In an effort to close the gap between classroom and community, members of the Faces of Homelessness Speaker’s Bureau came to George Mason University to talk about their personal experiences with homelessness.

Lauren Cattaneo, Ph.D, who teaches Community Engagement for Social Change at Mason, said inviting the speakers to her Nov. 6 class helped her students better understand poverty as a social issue.

Mason students were able to show their love for Botswana in Mason’s third annual Love Week, hosted by Mason’s ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, in association with Global Aid Network (GAIN) on Nov. 8.

In 2008, political analysts found that, while the youth vote—those under 30--broke overwhelmingly for Barack Obama, it did not singularly tip the election in his favor. Exit polls from the 2012 election show Obama once again won the youth vote, this time by 67 percent nationally and 61 percent in swing states. Not only was the breadth of the youth vote integral to this election, but the depth, too, played an important factor. Exit poll data suggests that one in five voters on Tuesday was under the age of 30, with half of eligible voters ages 18 through 29 casting a ballot.

George Mason University graduates are making about five thousands dollars more than their co-workers, according to a recent study.

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia released their institution and program-specific data for the wages of recent graduates 18 months after graduation. The study breaks down the average wages by different majors in each institution.