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Entries Tagged as 'George Mason University'
March (Food) Madness: Can Mason make it to Sweet 16?
March 18th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
BuzzFeed (no relation) has a list of 32 “best college campus foods” according to the Food Network. You can read it and see the disgusting photos here. Maryland and Georgetown are represented, but no school from Virginia. Which makes us wonder if the Food Network bothered to venture into the commonwealth. The question is, should […]
Tags:buzzfeed·chili·einstein bros·food·George Mason University·GMU·Mason
Mason’s Maibach in story about how TV weather handles climate change
March 15th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Michael Malone — Broadcasting & Cable, 3/4/2013 12:01:00 AM Views on global warming tend to run along party lines, and the GOP ties in South Carolina run deep; after all, Mitt Romney breezed to a doubledigit advantage in the Palmetto State on Election Day. As Jim Gandy, chief meteorologist at WLTX Columbia, puts it, […]
Tags:climate change·Ed Maibach·George Mason University·GMU·Mason
Fall for the Book? What about eReaders?
September 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
This caught my eye. Probably because I wrote it. The 2012 Fall for the Book Festival should be the best ever.
Tags:Fairfax·Fall for the Book Festival·George Mason University·GMU·Mason
Magazines we wish were still being published
August 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
One of my favorite journalism gatekeepers, Jim Romenesko (jimromenesko.com), asked his readers what defunct magazines they missed the most. Not sure if I agree with some (FHM? just the photo captions; Sassy, really?), and I’d add Gourmet (which I thought would be untouchable), the NYTimes’ Play (great takes on sports), and Rugby magazine (the USA […]
A Mason connection to last night’s Olympic medal!
August 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Here is my annotated version of this report about Leo Manzano’s 1,500 meter silver medal. LONDON — At the Mexico City Olympics in 1968, the iconic miler Jim Ryun [who attended Edison High in Alexandria, my school] won a silver medal in the 1,500 meters. For 44 years, his medal stood as the last one […]
Leave it to me to teach students how to party
August 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
While the vast majority of students living off campus are responsible and respectful of their neighbors, Mason is taking an expanded proactive approach this fall to disruptive off-campus partying by students living in local neighborhoods. Last year was the first year Mason and community representatives knocked on off-campus housing doors — conducting about 30 “Welcome […]
The freshman make their mark
June 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The Class of 2016 is going through the somewhat delirious process called Orientation. Patriot Leaders are showing them which way is up, where to eat, sleep and study, and how to express themselves. Today it’s legal graffiti day as the students sign one of two “2016” boards that will bear witness to their arrival until […]
Tags:Freshmen·George Mason University·GMU·Mason·Orientation·Virginia University
What I love about Project Peak
June 11th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
See my story today at www.gmu.edu about Project Peak. It’s a “transitional” course offered to freshmen in which they spend a week in the wild with other newbies and learn how to camp, climb rocks, paddle kayaks and cook their own meals over a fire. And when the week is over, you continue to meet […]