April 2010
Mason's Growing Fan Base
|When 2006 graduate Dale Van Wagner started the Patriot Platoon with a group of friends, he had no idea that George Mason University’s run in the Final Four would help make the group of fans a staple of Mason basketball.
Kryptonite Kids: The Final Four Basketball Players Then and Now
|Tony Skinn, #1
Communication, 2006
Guard/Forward
2006 GoMason.com Statistics: 6’1” 185 lb.
Danks a lot: White Sox pitcher on the radar in 2010
|When it comes to discussing about the top pitchers in the American League Central, Zack Greinke and Justin Verlander make headlines for their phenomenal season last year.
Mark Buerhle’s perfect game also receives a lot of attention. But, the one guy under the radar in the past two seasons is the 25-year-old arm John Danks of the Chicago White Sox.
Patriots complete rally
|The George Mason University baseball team was deadlocked at 7-7 with the Delaware Blue Hens with the bases juiced and no one out.
Sophomore right fielder Dan Schafferman stroked a single to left-center field to give Mason the 8-7 win on Friday.
Mason improved to 24-12 overall and 8-5 in the Colonial Athletic Association to preserve its position in the standings. The Blue Hens fell to 20-16 overall and 3-7 in the conference.
Three more teams to join the Big Dance: Field grows to 68 teams
|The National Collegiate Athletic Association made a proposal to finally expand the men’s basketball tournament — by only three spots. The total of 68 teams is far lower than the 96 many people had wanted the total number to be expanded to.
There are a lot of pros and cons that could be used to expanding the men’s tournament to 96 teams, but the NCAA believes that they reached a “happy-medium” with expanding the field to 68. But does expanding the field by three spots really create more excitement?
Powell’s Playbook: High Hopes
|Recruiting is possibly the most important aspect of college sports. I have seen high schools recruit, but when a significant portion of league funds is divided to member schools based on performance, it becomes more important.
During this time of the year, recruiting is of high importance for George Mason University fans. I assume that most people reading this column are fans of the National Football League and would have watched the Washington Redskins draft the most athletic offensive lineman from college football.
Lab science requirements are too much
|University and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) lab science requirements drive students senselessly far away from their interests.
‘This is about unfair labor practices’
|I am writing today in support of the Sodexo workers who have been mobilizing on campus and had a strike last week in response to unfair labor practices at George Mason University. The letter that the Dining Services Committee of Student Government released claims that workers are lying about what has happened to them. How can you sleep with yourself making such bold, unsubstantiated remarks?