Tag: Faux Estate

Letter from the Editor

Hey Patriots,  I hope everyone had a moderately successful first week back from Spring Break, and a first week with online classes. I admit, I had to sit through some classes with technical issues, but I appreciated my professors’ willingness…

Students Give Coronavirus a 10/10

Things at Mason are changing and the students are loving it BY APRIL HORENCY, FAUX ESTATE CORRESPONDENT Editor’s Note: This piece is a work of fiction written for Fourth Estate’s satire issue, Faux Estate. In countless states around the U.S.,…

Construction Helps Mason Community Walk the Walk

Students, faculty reflect on the benefits of campus construction BY ALLISON SCANLAN, FAUX ESTATE CORRESPONDENT Editor’s Note: This piece is a work of fiction written for Fourth Estate’s satire issue, Faux Estate. Prior to COVID-19, many students celebrated Mason for…

Sanity in a Time of Corona

BY: FONTLEROY FRITZ-ROBBINS IV JR., FAUX ESTATE CORRESPONDENT Editor’s note: This piece is a work of fiction written for Fourth Estate’s satire issue, Faux Estate. During our weekly fireside chats, my father, Fontleroy Fritz-Robbins IV, would sit me down, shake…

Online Teaching is Clearly Superior

BY: CHRIS KERNAN-SCHMIDT, FAUX ESTATE CORRESPONDENT Editor’s note: This piece is a work of fiction written for Fourth Estate’s satire issue, Faux Estate. As the pandemic rages on, as life is upended in so many negative ways and as President…

It’s Time to Close up Shop

BY: STEVEN ZHOU, FAUX ESTATE CORRESPONDENT Editor’s note: This piece is a work of fiction written for Fourth Estate’s satire issue, Faux Estate. In light of all that’s been happening with the coronavirus pandemic, higher education is facing a number…

Mason Faux Weekly Crime Log

Editor’s Note: This piece is a work of fiction written for Fourth Estate’s satire issue, Faux Estate.   Monday, March 23 — Johnson Center Theft: Complainant (GMU) reported the theft of two Starship robots from charging station behind JC. (04/McAlpine) …

Road Rage is Good for You

BY: SYDNEY JOHNSON, FAUX ESTATE CORRESPONDENT Editor’s note: This piece is a work of fiction written for Fourth Estate’s satire issue, Faux Estate. Driving in Fairfax is such a joy. Having to wake up early to arrive at school an…