Spooky activities this week

Basma Humadi, Staff Writer Halloween: a time of costumes, candy and overuse of the color orange. If you’re like me, clueless but curious about what Halloween festivities are going on this week, check out some of these events! Azucar Halloween party…

Mason wrestler reflects, looks ahead, prepares

Kaleel Weatherly, staff writer As the 2015-2016 season approaches, Mason’s men’s wrestling team is gearing up for big successes. Wrestler Greg Flournoy, a redshirt senior, said this year wrestlers will focus on building off of the strides made last season. In the 2014-2015 season, Flournoy had…

Environmental festival keeps Mason green

Asher Ackman, Staff Writer On Thursday, October 22, numerous clubs from around campus came to North Plaza to showcase their plans for environmental sustainability at the Mason Environmental Festival. Danielle Agress, a senior government and international politics major in charge of public relations for the Secular…

Advancing mental illness research on campus

Basma Humadi, Staff Writer Cure Mental Illness GMU (CMI) is a relatively new club at Mason that intends to bring awareness to all aspects of mental illness, including its misconstrued reputation, need for funding and impact on those affected. The…

Mason Republicans and Democrats host public debate

by Sarmat Chowdhury On October 19, the Johnson Center was the host venue to the annual event “First Of All: We Vote,” a debate on the electoral issues of the season held traditionally between the College Republicans and the George…

A 36 million year old whale finds a new home at Mason

(Photo credit: Claire Cecil/Fourth Estate) Mason students can now get a glimpse of the past just by walking through Exploratory Hall. The university has received the fossil of a Zygorhiza kochii, an ancient relative to the modern-day whale, from the…

Various scams affect the Mason community

In the past month, students in some large lecture classes have been subjected to a scam. The scam comprised of students being asked to sign up for free tutoring by giving their names and numbers and then were spammed with…

Paulsen dishes on basketball expectations

Kaleel Weatherly, staff writer The men’s basketball season opener is only three weeks away and new Head Coach Dave Paulsen has been seen around campus trying to get to know the fans, but now its time to get to know…

“Why Not Me?” Staff Writer Book Review

Mia Wise, Staff Writer This past September, New York Times bestselling author and creator and star of “The Mindy Project,” Mindy Kaling, released her second book “Why Not Me?”. “Why Not Me?” is a collection of short essays touching on various…