Students and faculty raise concerns over process of finding Mason’s next university president BY JACK HARVEY ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR; HAILEY BULLIS AND DANA NICKEL CO EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Mason’s Presidential Search Committee convened in an open forum to hear from students and…
Highlighting the highs and lows of Cabrera’s presidential term BY COLLIN COPE, STAFF WRITER Following the 16-year term of former Mason President Alan Merten, Ángel Cabrera assumed the position in July of 2012 In his inaugural speech Cabrera said,“What if,…
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…
Inside the Charles Koch Foundation’s “partnership” with Mason By Dana Nickel, Ashley Stewart, Olivia Vermane, Staff Writers; Alexander Shedd, Assistant News Editor “Twenty million dollars gets you a bench at Georgetown, but [20 million dollars] gets you a law school…
BOV vote on changes to campus, discuss budgets BY MICHAEL EBERHART The Board of Visitors met for the first time in three months March 2 in Merten Hall. The meeting consisted of voting on several changes to campus…
This story was originally published in the April 11 issue of Fourth Estate. by Annelise Jensen On Tuesday April 5, Mason’s Office of the Provost hosted an event to discuss student and faculty inclusion within the Mason community. The event,…
Students, staff and volunteers gathered last night at Mason Pond for the candlelight vigil organized by Fourth Estate to honor, grieve and respect the families and first responders that we lost on Sept. 11, 2001. A candle was lit for…