Lifestyle

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  Second annual University-wide auction helps raise money for student scholarships

  Lifestyle March 7, 2011 at 7:54 pm Comments are Disabled

  The student-run silent and live auction Gbay held its second annual auction yesterday evening in the Johnson Center.

   
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  Families enjoy Fairfax City Chocolate Lover’s Festival

  Lifestyle March 7, 2011 at 7:50 pm Comments are Disabled

  Clouds, wind and drizzles didn’t stop locals and visitors from attending the Chocolate Lover’s Festival in Fairfax City from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.on Saturday and Sunday.

   

• Annual Great Dates contest winning ideas

  Lifestyle February 28, 2011 at 7:49 pm Comments are Disabled

  For Healthy Relationships Week, Sexual Assault Services hosted its annual Great Dates Contest, which invited students to submit creative date ideas for Mason students that cost less than $30.

   
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  Cheap Eats with Ramy Zabarah: Caramelized Onions

  Lifestyle February 28, 2011 at 7:47 pm Comments are Disabled

  For everyone who likes to experiment with new and elaborate recipes, I commend you. I, too, am one for challenges, and although they can be disastrous, every now and then a masterpiece is born.

   
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  Geeks Are Freaks

  Lifestyle February 28, 2011 at 7:41 pm Comments are Disabled

  There was a time when the first thing that came to mind when I heard the word “geek” was Steve Urkel. Now, it’s sex on a stick.

   

• FROM THE VAULT: ‘Back To the Future’

  Lifestyle February 28, 2011 at 7:37 pm Comments are Disabled

  Who knew combining a DeLorean, angry Libyan terrorists, 50s-style diners, skateboarding scenes and plutonium could make for such a popular movie? In “Back to the Future,” music-loving teenager Marty McFly is accidentally transported 30 years back in time from 1985 to 1955 after his quirky scientist aquaintance, Doc Brown, gets into a sticky situation. His famed mode of transportation is a modified DeLorean DMC-12, which makes time travel possible with the notable flux capacitor. Marty must navigate the streets of Hill Valley, survive run-ins with his overtly sexual teenage mom and escape confrontations with bully Biff Tannen, all before a historic lightning storm which can send him back to the future. If unable to succeed, he risks disappearing entirely, threatening to change the course of history forever. Directed by film genius Robert Zemeckis and produced by the legendary Steven Spielberg, “Back to the Future” was critically acclaimed and provided arguably the most memorable roles for Michael J. Fox (Marty McFly) and Christopher Lloyd (Dr. Emmett Brown). BTTF was also one of the most popular trilogies in American film, leading the way for countless movie sequels we can’t get enough of today. Although Part II is set in the bizarre futuristic […]

   
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  GBAY auction returns to campus

  Lifestyle February 28, 2011 at 7:35 pm Comments are Disabled

  An autographed copy of Snooki’s book, the chance to create and name a sandwich after yourself and hotel stays will all be up for bid when George Mason University’s GBAY auction returns on March 3.

   
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  Students breaking federal law receive copyright notices for illegal peer-to-peer downloading

  Lifestyle February 28, 2011 at 7:27 pm Comments are Disabled

  Simultaneously upholding Mason’s honor code and creating Hollywood’s next big venture, George Mason University’s Copyright Resources Office is fighting an ongoing war — robots vs. pirates.

   
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  Hot Tuna Blues rocked out acoustic and electric tracks at Center for the Arts show

  Lifestyle February 21, 2011 at 7:40 pm Comments are Disabled

  Washington, D.C.-based blues-rock band Hot Tuna played to a nearly full audience at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts on Saturday. Hot Tuna consists of founding members and former Jefferson Airplane members Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Kasady, who started the band over 50 years ago, and mandolinist Barry Mitterhoff. At their Mason performance, the group was joined by bluegrass singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale, harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite, guitarist G.E. Smith and drummer Skoota Warner. Hot Tuna and Lauderdale were both excited to perform at Mason on their national tour. “We’re not used to playing classy joints like this,” Kaukonen said. “Lots of times when we play college auditoriums, there has to be chicken wire on the stage … so you guys are great,” Lauderdale said. The audience applauded enthusiastically throughout the show, and even called out to the performers and sang along. Although certainly maintaining a great amount of energy during the performance, it was surprising to see that the audience was comprised mainly of community members and very few Mason students. The first half of the performance was primarily acoustic, featuring folksy, bluegrass melodies. In this half, guest artists Lauderdale and Musselwhite, who both performed songs from their most […]

   
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  Radiohead surprises and satisfies fans with ‘The King of Limbs’

  Lifestyle February 21, 2011 at 7:38 pm Comments are Disabled

  Early last week in the midst of Valentine’s Day buzz, fans of a certain English alternative rock band got their own special valentine.