Director of Athletics seeks to prevent future NCAA financial aid violations BY JALEN STUBBS With the circumstances regarding the appropriation of financial aid in five different sports, Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics Bradford W. Edwards proposed new modifications…
Basketball season opener returns after two years BY M. E. GODFREY Flashing lights of green filled the stands as the crowds roared in anticipation for the annual Mason Madness event on Friday, Oct. 15. Cancelled in 2020 due to the…
The short-form video application shared that it has one billion active global users BY BRAD BYRNE STAFF WRITER On Sept. 27, the short-form video application TikTok shared that it had reached one billion users using the app globally every month….
A look into this year’s candidates and their plans for Student Government BY KENDALL BARNHARDT STAFF WRITER Fall 2021 Student Government (SG) elections are here, with 22 people running for the Student Senate body. Freshman Zayd Hamid: Candidate Zayd Hamid…
University has two new COVID-19 positives as the seventh week begins BY LAURA SCUDDER COPY CHIEF As the Delta variant changes Mason’s response to the pandemic, the university will now be offering third and booster shots of the vaccine in…
COVID-19 cases remain low at Mason BY BRAD BYRNE, STAFF WRITER As September falls into October, Mason continues to make efforts toward keeping campus COVID-19 cases low. With a mask and vaccination mandate put on campus over the summer and…
Former Mason student protests invitational at EagleBank BY MADISON SCHOFIELD, STAFF WRITER Asteria Lysippe, a vegan activist and former Mason student, held a protest against Professional Bull Riding (PBR)’s Fairfax Invitational event on Saturday, Sept. 25 outside EagleBank Arena. As…
Potential candidates finalize their applications to run for Student Senate BY BRAD BYRNE STAFF WRITER As the fall semester begins a new cycle of freshmen moving in, seniors preparing for graduation or going to basketball games, it also means the…
Harris discusses voter registration with Mason students BY SAMI GIBBS, CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF; LAURA SCUDDER, COPY CHIEF; CONTRIBUTED BY BRAD BYRNE, HANNAH CHO, DANIEL TODD RIVETTI AND BRYAN CHILDERS Vice President Kamala Harris paid a visit to Mason’s Fairfax campus yesterday to…
Mason under review for NCAA violation BY JALEN STUBBS, STAFF WRITER On Sept. 14, Mason announced an intolerable appropriation of financial aid in five sports programs from 2016 to 2020. According to a case synopsis document provided by Meghan Durham,…