Devraj Dasgupta and Tyler King were announced as the newly elected Student Government president and vice president, respectively, last Thursday. According to the student government website, Dasgupta and King received 1,534 of the 3,390 votes. Anthony DiCarlo and Krista Muise had the second largest number of votes, 500 behind Dasgupta and King. In total, Dasgupta’s […]
Posted on April 20th, 2009 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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The 2009 debate for the upcoming student body presidential and vice presidential elections, put on by the EDC (the Elections and Disputes Committee) was held at 6:30pm in the Johnson Center Atrium. The four campaigns running for office include Anthony DiCarlo and Krista Muse, Josh St. Louis and Amanda Johnson, Dev Dasgupta and Tyler King, […]
Posted on April 3rd, 2009 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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If you are on campus for Inauguration Day, George Mason University will have plenty to do. Among the events planned for January 20, you’ll be able to see the Inauguration in the JC Atrium and attend an Inaugural Ball right here on campus. The ceremony will start at 11:30 a.m. and can all be seen […]
Posted on January 14th, 2009 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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Barack Obama, senator from Illinois, has been elected to the Office President of the United States. Moments after Virginia’s Electoral College votes were called for Obama and the polls closed on the west coast, all major media organizations called the election in his favor. In his concession speech, Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain said, “the […]
Posted on November 5th, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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In the early hours of Election Day, a person hacked into the e-mail system of George Mason University, sending out an e-mail to the student body that claimed Election Day had been moved to Nov. 5. The message was sent out at 1:16 a.m. from Provost Peter Stearns’s e-mail account. It read, “Please note that […]
Posted on November 4th, 2008 by Rachael Dickson
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Today, Hillary Clinton spoke at George Mason University’s Fairfax campus. Virginia is a battle ground state and both campuses are fighting hard for the 13 electoral votes it has to offer. Supporters were out in large numbers standing in lines that extended from the North Plaza to Enterprise and circling outside the northern portion of […]
Posted on November 2nd, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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Senator Hillary Clinton, D-NY, will be at George Mason University on Sunday, Nov. 2. The event, which begins at 3:30 p.m., will be held at the North Plaza and is open to the public. Her speech, sponsored by Senator Barack Obama’s, D-Illi, presidential campaign will compare Obama to Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., regarding issues such […]
Posted on October 31st, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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This is the last day that Virginia residents can register for an absentee ballot. Students can register at the kiosk in the Johnson Center. If you are not on campus, you can go to the Fairfax Government Center or get the form from the Virginia Board of Elections website. You can see Mason Vote’s Voting […]
Posted on October 28th, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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This election hinges on many issues, but students aren’t getting a lot of attention. When college students go out to vote this November it may radically change how they pay for college, or if they can pay at all.
Posted on October 26th, 2008 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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Both candidates support loans as a way to help students pay for college. Obama’s plan seeks to increase loan forgiveness, a federal program that cancels all or a portion of a student’s loan, most often in exchange for some form of public service. McCain, however, has voted against programs to provide loan forgiveness on two […]
Posted on October 24th, 2008 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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