Despite losing star QB Dak Prescott to a season-ending injury, Dallas Cowboys can still make the playoffs because they learned from the lessons of 2016. BY ROSS SHINBERG Entering the 2016 NFL season, fans of the Dallas Cowboys all thought…
Fourth Estate sits down with Bleacher Report’s Master Tesfatsion BY BIKAR MICHAEL STAFF WRITER Master Tesfatsion can be described in one word: Texas. For many aspiring journalists and Eritreans living abroad, Tesfatsion is the embodiment of a dream come true….
Campus and local groups work to make effective campaigns and get students registered despite COVID-19 BY: DANA NICKEL STAFF WRITER This June, Virginia saw a 40 percent decrease in the number of new voters registered in comparison to June 2016,…
The dating app created by Mason students reaches a milestone BY TRAVIS MCMILLAN STAFF WRITER At the beginning of this year, computer science majors Cameron Smith and Dennis Nayandin’s app SpecUdate was in its alpha phase. The app had about…
Mason’s president speaks about anti-racism, COVID-19 and the revival of the Renaissance BY PETER NJOROGE AND LAURA SCUDDER, CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Editor’s Note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Could you give us a summary of your long and…
Professor of Economics Daniel Klein writes letter to president expressing concern over the intent of the task force BY LIANNA BROWN NEWS EDITOR Professor of Economics and JIN Chair at the Mercatus Center Daniel Klein expressed his concern for the…
Schedule includes schools in a 90-minute radius and a tournament in D.C. BY DOMENIC ALLEGRA SPORTS EDITOR On Thursday, The Washington Post published an article detailing how college basketball scheduling has been a “mess” and how coaches around the NCAA…
BY LUKE HARRIS STAFF WRITER Low-cost education is hard to come by. Good low-cost education is even rarer. Great low-cost education is nearly impossible to get. But I got it. Attending Northern Virginia Community College gave me a window into…
Once named after Confederate general Robert E. Lee, Lewis High School’s name change shows results of racial reckoning BY LAURA SCUDDER CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The renaming of Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield, Va. comes during a racial reckoning in America….
BY ALEX MADAJIAN STAFF WRITER There are few times in history when we’ve needed reliable journalism more than right now. Not just for things such as fact-checking, but also for bringing important stories to our attention. How the media covers…