Students express their thoughts on the aftermath of Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival BY SYDNEY JOHNSON, STAFF WRITER About 50,000 people were in attendance at the Astroworld concert hosted by American rapper Travis Scott. Due to lack of crowd control during…
Positive cases remain low as Mason enters 12th week of classes BY ALLISON ALBERTY, GRAPHICS EDITOR & SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR As Mason wrapped up the 11th week of school last week, positive COVID-19 cases remain low. The campus maintains its…
Camille Brayshaw / The Fourth Estate Red (Taylor’s Version) BY MAGGIE ROTH, CULTURE EDITOR It’s officially the season…
Stephanie Liberatore, English Department BY AUDREY MORALES STAFF WRITER Mason alum, professor and writer Stephanie Liberatore has been teaching at Mason for 9 years ever since her MFA Program. “So, I basically came as a graduate student and never left,”…
Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver discuss their book “Alien Superstar: Hollywood vs. Galaxy” with Washington Post book critic Ron Charles BY AUDREY MORALES STAFF WRITER The final live event for Fall for the Book Festival was with none other than…
As the world deliberates at COP26, Mason can do more to help in the fight against climate change. BY GABRIEL YU STAFF WRITER The fact that Mason is a commuter school is as clear as day. With the vast majority…
Newcomer Glenn Youngkin defeated former Governor Terry McAuliffe to clinch the governorship BY BRAD BYRNE STAFF WRITER On Nov. 2, former private-equity executive Glenn Youngkin flipped the Virginian governorship to the Republican side for the first time since 2009 as…
“About Time” BY ALEXIS MCCUTCHAN STAFF WRITER The 2013 film “About Time” with lead actors Rachel McAdams as Mary and Domhall Gleeson as Tim, will warm your heart. This movie was written by Richard Curtis, who also wrote the romantic…
Making art and music accessible to NoVa’s veteran community BY MAGGIE ROTH CULTURE EDITOR At the Hylton Performing Arts Center, in their ukulele workshop, instructor Glen McCarthy goes over the simple chords of familiar tunes, sampling “Mary Had a Little…
BY VICTORIA WESTERMEYER STAFF WRITER Mason has long been considered a flagship school of the Koch network due to its numerous connections to the Charles Koch Foundation and its donations to our school. Unfortunately, Mason isn’t alone, with the foundation…