September 2008
"Saint Ross" Returns To Campus With Singing Friend
Videos by Mason student Ahna Semenov
"Saint Ross" returned to campus on Thursday along with a friend. Students stood around between classes and encouraged the Christian speakers by shouting responses and starting debates. Like on Wednesday, the situation grew quickly from a small gathering to a ridiculous spectacle. Ahna Semenov caught some of this on video.
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Patriot's Weekend Brings Life To Campus
By Program Board and Student Activities
Don't spend this weekend sitting in your dorm - come to the Patriot's Weekend events being put on by Program Board and Student Activities!
Check out the full schedule of events below.
My Best Friend's Girl is Unsurprising and Unromantic
By Connect2Mason Reporter Emily Culley
What do you get when you cross a slightly repetitive catchy 1980s hit song by the Cars with Dane Cook? That's right, you get a slightly repetitive romantic comedy strife with vulgar one liners. Cook's newest film, My Best Friend's Girl is an adaption, of sorts, of the 1987 “My Best Friend's Girl.” If you haven't heard the song before, don't worry: it's played countless times throughout the movie.
Trash Turned Treasure
By Broadside Staff Writer Deena Smith
There are so many hot purse designers in the fashion industry that it’s difficult to choose a favorite. Christian Dior. Chanel. Louis Vuitton. Coach. Rebagz?
The Effects of 9/11
By Broadside Correspondent Sabra Hayes
The effects of 9/11 will echo throughout time. Those four planes hit very close to my home because both my parents were working in the Pentagon at the time. I can remember sitting in my eighth grade science class watching the plane crash into my parents’ office and feeling a wave of terror wash over me.
Google Chrome Zips Through the Tubes
By Mason Tech Blogger Jimmy Rogers
Everyone is clamoring about Google Chrome, so I figure I should throw in my two cents as well. If you haven't heard, Google just dropped a big old stone in the internet and they're watching to see how big the ripples get. With effectively no warning (they announced it one day and released it the next), the search engine giant has created a web browser that is fairly polished and ready to take on some of the biggest contenders out there.
Making the Best of a College Experience
By Broadside Opinion Columnist Scott Mason
To show that experience is not something that should be taken lightly, we need not look at the sordid, drawn-out affairs of those running for president, but instead we should turn to ourselves, college students in the 21st century. We, as we are dawning onto this new age, are finding that we carry many more experience-laden tasks than many of those before us. Many of us have at least 20-hour a week jobs, with the possibility of taking on an internship on top of being full-time students. We seem to exist in a world laden with making the most of our college experience.
One May Smile and Smile and Be a Villain
By Broadside Opinion Columnist Brandon Cosby
They are your confidants. They are your shoulders to cry on. They call themselves your friends, but when does a friend become something less? There's something frightening happening as our friendships mature through school and reach that post-high school level. Enamored by the idea that we might now be adults, we believe that we can do more adult things and consequences matter less. And the changing times have just fueled the notion more.