Patriots finished 4-4 in the conference and 7-11-1 overall. Eight incoming freshmen will look to do…
Students march in solidarity for Michael Brown in #HandsUpWalkOut
Mason students affiliated with the Black Student Alliance and other campus organizations marched on North Plaza on Monday afternoon in protest of the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Following the shooting, subsequent protests and clashes in Ferguson have sparked a…
Interns from Mason Find Opportunities Near and Abroad
This post was originally published in the Aug. 25 issue of Fourth Estate. Senior Alena Beasley interned for International Quality and Productivity Centre Exchange Worldwide in London this summer. IQPC Exchange Worldwide is a company that plans international events to…
Mason Alert system gets a modern facelift
The university has updated its emergency notification system, Mason Alerts, to automatically enroll those who have been issued a @gmu.edu or @masonlive.gmu.edu email address. Automatic enrollment allows members of the Mason community to log in with their Mason credentials as…