Editorials

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  The corruption of the textbook industry

  Editorials April 11, 2011 at 7:04 pm Comments are Disabled

  The end of the semester is almost here, and the dreaded task of what to do with this semester’s textbooks is quickly approaching.

   
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  The realistic course list

  Editorials April 11, 2011 at 7:00 pm Comments are Disabled

  Fall registration is starting soon and most of us are beginning to think about what courses we should take. Some of us are excited to graduate this May and be done with course registration for good, but some fools, like me, are managing to graduate in May and still register for classes in the fall.

   
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  Bashar al-Assad bears a startling resemblance to former dictator

  Editorials April 4, 2011 at 6:47 pm Comments are Disabled

  If you go back far enough to 1979 you might have asked if Saddam Hussein was the new Hafez al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad‘s father.

   
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  Mason Day Madness

  Editorials April 4, 2011 at 6:45 pm Comments are Disabled

  I had heard good things about it and I couldn’t wait to have fun and listen to some great music. It didn’t turn out that way; Cobra Starship headlined Mason Day. I hate Cobra Starship, so I decided not to go, deciding instead to go this year, hoping that the act would be better.

   

• A student’s perspective on the smoking policy here at Mason

  Editorials April 4, 2011 at 6:42 pm Comments are Disabled

  Smoking should not be permitted in the immediate vicinity of building entrances and exits.

   

• Thanks to Catholic Campus Ministry for service

  Editorials April 4, 2011 at 6:40 pm Comments are Disabled

  A seven-hour drive from Fairfax is Meriden, Conn., where 13 George Mason University students, members of the Catholic Campus Ministry, spent their spring break.

   
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  Despite changes, the housing selection process is still confusing

  Editorials April 4, 2011 at 6:39 pm Comments are Disabled

  Formerly known as the RAP is this year’s housing selection process. Although, I’m not sure what it’s called this year.

   

• The lost art of silence

  Editorials April 4, 2011 at 6:34 pm Comments are Disabled

  Growing up in the ‘80s, I was exposed to a generous helping of the prime parental meme that circulated amongst households above a certain median income: A long time ago, families ate dinner together and had civil discussion.

   
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  Buzzwords can say a lot, but actual results say a lot more

  Editorials April 4, 2011 at 6:32 pm Comments are Disabled

  A character on the show “30 Rock” once pitched a business plan with a series of corporate buzzwords like: “Wind power, bandwidth and Chinese market.”

   
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  Nuclear energy is the way to go

  Editorials March 28, 2011 at 6:51 pm Comments are Disabled

  The Fukushima nuclear disaster that followed the magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan on March 11 sparked an emotional worldwide debate on the safety and potential dangers of nuclear power.