(Credit: Megan Zendek/Fourth Estate) by Amina Benguedouar A million dollar fund created to serve as a fallback for students at Mason is now open to applicants. The Stay Mason Student Support Fund, previously called the Mason Access Initiative, is designed to help…
(Photos by Claire Cecil/Fourth Estate) Homelessness is an issue both on campus and in the greater Fairfax County area. In a survey conducted by graduate student Yara Mowafy in the spring of 2015, half of the 300 participants indicated they…
All the news you’ve missed since last Friday, November 13 Friday 11/13 On Friday night, Paris was hit by several deadly terrorist attacks that killed 130 people, a CNN report said. The terrorists attacked several locations in the city including…
(Video courtesy of Mason Cable Network) On October 27, the preacher that stands near the Johnson Center with a “You Deserve Hell” sign had an altercation with a student. The incident took place in North Plaza. In a Mason Cable…
Georgia Brown, an undergraduate history major, is working with the Fairfax County Historic Records Center to create a searchable index of slaves mentioned in court documents. Brown, along with the other historians in the office, searches through documents like wills,…
Pilot House cuts hours, Ike’s follows original schedule On Sunday, Oct. 18, Mason Dining announced that the hours of operation at Ike’s and Pilot House would be changing. Students on the Anytime Dining meal plan were upset about this change,…
How food waste contributes to climate change An often overlooked contributor to climate change is food waste. A Time article co-written by Raul Grijalva and Mason professor Michael Shank discusses food waste and how human beings can be large contributors…
On Nov. 12, an offensive drawing was discovered in Eisenhower Hall. Mason police reported the incident at 12:04 a.m. on Nov. 13 calling the incident an “intimidation” and stating a “[c]omplainant (GMU) reported an offensive drawing on a dry erase…
(Photo credit: Claire Cecil/Fourth Estate) “Call if you can. Text if you can’t.” Police departments in Fairfax County, the Town of Herndon, the Town of Vienna, the Town of Clifton and the City of Fairfax have implemented a Text to…
(Photo credit: Pam Phan/Fourth Estate) Freshmen will be required to live on campus starting in the fall of 2016. David Burge, vice president of Enrollment Management, and Rose Pascarell, vice president of University Life, have announced that the next class…