Topics include sustainability and new restaurants on campus BY MONTGOMERY VANIK, STAFF WRITER The Student Culinary Council at Mason met on Oct. 15 to discuss several developments in campus dining, including new restaurant additions, sustainability milestones and digital innovations aimed…
Choice to hold virtual meeting without a quorum causes stir BY SAM DOUGLAS, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mason’s Board of Visitors met virtually last week in a meeting of the Board’s executive committee without a quorum. With Mason’s BOV consisting of only six…
Protestors from Fairfax join a nationwide demonstration BY EMMA G. SCHAIBLE, OPINIONS EDITOR Music, costumes, car honking and homemade signs created an atmosphere of resistance on the streets of Fairfax this morning, 18 days into a federal government shutdown. Today,…
Ohio organization “Created Equal” hold protest with graphic images of aborted fetuses next to Southside Dining Hall BY BARRETT BALZER, NEWS EDITOR; DETRA BELL, SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR; KATIE PERSCHAU, CULTURE EDITOR Graphic images depicting aborted fetuses were presented on a…
Senator Warner warns of growing politicization in the intelligence community during a discussion moderated by CNN’s Jim Sciutto BY RITHVIK HARI, STAFF WRITER Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) held a discussion at the Mason Square campus in Arlington to discuss the…
Schar School of Policy and Government hosts Mike Pence on Constitution Day BY RITHVIK HARI, STAFF WRITER Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke at Mason for the Schar School of Policy and Government’s Constitution Day event one day after an…
This semester’s co-news editors share their goals BY BARRETT BALZER AND SAM DOUGLAS, NEWS EDITORS This semester, news has never been more vital. As editors, we promise to cover stories to the best of our ability — including the important…
Ensuring the news is high-quality and reliable BY NATHAN FERRARO, COPY EDITOR I am Nathan Ferraro, this year’s Copy Editor at the Fourth Estate! I am a sophomore studying Communication, with a concentration in Journalism and Political Communication. I am…
Recent reports of vandalism on Mason property ahead of career fair BY VIVIANA SMITH, CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND MADALYN GODFREY, COPY EDITOR On Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 6:58 a.m., Mason Police Department reported a case of property damage at the Johnson Center….
Mason Weekly Crime Update BY BRAD BYRNE, NEWS EDITOR Monday, April 25 — Monroe Hall Sexual Assault / Rape. Complainant (GMU) reported being sexually assaulted by a known Subject (Non-GMU) on April 3, 2022. (39/Honeycutt) Case 22-003372 — Pending…