Author Archives: Frank Muraca

About Frank Muraca

Frank is executive editor of Fourth Estate, and a junior majoring in economics. If he isn't writing about Mason or higher education, then he's usually reading something nerdy. Email: fmuraca@gmu.edu

Arts Building cleared of early morning bomb threat

Mason’s Art and Design Building on the Fairfax campus has been reopened this morning after police investigated a written bomb threat that was discovered last night. The building was closed this morning and all classes beginning at 7:30 a.m. in…

Mason’s funding problem in one question

At a regularly held budget forum on Oct. 10, two senior university officials painted an optimistic picture of the future of Mason’s finances, but emphasized that many challenges remain. Provost Peter Stearns and Senior Vice President JJ Davis, presented a…

LIVEBLOG: Mason Student Senate meeting (9/26/2013)

Today’s Agenda: Old Business Bill to Allocate Funds for 2013 Night Walk Resolution #2: A Resolution to Nurture an Environment of Inclusion and Acceptance, as well as the Rights to Free Speech and Expression, between Registered Student Organizations  Resolution #3: A…

Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor candidates debate at Mason

Tuesday night at the Arlington campus, the candidates for Virginia’s Lieutenant governor talked higher education, sequestration and mental health among others in their first appearance together and their only debate of the election. Republican E.W. Jackson and Democrat Ralph Northam…

Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor candidates debate at Mason

Democrat Ralph Northam (left) and Republican E.W. Jackson (right) (photos by Fourth Estate Photographer Jenny Krashin) Tuesday night at the Arlington campus, the candidates for Virginia’s Lieutenant governor talked higher education, sequestration and mental health among others in their first…

Fall for the Book: “In Your Face Mrs. Zaganhagen!”

Fourth Estate follows events of the Twelfth Annual Fall for the Book Festival through Fall for the Blog. Novelist Benjamin Percy shared with an audience full of students his love of werewolves and all things adventurous at the Johnson Center Cinema…