Christian group not affiliated with Mason garners campus-wide attention with offensive messaging BY LORENZO IRAHETA-LEON AND ISABELLA PEARLSTEIN, STAFF WRITERS Demonstrators holding signs that read “Trump Make America Great Again: Ban Homo Marriage” and a list of people who “Will…
‘I’m so happy everyone’s standing up for us,’ Stacy Reyes said, reflecting on the movement BY ISABELLA PEARLSTEIN, STAFF WRITER George Mason students gathered in Wilkins Plaza on Wednesday, Feb. 4, to protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions…
Protestors from Fairfax join a nationwide demonstration BY EMMA G. SCHAIBLE, OPINIONS EDITOR Music, costumes, car honking and homemade signs created an atmosphere of resistance on the streets of Fairfax this morning, 18 days into a federal government shutdown. Today,…
Ohio organization “Created Equal” hold protest with graphic images of aborted fetuses next to Southside Dining Hall BY BARRETT BALZER, NEWS EDITOR; DETRA BELL, SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR; KATIE PERSCHAU, CULTURE EDITOR Graphic images depicting aborted fetuses were presented on a…
Students for Justice in Palestine hold a protest on Wilkins Plaza during the “Week of Rage,” noting one year of resistance BY BARRETT BALZER, STAFF WRITER AND AMELIA JANE SAND, STAFF WRITER On Oct. 9, Students for Justice in Palestine…
Students create bonds and share the joy in Halloween traditions amidst a homophobic protest. BY KAYLYN BARNHART, CULTURE EDITOR Spooky season just got spookier when a protester visited Mason and strongly expressed his homophobic and religious opinions to students on…
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….
Mason students offer mixed reactions on the criminal trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two people in Kenosha, Wis. BY ROBERT STEWART STAFF WRITER A jury of twelve began deliberations for the criminal trial of Kyle Rittenhouse on…
Local activists join students to protest alleged animal cruelty BY MADDIE GIERBER STAFF WRITER Mason students plan to protest the Professional Bull Riders’ (PBR) upcoming Fairfax Invitational event at EagleBank Arena, where 45 top bull riders will compete in three…
Film, politics and activism with the woman who climbed a flagpole in protest BY MAGGIE ROTH STAFF WRITER On Tuesday, Oct. 20, Mason’s College of Visual and Performing Arts hosted Bree Newsome Bass, a filmmaker and political activist, in a…