March 2012
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).
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Monday, March 5 Toppled in Richmond [COURTSIDE SEATS]|It happened again. For the fifth time in as many chances and the third time in three years, the Patriots were trumped by the VCU Rams in the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament at the Richmond Coliseum. Moves Like Mason [COURTSIDE SEATS]|The Green Machine plays "Move Like Jagger" (Jake McLernon) The Green Machine has Moves Like Jagger. No, seriously. BOV rector calls search confidentiality practice ‘infraction,’ not ‘violation’|Rector Ernst Volgenau responded at a recent Faculty Senate meeting to faculty concerns about the contractual nature of the Faculty Handbook, which outlines processes not observed in the selection of Ángel Cabrera as Mason's sixth president. The remarks come amongst debate about confidentiality and whether or not closed search processes return "better" candidates. Pulitzer-winning ‘Proof’ tour stops at CFA|Fairfax County native and actress Alex Keiper will perform for the Mason community Friday evening when the Walnut Street Theatre production “Proof” arrives at the Center for the Arts. “It’s like a huge homecoming,” said Keiper. “I’m excited to be able to share all of the hard work I’ve been doing. It’s a big pay off that most actors don’t usually get.” “Proof” will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 2, at the Center for the Arts. CAA Tournament Central|Connect2Mason.com and Courtside Seats covered the games and culture at the CAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Mason lost, but that didn't stop some strong coverage (and vlogs) before the weekend's end. Baseball's Tison continues hot streak|Baseball season has arrived and Brig Tison is back to work. Tison batted his way onto the national scene in 2011 when he extended his hitting streak to 27 games, the second longest streak in the country at the time and the all-time George Mason record. At the time of his impressive streak, he also happened to be leading the nation in total hits. He finished 2011 with 91 total hits, good for fifth all-time in Patriots history, and with a batting average of .368, ranking him in the top-20 in Patriots history for a single season. Lot R to shrink with new freshman dorm construction|Parking Lot R will shrink by about 200 spaces following construction of a new housing project that is slated to begin next winter. Women's hoops falls in season finale to JMU|George Mason (14-15, 8-10) came out strong, but couldn’t match the intensity of rival James Madison as they fell 66-54 in the Patriot Center Wednesday night. The Dukes fielded four players in double-digit scoring in route to their seventh straight 20-win season under the direction of head coach Kenny Brooks.
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