Former Rhode Island governor and senator Lincoln Chafee (D) announced his presidential bid on June 3 in Founders Hall in the Arlington campus. The event kicked off Issues Forum, 2016, a foreign policy speaker series co-hosted by the Financial Times…
A revenue surplus announced by the Virginia General Assembly in July has led to a two percent increase in Virginia state workers’ paychecks starting September 1, 2015. State workers include higher education faculty, judges and state-supported local constitutional officers, among…
by Hamna Ahmad and Ellen Glickman At the front of a crowded room, one astronomy professor described a world full of mystery and phenomena. Michael Summers, Mason professor and co-investigator on the New Horizons Mission to Pluto, spoke to a…
Photo: Robert Horan / General Manager of Mason Cable Network Allison Lundy, Staff Writer WWE Live World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is bringing the action back to Mason this fall. Watch John Cena, Kevin Owens, Dolph Ziggler, and more of your…
Monday, August 31, 2015 was the first day of the Fall 2015 semester at Mason. The North Plaza was full of tables for the Get Connected 2 Mason event representing Mason’s Student Organizations, Academic Divisions, Mason Recreation, and volunteer opportunities;…
Just one day before the Citi Open Doubles Wildcard Challenge was about to take place, seniors and Mason tennis players Aaron Capitel and Conor Moran received an unexpected phone call. The two players who had originally signed on to compete…
This story was originally published in the August 31 issue of Fourth Estate. Tatyana White-Jenkins, Assistant Lifestyle Editor Laurel Mahoney, a junior at Mason, made her dreams a reality this summer when she bought a ticket to travel halfway across…
While the practices of big business have been questioned in both the courts and the public forum, one group is targeting business leaders at the university level. This summer marked the 6th Annual Assembly of the Global Forum for Responsible…