Scholarships are an effective way to help pay for college BY LAURA SCUDDER, COPY EDITOR Ah, how does one pay for school, you ask? Is it through grit, determination and struggle? Yes. However, the real answer is money. Whether you…
Community signs beam going into New Academic Building BY IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR Patriots left their legacy on campus Aug. 27–29 as they signed a beam that will be placed in the new academic building. The beam was available…
Pride Alliance continues to be a safe haven for the LGBTQ+ community BY TRAVIS MCMILLAN, STAFF WRITER Now celebrating their 30th year as an organization at Mason, Pride Alliance is a group focused around making Mason safer and more inclusive…
Happiness in a scoop BY AHMED FARID, STAFF WRITER Even though summer is almost over, there is probably never a time when anyone will say no to ice cream. With the giant workload that we have, it’s good to give yourself…
Celebrated comedian brings wise words, jokes and advice to freshman By: PETER NJOROGE CULTURE EDITOR As one of the highlights of the 2019 Welcome2Mason programming, Eric O’Shea, a professional campus comedian, welcomed the newest batch of freshmen to Mason with…
Monday, September 2 34 people killed off of Santa Cruz Island in California after diving boat catches fire Tuesday, September 3 Walmart to stop Alaska handgun sales Panel of judges in North Carolina vote that district maps are skewed to…
School of Computing established to expand technology education BY OLIVIA VERMANE, STAFF WRITER Mason will invest over $250 million over the next five years in order to achieve a large-scale expansion of initiatives in response to the establishment of Amazon’s…
PAC encourages students to spend their long weekend oncampus BY ALEXA TIRONI, STAFF WRITER Mason Staycation, organized by the Patriot Activities Council (PAC), marked the first weekend of the fall semester. Thursday, Aug. 29 kicked off the fun-filled five-day event…
Wednesday, Sept. 4 — Fairfax Campus Use of Threatening Language Over Public Airways: Complainant (GMU) reported receiving a threatening electronic message from an unknown subject. Case 2019-008451 — Referred to Title IX Wednesday, Sept. 4 — Art & Design Destruction/Damage/Vandalism…
BY SYDNEY JOHNSON, STAFF WRITER Ah, yes. That gut-wrenching feeling you get when you look around at everyone getting their tests handed back to them in class and hear different waves of sighs, groans and slamming of papers on desks…
