WHY DO PEOPLE CHEAT?
In the words of psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, can we accept that the grand game of Love and trust are both “risk[s] masquerading as a promise?” BY MOMINA ADEM, STAFF WRITER I remember sitting in one of my courses when my…
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“RELATIONSHIPS IN COVID TIMES”
Hylton Performing Arts Center and local theater highlight universal frustrations felt throughout the pandemic BY HAILEY BULLIS SENIOR STAFF WRITER The Hylton Performing Arts Center partnered with Prince William Little Theatre to create a virtual collection of performances about “Relationships…
SpecUdate: Online Dating’s Real Game
Two Mason students forge their own path in a flooded market BY: TRAVIS MCMILLAN, STAFF WRITER As many students may have seen around campus — whether it be by flyers, business cards or a personal pitch from one of the…
Dear Ivy
Ivy helps a student who is suspicious of a new boyfriend BY KIM BARTENFELDER, STAFF WRITER Dear Ivy, My first semester of college I met this guy and we hit it off, but he had a girlfriend and I respected…
What Is Love?
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, find out what Mason students think of the holiday BY ANGELIQUE ARINTOK, STAFF WRITER In 2019, the expected amount of Americans celebrating Valentine’s Day is down to 51 percent compared to 63 percent back…
A Valentine’s Day mixtape
No more mushy love songs. Here are five tracks that won’t make your crush blush. BY MACKENZIE REAGAN, CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF While cheesy love songs have their place—high school dances, first dances at weddings, weeknight karaoke—for the most part, they’re…
Breaking up is easy to do
Tips on how to end a relationship BY MACKENZIE REAGAN, CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Well, this is awkward. Everyone’s excited for Valentine’s Day, but you no longer feel the way you did when you first started dating your significant other. Maybe…
Valentine’s Day date ideas
BY JAMES STEMPLE, STAFF WRITER We all know that dreaded feeling: checking your bank account and seeing the equivalent of a tumbleweed rolling through the desert. It’s a common stereotype that college students are broke. For many of us, as…
The gray area in “Fifty Shades of Grey”
Warning: This article discusses topics like rape and sexual violence that may be triggering for some readers. When the movie Fifty Shades of Grey, starring Dakota Johnson and Jaime Dornan, opened nationwide Feb. 13, its depiction of a romantic and…
Get Your Heart On
This story was originally published in the Feb. 09 issue of Fourth Estate. Allison Lundy, staff writer The Mason community is teaching students about healthy relationships and self-respect. The Get Your Heart On event hosted by Wellness, Alcohol and Violence…