Over 200 million workers strike for fair labor policies BY SAMI GIBBS, STAFF WRITER Recently, 200 million workers went on strike in India. The two-day nationwide strike, which occurred Jan. 8 and 9, has been dubbed the biggest labor strike…
Opponents celebrate as supporters look toward 2019 elections BY ABIGAIL ADCOX, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Efforts for Virginia to become the 38th and final state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) into the U.S. constitution died in the Virginia House…
Mason and Yale gather data on climate-change beliefs BY COLLIN COPE, STAFF WRITER Climate change has played an increasingly significant role in U.S. politics in recent decades. As science has increasingly supported climate change as reality, more people are acknowledging it….
Wednesday, Jan. 23- Fairfax Campus, 7:32 p.m. Drug/Narcotic Violations: Two subjects (GMU) were referred to Office of Student Conduct (OSC) for possessing illegal drugs. Case 2019-000587- Referred to OSC Wednesday, Jan. 23- Fairfax Campus, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Larceny: Complainant (GMU) reported…
Gillette’s Newest Ad Sparks Controversy Over Toxic Masculinity BY OWEN FERGUSON, STAFF WRITER Most people who watch TV have probably seen a Gillette ad with the tagline “The Best a Man Can Get.” The company recently took this to a…
Ashley Stewart’s bill aims to reinstate discretionary parole BY JACK HARVEY, STAFF WRITER A proposal for a bill written by a Mason student was picked up by a member of the Virginia House of Delegates Jan. 9. The bill, HJ…
BY TIM O’SHEA, CONTRIBUTOR I joined Mason’s Student Government (SG) familiar with the dismal aspects of its reputation. I knew that many students see SG as an ineffective body comprised of playacting, would-be politicians passing empty bills and soaking up…
BY DAWSON WEINHOLD, STAFF WRITER National politics can be quite the spectacle. There’s never a shortage of intrigue when it comes to Washington D.C. There’s always a scandal to be found, legislation to be considered or any other manner of…
BY ARIANNA GOODMAN, STAFF WRITER A table-top role-playing game (TTRPG) is a genre of game where players describe and enact the actions of their characters aloud while exploring a fantasy world as described by a game or dungeon master. Similar…
BY SUMMER BROWN, STAFF WRITER As of 2019, there are 954 hate groups in America, which has been increasing nationally ever since 1999. It is not unusual in this day and age in the United States to see hate crimes…