(Photo credit: Claire Cecil/Fourth Estate) As demand for parking has increased, Parking and Transportation Services has been encouraging students to share rides to campus. “We develop different ride share programs to help students find other carpool people or other students…
Pope Francis arrived in Washington, D.C. today as part of his five-day tour of the United States. This is the current pope’s first visit to the country, and he is scheduled to make stops in three east coast cities: Washington D.C.,…
(Photo credits: Claire Cecil and Songjun Deng/Fourth Estate) The Mason Grounds Shop is taking steps to add local flora and fauna to campus. While the average passerby enjoys these bursts of color, so do the bees. Archie Nesbitt supervises the…
Mason is a school with complete and total freedom of expression, and therefore was recently awarded a “green light” rating from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. This freedom, coupled with Mason’s status as a public university, means that any…
Facilities announced via email at 1:11pm that air conditioning is not working in the following buildings: the Johnson Center, David King Hall, Robinson A and B, Krug Hall, Finley Building, the East and West Buildings, Sub I, and Aquia. The…
An update from IT Services about Mason’s network issues Since the beginning of this year, Mason has seen a record number of phishing attacks with 84 fraudulent emails in the first six months alone. According to Marilyn T. Smith, vice president…
A visual demonstration by the Roosevelt Institute raises awareness of campus sexual assault It might have been the aftermath of a great party, if all the cups were not so neatly arranged. The signs were a giveaway, too — “In…
(Photo credit: Claire Cecil/Fourth Estate) Mason earned the highest “green light” rating from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) this past April after making changes to the Code of Student Conduct. Joining the University of Virginia and the College…
To the disappointment of many students, faculty and staff, the prices for parking permits for the 2015-2016 school year have increased. Joshua Cantor, the director of Parking and Transportation, said the increase occurred because the department needed more revenue to…
by Hamna Ahmad and Ellen Glickman At the front of a crowded room, one astronomy professor described a world full of mystery and phenomena. Michael Summers, Mason professor and co-investigator on the New Horizons Mission to Pluto, spoke to a…