Mason to introduce electric scooters as the newest form of transportation BY MADISON SCHOFIELD, STAFF WRITER Electric scooters have exploded in popularity in recent years. They’ve been popping up in cities all across America and soon they’ll be arriving at…
BY CLAUDE MCVICKER, STAFF WRITER Lately, I’ve found myself feeling inspired or stressed and wanting to play piano. I’ve wandered to the performing arts building, looking for a piano to play, but with no luck. If you’re like me, then…
BY KAYLYN MATIS, STAFF WRITER On my first day in Madrid, Spain, I got off the plane and got into a taxi to go to my host family’s house. I had no idea where I was going and had been…
CLAUDE MCVICKER, CONTRIBUTOR Japan is an island nation directly off the eastern coast of China, boasting a population of about 126 million (as of 2018), the third largest economy in the world and, most noticeably, the longest expected life span…
BY CLAUDE MCVICKER, STAFF WRITER Staying physically fit in college can be a challenge, and for good reason. After all, one of the major things that sets college apart from high school is the workload students receive. According to the…
BY CLAUDE MCVICKER STAFF WRITER English has become the standard language around the world. Although people in different countries speak the language of the place they were born in, many are now taught English in school to a very proficient degree….
BY SARAH PATNAUDE, CONTRIBUTOR Everyone has that one thing that fires them up. For me, it’s knowing that I am not protected under the law as I enter the workforce. The government continues to systematically discriminate against me and my peers…
New NOVA program aims to help students with tuition, housing and textbook costs BY ROGER HINCAPIE, STAFF WRITER NOVA Community College is focusing on an entirely new approach to what students know as student services. In a previous interview with…
BY ZACHARY PETRIZZO, STAFF WRITER On Feb. 12, a Mason student whose identity has not been made public, was detained and questioned by Mason’s police department (Mason PD) after he was found in the fourth-floor women’s bathroom in Innovation Hall…
NOVA elects interim president after former president, Scott Ralls, left in March BY ROGER HINCAPIE Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) is going through the process of selecting a new president for the upcoming year as Dr. Scott Ralls, who was…