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News from Elsewhere: GMU Teacher Writes About Returning Students
Assistant Professor and Examiner Columnist Erica Jacobs wrote a column about the benefits that returning students bring to the classroom with their life experience and maturity.
Check out the column online at the Washington Examiner website
News from Elsewhere: GMU Group Hosts First D.C. Kurdish Festival of Arts
Mason's Kurdistan Student Organization is co-hosting the first annual D.C. Kurdish Festival of Arts with Kurdish Youth Club - D.C. and the Kurdish American Youth Organization.
The festival will celebrate Kurdish culture through the visual and performing arts on Saturday, Sept. 26. Poetry readings, dance classes, a talent show, and a children's beauty pageant are featured.
Find out more information at this Reuters article on the topic.
Never Forget Series Returns to Mason
NOTICE: This event has been rescheduled due to conflicts with the Jewish observance of Yom Kippur. The new date for Never Forget is Monday, November 2.
Connect2Mason talks with the organizer of the Never Forget series, senior Megan Fowler.
This year's event was schedule for Sept. 28, but it is being rescheduled. The new date is Nov. 2.
The first two episodes of Band of Brothers will be shown at 2 PM, and a panel with four World War II veterans sharing their experiences will held at 7 PM in Harris Theater.
Clearing Up the Swine Flu
This interview was conducted via e-mail with Executive Director of George Mason University’s Student Health Services and University Life, Wagida Abdalla, M.D.
Q: How do you get swine flu?
A: The 2009 H1N1 flu virus, originally referred to as swine flu, is spread like other flu viruses mainly from person to person through coughing or sneezing by people with influenza. Sometimes people may become infected by touching something—such as a surface or object—with flu viruses on it and then touching their mouth or nose.
Q: What are common symptoms of the virus?
A: Sudden onset of: fever greater than 100º F, chills, sweats, cough, sore throat, headache and body aches. These symptoms last about three to seven days.
Q: What can we do to prevent getting the flu?
A: Wash hands often with soap and water. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.
• Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
• Get vaccinated against H1N1 flu and seasonal flu.
Where Were You: 9/11 Memories, Part 2
Students at Mason talk about their memories of 9/11.
Connect2Mason Remembers