How groups are working to stay connected despite the distance BY ALEXA TIRONI, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR There has been talk about almost every stumbling block thrown onto college students’ paths due to quarantine — having limited time to move out…
Monday, April 20 Israeli leaders agree to form an emergency unity government, leaving Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister for now. U.S. crude oil futures fall below $0 for the first time in history. An Ohio prison is now the largest…
BY: SAVANNAH MARTINCIC ASSISTANT OPINION EDITOR As the world battles the coronavirus pandemic, another pandemic — one that can also prove deadly — rages unchecked in quarantine: domestic violence. Even before coronavirus, the rates of intimate partner violence against women…
BY: DAWSON WEINHOLD STAFF WRITER If this were any other year, political campaigns around the country would be gearing up for the start of election season. Late spring to early summer is when campaigns really start to heat up. Interns…
BY: SIDONIA CANNON STAFF WRITER “Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community.” – George Mason Take the words of our founding…
BY: DOMINIC PINO OPINION EDITOR Now must be a fun time to be Andrew Yang. To be fair, it’s probably always a fun time to be Andrew Yang. No presidential candidate in recent memory had as much fun as Yang,…
BY: MOLLY HARNISH CONTRIBUTOR Do we quit this world-on-pause strategy out of fear that the economy will collapse, or do we keep going indefinitely until this thing dies down? In other words: Do we save the economy, or do we…
BY: AHMAD ALACH CONTRIBUTOR Although coronavirus has wreaked havoc and exposed the deficiencies of governments at every level and in every corner of the globe, there are some silver linings. It has shown us that telework (when possible) may not…
BY: STEVEN ZHOU STAFF WRITER Due to recent stay-at-home orders closing businesses and inducing mass layoffs, unemployment insurance filings in the U.S. is at an all-time high. In three weeks, 17 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits — and…
INTERVIEWS BY KAYLYN MATIS This week, Faces of Mason gives a few graduating seniors the opportunity to tell their story about finishing their college career in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lindsay Krueger I’m a 33-year-old senior with a…