Letter from the Editors
Our Fellow Patriots, This might be a longer letter than usual. We have reached the end of our publication schedule. This is our final issue for the year. This is our final issue as your Co Editors-in-Chief. Last August, we…
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Letter from the Editor
Hey Patriots, I hope everyone had a moderately successful first week back from Spring Break, and a first week with online classes. I admit, I had to sit through some classes with technical issues, but I appreciated my professors’ willingness…
GEESE-KIT-BALL
It’s all the rage BY DAND NICKEL CHIEF EGG Editor’s Note: This piece is a work of fiction written for Fourth Estate’s satire issue, Faux Estate. A crowd of 150 students — all sitting 12 seats apart from one another…
Coronavirus Survival Guide
Stocking up: grocery store do’s and don’ts BY: DANA NICKEL CO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF So, halfway through your first, third or final semester of college, things have been unfortunately cut short by a literal global pandemic. Whether you’ve been permitted to stay…
Letter from the Editor
Hey Patriots, After a six week stretch, we’ll be taking a couple weeks off for midterms and spring break. Spending six weeks with the same group of people in close proximity really taught me a lot about the team my…
Allie McCool looks back on four years with Mason women’s basketball
BY DANA NICKEL CO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Allie McCool sat in a folding chair in one of Mason’s practice courts for the basketball teams in the RAC. She fidgeted with her hands, her eyes darting between her fellow teammates still out on…
Letter from the Editor
Hey Patriots, This week, my Co Editor and I are happy to announce that this issue will feature one of Mason’s women’s sports teams on the cover. This is the first time this school year that we’ll feature a women’s…
Letter from the Editor
Hey Patriots, As the semester picks up, so does flu season. So I want to remind everyone that self-care and health comes first. As I read this first sentence out to the room, Jack, the assistant opinion editor rolled his…
Hidden Hangouts: Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe
Serving lattes to the literati since 1976 BY DANA NICKEL, CO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The Dupont neighborhood in Washington, D.C. is home to many colorful works of art, historic buildings and other attractions that are perfect for a fun outing for college…
Letter From the Editor
Hey Patriots, So we have reached the end of our time together for this semester. I can honestly say that, despite some ups and downs, this has been a relatively smooth ride. My Co Editor Hailey and I haven’t fought…