Dear Ivy
Ivy helps a student who is suspicious of a new boyfriend BY KIM BARTENFELDER, STAFF WRITER Dear Ivy, My first semester of college I met this guy and we hit it off, but he had a girlfriend and I respected…
Editor’s Blog
Disability Services Hosts Workshop for Students and Faculty at Mason
How Mason serves Patriots with disabilities BY D’ANDREA BRADY, STAFF WRITER The Office of Disability Services hosted the Disability Awareness and Inclusion Workshop on Wednesday, Feb 13. The workshop was aimed at addressing the issue of disabilities with etiquette training,…
Faces of Mason
INTERVIEWS BY YIJIE ZHU, RUTH MEKONNEN, AND HAILEY BULLIS STUDENT: Saba Giorgis WHAT ARE YOU STUDYING AT MASON? I’m majoring in communication with a concentration in public relations (PR). It’s an exciting time to get into this field seeing as…
New LLC to Come to Mason
Gender and Social Justice Living Learning Community will join other Mason LLCs in the Fall BY LAURA SCUDDER, SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR In Fall 2019, the Gender and Social Justice Living Learning Community (LLC) will come to Mason with a focus…
Hidden Hangouts: Vivi Bubble Tea
Thank the skeleton on your way out! BY LEIGH NORMAN, STAFF WRITER The cashier has called your order of taro bubble tea four times, but you can’t hear her. There’s so much to take in. The lobby has a wall…
Macotto Movies
91st ACADEMY AWARDS – “BEST PICTURE” NOMINEES KEY: 4 = Great; 3 = Good; 2 = Fair; 1 = Poor; 0 = Ooh, let’s not go there Black Panther is without a doubt one of the most memorable superhero…
A Survivor’s Dilemma
BY ANONYMOUS I am a survivor of sexual assault. I have only ever told three people my story. I believe it is important to talk about my mindset as a survivor, especially in today’s climate where reports and allegations are…
Lt. Governor Fairfax Asks for Due Process, but What Process is Due?
BY ARJIT ROSHAN, CONTRIBUTOR Due process, eschewed by Americans in the early part of this century as we both waged our war on terror and indefinitely detained “enemy combatants” in military prisons without trial, is now being invoked as our most…
National Emergencies Should Be Emergencies
BY JACE WHITE, STAFF WRITER President Trump has said that if Congress does not provide enough funding for a border wall, he will declare a national emergency. He claims that illegal immigration and drug trafficking pose an immediate threat to Americans’…
Queer and Christian: The Truth
BY ELIJAH NICHOLS, STAFF WRITER It is not often that I write of my queer identity in such a formal setting, and it is not at all that I write of the intersections of my identity of being both queer…
