Daily Archives: March 2, 2020

Men’s swim and dive makes a splash with an A-10 title

BY WILLIAM ARMSTRONG STAFF WRITER  When establishing a winning culture, a full team-centered buy-in is key to that approach. Under the guidance of head coach Peter Ward, the men’s swim and dive team secured its first Atlantic 10 Conference Championship…

Atlantic 10 Women’s Basketball Tournament Preview

BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR As the month of March begins, so too does one of the most exciting times of the year: college basketball tournament play. Mason will be traveling to Saint Louis to take on the Billikens at…

Is Bernie Responsible for his Twitter Mob?

BY: JACE WHITE, STAFF WRITER Bernie Sanders’ Democratic opponents continue to attack him over the conduct of some of his supporters. They accuse him of not doing enough to condemn those who have waged targeted harassment campaigns in his name….

Don’t Go Russian Through School: Learn a Language

BY: CHRIS KERNAN-SCHMIDT, STAFF WRITER How are you reading this right now? Is it because you’re moving your eyes across the page, or perhaps you’re using text-to-speech technology? Both valid and literal answers, yes, but it comes down to ultimately…

With Great Cuteness Comes Great Responsibility

BY: CHRISTINA O’FARRELL, STAFF WRITER My best friend in the whole world is my kitten, Donkey. To me, he’s the cutest kitten on the planet, but I’m likely biased. I got Donkey back in October of 2019 and he has…

Israel and Palestine: What I Saw

BY: ALEX MADAJIAN, STAFF WRITER Traveling will open your eyes to both beauty and brokenness. On one small patch of the world, there is a prime example of such a contrast that I had the opportunity to witness firsthand. I…

Bland, Uninspiring, Cold and Conforming

BY: DAWSON WEINHOLD, STAFF WRITER Until recently, I haven’t seen a lot of Mason’s campus. My normal routine keeps me centered around the Johnson Center and the Hub, only occasionally wandering out from the center of campus. Growing tired of…

Cursive Writing is Not the Bad Guy

BY: SYDNEY JOHNSON, STAFF WRITER In my second grade class, we had to learn cursive. My teacher made us write every single letter of the alphabet in cursive on a sheet of graph paper every day and corrected us on…