October 2011

The Morning Breakdown joined by MLB.com columnist Anthony Castrovince

WGMU's The Morning Breakdown was joined by MLB.com columnist Anthony Castrovince Monday morning. After covering the Cleveland Indians for years, he now covers the entire sport for the MLB website. He appeared on the show to talk about the unusually high-scoring World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers, the future of baseball, and the issue of beer in the clubhouse.

Click here to listen to The Morning Breakdown's interview.

5 unique courses for spring semester [Part 1]

With spring registration on the horizon, choosing the right class to satisfy a requirement or complete your schedule can be tough. For the next two weeks, Connect2Mason will be providing brief lists of interesting courses to help round out your schedule.

Project creates more than 12,000 harvester packs for families in South Sudan

Last Thursday, Oct. 20, “Love South Sudan” brought together hundreds of volunteers in the Mason community to assist in creating seed packets to send to South Sudanese families.

Weekly Rundown: 5 events for your week

No time to look through Today @ Mason or sift through Facebook event invitations? We've got you covered. Here are some events for the week to consider placing on your Google Calendar or iCal. (Or your traditional paper planner).

Economics columnist to give open lecture to government class

Parking director says zoned permits will help with frustration, traffic [Q & A]


Current parking permits for all three Mason campuses hang on a wall of Parking and Transportation's office.  (Jake McLernon)

Women’s soccer falls to Drexel, unable to lock up playoff berth


Mason's lone goal came in the 87th minute off of a corner kick from redshirt sophomore Jazmin Cardoso (pictured above), which found the foot of senior Nicole Peters for the goal. (John Powell).

ODU Coach Taylor looks forward to 2011-12 campaign

WGMU's sports talk show, The Morning Breakdown, talked with ODU basketball head coach Blaine Taylor last week about the upcoming season.

'Paranormal Activity' . . . at Mason??? [VIDEO]

Students were able to get a sneak-peak at "Parnormal Acitvity 3" a day before its regular release. (Jake McLernon)

The Grossman vs. Beck controversy continues for the Redskins


After Rex Grossman's four INT performance against the Eagles, Beck got the nod in the fourth quarter and was able to put the ball into the end zone. Now head coach Mike Shanahan has put the ball in his hands for Sunday's matchup against the Panthers (Photo courtesy of Creative Commons, user Homer McFanboy).

Mason Cru hosting 'Love South Sudan' event in the HUB Thursday [VIDEO]

Lindsey Grathwol talks to C2M about tomorrow's "Love South Sudan" event. This video is also posted on the YouTube channel (Jake McLernon).

The humanitarian aid project, Love South Sudan, begins tomorrow morning, Thursday, Oct. 20, in the HUB (formerly SUB II) ballroom.