More Money, Less Problems
Try telling yourself you have food at home BY PETER NJOROGE, CULTURE EDITOR I hate leftovers as much as the next person. However, turning one meal into two or three can make a big difference for your budget. For everyone…
Monthly Archives: September 2019
BI-BI-BI Karaoke Night
Editor’s Note: A placeholder name of Sarah Brown was utilized in this story to protect the identity of featured students. Shining a light on bisexuals in the LGBTQ+ Community. BY CAYLA CADE, STAFF WRITER Pride Alliance hosted a karaoke event…
Fantasy Focus Week 4 (Yes, We’re Back!)
BY EVAN PASCAL, STAFF WRITER What we learned: Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes are WAY too good. In a highly anticipated matchup, these two young quarterbacks lived up to all the hype and did not get rattled. Mahomes and Jackson…
Insights Into Diplomacy
A firsthand look at the life of a foreign service officer BY AHMED FARID, STAFF WRITER In an effort to help students broaden their views and gain insight into different work fields, Mason hosted Government Week from Sept. 16–20. The…
An Inside Look at Faculty Senate
Davis discusses her role as the new chair of the faculty senate BY SUDIKSHA KOCHI, STAFF WRITER Dr. Shannon Davis, a professor of family sociology, was elected to serve as the chair of Mason’s faculty senate after serving as a…
Women’s Club Soccer Finds New Coach
BY EVAN PASCAL, STAFF WRITER Last season was an exciting one for Mason’s women’s club soccer team. While there was a lot of new talent brought in by former coach, Nick Ortiz, he was forced to step down due to…
Gun Confiscation is Mainstream Democrat Policy – It Won’t Work
BY SEAN HELWIG, CONTRIBUTOR America’s gun debate is frequently ruled by emotion on both sides. One of the left’s most common talking points is to ridicule conservatives’ fears of gun confiscation as irrational fearmongering. Recent events have demonstrated that gun…
Twitter Isn’t Evil: It’s Easy
BY DOMINIC PINO, STAFF WRITER Twitter gets flak from everyone. It’s biased, it spreads fake news, it encourages meanness, it ruins people’s lives, it allows bullying, it’s a monopoly, on and on and on. If you believed all the criticisms,…
Vegan Society Fights to Ban Bull Riding Event
Bull Riding event at EagleBank draws protests BY ABIGAIL ADCOX, NEWS EDITOR Protests took place over the weekend at a two-day Professional Bull Riding (PBR) event outside of EagleBank arena. The Vegan Society at GMU organized two separate protests through…
Menstruation Stigma Has to End. Period.
BY SAVANNAH MARTINCIC, CONTRIBUTOR In Kenya, a 14-year-old girl started her period for the first time in the middle of a school day. Later that day, she killed herself. The Daily Nation, a local newspaper, reported that on Sept. 6…