Mason Life student finds confidence in her identity thanks to TikTok BY MARY J. DEMARCO, OPINION EDITOR Blair Leonard, a second-year Mason LIFE student, has amassed over twenty thousand likes on TikTok. This achievement is the result of a complex,…
Students react to viral TikTok of predator caught on campus. BY ERICA MUNISAR, NEWS EDITOR Editor’s Note: The content of this story has not been legally disclosed and does not reflect verified claims against the suspect. On Feb. 1,…
An online trend goes beyond social media to help indie booksellers BY SAVANNAH TELFER, CONTRIBUTOR Laynie Rose Rizer is shutting a book and putting it on a shelf when the book asks her “Why does this sound like goodbye?” She…
The short-form video application shared that it has one billion active global users BY BRAD BYRNE STAFF WRITER On Sept. 27, the short-form video application TikTok shared that it had reached one billion users using the app globally every month….
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.,…
BY CHRISTOPHER KERNAN-SCHMIDT, STAFF WRITER Social media platforms have made it easy to share our lives with family and friends, but the prevalence of oversharing on social media has opened Pandora’s box. Status updates, location check-ins, online rants and “private”…