BY EMILY VERBIEST, STAFF WRITER _If you’re going for…_ **Healthy** _True Food Kitchen 2910 District Ave., Fairfax, VA 22031_ With high ceilings, an open kitchen and abundant plant life, sunlight pours into the spacious dining area at True Food…
BY MITCHELL WESTALL What we learned: Le’veon Bell is very valuable. Even though the Pittsburgh Steelers running back hasn’t played a single down, his stock has improved since the preseason for two reasons. First, he only has to…
BY EMILY VERBIEST, STAFF WRITER Formidable yet inviting, Emilie Brzezinski’s lofty wood sculptures elegantly tower over onlookers in the Fine Arts Gallery. The room’s glossy grey floors and sleek white walls create an industrial atmosphere that sharply contrasts the…
BY GABRIELLE NELSON, STAFF WRITER Gangs, political power, the LGBTQ community and a hope for a brighter future—all of these are themes in the Mason Players’ fall season. **”The Laramie Project”** After Matthew Shepard, 21, of Laramie, Wyoming,…
BY GABRIELLE NELSON, STAFF WRITER What began as a two-day festival in 1999 has since become a massive effort to bring hundreds of authors to Mason’s campus and community over a short period of six days. After a year…
BY DEVAN FISHBURNE, LOCAL NEWS EDITOR Many supposed “fitness fads” have claimed to have what it takes to sweep the nation, but the most recent style of fitness to reach popularity, CrossFit, is far from a fad according…
FOURTH ESTATE STAFF The cinema in the Johnson Center has officially stopped screening free movies for students. The Office of Student Involvement has a sign-up sheet for free tickets to showings at University Mall Theater instead. Follow Mason Student…
BY DAVE SCHRACK, SPORTS EDITOR The men’s basketball team’s regular season schedule was released on Sept. 6, and it features nine games that the Green and Gold will contest on national television. “We’re going to play a lot…
BY DAVE SCHRACK, SPORTS EDITOR Mason athletics is now well underway. Teams and individuals are returning to the field, courts or pitches to continue their hard work from last year. Consequently, fans and students will be returning to…
BY JAMES STEMPLE, STAFF WRITER George Mason’s men’s and women’s cross-country teams dashed to success in their first race of the season at the Spider Alumni Open Invitational, which was hosted by the University of Richmond in Mechanicsville, Virginia,…