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Proper Business Attire: Dress To Impress
By Career Guide 2007 Staff Writer Hannah Hager
What does your style of dress say about you? The image you present speaks to supervisors and coworkers, and dressing for the job you want is a great way to move ahead in an office environment. Arrive for the interview dressed for the job you want to have in 10 years. In the office, dress daily for the job you want to have tomorrow. Employers will not take you seriously if you don’t take yourself seriously. Remember, you are selling yourself.
Sports, Singers & Speakers: A Week In Photos
Compiled by Broadside Photo Editor Courtney Erland.
So much happens each week that it can be difficult to keep track of all of the campus events. Don't worry, though -- Broadside has compiled a gallery of their favorite photos from last week.
Click here to see a review of photographs from the week of September 28-October 5.
Have some great photographs you'd love to have included? That's easy: just e-mail them to cmasonmedia@gmail.com.
New Southside Dining Facility Opens on Campus
Story by Broadside Assistant News Editor Sonya Hudson. Photo by Photography Editor Courtney Erland.
Southside is now open to all students, faculty and staff. Southside has replaced Ciao Hall as the all-you-can-eat style dining on campus. This dining facility, located behind Student Union Building II on the second floor of Southside Hall in the general Chesapeake Area, offers students six stations of variety and freshly made food.
Turn Off the Violence: Raising a Voice to Rising Crime
Story by Broadside Correspondent Adam Sylvain. Photo courtesy of Sexual Assault Services.
On-campus sex offenses have risen over the last three years, according to George Mason University’s Annual Security Report. Last year alone, there were 12 reported offenses, a number that more than doubles when considering that an estimated 60 percent of sexual assaults are not reported.
To help raise awareness for victims, Sexual Assault Services is sponsoring Turn Off the Violence Week to encourage victims, friends and family members to seek support. Several hundred students participate in events during the week, which typically attracts some assault survivors seeking help.
Vision Series: Mayer to Discuss Presidential Election
By Connect2Mason Information Director Miguel Perez
School of Public Policy Associate Professor Jeremy D. Mayer will hold a lecture this Monday at 7 p.m. as part of the Vision Series at Center for The Arts. The lecture is titled “Endgame: The Last Month in Presidential Elections, This Year and Every Time.”
Hispanic Heritage Month Continues to Bust a Beat
By Connect2Mason Information Director Miguel Perez
Mason continues to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month this week. Salsations: Latin Night IX and Que Bonita Bandera (what a pretty flag): Latin Party will both be held Friday, Oct. 3 at 9 and 10 p.m. respectively.
Opinion: The Numbers of the Homosexual Population
By Broadside Opinion Columnist Michael Gryboski
It is commonplace for political ideologists to use numerical rhetoric to defend their beliefs or attack others. Oftentimes these statistics are misleading, misinterpreted, or even just plain false. Many organizations in the homosexual advocacy movement are not above the tactic in its efforts to gain allies and proselytize people to its views.
Opinion: Gay Men Should Be Able to Donate Blood
By Broadside Correspondent Sabra Hayes
Federal policy has banned gay men from giving blood since the 1970s in order to prevent the spread of HIV. This policy is outdated, discriminatory and needs to be abolished. Under current FDA regulations, blood donation services cannot accept any male donor who admits to having had sexual relations with another man after 1977. This policy holds more homophobic prejudices than medical facts.
Stargazers Invited to Obsevation Sessions
By Connect2Mason Information Director Miguel Perez
The Astronomy Department will hold observation sessions throughout this month and the rest of the semester. Attendance is free and open to all.
Opinion: Bookstore Takes Advantage of Students
Story by Broadside Opinion Editor Arthur Gailes. Photos by Photography Editor Courtney Erland.
The Mason bookstore actively rips off students every chance it gets. They mark up book prices obscenely high, buy books back at a rate much too low, and then rob us again when they sell them used. They use their position of convenience in the Johnson Center to steal money from students, especially the freshmen, every year.