Helena Okolicsanyi
Organizers of Islam Awareness Week hope to address the teachings of Islam
|Islam Awareness Week kicked off at George Mason University on Monday with a speech by Imam Siraj Wahaj.
The Mason Muslim Student Association (MSA) sponsored the event and is organizing the week’s festivities. According to the MSA the goal of the week is to address the basic teachings and principles of Islam.
Tuition to rise starting this fall
|The faculty and staff of George Mason University gathered Wednesday in the Johnson Center Cinema to hear Senior Vice President Maurice Scherrens and Provost Peter Stearns give an update on the university’s budget.
With very few students in attendance, faculty and staff members filled the cinema hoping to hear about potential salary increases and an updates on tuition increases.
On the minds of many students is the increase in tuition rates.