BY TAYLOR RAMIREZ, OPINION EDITOR & JALEN STUBBS, SPORTS EDITOR This September, the Black African Heritage and Caribbean Coalition (BLACC) initiated the “We Demand Action” campaign in response to a Mason Students for Life group that displayed a disturbing image…
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,…
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…
President Gregory Washington, Mason faculty and Student Government facilitated the discussion BY SAMI GIBBS, CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND JALEN STUBBS, COPY CHIEF Editor’s Note: The responses and questions were edited for length and clarity. The questions were asked by those in attendance. …
Amid Governor Youngkin’s news laws regardings masks and vaccinations in schools, Mason announces future COVID-19 plans BY MADISON SCHOFIELD, STAFF WRITER In an email to the Mason community sent on Jan. 31, President Gregory Washington announced changes to GMU’s COVID…
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’s campus guidelines have kept positives low as the academic year comes to a close BY MADDIE GIERBER STAFF WRITER Mason is ending its spring semester with a total of 276 positive COVID-19 cases since Jan. 25 and a seven-day…