Student Life
Key Moments of Student Government Debate
Watch the candidates speak for reform in student government as they run for student body president and vice president.
A Day in My Life: Teodora Blindu
Ever wonder what a day in the life of a busy Mason student is like? See what it's like for Teodora Blindu. Join her for a day of designing a newspaper, applying to study abroad and a night at the opera. Click to see her photo gallery.
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Vegetarian for a Week
Photo by Flickr user muammerokumus.
By Broadside Correspondent Evan Benton
I can think of nothing better right now than a thick, juicy steak.
The smell is what hits me first; the aroma of grilled beef, cooking in its own juices, tinged with the simple yet irresistible marinade of salt, black pepper and herbs. It is better than any supermodel’s most alluring perfume.
I cut it with a fork and knife, the meat so tender it takes little more than the most gentle of scrapes. And then, I pierce the meat with the ends of my fork, and bring the glistening piece of perfection to my lips and I bite down into a forkful of bland lettuce, carrots and too much dressing. Or, maybe a piece of bean curd, dripping with brown and over salted mystery sauce, because I am a vegetarian at George Mason University, this is my lot.
PHOTOS: Dancing in Drag
The annual EFF drag show is one of the most well-attended campus events each year, and with good reason. Over-the-top lip-synching, glamorous outfits and hands eagerly waving dollars are just some of the sights you get each year.
Think Before You Waste
By Co-Chair of the Recycling Working Group Ashlea Smith
The financial market is fluctuating big time, but it is hardly noticeable around campus. Things seem to still be functioning as they should with students coming to class, having fun at Every Freaking Friday at the Johnson Center and continuing to cause traffic on Patriot Circle. But what students don’t see is how the financial market affects certain “invisible” functions that are provided for every student every day, namely recycling.
Accepting the Gay Community at Mason
I just got back to my dorm from the 2009 George Mason University drag show. Honestly, I had no idea what to expect as I entered the Johnson Center, techno playing, a crowd congregating around the stage.
I couldn’t even locate a seat on the first floor, so before the second floor too became filled with onlookers I ran up the stairs and reserved a table for my friends and myself overlooking the grand arena of the JC. And what lay ahead is something I can never and shall never forget.
As the Elephants Take Over Lot A
By Opinion Editor William Curtis
It’s that time of year. Yup, you guessed it. The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus has come for its annual visit to George Mason University. Get ready for the big-top tent, the flying trapeze, the concessions and cotton candy galore. But the one thing we students love most of all about our friends’ visit—wait for it—is the outrageous amount of traffic that comes with it.
A Week in Photos
This past week was packed full of great events including a saucy drag show, the student government debate, smash hits at baseball games, protests on campus and more.
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First Academic Advising Expo Well-Received
Photo by Aaron Arenas.
Broadside Staff Writer Jared Trice
Student Government’s Committee of Governance and Academic Affairs partnered with George Mason University’s Academic Advising Committee to provide students with the opportunity last week to meet with academic advisors from all of the university’s colleges at the first-annual Academic Advising Exposition.
The event, held in the Johnson Center’s Dewberry Hall on April 2, was first initiated by the student committee upon the realization that department policy can sometimes prevent students from easily accessing their advisers.
Athletic Housing Causes Stir
By Connect2Mason Reporter Lauren Jost
The typical Room Assignment Process, as mandated by George Mason University, was not what Roxanne Bauland, junior global affairs and Latin American studies major encountered when she was signing up for housing for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Bauland and her prospective roommates were planning to remain in Northern Neck for the 2009-2010 academic year in a four-person single bedroom apartment. Together, they conducted what they call “active housing research” to see who would be retaining rooms for the next year. Her plan was to see if the current residents were planning on retaining their rooms for next year, or if they would be available.