Articles by: jdavis15

 

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  Events in place for 31st annual International Week

  Lifestyle April 4, 2011 at 6:29 pm Comments are Disabled

  George Mason University is definitely not shy about diversity, as it boasts students from over 130 countries, bringing together a kaleidoscope of cultures.

   
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  Fashion Hotspot: Senior known for showing off her unique sense of style

  Lifestyle April 4, 2011 at 6:26 pm Comments are Disabled

  Tenzing Gyari isn’t afraid to be different. This Tibetan trendsetter racks up fashion knowledge as she travels around the globe. Her style is earthy and simple, yet very noticeable. Find out which key item she absolutely cannot live without and why she loves being two inches taller on weekends.

   
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  ‘The Elephant Man’ features great soundtrack

  Lifestyle April 4, 2011 at 6:22 pm Comments are Disabled

  Bernard Pomerance’s 1979 tragedy, “The Elephant Man,” is based on the true story of John Merrick. Merrick is a young man living in 1860s London who suffered from a congenital disease which caused his body to be greatly deformed.

   
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  Mason Supports Military Families

  Lifestyle April 4, 2011 at 6:15 pm Comments are Disabled

  Most mornings, Andrew Schloe wakes up before sunrise to partake in intense training as a cadet in Mason’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.

   
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  Yes, Yes is back

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  With a new album due in July, Broadside sat down with bass player Chris Squire to talk about the band and the new album.

   
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  Tommy Davidson, stars of ‘Reno 911!’ crack up students on Prince William Campus

  Lifestyle April 4, 2011 at 6:09 pm Comments are Disabled

  Students expecting to laugh out loud were not disappointed when Tommy Davidson and “Reno 911!” stars Carlos Alazraqui and Cedric Yarbrough came to town.

   
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  Candidates for Student Government talk shop

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  Profiles of the candidates running for student government president and vice president.

   
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  Rule change enables senate to have a quorum

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  George Mason Student Government elections begin Tuesday and, rather than using traditional polls, the election will be conducted over the Internet.

   
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  Inter-American Development Fund, Latinos on the Move to work in rural Guatemala

  News1 April 4, 2011 at 5:50 pm Comments are Disabled

  Latinos on the Move and the non-profit organization Inter-American Development Fund will host meetings Tuesday at the City of Fairfax Regional Library and next week at George Washington University’s Mount Vernon Campus to discuss the construction of a community center in rural Guatemala.

   

• Internship database helps students

  News1 April 4, 2011 at 5:48 pm Comments are Disabled

  Searching for summer internships can be a challenging experience for George Mason University students. Melinda Villagran, professor of communication, has made the search easier through her online database DCinternNet. Created in the summer of 2009, DCinternNet provides Washington-area internship listings for students, who subscribe for free. Villagran calls the project “a service to students.” Villagran envisioned the idea of DCinternNet when demonstrating needs analysis with students during a communication consulting course. Having performed the analysis, students realized the difficulty of finding good internships. “D.C.-area companies are looking for good interns,” Villagran said. “Students want good internships. But students and companies can’t connect with each other.” And so, DCinternNet was born. Currently, thousands of students subscribe nationwide. Villagran emphasizes that DCinternNet is unique. “Nothing like it exists,” she said. “Other internship databases make users pay fees.” Additionally, DCinternNet ensures that a posted internship is a good educational and professional opportunity, not menial labor. According to Villagran, time is the hardest part of maintaining DCinternNet. “We can make DCinternNet bigger and better if we just have the time,” she said. Villagran said she hears about students’ successful internship experiences, which for her is fulfilling. “We need people who completed internships to tell […]