Perfect Weather is Overrated
BY ALEX MADAJIAN, STAFF WRITER Here’s the honest truth: sunny days are overrated. Days with clouds, rain, snow — and I’ll go so far as to say hail too — make for far better days than just plain sun. Allow…
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Faculty Raises Concerns at Presidential Search Forum
Students and faculty raise concerns over process of finding Mason’s next university president BY JACK HARVEY ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR; HAILEY BULLIS AND DANA NICKEL CO EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Mason’s Presidential Search Committee convened in an open forum to hear from students and…
A One-On-One With President Holton
Anne Holton shares her vision and goals for her administration; talks funding, transparency BY ABIGAIL ADCOX, NEWS EDITOR It started with a phone call. Interim President Anne Holton was preparing for her fall courses as a professor at Mason…
Early Identification Program Receives $100,000 Grant
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation funds college-access program at Mason BY ALEXA TIRONI, STAFF WRITER Mason’s Early Identification Program (EIP) recently received a $100,000 grant. The funding comes from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, a scholarship foundation that provides financial aid…
Mason Activist Gets Candid On Climate Change
Ethan Wright discusses the importance of the divestment movement By DANA NICKEL, CO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Equipped with a white poster that read “School Strike 4 Climate” and a petition with 84 signatures so far that afternoon, freshman Ethan Wright sat in…
Vegan Society Fights to Ban Bull Riding Event
Bull Riding event at EagleBank draws protests BY ABIGAIL ADCOX, NEWS EDITOR Protests took place over the weekend at a two-day Professional Bull Riding (PBR) event outside of EagleBank arena. The Vegan Society at GMU organized two separate protests through…
Campus Scooters Set To Roll Out
Mason to introduce electric scooters as the newest form of transportation BY MADISON SCHOFIELD, STAFF WRITER Electric scooters have exploded in popularity in recent years. They’ve been popping up in cities all across America and soon they’ll be arriving at…
Creating a Culture of Care
New NOVA program aims to help students with tuition, housing and textbook costs BY ROGER HINCAPIE, STAFF WRITER NOVA Community College is focusing on an entirely new approach to what students know as student services. In a previous interview with…
NOVA Calendar April 15-21
Monday, April 15 Spring Fling: NOVA Spirit Day. NOVA’s Alexandria campus is hosting NOVA spirit day in the Bisdorf cafeteria and courtyard from noon to 5 p.m. There will be an opportunity to make your own name art design and…
NOVA Calendar April 8-14
Monday, April 8 Radford University Admissions Visit: Radford University is visiting NOVA’s Alexandria campus, and will be holding an information table from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the student services center in the Bisdorf Building. UVA Admissions Visit (BIS…