Adjunct professors and graduate assistants speak out against university treatment BY LORENZO IRAHETA-LEON, STAFF WRITER A growing number of adjunct professors and graduate student instructors at George Mason are voicing dissatisfaction with their treatment by the university’s administration. janet e….
American universities overwork and underpay the contingent faculty they rely on BY LEEN EL-ALI, STAFF WRITER Instructors are an integral part of each university student’s academic life. To the average student, interaction between them and their instructor is standard procedure:…
Mason faculty weigh in on the Democratic party’s future BY LOUIS VOLKER, COPY EDITOR In the weeks since the Nov. 4 general election’s stellar turnout for Democrats, including a democratic sweep in Virginia, social media has exploded with excitement, anxiety…
Mason’s president speaks on work environment, COVID-19 updates and accomplishments BY LIANNA BROWN AND SAMI GIBBS, CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Editor’s Note: This interview was edited for length and clarity. Sami Gibbs conducted the interview. How do you think handling your first year…
Mason community meets university’s eighth president, Gregory Washington BY LAURA SCUDDER, NEWS EDITOR After being announced as the university’s eighth president on Monday, Gregory Washington came to the Center for the Arts for a welcome event on Thursday, Feb. 27,…
General faculty meeting held to discuss new education developments, presidential hiring process BY LAURA SCUDDER, NEWS EDITOR A general faculty meeting was held on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The meeting, hosted by Interim President Anne Holton and Provost David Wu, provided…
BY: KIM BARTENFELDER, STAFF WRITER FACULTY: Lilian de Jonge WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO MASON? Well, I’m originally from the Netherlands. I went to Montreal for an internship, and was then offered to stay so I got my degree. I spent…
BY NAYOMI SANTOS, STAFF WRITER; PETER NJOROGE, CULTURE EDITOR FACULTY: Rei Berroa, Chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages HOW DID YOU DISCOVER YOUR PASSION FOR POETRY AND THE WRITTEN WORD? I was sent to the seminary when…
Committee discusses their goals in a public forum BY JACK HARVEY, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR A panel with members from the Board of Visitors’ Presidential Search Committee met Tuesday, Sept. 3 at 2 p.m. to listen to students and faculty at…
BY PETER NJOROGE, CULUTRE EDITOR IZZ LAMAGDELEINE, ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR ORGANIZATION: Mason DREAMers CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION? Basically our mission is to create a more inclusive environment for our Undocumented, DACAmented and [temporary protected…