January 2008

By Connect Mason Reporter Daniel Sims

When people think of Nintendo’s turn-based strategy game Advance Wars, one of the things that usually comes to mind is little toy men on a battlefield. The games up until now have been pretend wars both in mechanics and in subject matter, nearly focusing more on “pretend” than on “war.”

By Connect Mason Assistant Life Director Cheryl Jones

If you want to get out of the cold, eat some good food and listen to some great bands, T.T. Reynolds is your place to go. A few of the headliners include Black Box Warning, Rome in a Day, Dreaming of Eden, Spilt and Fistful of Fifties.

Here's a quick look at the upcoming bands:

Week of Feb. 4

Thursday
Black Box Warning

Story and Photos Provided By Veronica Fletcher, Special Collections & Archives, University Libraries

By the beginning of 1958, the University of Virginia had been looking for a permanent location for its Northern Virginia branch college, the school that would become George Mason University, for several years. Finding such a property in Northern Virginia had become difficult for a number of reasons and there were signs that the UVA was about to suspend the search indefinitely.

Congratulations to Cam Schumacher, one of two winners of the Mason Cable Network Fall 2007 video contest.

The clip provided is a teaser of Cam's video which can be seen on channel 89 beginning this Monday, Feb. 4.