Mason lobbies for higher education funding BY ABIGAIL ADCOX, ASSITANT NEWS EDITOR On Wednesday Jan. 30, roughly 50 students rode to the Virginia State Capitol to lobby for Mason Lobbies, an annual event. This year students were advocating for increased financial…
A breakdown of business, security and student opinion BY MATTHEW HAYES, STAFF WRITER As well as the incoming freshman and transfer students, Mason has a new addition to its Fairfax campus―delivery robots. The food delivery service, Starship Technologies, is currently delivering…
A sit-down with project manager Cathy Pinskey BY JACK HARVEY, STAFF WRITER Since arriving back for the spring semester, Mason students have no doubt noticed the vast increase of construction around the Fairfax campus. The demolition of Robinson A signals the…
Former Metro CFO takes job at Mason BY DANA NICKEL, NEWS EDITOR Mason’s administration was proud to select Carol Kissal as the permanent replacement for J.J. Davis, as Mason’s senior vice president of finance and administration. In an email sent to…
BY JENNIFER MUCHNIKOFF, STAFF WRITER Monday, Jan. 21 California Democrat Sen. Kamala Harris announces her bid for presidency in 2020. Delta Air Lines Foundation provides a private grant to ensure Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park in Atlanta is…
Over 200 million workers strike for fair labor policies BY SAMI GIBBS, STAFF WRITER Recently, 200 million workers went on strike in India. The two-day nationwide strike, which occurred Jan. 8 and 9, has been dubbed the biggest labor strike…
Opponents celebrate as supporters look toward 2019 elections BY ABIGAIL ADCOX, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Efforts for Virginia to become the 38th and final state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) into the U.S. constitution died in the Virginia House…
Mason and Yale gather data on climate-change beliefs BY COLLIN COPE, STAFF WRITER Climate change has played an increasingly significant role in U.S. politics in recent decades. As science has increasingly supported climate change as reality, more people are acknowledging it….
Wednesday, Jan. 23- Fairfax Campus, 7:32 p.m. Drug/Narcotic Violations: Two subjects (GMU) were referred to Office of Student Conduct (OSC) for possessing illegal drugs. Case 2019-000587- Referred to OSC Wednesday, Jan. 23- Fairfax Campus, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Larceny: Complainant (GMU) reported…
Ashley Stewart’s bill aims to reinstate discretionary parole BY JACK HARVEY, STAFF WRITER A proposal for a bill written by a Mason student was picked up by a member of the Virginia House of Delegates Jan. 9. The bill, HJ…