Choice to hold virtual meeting without a quorum causes stir BY SAM DOUGLAS, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mason’s Board of Visitors met virtually last week in a meeting of the Board’s executive committee without a quorum. With Mason’s BOV consisting of only six…
Mason’s Coalition for Worker Rights and American Association of University professors stage protests against union-busting tactics by current service contractors. BY VIVIANA SMITH, STAFF WRITER The Budd Group is a service company responsible for providing cleaning services staff at Mason….
Students, staff and local labor unions show up to advocate for Mason’s custodial workers, who have alleged poor working conditions BY LAURA SCUDDER CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Members of the Mason community gathered in the University Mall parking lot to caravan to support…
BY: TIM GIBSON AND BETHANY LETIECQ On February 24, 2020, George Mason University’s Board of Visitors (BOV) announced the hiring of our new President, Dr. Gregory Washington. As Mason’s faculty advocacy organization, GMU-AAUP welcomes Dr. Washington to our community, and…
INTERVIEWS BY NIKAYLA KIRCHNER FACULTY: DAVID ZEGLAN Why do you teach what you teach? This semester I’m teaching a class on nationalism in the Honors College. I did a guest lecture for a colleague of mine the day after Trump…
Future of presidential search process is yet to be known BY LAURA SCUDDER, NEWS EDITOR Board of Visitors (BOV) Rector Tom Davis met with members of the faculty senate in a special meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The meeting, originally…