Students share after Chosen Names and Pronouns Policy released last semester BY IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, CONTRIBUTOR When Jax Ohashi came to Mason last semester to pursue an MFA for Speculative Design, he went to the Card Office to get an ID….
Starts and stops, curb cuts among issues BY IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR The concern that electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student Brian Jarvis holds about Starship robots on campus is simple. Jarvis is physically disabled and uses a power…
How to get around without breaking the bank BY: IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR The cheapest parking pass you can get at Mason is $120, and it’s located all the way over on West Campus. Additionally, that pass doesn’t include…
Fall New Dances Premieres Upperclassmen Work BY: IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR The dancers, 11 women dressed in black, walked onto the stage. They crowded so close together you couldn’t tell where each person began and ended. As the dancers lumped…
BY IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR ALUMNUS: Janine Gaspari HOW DOES YOUR STUDENT ACTIVISM IMPACT THE WORK YOU DO NOW? It taught me a lot about how to be strategic in terms of achieving political goals, and not just wanting…
Performers vogued, shimmied and slayed BY IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR On Friday, Oct. 25, the small Gillespie Gallery of Art in the Art and Design Building buzzed with chatter. From the moment the doors opened, the audience section was full,…
Mason community comes together to celebrate and acknowledge immigrant presence BY: IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR On Saturday, Oct. 12, several student organizations including Mason DREAMers, Filipino Cultural Association (FCA) and Hispanic Student Association (HSA) gathered in the Johnson Center Cinema…
Round table promotes civility in online political speech BY IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR On Wednesday, Oct. 2, Mason hosted a civility round table in Merten Hall from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. titled “Coming Together in the Age of…
Legendary Chicago comedy company comes to the Hylton Performing Arts Center BY IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR On Friday, Oct. 4, the Mason Improv Association and Second City On Tour performed fun, audience-based improv shows at the Hylton Performing Arts…
Biggest fundraiser for nine Mason programs BY IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR During Luke Ratcliffe’s childhood, he began teaching himself music on a small upright piano his family owned. His parents wanted him and his two younger brothers to each…