October 2012
Top 5 weekend picks October 18
|Every week Connect2Mason will offer five entertainment picks for your weekend. Ranging from on-campus to off-campus events, Connect2Mason's Top 5 will give you a jump start on your weekend. Here are the Top 5 picks for this weekend:
Student government continues flash debate and lecture series
|This fall, Student Government started up its Flash Lecture series after a successful trial of the program last spring.
Non-conference schedule to play much higher role in weakened CAA
|April 1, 2006. The clock struck midnight on the George Mason Patriots’ prolific season.
The end of a fairytale run. The end of a “Cinderella Story.”
In 2006, George Mason University became the first Colonial Athletic Association team to reach the Final Four. And in 2013, the men’s basketball team is determined to pull off the ultimate fairy-tale ending – making it back to the NCAA tournament in a depleted CAA conference.
President Obama to pay another visit to Mason this Friday
|President Barack Obama will be visiting George Mason University for the second time this month on Friday, Oct. 19.
The campaign event will be held at the RAC Field next to the Recreation and Athletic Complex on the Fairfax campus. Doors are set to open at 8:45 a.m.
A limited number of tickets will be available to Mason students.
Tickets are available online, and members of the public can request an e-ticket at http://OFA.BO/BarackGMU.
Released security report reveals surprising statistics
|George Mason University’s 2012 Annual Security Report detailed a surprising change in crime rates over the past three years.
The report covers on and off-campus housing in Fairfax as well as Prince William and Arlington.
OPINION: The political motivations behind legislative nomenclature
|With the nation just a few weeks away from electing our representatives in Washington, Congress is bottlenecked with legislation. Bills addressing a range of issues, from the financial crisis to foreign affairs, lay waiting for committees to act on them. In reflection of the campaigns’ tones and messages, authors of these bills have adorned their legislation with explicit titles aimed at specific issues.
Mason student develops university weather program
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George Mason University now has its own weather program.
Nick Stasiak, a freshman at Mason, is starting “Forecast GMU,” which will provide daily weather forecasts for the Fairfax area.
Stasiak has experience with forecasting.
As of right now, “Forecast GMU” is only on social networking sites, but Stasiak says the station will most likely expand once it has gotten off the ground.
Butcher, Patriots blank Tribe in weekend win
|Perhaps it was the frigid October night or the fatigue from only a couple days rest that led to the George Mason men’s soccer team's slow start Saturday night against their Colonial Athletic Association rivals, William & Mary (2-9-3, 0-4-2). But unlike the weather, the Patriots (9-4, 2-3) settled in and heated up as they went on to a 2-0 win.
A bundled-up crowd of just over 1,000 at George Mason Stadium, watched a first half where both teams traded chances, but neither team could finish.
Musician Koji comes to Mason
|The musician who simply goes by Koji has been playing and singing for most of his life, even before he knew what music actually was. Since then, Koji has come a long way. Having toured this summer as a part of Warped Tour, he is on his way to release his first full-length studio album.