Lifestyle

• Everybody Loves Moorehead

  Lifestyle October 4, 2010 at 3:38 pm Comments are Disabled

  This one is for the ladies, so guys, take full advantage of this sneak peek into your lady’s handbook.

   

• Don’t stress!: As midterms approach, use these tips to keep your cool at school

  Lifestyle October 4, 2010 at 3:36 pm Comments are Disabled

  Not all stress is bad, but if you are left feeling worn out at the end of the day, even to the point where you are anxious and frustrated and have trouble sleeping and concentrating, you are most likely stressed. For most students, stress is at its worst during midterm and final exams.

   
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  A Capital Oktoberfest: From local brews to new seasonals, Broadside has you covered

  Lifestyle October 4, 2010 at 3:31 pm Comments are Disabled

  The people of Germany love beer. It’s in their gardens and their town squares. Although consumption of the frothy beverage is declining, studies have suggested the average German drinks 116 liters – or nearly 31 gallons – of beer per year. It’s no surprise, then, that one of the country’s most celebrated times of the year is Oktoberfest. Contrary to its name, Oktoberfest begins in mid-September and ends at the start of October. The festival started in 1810 as a public celebration of the marriage between Crown Prince Ludwig I and Princess Theresa of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The festival was so popular with the public that it was renewed the following year. While America doesn’t tend to celebrate Oktoberfest with the same fervor as the Germans, there are still plenty of festivities. And with those festivities comes beer. Many domestic breweries create seasonal beers for the occasion. Here are a few of the best: Sam Adams Octoberfest Not too heavy and not too light, Octoberfest is a perfect beer for the fall. With hints of caramel and toffee, the beer has a sweet yet malty taste. Enjoy with a German sausage or crab cakes for the feeling of a New England autumn. […]

   
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  Q&A with Greg Mortenson

  Lifestyle September 27, 2010 at 3:58 pm Comments are Disabled

  “The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger. The second time you take tea, you are an honored guest. The third time you share a cup of tea, you become family.” Those are the words of Haji Ali, Greg Mortenson’s mentor in Pakistan, who also was his role model and inspiration for the title of Mortenson’s best-selling book, Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace … One School at a Time. Mortenson, who has built more than 160 schools in the rural villages of Afghanistan and Pakistan, spoke last Friday, Sept. 24, at Mason’s The Center of the Arts regarding the challenges global education is facing today. Before his event, Mortenson sat down with Broadside for an interview. What would you say to the Muslim clerics that have declared two fatwas (orders to kill) against you? The first word in the revelation of the Koran was “Iqra”, which means “to read.” What Allah said is that we should seek truth and get an education. I have talked to imams and nothing in the Koran says that girls can’t go to school. And finally, I would say that in the Hadith (teachings of […]

   
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  Week of the Greek

  Lifestyle September 27, 2010 at 3:54 pm Comments are Disabled

  At the beginning of the semester, students at George Mason University will likely find an eager sorority sister or fraternity brother walking around campus. Proudly displaying Greek letters and a friendly smile, these students are often accompanied by a pamphlet encouraging others to rush their chosen organization. “I thought it was very cool that so many sororities set up booths and got themselves out there, they really made me aware that I was welcome to rush,” said Elizabeth Lowe, freshman health, fitness and recreational resources major. Sororities and fraternities started promoting themselves long before the freshmen class even stepped foot on campus. “Pi Kappa Phi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon friended me on Facebook over the summer and got in touch with me and gave a lot of great information out,” said Brian Mottl, freshman government and international politics major. “And now that I’m here I’m rushing and going to events like broomball where the brothers are still super friendly and just all around great guys.” Last weekend, Mason set an all-time-high with over 300 potential pledges rushing sororities. The pledges picked their top four sororities, narrowed it down to two and then learned if they were invited back. While sororities […]

   

• Michatalie explains it all

  Lifestyle September 27, 2010 at 3:51 pm Comments are Disabled

  Dear Michatalie, I’ve been hearing mostly negative things about you girls. But as crazy as you are, I think it’d be interesting to get your advice on my situation. Here’s the thing, I’m a sophomore living in one of the Chesapeake dorms and I live across the hall from one of the hottest guys I’ve ever seen. To be honest, I don’t know what to say or do whenever he’s around and I really wanna gain the courage to tell him how much I like him. I know that’s forward and a little creepy, but I’ve never had the guts to tell someone how I feel about them. What do you think is the best way to get his attention? Sincerely, Shy Girl in Chesapeake Dear Shy Girl in Chesapeake, What’s his name? Seriously, Michatalie needs to get in on this. No, really though, this is the cutest thing! It’s funny that you came to us because Michatalie experienced the exact same thing last year when we lived in Northern Neck. No worries, we have a couple options for you. The best way to grab his attention is to leave your door wide open and prance around in just a […]

   

• Staying fly for fall

  Lifestyle September 27, 2010 at 3:48 pm Comments are Disabled

  As summer eases into fall, a challenge that many of us face is how to dress for the sometimes unpredictable weather. Not to worry, there are many summer pieces in your closet that can be worn throughout the fall. Not only will this help you look great in both seasons, but it will also help you save money, and as college students this will definitely come in handy. So put your wallet away and forget the trip to the mall to buy a whole new fall wardrobe. Here are some tips on how to transition your wardrobe into the new season, without having to pack away all of your summer clothes just yet: Ladies: Scarves are a must have for the fall season. You can pair them with a cardigan and a top that is already in your wardrobe from the summer. You do not have to pack away your dresses from the summertime. Many of your dresses (depending on the style) can be paired with a cardigan, a pair of tights and boots. Invest in some knit sweaters. Look for sweaters that have embellished sleeves to make things more interesting. They are warm, comfortable and most importantly, in style. […]

   

• JC Cinema ‘reels’ in viewers

  Lifestyle September 27, 2010 at 3:42 pm Comments are Disabled

  The Johnson Center Cinema provides the George Mason University community with quality thematic entertainment every weekend. Free for Mason students and only a dollar for everyone else, the JC Cinema specializes in showing recently out-of-theaters hit films like Killers and Grown Ups Thursday through Sunday nights.

   
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  Same old trip it was back then: Despite absence of the late Layne Staley, Alice in Chains and Deftones in vintage form

  Lifestyle September 27, 2010 at 3:41 pm Comments are Disabled

  The modern hard rock scene has been saturated with carbon-copy bands that monopolize on few unique qualities and skills. The bands on Alice in Chains’ BlackDiamondSkye tour showed those bands how to keep fans both old and newrocking as hard as ever.

   

• Words for Smart People: Words to woo her … or not

  Lifestyle September 20, 2010 at 6:51 pm Comments are Disabled

  ­­School is back in session, and you are both single and ready to mingle. You go to a party and start hitting on a cute girl with glasses. Somewhere in the conversation, she mentions her favorite movie is Cyrano de Bergerac and, as you shamefully tell her yours is The Waterboy, you realize that she is way out of your league (academically, at least). For those of you who spent your high school years watching Oprah and eating Oreos instead of reading Descartes and analyzing the finer characteristics of Fauvist paintings, here are some words that you can throw around in your conversation to make you look like less of a dummy. Anomalous means out of the ordinary or not normal. For example, you could say, “Listening to the guy at the bar dressed in Civil War regalia is an anomalous way to get dating advice.” Incorrigible is used to describe something that cannot be corrected. Use it to say something like, “My calculus teacher said there were so many mistakes on my exam, it was practically incorrigible.” Describing something as lugubrious means it is mournful or gloomy. “The kid at Starbucks with the My Chemical Romance T-shirt is looking […]