Perfect Weather is Overrated
BY ALEX MADAJIAN, STAFF WRITER Here’s the honest truth: sunny days are overrated. Days with clouds, rain, snow — and I’ll go so far as to say hail too — make for far better days than just plain sun. Allow…
Editor’s Blog
The Hedonist’s Case for Reading Fiction
JACK HARVEY, ASSISTANT OPINION EDITOR A myriad of possible activities are jockeying for your time: Should you stay up-to-date on the Netflix show your friends have been talking about for the past week? Should you learn meal-prep? Learn about the…
Sandwiched Between Politics and Food
BY: ZOEHRIYA ANWAR “NUHA” STAFF WRITER It’s a Friday afternoon, a few hours before my chemistry exam. I am in Fenwick Library, exhausted from hours of studying the previous night. My stomach starts growling, making me hanker for a delectable…
New Year, (Mostly) Same Southside
BY ELI KOHN, STAFF WRITER New classes, new professors, new… Southside? Maybe you’ve noticed that Southside dining hall has been advertising “Southside 2020” — improvements they’ve made in the new year, most notably their shift to being open 24/7. What…
The Great American Songbook
Mason Cabaret opens semester with a colorful performance of classic songs BY TRAVIS MCMILLAN, STAFF WRITER The Mason Cabaret debuted their first spring show of the semester on Friday, Jan. 31, in the Harris Theatre, performing American standards to an…
Are You a Problem?
World debut of “What Problem?” performance closes out Artist-In-Residence at the CFA BY NAYOMI SANTOS, ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR In its second installation, the Center for the Arts’s (CFA) Artist-in-Residence program continues to foster the collaboration between world-renowned artists and Mason…
Chosen Pronouns Policy Update
Students share after Chosen Names and Pronouns Policy released last semester BY IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, CONTRIBUTOR When Jax Ohashi came to Mason last semester to pursue an MFA for Speculative Design, he went to the Card Office to get an ID….
The Bookshelf
Meatspace by Nikesh Shukla BY NIKAYLA KIRCHNER, STAFF WRITER “Meatspace,” the second novel by Indian author Nikesh Shukla, is a comedic masterpiece that simultaneously blends contemporary social commentary with raw wit and dry humor. The book is a critique on…
Faces of Mason
INTERVIEWS BY CAYLA CADE AND MAGGIE ROTH STUDENT: Mia Brice As a dance major, what is your day like? I obviously dance all day. But with that, I am taking two technique classes a day. And then I take improv…
Hidden Hangouts: Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe
Serving lattes to the literati since 1976 BY DANA NICKEL, CO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The Dupont neighborhood in Washington, D.C. is home to many colorful works of art, historic buildings and other attractions that are perfect for a fun outing for college…
