September 2009
Laying the Blueprint Again: Jay-Z Hasn't Lost His Touch
By Broadside Correspondent Deena Smith
“Please don’t bow in my presence/ how am I a legend?/ I just have 10 number one albums, maybe now 11.”
It may sound premature and just a little cocky, but the preliminary album sales for Hova’s new album The Blueprint 3 support this speculation. Shawn Carter, better known to the mainstream population as Jay-Z, never ceases to amaze the public or critics with his lyrics and mature musical themes.
What Does Your Poster Say About You?
Everyone knows the old saying: you can't judge a book by its cover. But can you judge a person by the poster she buys?
Connect2Mason went to the annual poster sale in the Johnson Center to learn a little about one Mason student. Watch the video, and try to figure out which poster she bought.
The poster sale ended Thursday, Sept. 17.
News from Elsewhere: GMU Teacher Writes About Returning Students
Assistant Professor and Examiner Columnist Erica Jacobs wrote a column about the benefits that returning students bring to the classroom with their life experience and maturity.
Check out the column online at the Washington Examiner website
News from Elsewhere: GMU Group Hosts First D.C. Kurdish Festival of Arts
Mason's Kurdistan Student Organization is co-hosting the first annual D.C. Kurdish Festival of Arts with Kurdish Youth Club - D.C. and the Kurdish American Youth Organization.
The festival will celebrate Kurdish culture through the visual and performing arts on Saturday, Sept. 26. Poetry readings, dance classes, a talent show, and a children's beauty pageant are featured.
Find out more information at this Reuters article on the topic.
Never Forget Series Returns to Mason
NOTICE: This event has been rescheduled due to conflicts with the Jewish observance of Yom Kippur. The new date for Never Forget is Monday, November 2.
Connect2Mason talks with the organizer of the Never Forget series, senior Megan Fowler.
This year's event was schedule for Sept. 28, but it is being rescheduled. The new date is Nov. 2.
The first two episodes of Band of Brothers will be shown at 2 PM, and a panel with four World War II veterans sharing their experiences will held at 7 PM in Harris Theater.
Mason Gets Naked
One Student’s Love Affair with All-Natural
By Broadside Staff Writer Evan Benton
Once upon a time, while watching CNN (actually, it was most likely VH1 or NFL Network) I heard the unmistakable sound of a large truck backing up outside my window.
Getting up with a groan, I walked over to my window and saw an enormous truck with the word “NAKED” emblazoned along its side. After parking awkwardly in a space much too small for its size, the driver exited the vehicle and began to unload box after box of similarly-titled boxes. What was in the boxes? Bottles of juice.