With the summer coming to an end, visit Burke Lake Park for your favorite last-minute summer activities BY KIM BARTENFELDER, STAFF WRITER With the beginning of a new semester comes new responsibilities, more dedication to our studies and the sad reality…
Mason students turned an ordinary summer into a learning experience BY LEIGH NORMAN, STAFF WRITER As the semester begins, so does the question that brings on intense feelings of anxiety and self-loathing: “How was your summer?” Someone visited the Bahamas….
WHAT I LEARNED AT LOLLAPALOOZA AND OTHER CONCERTS By Basma Humadi, Staff Writer In a sporadic turn of events, one of my best friends and I decided to go to Lollapalooza in Chicago this year. The line-up featured all my…
Program for children whose parents suffer from cancer to arrive in Summer 2018 BY KEIRSTEN ROBINSON, STAFF WRITER After attending Camp Kesem, a summer camp for children whose parents have or had cancer, freshman Clare Yordy made it…
BY MELISSA MOORE, STAFF WRITER For many students, summer vacation consists of lazy days, beach trips and catching up on much needed sleep, but for several cadets of the Mason Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), or Patriot Battalion, summer looked…
Tatyana White-Jenkins, Assistant Lifestyle Editor Fall is full of exciting transitions: leaves change color, students take new classes, and — not to be disregarded — those of us living in chillier climates dawn a different wardrobe. For many, dressing stylishly…
This article was originally published in April 27 issue of Fourth Estate. Connor Smith, staff writer There are wines for every season. No one wants a big hearty, earthy red when its 90 degrees out. Normally during the blazing summer…
Improvements on the intersection at Braddock Road and Ox Road (or Route 123) will start in May and will be completed around summer 2016. The project will be fully funded by Fairfax County and it will cost around $2.3 million,…
Cynthia Jessup, staff writer Spring semester is wrapping up and with that comes summer break! What better way to celebrate end of the term and welcome summer vacation than going to a concert? Listed below are a few ideas to…