Greetings, Patriots! My name is Kaylyn Barnhart and I am Fourth Estate’s Culture Editor for the Fall 2023 semester. I am originally from the pacific island of Guam, and I am a senior majoring in Communication with a concentration in…
Gain experience creating visuals and have your work published online. Fourth Estate is constantly seeking voices of innovation, diverse thought and government affairs given our location at one of the most diverse institutions close to the heart of Washington, D.C….
What is so special about Fourth Estate? As I spent time planning for my term as Editor-in-Chief this summer, I thought long about this question and what the identity of our paper should be. Mason is home to one of…
Democrats against exploiting women until we don’t like them. BY ERICA MUNISAR, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The Onion, a self-proclaimed world leading news publication, goes great lengths to impact the political sphere through satire. Amassed with a readership count of 4.3 trillion, The…
SCOTUS rolls back on Affirmative Action. What’s next? BY ADITI GOEL, STAFF WRITER It doesn’t matter if you’ve been reading the news or not, the latest U.S. Supreme Court decision is an important one to understand. On June 29, the…
Students at Mason share their unique experiences and challenges as military and veteran children, “brats”. BY KAYLYN BARNHART, STAFF WRITER “Where are you from?” For most, this is a simple question. But for military children, the query is anything but:…
What more is a symbol of our values than the American Flag? BY AUGUST SCHMOLL, STAFF WRITER “I told her that with all these American flags, people are gonna think she’s a Republican.” Recently, I was walking out of a…
Stay strong and love one another, featuring a special message from celebrity drag queen Thorgy Thor. BY ALEXIS MCCAFFREY, STAFF WRITER To all my LGBTQ+ folks, you are loved and you are heard. The month of June, AKA Pride Month…
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,…