The Washington Post and Schar School Partner to Conduct Polls

The Post and Mason’s Schar School create polling data for midterms BY ABIGAIL ADCOX, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR So far, the Washington Post-Schar School polls have proven to be highly accurate, successfully predicting the results of the 2016 presidential campaign in…

Ethical Hacking at Mason

Mason Competitive Cyber hosts CTF event BY JACK HARVEY STAFF WRITER Fourth Estate sat down with Mason Competitive Cyber (Mason CC) president Michael Bailey, a senior information technology major, to discuss recent developments in the world of ethical hacking at Mason….

A Dialogue In Tragedy

Mason’s Jewish Community Responds to Latest Mass Shooting BY OLIVIA VERMANE LONGFORM EDITOR A quiet neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Squirrel Hill, is home to a historically close-knit Jewish community. The fading gray bricks and stained-glass windows of the 153-year-old synagogue welcomed…

Mason Weekly Crime Log

BY ABIGAIL ADCOX, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 – Fairfax Campus, 12:56 a.m. Drug/ Narcotic Violations: Three Subjects (GMU) were referred to Office of Student Conduct (OSC) for using illegal drugs. Case 2018-010874 – Referred to OSC Thursday,…

Non Cisgender Rights Gone?

Trump administration might change definition of gender; Mason community responds BY IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, COPY CHIEF For people who are transgender or gender nonconforming, gender is a complex construct. However, the Trump administration is considering narrowing the definition of gender considerably according…

Fall Fashion Trends

Tips for staying warm while still looking stylish BY MONICA ECHOLS, CULTURE EDITOR The days are shorter and colder and pumpkin spice lattes are back, which can only mean one thing—it’s officially fall. One of the best aspects of fall…

Mason Students Part of Cult-Classic at University Theatres

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” invites all into true cult-film classic at University Mall Theatre BY PETER NJOROGE, STAFF WRITER “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is truly unlike any other. Featuring equal parts movie, play, improv, performance arts, political criticism,…

Faces of Mason

INTERVIEWS BY HAILEY BULLIS, MONICA ECHOLS, AND NAYOMI SANTOS Student, Terrica Dang WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE DREAM? Career-wise, I just want to do something that makes me happy. I know that’s really cliche, but there are so many things that…

Mason Artists’ Creativity is Infinite

Mason Art Students and the Meaning Behind Their Work BY KATHYA MENDEZ, STAFF WRITER While you could immediately think of paint and pencils when thinking of art, art students at Mason actually work in a variety of mediums such as…

Dear Ivy

Dear Ivy

Ivy gives advice to a student who is feeling the stress of the end of the semester BY D’ANDREA BRADY, STAFF WRITER Dear Ivy, This point in the semester has me so stressed. Midterms just ended, and I thought I…