BY MELISSA MOORE, STAFF WRITER For many students, summer vacation consists of lazy days, beach trips and catching up on much needed sleep, but for several cadets of the Mason Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), or Patriot Battalion, summer looked…
BY MELISSA MOORE, STAFF WRITER Have you ever gone out to a party, had a little too much to drink and made a phone call that you wish you didn’t? The application Drunk Mode, which recently surpassed 1.3 million…
This story was originally published in the Feb. 8 issue of Fourth Estate. The Medical Amnesty Program is continuing at Mason with no modifications after a review, though not many students have taken advantage of its benefits. A university committee…
Not one, not two, but three Mason affiliates have landed a spot on Forbes’ 2016 “30 Under 30: Law and Policy” list published last month. The notification came as a surprise to all members, who included Andrea Castillo and Christopher Koopman…
An old mobile safety application, In Case of Crisis, has been reworked after a turn of events in an effort to promote student safety on campus. The free application available for iOS and Android devices can be used to report…
An official delegation consisting of several Mason representatives is headed to Paris at the end of November to attend the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties (COPs) at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). The…
It’s not everyday a professor makes a discovery that could rewrite the very textbooks he teaches from. Mason astronomy professor Mike Summers did just that. On July 14, the New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to the Pluto/Charon system…
Former Rhode Island governor and senator Lincoln Chafee (D) announced his presidential bid on June 3 in Founders Hall in the Arlington campus. The event kicked off Issues Forum, 2016, a foreign policy speaker series co-hosted by the Financial Times…
A revenue surplus announced by the Virginia General Assembly in July has led to a two percent increase in Virginia state workers’ paychecks starting September 1, 2015. State workers include higher education faculty, judges and state-supported local constitutional officers, among…
This story was originally published in the April 6 print issue. While the United States is witnessing an increase in popularity of trap and skeet teams, especially for women, Mason’s team has earned a higher profile through its many competitions and…