By Student Media Copy Editor Keith Wick

I’m a member of three dating websites, and most of the information I post across each site is the same. The only change is in the feel of each website and the user base. Some dating websites just list different users, where others use algorithms to actually calculate match percentages.

Dating has never come easily for me. I’ve never considered bars or clubs my scene, so to meet people I turn to online dating websites as a method for networking.

When talking about individual freedoms, certain people, documents and ideologies pop into mind: Martin Luther, the Bill of Rights and libertarianism to name a few. Broad, marketable ideas that are easily explained can more easily be disseminated amongst the population. This is all well and good in terms of generally being righteous, but your rights are not limited to amendments found in the Constitution.

By Broadside Staff Writer Ryan Dempsey

I often wonder how many services George Mason University provides that students are unaware of. Some of the services do not even have an advertising plan established to reach out to students. One of these services that many students don’t know about is ratings.gmu.edu.

At the end of every semester, students are asked to fill out course evaluations about their professors. Kris Smith, associate provost of institutional research and reporting, stated that these evaluation scores are used to make course improvements and use “the results along with other information to evaluate the effectiveness of a faculty member.” Additionally, Smith states that “students used the results to aid in course selection during the registration process.”

By Broadside Opinion Editor William Curtis

I imagine a time when people were more thoughtful, a time when respect was not something that had to be earned, but rather it was something given immediately along with the benefit of a doubt. But the times of my imagination have clearly dissipated. With the coming of a new era and generation, I would have assumed that some things were still revered and considered to be important enough not to be tampered with.

As a student at George Mason University, I have remained adamant about offering respect and admiration to fellow students as well as to anyone whom I crossed paths with. I never imagined that someone could be so dumb, or immature enough to do such a simplistic and vandalistic crime.