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By Karina Schultheis On Monday, Feb. 30, dozens of people waited outside in the halls of George Mason‘s Harris Theatre. The scene comprised of a truly eclectic mix of individuals. Students, sporting Mason hoodies and jeans, talked animatedly with each other while laughing intermittently. Well-dressed young adults looking as if they just came from the […]

By: Donovan Taylor Hall Thanks to Twitter, America has a new outlet to showcase it’s blatant ignorance. “Hunger Games” hit the theaters on March 23, and broke box office records by bringing in a ridiculous $155 million. However, there were some people that found a major flaw in the production. Obviously, it was that three […]

By Samita Mason The Material Girl is back — and trying something new. Which, may not be a good thing. MDNA, is Madonna’s 12th album — it’s a two-disk set of 17 songs  — some of which feels as if you should be in a club waving around glow sticks while you listen. If you […]

By: Jessica Farley It was in 1964 that Bob Dylan first sang “The Times They Are a-Changin’.” And that they did. Season Five of AMC’s cult favorite, Mad Men, premiered last Sunday after a long and, for fans, painful hiatus. The show, which started out following Don Draper and the Madison Avenue gang in the […]

By Kayla Cohen The biggest words on the cover of the book are the name of the author, “Lauren Conrad” rather than the title. Really? “The Fame Game” is a spin-off series from Lauren Conrad’s trilogy, “L.A. Candy.” The story follows four girls on a new hit reality show, showing lies, betrayal, and abnormal amount […]

  by: John Gillooly Being honor bound to view every new show to come through Cartoon Network’s mature content programming block, Adult Swim, I was more than happy to sit down and watch the brand new show “Loiter Squad.” Created by and starring members of the rap group Odd Future, early buzz on the show […]

By Rachel Newdorf These ducks don’t live in a pond or go quack. Most aren’t even yellow. Mason Dining Duckies, the collectable duckies that are offered through Sodexo, Mason’s food provider, are given away at Mason dining facilities like South Side or the new Subway when you purchase any food item. Since they started to […]

So it finally happened, DC finally pulled the trigger on an extension of infallible/godlike comic series “Watchmen.” After years and years of speculation, comic fans get to feast their eyes on what seems to be a travesty of epic proportions. “Watchmen” is considered by some to be the single greatest and most important comic book of all […]

By Tabby Hardman Will Raver, an 18-year-old finance major from Sea Girt, N.J. spends his spare time, rapping, making music videos, and posting them online with the hopes of making it big one day. In high school — friends encouraged him to start putting his raps to music. Senior year, his buddy Joe Kane posted one of […]

  By Tabby Hardman When she was 5-years-old, Katia Giovo’s mother enrolled her and her twin sister in dance class. “We were so wired and crazy and she figured an hour of us running and jumping around a studio would be beneficial for her—as well as us,” said Giovo. “She came to pick us up that first […]

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