Category: Opinion

WHY SECRETARY CARDONA SHOULD ENCOURAGE DISAFFILIATION

BY VICTORIA WESTERMEYER STAFF WRITER Mason has long been considered a flagship school of the Koch network due to its numerous connections to the Charles Koch Foundation and its donations to our school. Unfortunately, Mason isn’t alone, with the foundation…

MASON FAILS TO MONITOR FINANCIAL AID, COMMITTED VIOLATIONS

  The NCAA concludes George Mason University exceeded the amounts of scholarships given to student athletes BY AUDREY MORALES STAFF WRITER  Financial aid is a pain. Every semester, students worry if they will receive enough aid to pay for their…

HELPING ERADICATE THE EXTINCTION OF BIRDS

Time may be running out for these fascinating fliers, but it’s not too late to help them BY MCKENNA BAXTER STAFF WRITER  Birds, some of the most colorful and majestic animals on Earth, are also some of the most endangered….

WHY ABIGAIL SPANBERGER HAS THE MOST TO LOSE NEXT YEAR

BY JEFFREY CARBERRY STAFF WRITER Elected in the blue wave of 2018, former CIA analyst Abigail Spanberger survived a tough election in 2020 but now faces perhaps the biggest challenge of her political career: surviving the 2022 midterms.  Poised with…

WHY NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY IS STILL IMPORTANT

BY BEN DEALEY STAFF WRITER National Coming Out Day is an annual event celebrated on Oct., 11 in the United States, as well as in several European countries. It was first celebrated in 1988 to commemorate the National March on…

MASON’S COVID RESPONSE: A CRY AGAINST HYPOCRISY

BY ELI KOHN STAFF WRITER So, here we all are. A new year, and boy, things look promising. There’s hundreds of people roaming Wilkin’s Plaza, tons of in-person classes and a line outside Chipotle that has only gotten longer since…

AUSTRALIA FINALLY PICKED A SIDE, THE RIGHT SIDE

The Australian government makes a formal decision on nuclear-powered submarines BY JEFFREY CARBERRY STAFF WRITER On Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, President Joe Biden stood in the East Room of the White House, joined virtually by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison…