The trio of long-haired harmonizing brothers from the 90's known as Hanson played the State Theatre on Thursday night. Connect Mason was there to see how the band is doing a decade after their big hit, MMMBop.

• See more of Rachael Dickson's video interviews with the band and personal account of meeting the musicians she loved back in fourth grade.
• Read Grace Kendall's review of the show itself, accompanied by photographs of the performances from Broadside's Photo Editor Courtney Erland.
• And check out Broadside's review of the show. Reporter Emily Sharrer even passes on the full set list.

By Connect Mason Multimedia Director Grace Kendall.
Photographs by Broadside Photography Editor Courtney Erland.

MMMbop. It’s a nonsense lyric many college students remember from their middle-school days, and in 1997 the song shot the band Hanson into radio-wave stardom. Now over a decade later, the trio of brothers is playing the same kind of music to the same group of fans, including the hundreds of people who showed up on Thursday, May 1 at the State Theatre.

Devoted fans came early to participate in a mile walk with the band, an effort the brothers have created to help raise money and purchase shoes for the underprivileged in Africa. The crowd only grew from there, with a line wrapped around the building by late afternoon. Twenty-something females were decked out in their Hanson gear and sporting hand-decorated tote bags featuring song lyrics. One fan had an MMMBOP license plate tied around her waist.

Student project by Amanda Svec and Jessica Nam

Students complain that Mason parking sucks, but what they should be saying is "I'm lazy." Mason has enough parking to accommodate everyone's parking needs, but the majority of parking is located at least a 10 minute walk away from the center of campus, according to Josh Cantor, director of Parking and Transportation Services.

"Students come to my office and complain to me everyday about how they can't find a parking spot," said Cantor, "and I point to the map of campus and inform them that there is parking and where it is available. Unfortunately it is just not convenient enough to meet their desired needs."

• Hear more student opinions. Read Cantor's responses.
• Check out the Mason shuttle schedule.
• What about parking in the semesters to come?

By Connect Mason Director Whitney Rhodes

Mason's 911 service will go down for a few minutes at 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, according to a Mason Alert sent out at 8:30 a.m. today. If you experience a campus emergency during that brief period, dial 703/503-9951.

This telephone outage will affect non-emergency calls to Mason police as well.