Navigating college applications as a Guyanese Indo-Caribbean student. BY ERICA MUNISAR, NEWS EDITOR As students apply to college, one of the most popular application mediums, Common App, offers the following race categories for students to select and identify with: ‘American…
Welcome to the final Pats for Patriots of the year! Another school year has come and gone. So many things have changed throughout this year but many have stayed the same as well. Mason Nation continues to grow, innovate, create,…
BY TAYLOR RAMIREZ, OPINION EDITOR & JALEN STUBBS, SPORTS EDITOR This September, the Black African Heritage and Caribbean Coalition (BLACC) initiated the “We Demand Action” campaign in response to a Mason Students for Life group that displayed a disturbing image…
The United States and the Mason community are experiencing a rise in antisemitic incidents that are creating unsafe environments for the Jewish community. BY VIVIANA SMITH, STAFF WRITER Antisemitism is not a new concept that the Jewish community has been…
BY JIMMY HENDERSON, STAFF WRITER Recently, Patriots reeled at the news that Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin was invited to speak at the commencement for the Class of 2023 this May. In a letter to university students and faculty, President Gregory…
Welcome back, Patriots! This week… Faculty member Cindy Parker received a pat thanking her for “being more than just a professor and caring for the success of your students future.” The grateful student said, “Your dedication doesn’t go unnoticed, and…
BY ANTHONY PALACIOS, STAFF WRITER Challenges and loss made me who I am today. Growing up I wasn’t raised in a privileged household and being raised by a single mother, I knew I had my own mission and legacy…
Happy Friday, Patriots! From student protests against our commencement speaker, a new head basketball coach, Student Government elections, to the International Week parade and dance competition, the past two weeks have been busy ones for Mason Nation! This week… Staff…
BY MANDY KATZ, CONTRIBUTOR Dear President Washington, What’s old is new again. I didn’t think I’d face commencement bigotry even once in my life, let alone twice. As my daughter neared graduation from Bethesda’s Walt Whitman High School in 2010,…
In the thick of talk of national security threats, the United States may have been presented with a new one: the Ohio train derailment. BY ALLISON ALBERTY, SOCIAL MEDIA & GRAPHICS EDITOR On Feb. 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern train…