Welcome back, Patriots! This week… Faculty member Cindy Parker received a pat thanking her for “being more than just a professor and caring for the success of your students future.” The grateful student said, “Your dedication doesn’t go unnoticed, and…
BY ANTHONY PALACIOS, STAFF WRITER Challenges and loss made me who I am today. Growing up I wasn’t raised in a privileged household and being raised by a single mother, I knew I had my own mission and legacy…
Happy Friday, Patriots! From student protests against our commencement speaker, a new head basketball coach, Student Government elections, to the International Week parade and dance competition, the past two weeks have been busy ones for Mason Nation! This week… Staff…
BY MANDY KATZ, CONTRIBUTOR Dear President Washington, What’s old is new again. I didn’t think I’d face commencement bigotry even once in my life, let alone twice. As my daughter neared graduation from Bethesda’s Walt Whitman High School in 2010,…
In the thick of talk of national security threats, the United States may have been presented with a new one: the Ohio train derailment. BY ALLISON ALBERTY, SOCIAL MEDIA & GRAPHICS EDITOR On Feb. 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern train…
BY BRAD BYRNE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF; TAYLOR RAMIREZ, OPINION EDITOR & JALEN STUBBS, SPORTS EDITOR On March 22, Mason announced that Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin will address the Class of 2023 at our Spring Commencement Ceremony. This announcement was met with immediate…
Welcome back, Patriots! There has been lots of energy on campus after spring break. With much warmer weather, and the cherry blossoms on campus beginning to bloom, it is safe to say spring is upon us! This week… Student Hena…
Welcome back to Pats for Patriots! Mason Nation, can you believe we are already halfway through the semester? The Fourth Estate would like to send a special pat to everyone for crushing the first half of the semester! This week……
BY KEVIN ROMERO, CONTRIBUTOR You’re single and in your mid-twenties, the COVID-19 pandemic has taken away some of your prime years of dating as a young adult. But congratulations, you’ve made it through just in time for the lifting of…
Trigger Warning: This story contains discussion on mass shootings and gun violence. BY AVA KUCH, STAFF WRITER In the face of government gridlock and indifference toward gun violence, Generation Z (Gen Z) has taken on the role of the change-makers….