Category: Culture

Faces of Mason

BY IMANI HOLLOMAN AND ANGELIQUE ARINTOK STUDENT – Justine Suegay HOW HAS YOUR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE AT MASON BEEN SO FAR? My college experience at Mason has surpassed everything I thought it would be. Mason wasn’t where I had planned to go…

Dear Ivy

Ivy helps a student who has a crush on their floormate BY BROOKE LEWITAS, STAFF WRITER Dear Ivy, There is a person on my floor I have had a crush on for most of the year. Let’s call them C….

Get Carried Away

Abby Rasheed boomerangs between genres BY IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, COPY CHIEF Senior Abby Rasheed’s favorite song she’s created, “Lunar Letdown,” from her debut album, “Carried Away,” starts slow. A guitar and tambourine can be heard in the background as a saxaphone steals…

Bafa’ Bafa’  Stimulates Thought

Simulation addresses the difficulty of cross-cultural interaction BY DE’ANDRE DARBY, STAFF WRITER On Wednesday, April 10, 13 students experienced a simulation that forever changed their perspectives of different cultures. The students attended the Bafa’ Bafa’ Cultural Simulation, an event sponsored…

A Spring Cleaning Guide for College Students

With spring having just sprung and just five weeks left in the semester, it can feel great to clean out your dorm room or other living space BY BROOKE LEWITAS, STAFF WRITER Clean under your bed This is a big…

Writing Across the Beauty Media

Mason alum Rebecca Norris gives advice to the next generation of journalists BY MONICA ECHOLS, CULTURE EDITOR Mason graduates have gone on to have a variety of successful careers in every field. Rebecca Norris, who graduated in 2014, has followed…

Raising Awareness Through Fashion

Junior Roshan Naravulu uses his clothing brand to support mental health BY MONICA ECHOLS, CULTURE EDITOR Mental health awareness has become more visible and widely talked about in recent years.   Mason student Roshan Naravulu, a junior finance major, decided to…

Decreasing Your Ecological Footprint

Small ways you can help the environment in your everyday life BY KATHYA MENDEZ, STAFF WRITER April is Earth Month, a time for people around the country to pay closer attention to environmental threats such as air pollution, deforestation, climate…

Faces of Mason

BY BASMA HUMADI, HAILEY BULLIS AND IZZ LAMAGDELEINE STUDENT: Ethan Brown WHERE DO YOU WORK ON CAMPUS? I first started working parking at EagleBank Arena, and then from there, I found out about a job with Patriot Lift with Parking…