Category: Campus

Graffiti found on several Mason buildings

Exploratory Hall and several other Mason buildings vandalised BY SAM DOUGLAS, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Several Mason buildings were spray painted with graffiti on March 5. According to Mason’s police and public safety department’s Daily Crime and Fire Log, Planetary Hall,…

Antisemitism resolution passed after tense debate

President Washington and Board of Visitors debate over antisemitism resolution BY JULIANA MARCELLO, STAFF WRITER On Thursday, Feb. 27, the Mason Board of Visitors (BOV) met to vote on the resolution (BOV meeting book pg. 300) regarding antisemitism. The Diversity…

Gregory Washington holds second town hall as Mason President

President Gregory Washington addresses questions on DEI, ICE and food poisoning during town hall BY AMELIA JANE SAND, STAFF WRITER On Thursday, Feb. 20, Gregory Washington hosted his second town hall as Mason President to address the Mason student body’s…

Anti-semitism resolution proposed at committee meeting

Resolution proposed at Board of Visitors meeting causes debate BY SAM DOUGLAS, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR The Mason Board of Visitors Academic Programs, Diversity and University Community Committee met on Thursday, Feb. 13 in Merten Hall. At the meeting, Visitor Jeffrey…

Spring 2025s Homecoming Recap

An action-packed week filled with adventures and memorable experiences BY KATIE KOHLER, STAFF WRITER Mason celebrated its Spring 2025 homecoming with a week full of festivities, community service and school spirit. The annual tradition,  running from Jan. 31 to Feb….

News Update: Safety statements and back-to-back arrests

A brief overview of Mason’s largest stories that transpired over the Winter break BY VIVIANA SMITH, SENIOR STAFF WRITER During the month of December, as Mason’s fall 2024 semester wrapped up, several monumental moments have landed Mason in a few…

GenAct at Mason: Intersectionality & Reproductive Justice

Planned Parenthood guest speaker leads discussion at Generation Action meeting  BY SARENA MARRISA SOHAN, STAFF WRITER On Nov. 12, Mason’s Planned Parenthood Generation Action (GenAct) chapter held their November meeting in the Johnson Center. Attendees were offered baked goods and…

Petitioning for pepper spray

Freshman Sam Brown leads the charge of legalizing pepper spray on campus BY MADALYN GODFREY, COPY EDITOR In July of 2007, Mason’s former Senior Vice President Maurice W. Scherrens and Provost Peter N. Stearns approved University Policy 1120, prohibiting “the…

Vandalism and chained doors at Johnson Center

Recent reports of vandalism on Mason property ahead of career fair BY VIVIANA SMITH, CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND MADALYN GODFREY, COPY EDITOR On Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 6:58 a.m., Mason Police Department reported a case of property damage at the Johnson Center….

Faces of Mason: Chadwick Edralin

Mason student plays the accordion on Wilkins Plaza and spreads positivity through music BY TANYA MALIK, STAFF WRITER  Junior Chadwick Edralin, a computer game design major, taught himself the accordion as a hobby when he chose to take a semester…