(Photo credit: Amy Rose/Fourth Estate) Before there was Mason… This story is the first in a short series by Fourth Estate that explores what Mason’s campus looked like before it became the grounds for a university. Northern Virginia is rich with…
Yesterday, Student Senate passed legislation that formally asks the university to no longer recognize Columbus Day and, instead, start celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Resolution 13, called “A Resolution to Urge the University to Reconstitute Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” passed by…
(Credit: Megan Zendek/Fourth Estate) “From George Mason to Mizzou,” black students advocate for change A group of students, operating under the name Concerned Mason Students, is protesting alleged racial inequalities on campus. The name is a reference to a nationwide…
(Photo credit: Amy Rose/Fourth Estate) President Obama released an executive action on gun control on Jan. 4, 2016. CNN then hosted a town hall at Mason on Jan. 7, 2016, as a way for the president to further explain his…
(Photo courtesy of Evan Cantwell/Creative Services, George Mason University) By Alexandra Saviana This past December, a message from the Board of Visitors concerning the contract renewal of President Cabrera landed in every MasonLive inbox. This renewal was the subject of…
(Photo credit: Amy Rose/Fourth Estate) Last Thursday, President Obama and a handful of selected invitees sat down in Dewberry Hall for a televised forum moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper to discuss Obama’s recent executive action on gun control. Just outside the town hall, students…
(Photo credit: Ben Cowlishaw) A number of events in my life would have never come across my mind just prior to their occurrence – going to George Mason being one of them. I never would have considered the first political…
By Yu Bai On November 16, Fenwick Library started a book move. According to Diane Smith, associate university librarian, as collections are packed up and moved into the new space, Mason students, faculty and staff should plan to make sure they…
New Century College (NCC) may soon be known as the School of Integrative Studies, according to Kelly Dunne, interim associate dean of NCC. The proposed name change comes with alterations to the college’s curriculum, campus presence and community collaboration. The…
by Yu Bai This October, Mason was awarded the 2015 Campus-wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishment sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research. The award is given annually to higher-education institutions that provide high quality research opportunities for undergraduate students….