Monthly Archives: February 2020

Mason Weekly Crime Log

  Monday, Feb. 3 — Kennedy Hill (Bike Rack)  Larceny: Complainant (GMU) reported the theft of an unsecured vehicle from a bike rack. (30/Tallon) Case 2020-001384 — Inactive    Monday, Feb. 3 — Aquatic and Fitness Center (Men’s Restroom)  Theft…

Faculty Anxious Over Presidential Search Methods

A look at Mason’s presidential search processes from Merten to Cabrera to today BY ALEXA TIRONI, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR When the university received Angel Cabrera’s farewell email on June 13, 2019, Bethany Letiecq, president of Mason’s chapter of the American…

Mason Student Tests Negative for Novel Coronavirus

University continues to issue precautions regarding coronavirus BY HASEUNG JOUNG, STAFF WRITER Over the past couple of weeks, alarming reports about the novel coronavirus outbreak rooted in China have prompted international panic. While numbers continue to rise, there are now…

Inaugural Black Excellence Gala Art Show

Bringing visibility for Black artists BY NIKAYLA KIRCHNER, STAFF WRITER Art exhibits. Spoken word. Rap performances. On Saturday, Feb. 8, the Black community at Mason debuted the Black Excellence Gala Art Show in Dewberry Hall, where Black art ranging from…

NO MASS TRANSIT MAKES CARS WORSE

BY: JACK HARVEY, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR In the U.S., 36,750 people were killed in car accidents in 2018 according to Reuters. That’s after you get past the crumple zones, car-assisted auto-breaking and distracted driving safeguards that are nigh-ubiquitous in modern…

AGAINST THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL PROSELYTIZERS

BY: DOMINIC PINO, OPINION EDITOR Railfans are a wonderful subculture. They’re train lovers: people who can tell you what year a train was built by looking at it, photographers who travel the country chasing their subjects, historians who can tell…