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• Barry Bonds: Villain or Victim

  Sports April 4, 2011 at 6:52 pm Comments are Disabled

  Entering the third season since his retirement from the game of baseball, Major League Baseball’s all-time leading homerun hitter is up against one of the toughest pitches he has ever seen.

   
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  Patriots struggle on paper, but continue to improve as they build for the future

  Sports April 4, 2011 at 6:51 pm Comments are Disabled

  Fresh off a home victory against the James Madison Dukes, the Patriots stumbled to capture the series against their conference foes on Saturday.

   
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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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  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.