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Daily Archives: February 17, 2020
Not Just E Pluribus Unum: The Case for Latin
BY ZOHERIYA ANWAR, STAFF WRITER It was my freshman year of high school. I was sitting in my school counselor’s office, looking over a yellow course selection sheet. I had no hesitation with checking off the math, science, English and…
Creative writers, on and off the page
Mason welcomes first visiting writers of spring 2020 BY: KIM BARTENFELDER, STAFF WRITER On Thursday, Feb.13, Gregg Wilhelm, director of creative writing and associate professor at Mason, opened the spring 2020 Visiting Writers Series at Mason by inviting authors Danielle…
Why Mason Lobbies is Important
BY: DAWSON WEINHOLD, STAFF WRITER We are constantly told that voting is our civic duty. Each year, as election day comes near, an army of political volunteers descends upon campus to register students to vote. This is the part of…
Men’s volleyball’s Bryce Gatling shares his journey from Norfolk to Mason
BY DOMENIC ALLEGRA ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Young athletes try out for new sports for various reasons. Some athletes want to try something new or their parents make them play, but not for men’s volleyball’s Bryce Gatling. Gatling played tennis in seventh…
Women’s basketball senior Sarah Kaminski succeeds on and off the court
BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR Women’s basketball senior Sarah Kaminski has been in a gym and playing sports since before she can remember. The youngest of four siblings, Kaminski grew up playing baseball, softball, volleyball and basketball. The Plymouth, Minn. native…
Allie McCool looks back on four years with Mason women’s basketball
BY DANA NICKEL CO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Allie McCool sat in a folding chair in one of Mason’s practice courts for the basketball teams in the RAC. She fidgeted with her hands, her eyes darting between her fellow teammates still out on…
Letter from the Editor
Hey Patriots, This week, my Co Editor and I are happy to announce that this issue will feature one of Mason’s women’s sports teams on the cover. This is the first time this school year that we’ll feature a women’s…
MS Funny
By Billy Ferguson
Why Celebrity Makeup Lines are Taking Off
BY: CHRISTINA O’FARRELL, STAFF WRITER Selena Gomez announced that her new makeup brand, Rare Beauty, will be dropping this summer, and it created waves on Twitter. My timeline was full of beauty vloggers extremely thrilled for Gomez’s new beauty line,…