Fourth Estate News Editor Alexa Rogers
Cabrera tweets responses to student snow complaints
|At 8pm on March 2., President Ángel Cabrera disdainfully announced on Twitter that Mason campuses would be closed on Monday due to winter weather.
School closed tomorrow (really tired of these announcements)
OPINION: The harm in "harmless" campus culture
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About a month ago, an email sent over the Delta Zeta chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity listserv at William and Mary University gave everyone a look into the mind of one disgusting and disrespectful human being.
Federal financial aid cut for non-Mason study abroad programs
|At the beginning of the fall semester, the Office of Financial Aid informed the Center for Global Education that federal financial aid would no longer be applied to non-Mason study abroad programs.
Changes to federal financial aid regulations have changed the financial aid office’s interpretation of how aid can be applied to these study abroad programs, which are not directly affiliated with the university.
Provost candidate José Bermúdez delivers presentation to Mason community
|The provost committee presented their final candidate, José Bermúdez, at an intimate lunch at the Mason Inn’s Boxwoods restaurant on Feb. 14 after the university’s closure.
Low enrollment leads to Law School tuition freeze
|During its final meeting of 2013, the Board of Visitors voted on Dec. 12th to freeze the tuition of Mason’s law school for the upcoming school year.
The tuition freeze was prompted by low enrollment numbers at the law school, which have been dropping steadily since 2010, with a decrease of approximately 84 students from 2010 to 2012.
Dan Polsby, the dean of the law school, attributes the low enrollment numbers to the economic recession and a limited job market for new lawyers.