Daily Archives: February 16, 2015

Students gather to mourn Chapel Hill victims

  On Friday, Feb. 13, The George Mason Muslim Student Alliance hosted a vigil in honor of the three victims of the Chapel Hill, N.C. shooting on Feb. 10. The vigil started with a recitation of verses from the Quran,…

Get a Date With Fourth Estate: Alex and Morgan

The first students matched together by the Lifestyle team were junior, Alex Hinton and senior, Morgan Romero.  They decided to go to dinner at Coyote Grille located right off of Main Street.  They were interviewed separately about their date experience….

How Mason determines snow days

This story was originally published on February 14th, 2014. Behind the anticipated Mason Alert giving you the okay to sleep through class is a calculated procedure. It involves many different faculty members who assess a variety of circumstances in order…

Winter Dorm Room Fitness

Kelsey Davidson, staff writer The winter chill keeps some from going outdoors and from going to the gym. “When it’s raining sometimes I don’t want to [go outside]”, said Candace Nelson, community health major. But that does not mean that students should have…

Mason to review medical amnesty program

Following the program’s implementation last year, George Mason University will review the effectiveness of the Medical Amnesty Program this year. Currently, the program allows students to receive medical attention in an alcohol-related emergency without disciplinary action from the university (otherwise called “amnesty”). The…