Plazapalooza Enters Fourth Year

Local Lineup Holds Both Fresh Talent And Familiar Faces BY IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, COPY CHIEF In 2015, local Mason band Cinema Hearts sat down for an interview with Fourth Estate about their music and their band. At the time, Caroline Weinroth, lead…

Letter From the Editor

Dear Patriots, This week is International Week, which is one of the most important events that Mason holds. Mason is an incredibly diverse campus, and it is important to celebrate that. Whether you are celebrating your own culture or exploring…

Upcoming Sports Calendar (April 17-21)

Women’s Tennis APR 20 (SAT) 1 P.M. MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE  FAIRFAX, VA. TENNIS COURTS Softball APRIL 19 (FRI) 4:00 P.M. LA SALLE (DH) APR 19 (FRI) 6:00 P.M. LA SALLE (DH) APR 20 (SAT) 12:00 P.M. LA SALLE Baseball APR…

Rico Gomez looks back on his track career at Mason

BY DANA NICKEL NEWS EDITOR Rico Gomez walked through the indoor track at Mason’s field house as if by muscle memory. It seemed like Gomez had spent so much time there that the field house was his second home, and…

Mason Swim Club swims together as one

BY IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, COPY CHIEF In the Mason Swim Club, which just came back from the Collegiate Club Swimming National Championship, two very different factors are at work: the family feeling that the members find within the club and the…

So, What’s Next?

BY SUSAN KATHERINE CORKRAN, STAFF WRITER About five seconds after the word “congratulations” leaves their lips, the question inevitably follows. “So, what are your plans after graduation?” There’s still a mouthful of celebratory cake in your mouth, relatives clamoring to get…