Category: Culture

The Art of Cosplay: How to be Geek Week Chic

Written by Elena Galindo Mason’s Geek Week hosted an informational cosplay panel where cosplay construction basics and convention etiquette were discussed. It featured professional cosplayer Margie Cox. Two cosplay events were also held where Mason cosplayers exhibited their handiwork. Cosplay,…

Turn off the Violence with WAVES

For the last 17 years, Turn off the Violence has served as a week to educate the Mason community on violence against women and sexual violence. It runs from Oct. 6-10. This week’s events will include: The Clothesline Project- Monday,…

Geek Week: This weekend’s events

Saturday, Oct. 4 Dress (and Act) the Part 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. A panel discussing all things cosplay, featuring professional cosplayer Margie Cox located in the HUB room 1. Artist Alley 1-7 p.m. Browse local and student art in the HUB…

Mason Fringe: Theater Review

Two very different plays with one common thread: love. From Wednesday through Sunday, the plays “The Blue Room” and “Almost, Maine” will alternate performances in the Mason Fringe. Ken Elston’s, director of the School of Theatre, wrote that the Mason…

A Pro’s Tips to On-Campus Pizza Delivery

We here at Fourth Estate enjoy our pizza. We enjoy it so much in fact that we order it every Friday for when we work on the print newspaper and have our weekly staff meeting (insert plug here about why…

Mason celebrates the power of film at The Best of FAVS Showcase

Blanca Acevedo, Staff Writer To  draw attention to award winning student films, Film and Video Studies, Delta Kappa Alpha, the cinematic arts fraternity, and Film and Media Studies showcased alumni’s work. The films shown were “Money or Bunnies” by Christie…

Profile: Greet

In an ideal world, Michele Greet, associate professor of art history at Mason, would curate her art exhibition with 125 pieces and tour it in five cities: three locations in the United States, one in Paris and one in Latin…

New cancer inclusive event educates students

Two cancer awareness and education events will combine to form a more cancer-inclusive event to promote health and prevention. Angela Johnson, the associate director and wellness coordinator of Wellness, Alcohol, Violence Education and Services, explains that the new event titled…

Shades of Brown Open Mic Night

Open mic and poetry event highlighted student talent and engaged the audience in different cultural perspectives as a part of Hispanic Heritage Month. This annual event took place in the JC Bistro on September 25. It included poetry, spoken word,…

Happy hearts walking around campus

The Mason community gathered to raise awareness of living a healthy lifestyle by participating in a walk around the university’s campus. The 6th annual Happy Heart Walk event was held simultaneously on the Arlington, Fairfax, and Prince William campuses on…