Author Archives: Dinanda

About Dinanda

Dinanda (pronounced dee-nahn-dah) is a senior majoring in Communications, minoring in Global Affairs. In her spare time, she loves catching up on pop culture on Twitter, advocating for social justice, and struggling to get her undergrad degree. Follow her on Twitter: @dinandapramesti

A look at Mason students who are also parents

Stigmas, guilt, and other challenges faced by these student parents everyday By Dinanda Pramesti, Lifestyle Editor and Hailey Bullis, Staff Writer Mason prides itself on being a diverse campus. However, there are some students who feel there are not enough…

MLK Commemoration week celebrates Dr. King’s work

ODIME ORGANIZED WEEK-LONG EVENT MASON EVENT HONOR KING’S DR. KING By Dinanda Pramesti, Lifestyle Editor The Office of Diversity of Inclusion and Multicultural Education (ODIME) organized a week-long event to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of justice and…

Faces of Mason

Interviews by Huong Cao, Staff Writer, Mia Wise, Staff Writer  and Dinanda Pramesti, Lifestyle Editor Staff: Michael Hunter, Access Service Specialist at Fenwick Library What is your position at Fenwick Library? Outside of providing circulation and information services, which is everything…

“Our Comics, Ourselves” exhibition preview

A NEW COMIC EXHIBITION OPENS UP IN FENWICK By Dinanda Pramesti, Lifestyle Editor A new comic exhibition, “Our Comics, Ourselves” curated by Jan Descartes and Monica McKelvey Johnson from Brooklyn, has opened up in Fenwick from August 21 until October 6th…

Coldplay ‘lights’ up FedEx field

IT WAS A SKY FULL OF STARS AND FIREWORKS AT COLDPLAY’S CONCERT  By Dinanda Pramesti, Lifestyle Editor Going to concerts always seems to happen for me during the summer, specifically in August. It happened this year, when I got early…

Metro events April 24-30

Monday, April 24 Filmfest DC (through April 30) | various locations   Tuesday, April 25 Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting | Fairfax County Government Center | Open to the public   Wednesday, April 26 NVCC student art exhibition |…

Herman Wainggai and the struggle of displaced people

Visiting scholar gives speech on SEED Displacement Day BY DINANDA PRAMESTI, CULTURE EDITOR   One of the most contentious issues of today’s politics is refugees — particularly Syrian refugees, whose country’s civil war has created one of the worst humanitarian…

COLUMN: Whitewashing in the shell

The Rupert Sanders thriller draws criticisms BY DINANDA PRAMESTI, CULTURE EDITOR   With the recent Academy Awards show being much more diverse than the previous few years, Hollywood continues to try to appeal and listen to the public about the…