Broadside Correspondent Reuben Jones
Denise Ammaccapane: The Chef: 'Reliable, Knowledgeable, Responsive and Always Makes Herself Available'
|Strolling down Patriot Circle on a frigid Saturday evening in a customized and personalized white PT cruiser is not only President Alan Merten who waves to onlookers of the Homecoming Parade but also the proud owner of the vehicle, Denise Ammaccapane.
“I was always told I needed a hobby,” said Ammaccapane in her clear-cut Jersey accent. “I needed a car.”
A car is what she found, and now it is her pride and joy, one that she gives the name “Va-nilla,” the “Va” standing for Virginia.
Communication class helps orphans: Students raise funds for peers
|Buying textbooks, purchasing school supplies and decorating a school dorm room can all be expensive challenges for cash-strapped college students.
But for students without parents, and those who do not have family resources to count on, the challenge can be even harder.
This is a problem one class at George Mason University hopes to put a dent in.
COMM 389: Public Relations for Associations and Nonprofits has 26 students dedicated to the assignment of raising money and supporting the Orphan Foundation of America (OFA).
Where is God?: Interfaith conference hosts dialogue over suffering
|On Jan. 12 of this year, close to 200,000 people lost their lives in an earthquake in Haiti. Another 400 people died in February in an earthquake in Chile. And early last week, four people were gunned down in southern Washington, D.C. These examples of human suffering this year provided a backdrop for an on-campus discussion about the existence of a devine being.
SUB II To Be Revamped; Major Renovations Set to Re-energize Building
|Once the home of Mason’s dining hall, Ciao Hall, Student Union Building II has since turned into a building of very little activity and few signs of life.
This is all set to change, however, with a major renovation planned for the building. The goal of the updated facility will be student activity, and with that comes a host of changes.
The second floor of SUB II, which formerly housed Ciao Hall, and is now empty, will be completely revamped.