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Poll: How do you pick classes?
|What factors influence your decision when picking classes? Comment below with how you find your information (friends, catalog, ratemyprofessor, etc).
Mason women's volleyball falls to Duquesne 3-0
|Mason women’s volleyball team lost Friday night against Duquesne three sets to none. The Duquesne blocking was the story of the match, which they ended with eleven blocks to Mason’s five. Most of these came in the first set causing the Patriots to switch up attacking formations to get around the blockers. Mason fought hard in the second and third sets but ultimately lost them both.
Mason Board of Visitors “Ahead of the Curve” on new Virginia law
|The Virginia Legislature passed a bill earlier this month that sets forth mandatory requirements for state university governing boards, including Mason’s Board of Visitors.
The bill, #1952, requires governing boards to be transparent in regards to board meetings. However, Rector Clemente, the head of Mason’s Board of Visitors, claims that these requirements are nothing new for them.
PREVIEW: Weekend game schedule (1 Nov. 2013)
|Mason men’s soccer team will face off against Rhode Island on Friday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. at George Mason Stadium in their last home game of the season. This is a rescheduled match from October, when pour playing conditions and heavy rain caused the game to be called off in the 55th minute with Mason up 2-0. The Patriots (7-2-3, 2-0-2 A-10) are undefeated at home and will look to finish off strong before heading to George Washington on Sunday to take on the Colonials.
Novelist and Filmmaker assesses the impact of story telling on famous murder trials
|The Department of Criminology, Law and Society hosted a night exposing failed murder cases and what caused them to fail with famed novelist and filmmaker Mark Olshaker .
On October 30th, Olshaker focused on three highly publicized murder cases- the West Memphis Three, Meredith Kercher (the Amanda Knox case), and JonBenet Ramsey.
Mason's Folklore Program hosts Spooky Story Swap
|In the spirit of Halloween, the Folklore Department and its student-run organization, the Folklore Roundtable, teamed up to host a Spooky Stories event on Wednesday night.
Students and faculty gathered in the JC and shared their strange experiences with one another, depicting stories about things from haunted libraries to possessed pianos. Storytelling has been an integral form of communication in every culture and the event helped highlight this fact as people from different backgrounds explained the histories behind some of their stories.
Mason Inn Task Force to make drastic changes to hotel’s business model
|Since its opening, the Mason Inn has lost roughly $11 million dollars. Jennifer Wagner Davis, Mason's senior vice president for administration and finance, estimates that the Mason Inn loses between $2 to $2.5 million annually. Davis said, in regards to the lost money, “we have taken it all out of the auxiliary enterprise reserves and we are now below our level of reserves that we need to run the institution appropriately.”
POLL: What Type of Caffeine Do Students Prefer?
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Caffeine addiction feels like an essential part of many American college students' lives. This week, Fourth Estate Lifestyle will be covering how caffeine impacts Mason campus and how it affects our bodies and the brains that we use this drug to stimulate.
Libertarian candidate for governor visits Mason
|The Virginia Governor’s race is heating up between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli. In order to build awareness about the other options in the election, third party candidate Robert Sarvis visited Mason, where he visited the Honors 131 class of Mason’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Professor Steven Pearlstein and answered questions from students and guests.
[PREVIEW] NWCA All-Star Classic
|The Greater Washington Business Network and George Mason University will host the NWCA All-Star Classic on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 7:15 p.m. at the Patriot Center.
The All Star Classic features the top Division I wrestlers in the nation competing in a dual-meet format. Nine top-ranked wrestlers, including seven defending NCAA champions, are committed to compete at the event.
Mason sophomore Sahid Kargbo will wrestle in an exhibition. Kargbo was a member of the USA Junior World team this past summer and competed in the Junior World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.