Articles by: jdavis15

 

• Advice on choosing the best running back in your upcoming fantasy draft

  Sports August 29, 2011 at 4:09 pm 4 comments

  If there’s one things football fans have been waiting for other than the end of the lockout and the start of the NFL season on Sunday, it’s fantasy football.

   

• Baseball Season Actually Worth Keeping an Eye on This Year

  Sports August 29, 2011 at 4:08 pm Comments are Disabled

  America’s Pastime has been remarkable this season, with five of the six division races going right down to the wire.

   
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  Goalies Battle to Earn Starting Gig Heading into a Grueling Conference Schedule

  Sports August 29, 2011 at 4:07 pm Comments are Disabled

  As the NFL preseason continues to press forward, the George Mason men’s soccer team seems to have a quarterback controversy of their own.

   

• Deficit Talks Shed Light on Political Strife in Washington

  Editorials August 29, 2011 at 4:05 pm Comments are Disabled

  In academic terms, the U.S. just earned a capital “F.”

   

• Point, Counterpoint: Is Spotify Worth the Money

  Editorials August 29, 2011 at 4:04 pm Comments are Disabled

  I’ll come out and say it: I’m a Mac user. Have I always been? No, but I’m finding it hard to come up with a reason to ever go back — the sole exception being for certain computer games. I also use an iPod touch but, like the laptop, this hasn’t always been the case. Back in 2006 I hopped aboard the Zune train and I didn’t even bat an eye. Sure Apple had already secured its foothold in the market, but Microsoft’s competitor offered up something that was at the time unheard of in the mp3 market — unlimited music. The Zune Pass was a subscription-based program where a Zune owner could pay $15 a month and have access to all the music he or she could possibly want, and choose 10 songs to keep even if they no longer wanted to pay the subscription fee. I loved the program so much I even upgraded my standard Zune to the ill-fated Zune HD for a period of time. See, the Pass to me was the perfect answer to any music lover’s dilemma; the only problem was that it was only available for the Zune. So along comes Spotify, a […]

   
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  Martial Arts Star Speaks at Center for the Arts’ Kungfu Show

  Lifestyle August 29, 2011 at 4:01 pm Comments are Disabled

  George Mason University’s Center for the Arts played host to the World Champion Wushu Kungfu Show on Aug. 14, where over 20 of the world’s best Wushu kungfu athletes shared a stage for the first time.

   

• Helpful products every student should have for the new school year

  Lifestyle August 29, 2011 at 3:59 pm Comments are Disabled

  Dorm supplies purchased, summer shopping completed, bags packed and expectations set, a throng of Patriots return to their second home in Fairfax.

   
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  Four New Members Appointed to Board of Visitors

  News1 August 29, 2011 at 3:56 pm Comments are Disabled

  Gov. Robert McDonnell appointed four new members to the George Mason University Board of Visitors in July to serve for the next four years.

   

• News Briefs

  News1 August 29, 2011 at 3:51 pm Comments are Disabled

  Search Committee to Present Mason Presidential Candidates in January, Mason One of Two Virginia Schools to Win Award

   
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  New Manager Brings Change to Campus Dining

  News1 August 29, 2011 at 3:50 pm Comments are Disabled

  New Sodexo Resident District Manager Ram Nabar plans on using his extensive experience to bring some changes to students’ on-campus dining experience.