Monthly Archives: January 2016

Winter Storm Jonas hits this weekend

Mason Cable News and Fourth Estate worked together to interview student meteorologist, Nick Stasiak (also known as GMU weather man) about this weekend’s winter storm. For more updates, follow @MasonCableNews and @IVEstate and tweet at us using the hashtag: #PatriotsvsJonas.    …

Women’s basketball team defeats VCU

Kaleel Weatherly, staff writer  In their game at EagleBank Arena against the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Rams Wednesday evening, Mason’s women’s basketball team came away with a 70-54 victory. Mason got off to a fast start as the team shot 13…

Students give Cabrera feedback on his contract renewal

(Photo courtesy of Evan Cantwell/Creative Services, George Mason University) By Alexandra Saviana This past December, a message from the Board of Visitors concerning the contract renewal of President Cabrera landed in every MasonLive inbox. This renewal was the subject of…

Oscar nominations fail to recognize people of color

Basma Humadi, Staff Writer This year marks the 88th Academy Awards ceremony, better known as the Oscars, which will be hosted by Chris Rock on February 28 at 8:30 p.m. on ABC. Each year the Academy Award nominations are dedicated…

Time to hit the gym

As the spring semester rolls around, Mason students are starting to hit the gym with new fitness goals and dreams of achieving toned bodies before spring break. Unfortunately, students may stray from the gym in fear or make common mistakes…

Spring Semester Starts…Now.

Compiled by Savannah Norton, Lifestyle Editor It’s time for Spring semester 2016 to begin… You try to hold back tears from your parents while you are packing up to leave because you will actually miss them… Your pet doesn’t understand…

Five Semester Resolutions Every College Student Needs to Make

Written by Hunter Samuelson By the end of the fall semester, negative emotions tend to spoil the everyday lives of college students, so a new semester calls for a mindset makeover. According to a Huffington Post article, most of us see a new calendar…

Men’s basketball midseason recap

Ben Cowlishaw, Assistant Sports Editor The Patriots are on the board. After starting the new year with four straight conference losses, Mason men’s basketball team (7-11, 1-4 Atlantic 10 Conference) took home a 92-79 win from St. Louis Sunday night, thanks…

Student protesters face off at Obama town hall on gun control

(Photo credit: Amy Rose/Fourth Estate) Last Thursday, President Obama and a handful of selected invitees sat down in Dewberry Hall for a televised forum moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper to discuss Obama’s recent executive action on gun control. Just outside the town hall, students…