BY NATALIE HEAVREN, SPORTS EDITOR Bekah Ansbro, a junior on Mason’s softball team, chose her number for a very specific reason. “In high school, I wore 17, because our jerseys only went up to 22, and that’s just what…
BY ROSS SHINBERG, STAFF WRITER From Bethesda, Maryland, to San Antonio, Texas, to Fairfax, Virginia, Mason Men’s Tennis star, junior Eddie Ayers has come full circle. Ayers was born merely 20 miles away from Fairfax, in Bethesda, but spent a…
BASEBALL MAY 1 (WED) 3:00 P.M. VS MOUNT ST. MARY’S (MD.) MAY 3 (FRI) 3:00 P.M. VS FORDHAM UNIVERSITY MAY 4 (SAT) 2:00 P.M. VS FORDHAM UNIVERSITY MAY 5 (SUN) 1:00 P.M. VS FORDHAM UNIVERSITY ROWING MAY 5 (SUN) ALL…
BY LAURA SCUDDER, SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR Underwater hockey … that’s an actual thing? You bet it is. Underwater hockey, or Octopush, as it is commonly referred to in the UK, is played at both national and international levels. Mason has…
BY ALEXA BITUIN, STAFF WRITER On April 5, American rapper A$AP Rocky performed at the Jamsil Arena in Seoul. The Harlem native had just kicked off his international “Injured Generation” tour to promote his third studio album ”Testing.” The album…
BY SOOYOUN KIM, STAFF WRITER Brigitte Anne Marie Bardot, a French animal rights activist, once said that Koreans are “dog-eating barbarians” who love consuming dog meat. Pet lovers might agree with her statement, but Koreans would respond that it is part…
BY DAHYUN KIM, STAFF WRITER On April 6, the George Mason University Korea Chingu Program hosted an outing to the annual Yeouido Cherry Blossom Festival. Seventeen Mason students joined the Saturday Seoul outing to enjoy the seasonal cherry blossoms together. During…
BY HYUNSEON KIM, STAFF WRITER What would life in Korea as an expat woman be? Her Excellency Matilda Swilla Masuka, the ambassador of Tanzania, mentioned the impact of helping others in her welcoming remarks at the Women’s Leadership Summit &…
The Middle Eastern Student Association and other organizations put on Alf Laila w Leila BY HAILEY BULLIS, ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR On Wednesday, April 24, the Middle Eastern Student Association hosted Alf Laila w Leila, or “1000 and 1 nights,” in…
Mason Professor Researches the Effects of Solitary Confinement on Inmates BY AHMED FARID, STAFF WRITER For the past two years, Professor Danielle Rudes has led a team of researchers including 12 undergraduate students, seven graduate students and two professors in…