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Daily Archives: February 17, 2020
Lost Wallet Leads to Found Hope
BY SIDONIA CANNON, STAFF WRITER Frankly, with the spread of the coronavirus, the recent impeachment trials, the Doomsday Clock signaling only 100 seconds to midnight — and just general rudeness — it’s easy to think negatively. Like the rest of…
With Podcasts We Can All Read Like Billionaires
BY: DANIEL SCOTT MITCHELL, STAFF WRITER Can you read like a billionaire? I know I can’t. Bill Gates reads at least 50 books per year. Mark Cuban spends more than five hours reading each day. Mark Zuckerberg finishes a book…
The Hidden Cost of Wealth Taxes
BY JACE WHITE STAFF WRITER Jeff Bezos is a rich man. Thanks to the success of his company, Amazon, he is currently worth 132 billion dollars, more money than he could ever possibly spend. If he lost half of it…
C.S. Lewis: The Triumph of Hope Over Pain
BY: ALEX MADAJIAN, STAFF WRITER Few know the power of stories, fewer still know the beauty of fairy-tales, and almost no one knows the truth of myths. Perhaps that is why C.S. Lewis was one of the greatest authors of…
Are You Glued to Your Phone?
BY: ELI KOHN, STAFF WRITER I have it, you have it, your grandma has it, even your seven-year-old cousin has it: cell phone addiction. Smartphones have become a completely, undeniably essential part of our everyday lives. We are required to…
More Money, Less Problems
Know where your money is going BY: PETER NJOROGE, CULTURE EDITOR Warning! There’s nothing mind-blowing about this week’s edition of More Money, Less Problems. In fact, the advice that I’m going to offer is quite simple — but definitely not…
Virginia Opera Presents: Cinderella
Gioachino Rossini’s “Cinderella” created the perfect atmosphere for Valentine’s weekend in Concert Hall BY: TRAVIS MCMILLAN, STAFF WRITER Subtitles, singers and symphonies, oh my! Gioachino Rossini’s “Cinderella,” a two-act opera directed by Kyle Lang, opened this weekend to an energetic…
Hidden Hangouts: University Mall Theaters
Cross the street and enjoy the movie magic BY: AHMED FARID, STAFF WRITER The first half of February has come and gone, which means we have already witnessed the biggest movie event of the year: the Oscars! Mid-February is that…
Faces of Mason
INTERVIEW BY PETER NJOROGE Organization: TEDxGeorgeMasonU Can you talk a little about TEDxGeorgeMasonU and what you do? So, TEDxGeorgeMasonU is an organization that is a club, technically, that is committed to the [parent organization] which is TED globally. And we…