Monday, September 2 34 people killed off of Santa Cruz Island in California after diving boat catches fire Tuesday, September 3 Walmart to stop Alaska handgun sales Panel of judges in North Carolina vote that district maps are skewed to…
School of Computing established to expand technology education BY OLIVIA VERMANE, STAFF WRITER Mason will invest over $250 million over the next five years in order to achieve a large-scale expansion of initiatives in response to the establishment of Amazon’s…
PAC encourages students to spend their long weekend oncampus BY ALEXA TIRONI, STAFF WRITER Mason Staycation, organized by the Patriot Activities Council (PAC), marked the first weekend of the fall semester. Thursday, Aug. 29 kicked off the fun-filled five-day event…
Wednesday, Sept. 4 — Fairfax Campus Use of Threatening Language Over Public Airways: Complainant (GMU) reported receiving a threatening electronic message from an unknown subject. Case 2019-008451 — Referred to Title IX Wednesday, Sept. 4 — Art & Design Destruction/Damage/Vandalism…
BY SYDNEY JOHNSON, STAFF WRITER Ah, yes. That gut-wrenching feeling you get when you look around at everyone getting their tests handed back to them in class and hear different waves of sighs, groans and slamming of papers on desks…
BY DOMINIC PINO, STAFF WRITER The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is not what it used to be. NASCAR (see what they did there?) used to be a sport for Southerners, by Southerners. In 1965 when Tom Wolfe…
BY SUMMER BROWN, STAFF WRITER The first couple of weeks of college are done. For some, it is the very first weeks of college in their life and for others it’s been the same old, same old. Upperclassmen? You have…
BY PETER NJOROGE, CULUTRE EDITOR IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR ORGANIZATION: Mason DREAMers CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION? Basically our mission is to create a more inclusive environment for our Undocumented, DACAmented and [temporary protected…
BY ARIANNA GOODMAN, STAFF WRITER In recent years, plenty of arguments have been suggesting that the recent epidemic of violent crimes—like mass and school shootings—are the result of video games, particularly violent video games. According to such arguments, violence begets…
BY ELI KOHN, STAFF WRITER Well, freshmen, we’re here. The last few years of our lives have been leading up to this. We’ve killed ourselves to make it here—so, is it everything you dreamed? The parties, the classes, the work,…