Walk through any level of the Johnson Center, and frustrated screams of “Wi-Fi sucks!” can be heard reverberating off the walls. But a local startup is hoping to change that. The company, CirrusWorks, was founded in 2012 and works to…
by Nina Motazedi, Staff Writer Mason has launched a fundraising campaign that aims to raise $500 million by 2018. The Faster Farther campaign hopes to increase funding for students, research, and campus facilities. It will also contribute to faculty funds…
For every three students that attend Mason, one of them is a first generation student. According to the Office of Institutional Research and Reporting, the percentage of Mason undergraduates who were first generation had reached 33% for the 2014-2015 school…
All freshmen will be expected to live on campus starting in the fall semester of 2016. A recent announcement from David Burge, vice president of Enrollment Management and Rose Pascarell, vice president of University Life, indicates that new first year freshmen…
Former Chief of Police Eric Heath has left Mason to work at the University of Chicago. He left on September 18 to become the executive director of campus safety at Chicago. “Eric Heath loved George Mason University,” Interim Police Chief…
Economics professor Thomas Rustici, Ph.D., has been named senior economic advisor for Ben Carson’s presidential campaign. Rustici’s role as senior economic advisor simply means that he advises Carson on all things economics. “Anything to do with money, taxes, programs —…
(Credit: Songjun Deng/Fourth Estate) The presence of hazardous materials, such as lead and asbestos, is one of the reasons Mason is requesting funding for the planning, demolition and reconstruction of Robinson Hall. According to Virginia’s Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan, Robinson…
An old mobile safety application, In Case of Crisis, has been reworked after a turn of events in an effort to promote student safety on campus. The free application available for iOS and Android devices can be used to report…
(Credit: Megan Zendek/Fourth Estate) This year’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains more information concerning sexual assault than previous reports, mostly due to changes to the Clery Act. The federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus…
(Credit: Megan Zendek/Fourth Estate) Last February, Mason’s Task Force on Sexual Assault and Interpersonal Violence published a report that contained eight recommendations to be implemented on campus by August 2015. Currently, seven out of the eight have been completed. Under…