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Former Secret Service agent gives lesson on leadership

On March 4, 2013, Zeta Tau Alpha and Phi Kappa Sigma hosted a lecture about the importance of leadership. The event featured retired Assistant Director of the Secret Service Nick Trotta who discussed his experiences throughout his tenure in the White House.

Student organizations raise genocide awareness with art activism project.

On Monday, March 5, Mason’s Cultural Integration Association, Table for Two GMU and Mason’s Working Group on Displaced Populations hosted an art activism event called “One Million Bones” to raise awareness about genocide.

Students participated by sculpting clay bones in Dewberry Hall to send to the One Million Bones project. The Cultural Integration Association succeeded in obtaining 432 bones, just 68 short of its goal of 500.

My Two Cents: Grace Knight

Grace Knight, a junior studying global affairs at George Mason University, speaks briefly on the postal service and its requirement to prepay 75 years worth of pensions.

Mason's Swing Dance Club brings a slice of the past

If you’ve walked by the dance studio in the Johnson Center on any given Tuesday or Thursday night, you may have heard the sounds of jazz music blaring from the room. If you investigated a little more, you may have seen the fast-paced dancing by students of the Swing Dance Club having some fun. 

Review: "Wreck-It Ralph" DVD release offers something for everyone

Every die-hard video game fan knows that movies based on video games tend to not do them justice. Most fans can recall the many travesties that actually made it to theaters, bringing up hopes and dreams only to be dashed by their poor scripting, filming and acting. Such travesties include “Super Mario Bros. Movie,” “Mortal Kombat Annihilation,” “Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie” and way too many Pokemon movies to count.

Live Blog: March snowstorm at Mason

Follow C2M's live weather blog for updates on the March snowstorm!

Connect2Mason will be updating our live blog on the snowstorm with how it's impacting George Mason University. The blog will be updated by Connect2Mason Meteorologist Nick Stasiak and the C2M staff. The blog will feature latest weather projections, closings at Mason, photographs of the storm, video of the storm and comments by you, the reader. Please post your observations and photos of the storm below on the blog.

National Severe Weather Preparedness Week

(Photo courtesy of Nick Stasiak)

This week is National Severe Weather Preparedness Week. From March 3-9, the nation is encouraged to learn more about how to stay prepared in case of severe weather this year. Storms are getting stronger and more lives are being threatened every year. Every day this week, C2M Weather will post random facts and tips about how to stay prepared in emergency weather. Pay close attention to these posts as they may very well come in handy.

Mason baseball wraps up weekend series with 7-4 win over Fairfield

The theme for Sunday’s game between George Mason and Fairfield seemed to be “anything you can do, I can do better” as both teams battled in the series finale at Spuhler Field.

When Fairfield would score in the top half of the inning, Mason would respond. Fairfield would set down the side in order, and Mason would do the same. In the end, Mason came out on top to beat Fairfield 7-4 in what was a back and forth matchup all day long.

Grammy-winning soprano Leona Mitchelll visits Mason

As someone who has had a rather shaky introduction to opera, I have since fallen in love with it.  Not because I know how difficult it is to hit that C sharp in the middle of an aria, but because the stories wrapped within the music are reflective of the feelings humans go through each day. Instead of telling the audience through a monologue of a character’s emotions, they are sung with such empathy that  literally makes one quake in their seat. Without realizing it, you are swept up and all language barriers are forgotten.

County supervisor to hold online discussion with students

Supervisor John Cook will hold an online discussion with students on March 7 (photo courtesy of Fairfax County). 

George Mason University’s representative on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will hold an online discussion with students through Mason’s subreddit.

John Cook, who was first elected to the board of supervisors in 2009, will answer students’ questions on March 7, between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.