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Mason holds off Drexel's late rally to advance in the CAA Tournament
|The George Mason men's basketball team managed to keep Damion Lee and the Drexel Dragons (13-18) in check to advance to the semifinals of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament with a 60-54 win at the Richmond Coliseum.
Junior guard Sherrod Wright led the way for the Patriots (18-13), scoring 18 of his 23 points in the second half and tallying 11-of-12 from the free throw line. Bryon Allen turned in 16 points and six steals and Vertrail Vaughns added 10 points in the winning effort.
Mason student to attend Clinton Global Initiative conference
|Mason student takes strides in solving water crisis.
It is no secret that Mason is home to a wealth of opportunities for dreamers, future leaders and world-changers hoping to find the resources that they need in order to turn their dreams into reality. One student, sophomore and economics major Mayo Welch, is one of the 400 students across the world who was accepted into the Clinton Global Initiative University this year. Welch
OPINION: Mason's diverse population prevents hateful ignorance
|I consider Mason’s diversity an asset, and I also believe exposure to culture’s outside one’s own is an integral part of the college experience. Thus, I was shocked to hear about the recent string of hate crimes at Oberlin College in Ohio. In the past month, students’ inboxes have been brimming with emails from administration in response to acts of racism, homophobia and anti-Semitism on the same campus that prides itself on being the first college to regularly admit female and African American students.
2013 CAA men's basketball tournament preview
|The 2013 CAA men’s basketball tournament will have an unfamiliar feel compared to tournaments of years past. The field of seven teams is the least amount of teams in the tournament since 2001.
With Virginia Commonwealth opting to relocated to the Atlantic 10 conference and Old Dominion and Georgia State on the verge of leaving, the CAA tournament may have lost some of its luster from previous years when schools were fighting for at-large NCAA bids.
Mason baseball travels to Georgia State for first CAA action
|Mason baseball opens CAA play in Atlanta against Georgia State this weekend (Photo courtesy of Mason Athletics). |
The George Mason University baseball team travels to Atlanta this weekend for their first taste of Colonial Athletic Association action against Georgia State University. The Patriots enter the weekend series with a record of 6-5, while the Panthers, rank second in the CAA with a record of 8-5.
Mason is powered by junior catcher Tucker Tobin, who leads the CAA with four home runs, and was named CAA player of the week on Feb. 26. Georgia St. meanwhile is led offensively by freshman outfielder Josh Merrigan, who leads the CAA in hits and ranks second in the conference in RBIs — tied with Tobin at 13.
[LIVE] CAA Tournament Central 2013
|George Mason Student Media is hosting a live blog feed of George Mason men's basketball's CAA Tournament, starting live at 1:45 p.m. Follow along with the in-game feed with updates, photos and video from the game.
Feel free to share your photos, videos, tweets and comments throughout the contest in the box below.
Letter from the Editor: Spring Break
|Connect2Mason will be taking a little break for the next week because of the spring vacation. However, our Sports Editor Pat Carroll will be updating a LIVE blog on the CAA Tournament starting on Saturday, March 9. He will be writing game analysis, providing behind the scenes coverage and posting photos to the blog. We hope you will participate in the blog by writing any comments or questions you have.
Top 5 weekend picks March 8
|If you're not going on a warm vacation or home, you can still find fun things to do during your spring break if you're staying in the area. Here are some events that you can do this weekend to get started on your spring break fun.
Mason student government finances lean compared to other Virginia universities
|With about 22,000 undergraduate students to represent, the George Mason University student government association is a major powerhouse on campus. However, the funding they receive is significantly less than that of other Virginia schools including University of Virginia, The College of William & Mary and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Documentary chronicles life and death of journalists in Mexico
|In 2012, approximately 232 journalists were imprisoned worldwide according to The Committee to Protect Journalists. This statistic marked 2012 as one of the toughest years for journalists. Each day, the people in this profession risk their lives to tell stories while facing possible imprisonment, torture or death.