March 2011
Top 5 events for week of March 21
|Hello, studiers and academics (who like to get out and mingle). We've got a new treat for you.
Connect2Mason’s Top 5 are our staff's picks for the week's best academic and learning events. Every Monday, C2M will post a new Top 5 which will highlight some of the most interesting, informational and creative academic events going on at campus this week.
Opinion: What’s the big deal about the Big East?
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Villanova was not only representative from the Big East to take a tumble thus far during March Madness. Only two of the 11 squads reached the Sweet Sixteen. (John Powell)
Appreciation week is latest event for off-campus students
|The first Off-Campus Appreciation Week kicks off Monday, just in time for students returning from spring break.
Sponsored by the Off-Campus Student Programs and Services Office, the event is geared toward students who live off-campus, but on-campus residents are also invited to check out the activities.
“This is a new initiative to get off-campus students more involved on campus,” said Mhevish Khan, graduate advisor for the office.
Buckeyes blow out Patriot hopes
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Mike Morrison was just not enough to stop Jared Sullinger's work under the basket. Sullinger totalled 18 points in the matchup (John Powell)
Mason goes for the upset
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Coach Jim Larranaga speaks at a press conference (John Powell)
At 5:00 p.m., the No. 8 George Mason Patriots (27-6) will attempt to defeat the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes (33-2), for the second upset in the East Region.
Mason Madness at the JC
|Though it was Spring Break, many George Mason Patriot fans and students gathered at the Johnson Center on Friday to watch the Patriots take on Villanova.
Coach Jim Larranaga described the game best with one word during an interview with NBC 4, “Survive”.
For the students and fans that watched the game in the Johnson Center, the feeling was amazing as the last few minutes ticked down on the clock. Mason took down Villanova with the final score being 61-57.
Patriots advance on large backs of big men
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Luke Hancock watches the game from the bench (John Powell)
Sophomore guard Luke Hancock’s 18-point performance led the No. 8 George Mason Patriots (27-6) to a second-round victory over the No. 9 Villanova Wildcats, 57-61, on a battle of the boards.