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Review: 2013 Academy Awards picks

For the past five months, the awards race has been in play. Now it all comes to an end. This Sunday night, the 85th Academy of Motion Pictures Awards, a.k.a. the Oscars, will wrap-up one of the most surprising and enjoyable years of film to date.

While a front-runner consensus is still to be undecided in many categories,-uncharacteristic this close to awards night- the debates fervently rage on. Predictions change with each new development in the race and opinions rarely have held true for more than a few days at a time.

OPINION: Grammy Awards fail to reflect music reality

Known as the “biggest music show on television,” The 55th Grammy Awards airs this Sunday, Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. on CBS. However, does a Grammy award, or even a nomination, hold weight anymore? Are the Grammys truly a reflection of today’s great music?

Mason's fourth Truman Scholar aims towards environmental issues, Foreign Service


Junior Alexandra Tyson spoke with us about her recently awarded Truman Scholarship. (Jordan Frasier)

Mason's Golden Key honor society revived, wins awards at annual summit

This past July, George Mason University’s chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society was given three separate awards at their annual conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.
 
Having been out of action for some time, the Golden Key, an elite honor society that offers membership to only the top 15 percent of sophomores, juniors and seniors, came back with a vengeance this year with the help of faculty adviser Associate Dean for the Office of Academic Integrity Donna Fox, according to their President Nader Hussein.