February 2013
January news briefs
|WAVES hosts opening
Wellness, Alcohol and Violence Education and Services hosted an opening event on Jan. 31 in the Southside lobby. WAVES is a merger of the Office of Alcohol, Drug and Health Education and Sexual Assault Services. The department offers free condoms, 24-hour crisis line, free confidential oral HIV testing and consultation on a variety of topics such as personal health matters, inter-personal violence, stalking, intimate partner violence and sexual assault.
Arledge, Patriots top Old Dominion, 85-74 to finish off season sweep
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The George Mason University men's basketball team maintained their edge on the road against Old Dominion University Monday night, sweeping the Monarchs in the season series with a 85-74 win.
Documentary screening guides audiences to find their passions
|Many people would love to know the secret to success. However, this elusive secret is not what most people would like to hear.
“You are going to fail,” says Todd Kashdan.
Law school professorship endowed by the NRA Foundation
|The long-debated issue of gun control has once again resurfaced with the recent mass-shootings. Powerful lobby groups like the National Rifle Association and well-known politicians like former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords have been speaking to Congress on the ability of gun ownership limits to prevent future tragedies.
What's with the wacky weather?
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From temperatures below 20 degrees to highs in the 70s, this week’s weather has been nothing short of insane.
[PREVIEW] Mason has the chance to sweep Old Dominion on the road tonight
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The years of prosperity in Norfolk seem like a decade ago for the Old Dominion University men's basketball team. Back-to-back Colonial Athletic Association tournament championships and berths in the NCAA Tournament in 2010 and 2011 are seen as an distant afterthought with the Monarchs' dismal 2-19 record this season.
Review: Season 2 of HBO's "Girls" continues to stay true to its core themes
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“And all the roads we have to walk are winding… and all the lights that lead us there are blinding… There are many things I would like to say to you but I don’t know how…”
The lyrics to “Wonder Wall” by Oasis, which closed this week's fourth episode of HBO's "Girls" could not speak any truer to its main themes. Four episodes into the second season that began on Sunday Jan.
[COLUMN] Amid Super Bowl win, Ravens still competing for attention in new sports hotbed
|[Updated Feb. 4 11:58 a.m.]
On first mention by most Americans, Washington D.C. is labeled as the political center of the free world while Baltimore is heralded as the setting of the HBO TV drama, The Wire along with being the unofficial home of crab cakes and football.
Over the past year, the area known as the DMV has become a hotbed for competitive and successful sports teams following years of futility and just downright mediocrity.
OPINION: Campus construction is a cause for frustration
|As the semester begins, prospective students stroll along the sidewalks of campus with their parents. Some of these school-scouts have likely visited Virginia Tech or The University of Virginia, two schools which boast stately architecture and a beautiful symmetry. Though I was not able to visit any universities before I enrolled at Mason, my first impression of the school was that it seemed park-like. Winding concrete sidewalks took students on tiny adventures to undiscovered buildings with odd names.