Asst. News Editor Ethan Vaughan
Physicians speak to students: Colloquium to teach young people about the joys, hardships of careers in medicine
|George Mason University students considering careers in medicine will have a valuable resource to turn to on Tuesday, April 13.
The Alpha Epsilon Delta Colloquium, to be held in the Johnson Center’s Room F tomorrow, will focus on the issues faced by those going into the medical field.
The event will feature a pediatric physician, a resident physician and two medical students, each of whom is slated to speak for 10 minutes before taking questions from the audience.
Mason student hit by vehicle: Currently in the hospital, condition unknown
|A George Mason University student was left in critical condition after being struck by a car on campus last Monday.
Michelle Dawson, 21, was taken to Inova Fairfax Hospital after she was hit at approximately 9:35 p.m. on the night of March 29. The driver, Jeffrey Jenkins, a 23-year-old non-Mason student, was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian. Mason police gave no indication that Jenkins had been speeding at the time of the accident, which occurred just in front of the campus police station.
Catholic Campus Ministry Hosts Pro-Life Week: Participants encourage issue to be looked at philosophically
|George Mason University’s Catholic Campus Ministry carried out its pro-life week starting last Monday, with special events at the campus chapel and elsewhere aimed at promoting pro-life views.
Organizers said that the event’s goal was to take the pro-life message, with which Mason’s Catholic students are already well acquainted, and
disseminate it to the school as a whole.
Alumnae helps impoverished children: Through Teach for America, former student aids at grade school
|“I had a parent come up to me, crying. She said, ‘My child can read.’”
That moment epitomized what got Marissa Herrmann out of bed early every morning five days a week, kept her going in the face of economic obstacles and gave her the strength to face down a classroom of teenagers who sometimes begrudged her presence.
Herrmann, 23, is a participant in Teach for America, which sends high-achieving college graduates to public schools in impoverished areas in the nation.
Eastern Shore to House Freshmen; Living Learning Communities to Reside in Facility
|When the Eastern Shore housing area opens for the fall 2010 semester, it will be welcoming only freshmen.
The new dorm building, which first housed students last fall, will be used to accommodate some of George Mason University’s Living Learning Communities (LLCs).
The suite-style housing, which has no more than four residents to a bathroom or 16 to a common room, has been home to a mix of upperclassmen and freshmen this year and some Mason students are not happy with the transition.
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Students Feel Brunt of Pricey Books; Bookstore Insists Prices Dictated by Publisher
|The official bookstore of George Mason University defended its price practices, saying it does not have control over the skyrocketing cost of college textbooks.
According to a study by the California Public Interest Research Group, the amount charged for university texts is rising nationwide at up to four times the rate of inflation.
With the soaring financial burden of educational materials, which are often packaged with CDs, workbooks and unique access codes, The Washington Post estimates that 60 percent of American university students forego buying all or some of their books.
How Snow Days are Decided; Safety and Financial Loss Taken into Consideration
|George Mason University’s closure policy is independent from that of area public schools, a fact that will come as no surprise to students who trudged to class in early February while Fairfax County classrooms were shut due to inclement weather.
While Mason was closed for four days during last week’s back-to-back blizzards, it often remains open even when road conditions make it difficult for some to come to class.