C2M Executive Editor Kevin Loker
SNL head writer and Weekend Update host brings standup to Patriot Center
|Comedian and actor Seth Meyers didn’t know who George Mason was on Saturday morning. Come Saturday night, he had a new favorite founding father and according to his tweet, some “good times” at the Patriot Center.
Meyers, Saturday Night Live’s head writer and host of the show’s Weekend Update, performed a standup comedy routine at the headline event of this year’s Family Weekend.
UPDATE: Potentially dangerous juvenile recently spotted on campus 'still at large'
|A potentially dangerous runaway from a juvenile detention facility was seen recently on the George Mason University Fairfax campus, and Mason Police are asking for help in locating him.
The individual is described as a "Juvenile Male 15 years of age Asian 5’7” height 155 lbs. Black Hair Brown Eyes." He was last seen wearing a "Gray T-Shirt or Sweatshirt Bluish/Greenish Pants Bright Orange Shoes."
George Ginovsky, assistant chief of police for University Police, said he was deemed potentially dangerous because of a history of edged weapons use.
Mason sends its largest team to AIDS Walk Washington, raises $10,700 for DC nonprofit
|Over 400 George Mason University students participated in the 24th Annual AIDS Walk Washington, an event that raises awareness and money for those living with HIV/AIDS in the District.
The registered team of 435 students was the largest in the school's 20-year history of participation in the event that brings thousands to the nation's capital to benefit the Whitman-Walker Clinic, a local nonprofit that provides health care and services for the District's citizens HIV/AIDS.
Dining's use of pre-release program with county inmates draws attenton, criticism
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The work-release program is operated through the Fairfax County Sheriff's Office in collaboration with the SkillSource Group, a local non-profit organization (CC, cliff1066
Blown arrestor cuts power to the Fairfax campus
|George Mason University’s Fairfax campus experienced a power failure Saturday afternoon. A blown arrestor in the metering box is reported to be the cause of the outage, according to a representative from the electric power company.
Sodexo workers strike, plan rally for afternoon
|A group of George Mason University's Sodexo-employed cafeteria workers have gone on strike today in order to protest alleged unsafe working conditions in Mason's cafeterias. They intend to rally this afternoon near Mason's Fairfax campus.
Connect2Mason received a press release this morning from SEIU alerting us to an upcoming rally by Sodexo workers from Mason's cafeterias. The workers have alleged unsafe conditions, retaliation from Sodexo over demands for safe jobs, a lack of reasonable benefits and intimidation. Mason Cafeteria workers intend to hold this rally at the intersection of Braddock and Roanoke Rd today at 1:30 pm.
Connect2Mason is continuing to follow up on this story and will have more information soon.