Top 10: Pet Peeves
As decided by the Fourth Estate staff 1) Smoking while walking in front of you 2) Flip-flops, in general 3) Listening to music on the Metro without wearing headphones 4) When people steal your food 5) Overusing the word…
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This week at Mason
Monday, Feb. 20 Midterm progress reports Screening: “Ex Machina” | JC Cinema | 6 p.m. | Free Tuesday, Feb. 21 Hispanic Student Association Karaoke Night | The Hub Ballroom | 7 p.m. | Free Improv Jam | JC Georges…
The Johnson Center gets revamped
New dining options to be added to the JC over spring break BY FAREEHA REHMAN, ONLINE EDITOR The Johnson Center will undergo renovations during spring break to give Mason students brand-new dining options. According to Caitlin Lundquist, unit marketing…
Mason Pride Alliance rally
Students hold rally in wake of anti-LGBTQ Virginia bill BY MIA WISE, ASSISTANT CAMPUS EDITOR The Mason Pride Alliance, along with Transgender Queer Mason and Arrows and Aces, organized a rally Feb. 7. These organizations, which are communities for…
Mason attends AWP
Writers meet up in DC for annual conference BY TODD GONDA, COPY CHIEF This year several Mason organizations attended the Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference and book fair from Feb. 8 to 11 in Washington D.C. The…
Top 10: Reasons to work at Fourth Estate
Join the team. 1) Get experience in writing, photographing, designing and editing. 2) Interview cool people. 3) Interview boring people. 4) Cover protests, concerts and games. 5) Meet people with similar interests. 6) Cut heds, bury ledes and kill…
Top 10: Grossing rom-coms of all time
Just in time for Valentine’s Day The following numbers reflect lifetime gross. Information courtesy of Box Office Mojo. Used with permission. 1) “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” | $241,438,208 2) “What Women Want” | $182,811,707 3) “Hitch” |…
A Valentine’s Day mixtape
No more mushy love songs. Here are five tracks that won’t make your crush blush. BY MACKENZIE REAGAN, CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF While cheesy love songs have their place—high school dances, first dances at weddings, weeknight karaoke—for the most part, they’re…
Giant Food proves to be catering to the Mason student
BY KY’LEND ADAMS Giant Food grocery store, which has been in the University Mall Shopping Center since 1977, re-opened its doors Feb. 9 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Heather Wade, store manager at Giant, gave an exclusive tour to Student Media…
Food delivery services make college life easier
BY MOLLY FESER, STAFF WRITER Whether it’s in line at the bookstore, in the HUB mail room or on the waitlist for a class you really want, you will spend much of your time at Mason waiting in a…