Opinion
VIDEO: My Two Cents - David Noyes
|David Noyes, a Boston-area resident and a junior at Mason, talks about the bombings at this year's Boston Marathon. In this two cents, he points to the perseverance of the runners and the community as setting a positive example for future tragic circumstances.
VIDEO: My Two Cents - Kristie Colorado
|Kristie Colorado, a senior at Mason, studies Government and International Politics. In this video, Kristie talks about the shortcomings in American education.
OPINION: Grinds my gears: The Johnson Center edition
|Ahh, the Johnson Center—the focal point of our beautiful campus and the biggest building that freshmen still cannot seem to find until October.
The Johnson Center is truly a one-of-a-kind building. It is a place where all of its sleeping students can dream of eating at the culinary delight that is Mein Bowl, watch movies in the classy basement theatre or study in the never-so-quiet library area upstairs.
OPINION: Marriage equality is essential to a truly free America
|Hundreds of people gathered in D.C. last Tuesday, March 26, to show both support and opposition as the Supreme Court began its hearings on California's gay marriage ban. Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman, overturning California's Supreme Court decision previously legalizing same-sex marriage. The issue here is to determine whether Prop 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act violate the 14th amendment, which guarantees equal protection under law.
My Two Cents: Nicholas Brightwell
|Nicholas Brightwell, a senior, studies Government and International Politics at Mason. In this two cents video, he talks about problems within the educational system.
OPINION: Universities should explore the possibility of requiring community service hours
|As a kid growing up in the suburbs of Maryland, one thing constantly loomed over me—Student Service Learning, or time spent volunteering in the community. We were required to complete at least 75 hours to graduate high school. I remember wondering how I could ever accomplish 75 whole hours of volunteer work. In the pursuit of SSL hours, I trained to work at a therapeutic horseback riding center for a summer.
OPINION: General education is vital to the ultimate success of university students
|As a freshman, my courses this year are varied; many of them are not particularly relevant to my major—this being a product of the dreaded general education requirements at Mason, or “gen eds.” Overall, many students feel that gen eds are an unnecessary waste of time. I, quite honestly, beg to differ.
VIDEO: My Two Cents - Mike De Robbio on "Prop 8"
|Government and International Politics major Mike De Robbio, a junior, gave his two cents yesterday on the Supreme Court's hearing of Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act.
My Two Cents: Jill Carter
|Deputy News Editor Jill Carter gives her two cents on the media's coverage of the Steubenville rape case. She raises concerns that, instead of focusing on the victim of rape, the media has focused on the tarnished football careers of the two convicted rapists.
OPINION: CPAC straw poll shows Rand Paul captured American voters' attention with filibuster
|Rand Paul’s March 6 filibuster, affectionately referred to by the public as “Filliblizzard,” has been the talk of the politics world for the past few weeks—especially because of the surprising amount of bipartisan support that surfaced for Rand during his almost thirteen hour speech. However, many people outside the political loop, and even some on the inside, wonder why Rand Paul put so much energy into a senatorial technique which many deem to be old-fashioned and a waste of time.