The Mason Spirit

Hey, Mason resident students! Your room could be featured in an upcoming issue of the Mason Spirit, the magazine for the George Mason University community that goes out to 140,000 Mason alumni, donors, faculty, staff, and friends. The editorial staff of the Spirit is looking to show off the residential population at Mason by running a six-page spread…

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While Lisa McCarty, BFA ’05, would certainly love to pull out a victory, just being in the running is already paying off. “I’m getting more hits on my website and more inquiries about my work,” says this photo-based artist. McCarty, a graphic designer working in D.C., is among a small group of artists talented enough to…

Continue Reading Vote, Vote, Vote! Mason Alum Among Final 10 in Post Artists Contest

Move over President Obama, Real Housewives of DC, and Beltway traffic. The biggest news in Washington is always the trials and tribulations of the Redskins. And fans of sports radio know one reporter who is always on top of the latest injury, heartbreaking loss, or Dan Synder sighting is Mason’s very own Grant Paulsen. Paulsen, a senior…

Continue Reading From Letterman to the ‘Skins, Senior Is Climbing Broadcasting Ranks

From aggressive drivers and playground bullies to Tiger Woods and his well-documented dalliances, Mason adjunct professor Leslie Morton says enough is enough when it comes to people behaving badly. “That sort of behavior has not only been tolerated but it has now become acceptable,” she says. “[Civility] has become a lost art.” In a first…

Continue Reading New Civility Class Reminds Students to Mind their Ps and Qs

Hey Mason alum, if you haven’t been on the Fairfax Campus, say, since Bush II was still in his first term in office, then you may want to bring along a map next time you pay your old stumping grounds a visit. The campus has nearly twice the buildings it had when I last took…

Continue Reading Mason, You Look All Grown Up

If one bride ain’t enough, Jack, then you better make it three. This Saturday, Mason law school graduate, Katie Kunkel, JD ’09, will share a wedding with two other brides she has something very much in common with: They all have the same parents. In a move spurred on mostly by economics (you can almost hear dad…

Continue Reading Here Come the Bride(s)! Alum, Two Sisters to Share Wedding Altar

Take away the beer-soaked jerseys, pork rinds (well, maybe), and all-night draft parties from fantasy football and what are you left with? How about fantasy Supreme Court. A year ago, Mason law school graduate Josh Blackman, JD ’09, launched an online game that lets players predict how the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices will rule on cases in…

Continue Reading Hey, Lovers of Litigation, Mason Grad Creates ‘Fantasy’ Supreme Court League

Hey, alumni, won’t you please come home and visit every now and then? Well, here’s your chance. Marking its second year, Mason’s Alumni Weekend kicks off Thursday, September 30, and lasts through Sunday, October 3. Though there will be a ton of activities to keep alums busy all weekend, some of the highlights include a…

Continue Reading Vegas-Themed Party, a Step Off, and Wizards Basketball Awaits Alumni this Weekend

Each Thursday evening this semester at Mason, expect to hear gasps and screams coming from Room 80 in Enterprise Hall. That’s because what’s being discussed inside is a topic that has most horror movie fans clutching their popcorn bags in fear: the walking undead. Jeffrey Mantz, an assistant professor at Mason, is teaching an anthropology…

Continue Reading Brains, Brains, a Zombie Class Wants to Fill Students’ Brains

It may have rained on the grand opening of the Hampton Roads and Eastern Shore residence halls on Thursday, but the students came to celebrate anyway. Doc Nix and the Green Machine were sheltered by tents as they made their music. Festivities were moved inside Pilot House, Mason’s newest student eatery, and the line was…

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