BY: CHRIS KERNAN-SCHMIDT, STAFF WRITER How are you reading this right now? Is it because you’re moving your eyes across the page, or perhaps you’re using text-to-speech technology? Both valid and literal answers, yes, but it comes down to ultimately…
BY: SYDNEY JOHNSON, STAFF WRITER In my second grade class, we had to learn cursive. My teacher made us write every single letter of the alphabet in cursive on a sheet of graph paper every day and corrected us on…
BY: ELI KOHN, STAFF WRITER The Mason Core is designed to give students a “well-rounded educational experience” and to guarantee they are exposed to many different subjects and classroom environments. The Mason Core requires that students take courses designated as…
Virginia House of Delegates passes bill regarding methods taught in higher education BY LAURA SCUDDER, NEWS EDITOR The Virginia House of Delegates passed HB 894, a new bill regarding methods taught in higher education, on Feb. 10. The bill has…
BY CLAUDE MCVICKER STAFF WRITER English has become the standard language around the world. Although people in different countries speak the language of the place they were born in, many are now taught English in school to a very proficient degree….
President Cabrera talks business, education and the future BY ALEXANDER SHEDD, EDITOR IN CHIEF The first thing you notice walking into the president’s corner office on the top floor of Merten Hall is the glass double doors. Looking through, one sees…
BY HAEUN CHOI, REPORTER On a special Thursday in November, South Korea stops. Airplanes do not depart, most of the workforce’s call times are delayed, and traffic is non-existent in busy cities. The only ones who are moving around are…
Why he chose Mason and his take on school gun violence By Fareeha Rehman, Co-Editor-in-Chief Virginia Secretary of Education Atif Qarni is still a math teacher at heart. On National Pi Day, he walked a sizable slice of cherry pie…
VIRGINIA IS FAILING TO REACH MEASURES FOR IMPROVEMENT BY 2030 GOAL By Michael Eberhart, News Editor The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) recently released its annual report to the General Assembly for 2017, addressing how the commonwealth’s…
DURING PROLONGED SHUTDOWNS, EMPLOYEES ARE FURLOUGHED By Alexander Shedd, News Assistant Editor On Jan. 19, the government shut down for the first time since the shutdown of 2013, which lasted for more than two weeks. The shutdown occurred due to…