January 2013
OPINION: The five most often committed syllabus week crimes
|Last week, we were all blessed with one of the best weeks of the semester: syllabus week.
Syllabus week is the one wondrous week in a semester where the student body is free of homework, and students can enjoy the free time to do whatever we please. However, this week is not perfect. With the good comes the bad, and rest of this column will be dedicated to the heinous crimes that some of you might have committed on multiple occasions—the five most often committed syllabus week crimes.
New vice president of finance and administration chosen
|On Friday, January 4, President Ángel Cabrera announced Jennifer Davis as the new senior vice president for finance and administration at George Mason University.
C2M Spotlight: Ashton Laub
|Connect2Mason has started a new segment called C2M Spotlight where we feature members of the Mason community. If you know someone that you think should be featured, please e-mail video@connect2mason.com This week C2M's Video Editor, Nathan Garduno, spoke with freshman Ashton Laub. Laub was recently hired by Mason Cable Network to appear in a television series about gaming. Laub shared his thoughts on gaming and what he thinks the future of the industry is.
OPINION: Students with autism are a crucial part of Mason's diverse population
|No one person is truly the same as another. Some people come from small towns with little diversity, while others come from larger communities or more urban environments. Large universities like Mason act as a crossroads of culture: people from all over the world come together with the universal goal of learning.
[PREVIEW] After 20-point loss to Northeastern, Mason aims to get back on track vs. Drexel
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Reeling from a lopsided loss to Northeastern on Sunday night, the George Mason men's basketball team returns home in the hopes of getting back on track against Drexel University.
The state of the Colonial Athletic Association
|This is the debut of C2M's weekly overview of the goings-on and upcoming events in the Colonial Athletic Conference in all varsity sports.
Men's Basketball
Games of the Week
Drexel vs. George Mason -- Thurs. Jan. 31 -- 7 p.m.
Mason observatory to hold public stargazing sessions
|George Mason University’s astronomy observatory is holding informal stargazing sessions this semester for all members of the public.
The monthly event, “Evenings under the Stars,” includes viewings through the observatory’s telescope and discussions from speakers on different topics.
“We have had scientists from all fields speak, although most are astronomy related topics,” Harold Geller, the observatory director, said in an email.
Mason men's basketball falls to Northeastern, 71-51 in largest loss of the season
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Riding a three-game winning streak, the Mason men's basketball team traveled to Boston, Mass. with the intent to push their streak to four. However, the Northeastern Huskies had other plans.
In a mostly dominating performance, the Huskies trounced the Patriots 71-51 on Sunday night to move to 8-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Nobel-winning economics professor passes away
|On Jan. 9, James Buchanan, a Mason professor emeritus and Nobel Prize winning economist, passed away at the age of 93 in Blacksburg, Virginia, where he lived.
Buchanan was the founder of Mason's Center of Study of Public Choice, which he founded at Virginia Tech in 1969 and relocated to Mason in 1983. He received the Nobel Prize in 1986 for his work on Public Choice theory. After retiring in 1999, Buchanan continued to serve as advisory general director for Center of Study of Public Choice until his death.
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