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Stephen King and Amy Tan have been announced as this year’s Mason Award and Fairfax Award winner for September’s Fall for the Book Festival. Check out the style section to see when you can catch them on campus.

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Anita Hill becomes latest Sojourner Truth lecturer Lecture to discuss gender, race and home in America

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Mason named residential campus Carnegie Foundation bestows new title Laura Bolt Administration Beat Reporter

Anita Hill

Gregory Connolly News Editor The speaker for the 2011 Sojourner Truth Lecture Series is set: Brandeis University professor Anita Hill will deliver “Re-imagining Equality: Gender, Race, and Home in America” on March 3.

“This year we’ve decided to bring Anita Hill to campus because she’s a spokesperson and a catalyst for starting discussions on race and gender, and especially sexuality and politics and sexual discourse in the political sphere,” said Beth Degi, a graduate assistant at the Women and Gender Studies Center.

Hill is currently a professor of social policy, law and women’s studies at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. She gained national media attention for her 1991 testimony, alleging that U.S. Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas had repeatedly made harassing sexual statements to her. The allegations came after Hill worked with Thomas at the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the 1980s.

Hill recently appeared in the media after Thomas’ wife Virginia Thomas left a phone message at Hill’s Brandeis University office seeking an apology for her testimony.

“We’re not sure if Anita is going to reach out to the recent event concerning Thomas’ wife,” Degi said. “She gave testimony that she had been sexually harassed while she worked as a clerk.

Clarence’s wife asked for an apology for her making that statement in Congress, and that stirred up a lot of public discourse about how women are seen as troublemaking when they make complaints for sexual harassment.”

“This discourse is a way to begin a dialogue on gender and race dynamics on campus,” Degi said. “Hill is going to discuss gender dynamics and how they play out on a daily basis.”

Degi said Hill will discuss conflict, identity and perception at the lecture and how those factors manifest themselves in the workplace.

“I think [Hill’s speech] really resonates with the attendees,” said Christine Hernandez, program coordinator for the Women and Gender Studies Center. “We’re all looking at our identity. I’m in a certain social class with an educational background, and I come from a different region. I’m not just a woman but I’m all these other things combined, so we’re always developing our identity. Having Anita speak is a great way to get perspective.”

“Having such a big name on campus on such a not-talkedabout issue is really exciting,” Degi said. “I think her notoriety and expertise on this is going to draw a lot of people that might not necessarily engage in a conversation about identity. The fact that she is such a large name and has so much expertise in the area is going to draw in a lot of new people, and that’s really exciting.”

Hill is the latest speaker in the Sojourner Truth Lecture Series, and the Women and Gender Studies and African and AfricanAmerican Studies will sponsor her visit. Past speakers include George Mason University professor Toby Jenkins, University of Richmond professor Daryl Cumber Dance and Donna Brazile, who directed Al Gore’s bid for the presidency in the 2000 election.

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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has officially classified George Mason University as a “primarily residential” campus. Long considered a commuter school, Mason has increased its profile in recent years through growing academic reputation, student activities and new residential buildings.

Jana Hurley, executive director of Housing and Residence Life, said she believes “the driver for the demand in housing is mostly related to Mason’s increasingly recognized and effectively promoted excellence as an educational institution, its overall enrollment growth and the general commitment of the university to invest its resources in making all aspects of the university the

best possible experience for our students.”

According to statistics from Mason’s website for the 2009-10 school year, there were 19,130 undergraduate students. Of that number, 1,857 were freshman and 4,996 lived on campus. For an institution to qualify as primarily residential, 25 to 49 percent of undergraduates must live in campus housing.

Hurley said there is currently space for approximately 5,400 students, but this number will increase to 6,000 in the fall. She also said there are an increasing number of graduate students living on campus.

“The demographics related to who is living on campus have really shifted as we have constructed a considerable amount of housing designed to meet the needs and expectations of upper class students,” Hurley said.

Crucial to Mason’s residential life is the development of student housing, including the recently completed Hampton Roads and Eastern Shore dorms, both completed in 2010. Space will increase with the addition of a 600-bed facility still under construction. Listed as Housing VIII by Facilities Management, this building is scheduled to open in August of 2012 on the northwest section of the Fairfax campus.

Not all students have noticed the change. Freshmen Afreen Habib, Zainab Ibrahim and Parul Mittal all said one of the reasons they chose Mason was for its proximity to home.

Though they said it still seems like a lot of students live at home, Mason is trying to

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Celebra ng V-Day The weekend before Valen ne’s Day, Mason’s own Vagina Warriors entertained the community with three separate performances of Eve Ensler’s ‘Vagina Monologues’ at Harris Theatre. “Because He Liked to Look At It,” “My Angry Vagina,” and “The Li le Coochi Snorcher That Could,” were three of the monologues performed during this year’s performances.

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Campus LCDs to feature sound New technology will allow for audio commercials Gregory Connolly News Editor The LCD screens around campus will soon have audio as well as video capabilities.

“We’re hoping by the end of this month or the beginning of March to have a student government commercial on the LCD screens,” said Nitesh Arora, the undersecretary of media relations for student government.

The LCD screens are controlled by Orca TV, which has been subcontracted to help administer the televisions. The addition of sound

came after Orca TV’s last contract expired.

When a competitor came in, Orca TV upgraded the technical abilities of the screens, said Breana Nesbitt, a sophomore government and international politics major who chairs student government’s University Relations Committee.

“The new addition of LCD screens is a great way for students to be better informed of the different policies that are going on on campus,” Nesbitt said. “Tuition is increasing as well as other things now have the ability to be heard by so many students in central areas around campus.”

The student government commercial will publicize the new capabilities of the LCD screens.

“Student members who are running elections can use it,” Arora said. “Students who need volunteers, faculty members and student organizations too.”

In addition, Arora said the commercials will range in length from 15 seconds to one minute.

To submit a video to be played on the LCD screens, visit the student center’s website at studentcenters.gmu.edu.

Dippin’ Dots will return to Mason After successful appearance, ice cream will be available soon Jeff Giorgi Asst. News Editor The Facebook feeds of George Mason University students were ablaze during the week of Jan. 31 when Dippin’ Dots made a welcome debut in the Johnson Center.

Although the word spread quickly, it still was not fast enough

for everyone to get a cup of the futuristic ice cream.

“Our freezer was full and we were afraid that it would all go bad,” said Denise Ammaccapane, resident district manager for Sodexo at Mason. This fear lead to the entire stock selling out.

In just two days all the ice cream was gone, but not for good.

After the high success rate, an

order was put in to ensure that students would once again be able to get Dippin’ Dots ice cream, Ammaccapane said.

Mason students who were lucky enough to stop by during the two days were elated to see Dippin’ Dots. Others not so lucky were happy when they learned that the ice cream would be making a return.

“There’s not a lot of good dessert options, so I’m looking forward to it coming back,” said Andrew Juloa, a junior music major.

After selling out all 781 cups, it was clear that there was a high demand for the Dippin’ Dots ice cream. As long as the demand is there, the supply will be made available, Ammaccapane said.

In the future the plan is to have a cart out one to two days a week, but as the days get warmer, and if the students keep buying, Dippin’ Dots will likely appear more and more said Ammaccapane.

As with all dining facilities on campus, students will be able to purchase the ice cream using cash, credit, Mason Money and even

their student meal plans.

Ammaccapane was thrilled by the student reaction.

“I love listening to the student, and I always encourage them to write e-mails or make calls, I’m always sure to respond,” Ammaccapane said.

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Campus Faces:Christine LaPaille Mason veep for University Relations talks shop

Monday, Feb. 21 President’s Day Reception Johnson Center; Dewberry Hall South 2 - 5 p.m.

UES Film Club: Capote Johnson Center; Bistro 5 - 7:30 p.m.

Chris ne LaPaille

Tuesday, Feb. 22 BHM: Soldiers Wear Flip-Flops Student Union Building II, Ballroom 6:30 p.m.

Greek Standards of Excellence Center for the Arts; Concert Hall 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 23 Mason-Wide Career Fair Johnson Center; Dewberry Hall 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Astronomy Observing Session Research I; Observatory 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 24 Bike to Campus Day Johnson Center; North Plaza, Clock Tower 8 - 9:30 a.m.

The number of years Christine LaPaille has served as Mason’s vice president for University Relations.

Nathan Dorfman Staff Writer Christine LaPaille has served as George Mason University’s vice president for University Relations for over five years. A Chicago native, LaPaille has prior experience in public relations, politics and journalism. Despite the current budget cuts, LaPaille said she envisions Mason prospering, in both residential population and research over the next five years.

What is your educational background?

CL: I majored in journalism at Eastern Illinois University and I went to the University of Illinois, where I studied public policy and journalism for my master’s degree.

What jobs have you had before coming to Mason?

CL: I was the director of communications for the National Governors Association in Washington, D.C. for five years. I started my career as a Chicago Tribune reporter and a producer for ABC-TV in Chicago, where I covered politics and government. Then I became the commu-

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nications director for the house minority leader in Illinois, and served as his chief of staff for about three years. After that, I opened my own public affairs firm in Chicago and operated it for ten years.

What has been your biggest challenge this year?

CL: Other than the budget, we must take the next media coverage steps for the university as a whole. But we are working on it.

What attracted you to working here?

CL: I was initially recruited to apply for the job here by the former governor Mark Warner, who I had worked with in my previous job. I never heard of this university when I applied for the job. I just applied on a whim and realized that change-agent strategic communications is something Mason would really benefit from.

What main issues are your office addressing?

CL: We are publicizing an interdisciplinary research portfolio and tackling the commuterschool reputation. We don’t think it’s all a bad thing, but we need to eradicate the notion that [commuters] are all we have here. I’m going to spend my advertising budget on this.

What are your responsibilities as vice president of University Relations?

CL: I manage multiple departments here: Media and Public Relations, Community Relations, Events Management, Creative Services and University Information.

How has the economic downturn affected University Relations at Mason?

CL: My advertising budget has been cut by 90 percent. My ability to hire staff has been negatively impacted. We also have a huge problem with our website.

How did you come up with Mason’s brand “Where Innovation is Tradition”?

CL: It was a two-year process and it became widely embraced by the university community.

How do you envision Mason over the next five years?

CL: The research fund has increased by about $100 million since I started here. I think it will reach its goal of $150 million by next year.

There will be close to 7,500 students on campus in a couple of years. Students are calling Mason home. I already see it happening.

Why do you feel that the brand represents Mason?

CL: Because according to market studies asking which of ten universities in the Washington [Metropolitan] region is most innovative, George Mason is always number one. So, whether that is true or not, and I believe it is true in many ways, it is part of our brand.

Everyone thought that is us, because we do things differently here. People are told to just go for it. That is the kind of a place Mason is.

The tradition piece is key, because as we approach our 40th anniversary, it is important to know you can’t change everything.

Is there anything else you would like to add?

CL: Yes. My office is currently looking for a group of students that would film news stories for us. We want to build a corps of students with video-editing skills. The best way to contact my office is to call 703-993-8860 and ask for Kerri Cardoza.

Professor heading up community renovation Class will visit South Carolina to participate in community service

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POLICE FILES Disorderly Student Presidents Park A student activated a fire alarm and threatened harm to self. Transported to Fairfax Hospital for selfcommitment. (38/Rourke).

DUI 2ND in 5 yrs.

123 West/Braddock Road Ms. Harpreet Dhanoya (GMU) 22 yrs. of Manassas Park, VA was arrested for DUI. She was transported to Fairfax County ADC and held. (56/lighthiser).

Mother Vehicle Accident Braddock Road Two vehicles were involved in a vehicle crash. One individual transported to Fairfax Hospital for possible head injury. One driver charged with “Fail To Yield Right Of Way”. Damages: $7,000.00. (38/Rourke)

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Public Drunkenness Braddock Road West/123 Mr. Christopher Zamfino & Mr. Thomas Zamfino 22yrs (Non GMU) of Springfield VA were arrested for being drunk in public. They were transported to Fairfax County ADC and held. (56/Lighthiser, 16/Chandler).

Hayley Roder Broadside Correspondent New Century College professor Toby Jenkins will “raise up the community that raised her” when she takes students to South Carolina in May to learn about the challenges of renovating a community while still maintaining its cultural heritage.

The course Jenkins created in the Center for Field Studies is called 95 South: Cultural Heritage and Community Sustainability.

Students will participate in community service, attend workshops with community leaders, have lunch with city politicians and learn about the culture and history of the three communities they will visit: Columbia, St. Helena Island and Charleston, When asked what inspired her to create a course that involved traveling to her hometown, Jenkins said that she wanted to tie her work at George Mason University into

the commitment she has made to her community.

“My parents still live in the neighborhood I grew up in,” Jenkins said, speaking of the Mt. Vernon area of Columbia, S.C. “We’ve seen the neighborhood go down – poverty and crime coming into the community – and we’re concerned about it.”

As houses become available on her street, investors purchase them and barely repair them before renting them out again.

“That was one of the first alarms for me,” Jenkins said.

“This is one of the major problems – that we have people who don’t live in the community owning the community.”

As a result, Jenkins purchased the home next to her parents’ house.

“If I own the home, the community owns the home,” she said. “I want to make an impact on the community and help restore it back to what it was.”

Jenkins explained that her

main goal in this course is for students to become more curious about American communities.

“There’s so much value and history in neighborhoods we drive by,” Jenkins said. “These communities and the stories they have to tell are just as compelling as [the stories of] places we can go around the world.”

First, students will travel to Jenkins’ hometown of Columbia, where they will spend six days focusing on community service. They will help neighbors with yard work and small renovation projects. During this time, they will reside and immerse themselves in the community. Students will have dialogues with local leaders and talk about the religious and cultural history of the community.

This part of the course will focus on maintaining a community’s culture while helping to renovate it.

Next, students will spend three days on St. Helena Island, absorbing themselves in the culture of the Gullah commu-

Grand Larceny Johnson Center Victim reported theft of her IPhone which was later recovered. Case under investigation. (40/Ross) Simple Assault Potomac Heights A verbal altercation between two students turned physical. Case referred to Dean of Students. (39/OrtizDuran)

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nity. According to the course website, this section of the course will “focus on the concept of community investment in cultural heritage.” Students will engage in art workshops on basket weaving, storytelling and music, and the visit will even include canoe rides.

Finally, students will spend two days in Charleston, learning about the history and culture of the South, including slavery’s impact on AfricanAmerican culture.

At the end of the course, students will create an interactive website so other communities looking to renovate can use their work as a guideline for their own community transformations.

“I don’t believe that social change and joy and fun can’t occupy the same space,” Jenkins said. “I want to share with [students] the beauty of and what I love about South Carolina – communities that need to be transformed and culture that needs to be sustained.”

Warrants Service HQ Alex Wanner (GMU) 19, of Woodbridge, VA and Edward Connelly (GMU) 20, of Arnold, MD were arrested on outstanding warrants. They were transported to Fairfax ADC and were released on their recognizance. (48/Surber Suspicious Event Fenwick Library An unidentified male subject made inappropriate remarks to a GMU student. (49/Broughton)

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New Century College professor Toby Jenkins will take students to the Mt. Vernon area of Columbus, S.C., to help renovate the community as part of her class, 95 South: Cultural Heritage and Community Sustainability.

Lecture bridges Black History Month, Women’s History Month HILL, from front “The Sojourner Truth Lecture is a way to bridge Black History Month with Women’s History Month, to connect African-American studies with gender studies,” Degi said.

Degi said the Women and Gender Studies Executive Committee began putting together a list of names following last year’s

lecture.

“It all kind of came together,” Degi said.

“It’s been a long process. It’s been going on for months. It's almost a year-long process to make sure this lecture comes in hand.”

Degi said the lecture series enables the Women and Gender Studies Center to collaborate with other organizations on campus.

“We’re really excited for this,” Hernandez

said. “It’s the anchor and signature event for Women’s History Month.”

Degi said representatives from other schools in the area will attend, including American University, University of Maryland and George Washington University.

Hill will speak at Concert Hall in the Center for the Arts at 1:30 p.m. March 3. The event is free and open to the public.

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Q&A with Mark Hertsgaard Laura Bolt Administration Beat Reporter Independent journalist and author Mark Hertsgaard presented his book “Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth.”

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Climate Change expert Mark Hertsgaard’s lecture focused on the implica ons of climate change worldwide.

Climate change expert visits Mason Mark Hertsgaard discusses new book ‘Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth’ with students, faculty Laura Bolt Administration Beat Reporter Noted writer and environmentalist Mark Hertsgaard visited George Mason University on Wednesday to present a lecture on the issue of climate control and our future in a warming world. Hertsgaard discussed his new book, “Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth.”

Speaking to students of all ages, Hertsgaard noted that many in the audience were part of “generation hot,” a term coined to describe individuals born after June 23, 1988. That day is significant as the day when NASA scientist James Hansen first alerted the world to the climate crisis. The time since that day, Hertsgaard told the crowd, accounts for 40 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions.

He noted that this generation would have to deal with “the hottest, most volatile climate our civilization has ever known.”

Because there is no way to erase the damage that has been done, Hertsgaard warned the crowd that a certain amount of warming is inevitable. Even if we were able to revolutionize the way

we live, including systems of energy, agriculture and transportation, a 30-year lag effect would sustain high temperatures for a total of 50 years before there would be relief.

This creates a situation with a “double imperative” – stopping the rapid warming and living through the damage that cannot be undone. The response must be twofold, consisting of adaptation (at the local level) and mitigation (locally and globally).

“Because of this paradigm shift,” Hertsgaard said, “we all have to start thinking and, above all, acting differently about the climate.”

Hertsgaard’s message was sober but not without hope. He has already seen cutting-edge technology and passionate activists and cited communities in California and Washington state as leading the way in energy reform. One positive element he mentioned was the enormity of coping with climate change would create jobs in all fields to deal with the crisis.

A common theme during the event was the importance of local grassroots activism. One thing Hertsgaard recommended was learning about the local area’s en-

vironmental situation and engaging in simple activities like growing food, planting trees or joining a group like the Sierra Club.

A difficulty Hertsgaard noted in his lecture was the slow response to the climate crisis from the political sphere, saying that the only debate about the truth of global warming was “inside the beltway.”

Hertsgaard, who had spent the previous day confronting those who he termed “climate cranks” on Capitol Hill, said the United States needs to catch up to its allies overseas, such as France and Germany, two countries that have accepted the idea of global warming for over a decade.

During the Q&A, Hertsgaard told one activist that the best way to affect change in the government is to vote out of office those who refuse to work on environmental issues out of office.

Hertsgaard closed the lecture with an apology to “generation hot” from the previous generation for not adequately addressing the climate problem and saying that, though it will require a great amount of work, the current generation can still turn things around if they commit and start now.

Merten to appear at meet and greet President’s Day celebration for international students and scholars Gregory Connolly News Editor George Mason University President Alan Merten will appear at a meet and greet today for international students and scholars.

“Dr. Merten will make some remarks about what it means to be an international student and will officially recognize the students in attendance,” said Kevin Stoy, marketing coordinator for the Center

for Global Education. “We’re going to take a really big picture with Dr. Merten and all the students who show up.”

Stoy, who helped organize the event, said he is expecting as many as 300 students to show up.

“We’re doing a pre-registration,” Stoy said. He said this is the only way Mason recognizes international students. This is the third year of the event and Stoy said the organizational process began ear-

lier than it did in the past two years.

“An ideal interaction for me at this event would be to see a student who is enrolled to study in Japan in the fall actually come face to face with a student who is from the university that they’re going to who is currently studying here at Mason,” Stoy said.

The event will take place today in Dewberry Hall from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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We are in a unique situation as college students. We both know the past and face experiencing a different kind of future. Do you think those local efforts are the place for us to start?

MH: The old mantra, “Think globally, act locally” is still applicable. You have to have a consciousness about the global problem but where you’re going to be able to deflect the global problem is by organizing locally, and then doing things like electing different representatives to government and shutting down bad energy sources, like coal-fired power plants.

You have been dealing with environmental issues for a long time. Was there anything that surprised you when you started to write this book?

MH: I was surprised by the fact that there were already cutting-edge leaders in government and community organizations around Could you apply the metaphor of a the world who are already dealing with these doomsday clock to the environmental issues in very ingenious and effective ways. crisis?

Probably the single most hopeful story is the MH: In some ways we are already past midWest African farmers, who, although they night on the clock. It’s already too late for a are some of the poorest people in the world lot. There are already a lot of places we aren’t and although many of them are illiterate and going to be able to defend. A lot of places we don’t even know the phrase “climate change, are going to have to abandon. At this point, “are nevertheless adapting to climate change we are not going to be able to save every in a very effective way – by growing trees, a place or everyone, so we just have to do the very simple thing to do. It is increasing the best we can in the time remaining, however yield of their crops, increasing the yield of long that is. underground water tables, and the most important thing is that malnutrition in chil- One of the things I thought was interestdren is plummeting. ing in the book is that at If they can do it in least one person noted “It’s already too late West Africa, one of that climate control, sofor a lot, there are althe most inhoscial justice and economic pitable environready a lot of places developments were all ments on Earth, linked. Do you think this we aren’t going to be surely we, with our is true? able to defend. A lot of technological and MH: I think they should be economic advanplaces we are going to if we want to make progress, tages, can do at least and I would add human have to abandon.” as much. rights in there, because without human rights it’s Your book talks very difficult to do the politabout how the cri-Mark Hertsgaard, author ical activism that’s required sis will affect difto really turn this situation ferent areas like around.

San Francisco and Washington state. Do you have any ideas The end of the book mentions “Green about how the crisis will affect Northern Apollo.” Could you talk about that?

Virginia and Washington, D.C.?

MH: The idea is that the nation has to make MH: On the question of heat … you will be a strong commitment to a specific goal of indeed be facing that by 2040. That “charm- shifting carbon fuel and creating a green ing” summer that you had last year is now economy. A 10-year timeline is the goal begoing to be a normal summer. It doesn’t cause it helps focus the attention. Essenmean you’ll get it every summer; you might tially, what we do is use government get it every other summer. So that is proba- leadership and some amount of government bly the number one thing I would leave with money (mainly the government money is to people. Second, in terms of Washington, leverage the private sector) for citizen inD.C., we have looked at sea level rise and volvement. You’ve got to have a grass roots storm surge, and essentially by the middle of level. The Green Apollo program will be an the century we could easily be seeing the enormous job producer and economic Lincoln and the Jefferson Memorials sur- growth engineer. By changing incentives– rounded by moats of water because of two not by spending more money, but by spendthings – sea level rise and storm surge. Sea ing money more wisely – we can get a differlevel rise won’t do it alone but when it is ent outcome. Let’s stop spending money in a compounded by, especially summer storms, way that’s going to hurt our future and start stronger hurricanes and that sort of thing spending money in a way that will help our will be happening. The entire western half future. of the [National] Mall could easily be put underwater every other year by 2050.

How much hope do you have for the fuIn reading the book I got the sense that there is not really a specific remedy for climate success, as areas vary so greatly.

Should staying local be the focus or are there universal adaptations we can engage in?

MH: Adaptations are definitely more local and regional, but for mitigation it has to be all of that, and national, and global. I don’t set out to say this is what will define success, because unfortunately I can’t use the term success in that context. We are already locked in to at least a two-degree Celsius temperature rise – that’s not a success. We have to make the best of the situation and that will involve actions on both the local and national level.

ture?

MH: Without hope, we are lost. Hope is not the same as optimism. Optimism is a rational calculation that looks at the objective facts. Hope obviously looks at that, but then, whatever those facts are, hope will help them to move in the right direction. Let’s say on the optimism scale the chances are 10-to1 that we’re going to be able to make this. If we don’t do anything, we are sure not to make it. If we do, there is no guarantee we’ll succeed, but what is the alternative? As a dad in particular – but even before I was a dad – I would much rather give it my best effort and go down fighting if I have to, then just say it’s too hard. If it were a 1000-to-1 chance I would still fight for my daughter and the rest of generation hot.

Mason student charged with abduc on Student prevented another student from leaving room Toni Rico Crime Beat Reporter A George Mason University student is facing an abduction charge after a Feb. 2 incident in the Potomac Heights housing area.

Michael Ross, 22, of Front Royal, has been charged with abduction by force and intimidation, according to an official from the Fairfax County General District Court Criminal Division clerk’s office. Ross was arraigned

Feb. 3 at the court and released on bail the same day.

The incident “involved two residential students in a relationship,” said Maj. George Ginovsky, assistant chief of police at Mason.

“One was prevented from leaving a room,” Ginovsky said.

“That is the abduction charge.”

Ross’s abduction by intimidation charge is a Class 5 felony, according to court documents.

If convicted, the felony could carry a prison term of up to 10

years, or at the discretion of the court or jury, jail for no more than one year and a fine of up to $2,500. According to Virginia Code, an individual can be sentenced to one or both of these punishments A defense attorney for Ross could not be reached for comment as of the writing of this article.

Ross has a preliminary hearing scheduled for March 8 at 2 p.m. in Fairfax County General District Court.

Mason’s new status will help in recruiting RESIDENTIAL, from front create an environment that is friendly to students both on and off campus.

“It is important for students to know that they will have a place to live if they need one,” Hurley said.

Mason is trying to put the focus on students when it comes

to future growth. Hurley said the administration is considering students’ wants and needs while they plan the allocation of university resources and additional housing.

Especially in light of this new classification, major consideration will be given to how university resources will be affected and used by residential students.

Hurley is positive about this

change and what it will do for Mason. She said benefits include increases in recruiting and retention efforts and in student services, as well as “the kind of student engagement opportunities and continuous 24-hours-a-day energy which is a hallmark of today’s residential campuses.”

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Students forego calories to get a quicker buzz Erin Powell Asst. Style Editor

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Anorexia and bulimia are nothing shy of serious problems and college students are one demographic most at risk for these these types of eating disorders.

However, health professionals are starting to see a new trend on the rise: drunkorexia.

“Drunkorexia is a slang term that refers to limiting food intake in order to drink more alcohol,” says Mary Ann Sprouse, director of the Office of Alcohol, Drug & Health Education at George Mason University.

In addition to being able to drink more alcohol, young adults might be tempted to indulge in this type of behavior in order to become inebriated more quickly and to consume fewer calories from food. While drunkorexia is not an official medical term, health officials are gradually beginning to examine the repercussions that ensue from drunkorexic tendencies.

“Drunkorexia is treated as an eating disorder with the substance abuse being a secondary disorder,” Sprouse says. “There are no formal studies looking at this behavior.

However, we see studies that show binge drinking and alcohol abuse are on the rise among women who are also more prone to eating dis-

orders.”

Acknowledging the negative behavior associated with drunkorexia, some health professionals are considering the fact that it could possibly serve as a gateway disorder to other substance abuse problems and eating disorders.

“Between 20 and 30 percent of eating-disordered patients also suffer from substance abuse problems,” Sprouse said.

The attitude among students regarding drunkorexia can be difficult to examine. Some think that because it’s not an official medical term, they have license to indulge.

If anything, they might see the practice as a fun, growing trend among party-goers. Other students think that the issue should not be taken lightly, especially since it can severely affect one’s health and self-image.

“I’ve heard of people doing it, but I didn’t actually know there was a term for it,” says Helena Okolicsanyi, a sophomore global affairs major. “I think it is pretty dangerous. People aren’t aware of how much they consume. It depends on the person.”

With any alcohol-related disorder, there is a risk for serious medical problems. For drunkorexics, these risks increase since their bodies are weakened from consuming little to no food. Stomach ulcers, liver disease, alcohol poi-

soning, increased suicide risk, depression and even fatal cardiac arrhythmias can result over time from increased alcohol abuse. “[Drunkorexia] is definitely something to take seriously and [the Office of] ADHE continues to query students about this behavior when they come in for services,” Sprouse says.

Increased pressure from the media could be to blame for pushing young women and men towards underaged drinking and also towards an idealized Hollywood body image. However, there is the notion that teenagers will be teenagers and that they have always shown the desire to have fun, let loose and express themselves.

Some students have even raised the possibility of lowering the drinking age to combat the high number of alcohol-related disorders.

Although not as widespread as other eating disorders, drunkorexia can still lead to serious problems if abused for long periods of time.

If you or someone you know is in need of help for a substance abuse-related disorder, contact the university’s Counseling and Psychological Services at caps.gmu.edu or the Office of Alcohol, Drug & Health Education at adhe.gmu.edu.

Stephen King, Amy Tan headline Fall for the Book

Photo by: Peter Flint

Hot Tuna put on an exci ng show with wi y humor and fantas c music Saturday at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall.

Hot Tuna Blues

Band rocked out acoustic and electric tracks at Center for the Arts show Nathan Dorfman Staff Writer Washington, D.C.-based blues-rock band Hot Tuna played to a nearly full audience at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts on Saturday.

Hot Tuna consists of founding members and former Jefferson Airplane members Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Kasady, who started the band over 50 years ago, and mandolinist Barry Mitterhoff. At their Mason performance, the group was joined by bluegrass singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale, harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite, guitarist G.E. Smith and drummer Skoota Warner.

Hot Tuna and Lauderdale

were both excited to perform at Mason on their national tour.

“We’re not used to playing classy joints like this,” Kaukonen said.

“Lots of times when we play college auditoriums, there has to be chicken wire on the stage … so you guys are great,” Lauderdale said.

The audience applauded enthusiastically throughout the show, and even called out to the performers and sang along.

Although certainly maintaining a great amount of energy during the performance, it was surprising to see that the audience was comprised mainly of community members and very few Mason students.

The first half of the performance was primarily acoustic,

featuring folksy, bluegrass melodies. In this half, guest artists Lauderdale and Musselwhite, who both performed songs from their most recent albums, were highlighted.

The second half was fullfledged rock. Once the second half started, Kaukonen added a little preemptive commentary.

“This is the sensitive part of the show,” he noted ironically.

The show contained a mix of instrumental and vocal numbers.

The audience was so pleased with the show that Hot Tuna performed a one-song encore immediately afterward. The performance lasted two and a half hours.

Q&A with musician Jim Lauderdale What inspired you to be a bluegrass artist?

JL: In my early teens, I started to play the banjo and listened to a lot of bluegrass at the time. My musical interests expanded into blues and rock.

Who are your musical role models?

JL: Ralph Stanley, George Jones,

Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Cash and Seldom Scene.

What do you enjoy more: singing or songwriting?

JL: I like them both. Songwriting is more of a challenge. Ideas come to me naturally, but finishing a song is hard work.

How has your upbringing influenced your music?

JL: Growing up in the Carolinas, my mom was a chorus director and my dad was a minister. Bluegrass music was always in the background.

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Photo from fallforthebook.org

Photo from fallforthebook.org

Amy Tan and Stephen King will headline this September’s Fall for the Book Fes val.

Authors to visit Mason to accept awards at this year’s festival Emily Sharrer Editor-in-Chief Fans of Stephen King and Amy Tan have a lot to look forward to at this year’s thirteenth annual Fall for the Book Festival, where both critically acclaimed authors will accept awards on George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus. The festival, held each fall, brings together readers and authors for a week full of events hosted at Mason and other locations throughout Northern Virginia, D.C. and Maryland.

King, the master of terror, has been chosen as the winner of the Mason Award, a prize for authors who have made “extraordinary contributions to bringing literature to a wide reading public,” according to the Fall for the Book website. Tan, who has written five New York Times best-selling books, including ‘The Joy Luck Club,” will receive the Fairfax Prize, which honors “outstanding literary achievement.”

According to William Miller, executive director for Fall for the Book, King and Tan have been chosen as winners in prior years, but this is the first year they have been available to receive the awards.

“They are perennial favorites of the people who are doing the selecting because their work embodies the qualities these prizes are set up to honor,” said Miller.

According to Miller, winners are selected by the Fall for the Book Board, staff and in the case

of the Fairfax Prize, the Fairfax Public Library Foundation, who helps fund the cash prize for the winner.

Art Taylor, marketing director for the festival, hopes bringing King and Tan will add to the festival’s growing reputation as a top-notch literary festival.

“I think that getting these two authors, both great literary authors, both very popular with a presence among readers everywhere is going to help to get us attention and will show that we are, and continue to be, a contender in bringing some great literary talent to the region,” said Taylor.

Tan will receive the Fairfax Prize on Tuesday, Sept. 20 and King will accept the Mason Award on Friday, Sept. 23. On King’s website, it says that King “will be speaking and/or reading for approximately 30-45 minutes. Details regarding the speech and a possible signing to follow are still being negotiated.”

According to Miller, the current plan is for each event to be free and open to the public in the Center For the Arts Concert Hall.

Now that the public’s interest has been piqued with the release of the headliner’s names, Miller says soon other authors who have signed on for the festival will be announced.

“These are the first authors that we’ve announced for the festival and there’s a lot more coming,” said Taylor. “This is just the top of the nearly 150 authors we expect to bring in and we encourage people to look at the full schedule.”

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Adapting cultures Mason lights up campus with Chinese traditions Hannah Powers Broadside Correspondent Under a full moon, thousands of lanterns hang for the annual Chinese Lantern Festival.

Taking place on the 15th day of the first month in the Chinese New Year, the Lantern Festival marks the end of the New Year celebrations. This festival originates in the Han Dynasty which dates from 206 B.C. to 220 A.D. Centuries later, George Mason University holds its own Lantern Festival.

The event took place in the Patriot Lounge in Student Union Building I of the Fairfax campus, on Thursday.

Students, faculty and curious passers-by enjoyed traditional music, Chinese cuisine, games, calligraphy, lantern painting and origami.

Graduate student Matthew Wang was teaching origami to anyone willing to learn the tedious art. A Mason professor paid close attention as Wang walked her

through the steps of folding a paper crane.

“I’m gathering materials for my class,” she said, saving her finished crane to take to her Chinese class.

Wang is studying Computational and Data Sciences at Mason and is a first-generation Chinese American.

Both of his parents are Chinese, and Wang’s father owns a restaurant. It is here that Wang celebrates Chinese New Year and the Lantern Festival with his family.

“We usually have a big dinner,” says Wang, explaining that his family and his father’s co-workers enjoy the dinner together.

Every year, the adults at his family’s dinner give red envelopes containing money to the children.

“Anywhere from twenty to one hundred dollars,” Wang says. Unfortunately for Wang, the fun of this tradition has reached its end.

“I’m about old enough to do that, it’s coming out of my pocket,” Wang says, laughing.

Although lacking fire-

works like the traditional Chinese celebrations, Mason’s festival went well, according to Wang.

“It’s a nice turnout.

Everyone seems to be having a nice time. They’re enjoying the cranes,” says Wang, motioning to an assortment of paper figures on the table in front of him.

At a table littered with watercolor paint sets, students of many ethnicities painted colorful lanterns. International students discussed their homesickness and classes while other students compared lanterns.

Many languages were spoken at this table, illustrating what Mason and the festival are about. Senior Ribaha Farooq sums up the Peer Empowerment Program’s hopes for this festival.

“Our goal is to reach out to international students from other countries,” Farooq says. “We want them to feel like they’re home, so we do it every spring semester.”

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CATWALK Students gear up for DC Fashion Week

What are your favorite personal hobbies?

JL: Tai chi helps me stay in shape on the road. I’ve traveled to China four times to study with tai chi masters. I was just in China this December.

Have you enjoyed touring with Hot Tuna?

JL: Yes, they are great folks and I enjoy listening to them play. It’s a fun, easy-going experience and I learn a lot. Something new happens every day.

How do you envision country music ten years from now?

JL: It’s hard to say, but it will evolve as an art form. I prefer traditional country music and hope that it will have longevity.

What goals do you envision for yourself as an artist?

JL: I’m challenging myself to write as many songs as possible. I finished a bluegrass album in August and am working on another country album in the fall.

What have you enjoyed most about writing hits for George Strait?

JL: I’m real grateful to George Strait for recording 14 of my songs – more than any other artist who has done my songs. When George recorded “Where the Sidewalk

brought to you by the nation’s capital.

For more information and for ticket pricing, visit dcfashionweek.org.

Tea Hadzic Broadside Correspondent Although you may not know Washington, D.C., as a fashion capital, the city gets fierce and dolled up as it celebrates the power of style for DC Fashion Week.

From Feb. 21-27, seven events will be dedicated to high fashion, trends and couture. International clothing designers will be presenting a range of Fall and Winter collections for 2011. Different textiles and patterns bring designs from Iran, Nigeria, Thailand and many other countries and cultures.

Throughout the week, there will be several free admission events.

On Monday, the Kickoff Reception for DC Fashion Week will take place at Kellari Taverna from 6-9 p.m.

The Textile Museum will be hosting two special events. Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats will be held on Tuesday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Second Lives: The Age-Old Art of Recycling Textiles will be held on Wednesday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Get ready to mingle with models, stylists, producers and photographers at the Fashion Industry Networking Party on Thursday from 6-10 p.m. at Tabaq Bistro.

However, not everything is open to the public.

The weekend will be getting fancy with “special invitation only” events. On Friday, the television network premiere of “DC Cupcakes” will be presented at a private launch party from 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

On Saturday night, the Washington Post Conference Center will host a runway show on Washington Menswear Collections from 7-9 p.m. where eight fashion houses will present their latest creations for gentlemen of style. Tickets are required.

DC Fashion Week will come to an end with a fashion show on International Couture Collections on Sunday evening from 5:30-8 p.m at the Embassy of France, where a mixture of 17 worldwide labels will be shown. Tickets are required and cocktail attire is highly requested.

So all you fashionistas, don’t miss out on the largest exhibit of fashion apparel

Lauderdale: ‘I have George Strait to thank for getting my career started’ LAUDERDALE, from page 4

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Ends” and “King of Broken Hearts,” and included them in his movie “Pure Country,” I really saw my songwriting career snowballing. I have George Strait to thank for getting my career started.

What inspired “Lost in the Lonesome Pines,” your Grammy-winning collaboration with bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley?

JL: I was driving through the snow in North Carolina and the melodies and title fit simultaneously. Also, there’s a special place in Virginia called the Trail of the Lonesome Pine. I was very nervous when we first got into the studio and felt lots of self-induced pressure. Finishing the project was a big relief and a great experience.

What has been your favorite college experience?

JL: Attending the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, I balanced schoolwork with songwriting and live performance. The experience was difficult, but busy and productive.

Would you like to share anything else with Broadside?

JL: I hope folks who saw the Hot Tuna show will enjoy it and see me when I’m in the area again. I perform in northern Virginia at least three times a year, as I was just at the Birchmere in Alexandria last December. My recordings can be obtained online at jimlauderdale.com.

Mastering the art

Radiohead surprises and satisfies fans with ‘The King of Limbs’

Ramy Zabarah Style Editor Early last week in the midst of Valentine’s Day buzz, fans of a certain English alternative rock band got their own special valentine.

After making their previous album available to fans online through a pay-what-you-want pricing system, Radiohead had more tricks up their sleeves for dedicated fans.

As if announcing the release of “The King of Limbs,” only six days before wasn’t enough, the band decided it would be a nice gesture to give fans the opportunity to download the album a day in advance. Radiohead fans woke up Friday to a very special sur-

prise.

“The King of Limbs” is yet another odd concoction that follows similar styles shown in 2007’s “Rainbows” and a few of their earlier albums. This record’s experimental aspects are reminiscent of the spacey, o eat electronic riffs heard in their 2000 release, “Kid A” and its successor “Amnesiac.”

“The King of Limbs” begins with “Bloom,” an uncomfortable, yet oddly satisfying opener that follows an inconsistent drum riff backed by an atmospheric synthesizer and some dissonant bass licks. Lead singer Thom Yorke’s unmistakable melodic vocals seamlessly fit in to bring the track together.

“Bloom” is followed by a couple tracks along the same pat-

tern, showing signs of influence from earlier albums, like the tonality of “Hail to the Thief” as heard in the third track, “Little by Little,” and the fourth track, an instrumental called “Feral.”

The album’s single, “Lotus Flower” was accompanied by a music video comprised of a black-and-white Yorke dancing spastically, as he is known to do at live concerts. The video was released online in the same post that announced the advanced availability of the album Friday morning. The song itself will surely bring smiles to Radiohead fans everywhere.

The following two tracks are slow pieces that may bring moisture to listeners’ eyes, especially “Codex,” the dark and dissonant ballad composed of piano, vo-

cals, atmospheric guitar and various synthesizers, which bring about an illusion of an empty space being slowly filled with pieces of your deepest, darkest secrets.

The album closes with “Separator,” a neither chaotic nor hypnotizing conclusion; just pure satisfaction. Reverting to the basics shown in “In Rainbows,” the band adds an electric guitar part halfway through the song that almost explicitly instructs listeners to close their eyes and enjoy.

In compliance with fans’ expectations, Radiohead delivers once again an album that is a pleasant surprise to the avid listener and another masterpiece by the five-piece band from Oxford.

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Thumbs up to the Fall for the Book Festival for awarding Stephen King and Amy Tan 2011’s Mason Award and Fairfax Prize winners, respectively.

Thumbs up to Mason’s men’s basketball team for winning 13 consecutive games and having the longest active winning streak in Division I. We haven’t been this excited since ‘06.

Thumbs up to Mason for being named a residential campus. Some of us pay over $3,000 a semester for housing. People should pay attention.

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The problem with pedagogy

The insults of the left

The issues with our nation’s educators

Liberals should think before they speak

Brandon minster G R A D S T u d e n t

Opinion

Columnist

A popular bumper sticker proclaims, “If you can read this, thank a teacher.” At some level, it’s a meaningless truism. Hardly anyone has ever discovered reading without receiving some training. In my case, it was my parents who were my teachers.

But it’s not that kind of teacher the bumper sticker means. Often, those who count as a “teacher” have nothing to do with whether they are, in fact, teaching. Instead, it has everything to do with job description and union membership.

Attending public schools, I was fully immersed in the education system’s cult of the teacher. This belief system’s founding myth tells of selfless professionals who care so much about the advancement of children that they masochistically take on low-paying, thankless jobs to help those youth.

The truth is actually quite different. Education majors are a different breed, and not in a good way. As economics profes-

sor Steven E. Landsburg notes in his book “Fair Play,” “college graduates are, on average, far brighter than college freshmen. ... On the other hand, those college graduates who go into teaching are, on average, about exactly as bright as college freshmen; among students who become teachers, only half were in the top half of their freshman classes.”

Landsburg is saying that most college graduates come from the top of their freshman class, but education major graduates come from everywhere.

“It’s as if the weeding-out process completely bypasses the education majors,” he concludes.

A recent New York Times article noted that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan “has said that many, if not most, teacher-training programs are mediocre. ‘It is time to start holding teacher-preparation programs more accountable for the impact of their graduates on student learning,’ Mr. Duncan said in a speech in November.”

But an effort to create some of the accountability Duncan seeks is being fought by many education departments of colleges. U.S. News & World Report’s attempt to issue rankings is meeting with hostility.

The complaint is that the magazine’s criteria are wrong, yet no attempt to offer better criteria

has been made. Education professors and deans are saying, “Your system of evaluation is wrong; let’s keep the system with no accountability.”

Most critics of teachers are seen as slightly less American than Benedict Arnold. Yet many teachers seek to undermine their own position through tyranny.

The current poll question on the American Federation of Teachers’ website is, “Should schools send notes home for students at risk of obesity?” The proposal is currently losing, but not by much.

A shopping center marquee in my neighborhood recently lauded a group of public school kids for their “behavior, attitude, respectfulness, and kindness.”

Not one of those attributes has anything to do with scholarship.

The list could be summed up as “these students are being honored for being easily controlled.”

The fact that education in our nation is a shambles cannot really be argued. While the president attempts to stem the tide with platitudes such as “win the future,” Secretary Duncan and U.S. News are trying to do something about it. They are met with stonewalling and criticism, not with educated responses.

This is probably all we should expect from the nation’s current pedagogy system.

Alan Moore S E N I O R

Opinion

Columnist

Last November the American public soundly rejected the leftist policies of President Barack Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress.

Much to their chagrin, the Tea Party was a catalyst for the historic results of that election.

Led by spokespeople like the former MSNBC loudmouth Keith Olbermann and his cohorts, they attempted (and have continued to attempt) to label the Tea Party as racist, fringe, unAmerican or worse.

The truly hypocritical point of contention concerns a few short years ago when President Bush was maligned by the Left in more despicable ways than anything the Tea Party has ever been accused of doing.

I don’t see the Tea Party telling the president to “Shut the hell up” like Olbermann so eloquently stated in 2008.

They haven’t made deplorable claims like blaming Bush and Dick Cheney for the

9/11 attacks as Olby did on his now-defunct program.

Of course those comments weren’t isolated incidents; every night Olbermann railed against Bush and his administration, throwing at them some of the most disgusting accusations ever seen on television.

I don’t hear the Tea Party calling for the execution of public officials in the manner that Sen. Al Franken called for in 2005 about Karl Rove, Scooter Libby and President Bush. Vice President Joe Biden once referred to Bush as “brain dead.”

Some of the moronic things said by the joke of D.C., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, included calling Bush a “loser,” a “liar” and stopped just short of accusing him of treason.

How many times did we see Code Pink protestors interrupting congressional committee hearings with bloody hands and insolent hate speech?

These are the same loons who protested military recruiting stations with witchcraft (seriously), and accusing them of war crimes.

Let’s not forget the plethora of Nazi regalia seen at anti-war protests. “Vanity Fair” once compared a Bush official to Joseph Goebbels and New York Times columnist Frank Rich made a

similar comparison.

And let us not forget the frequent comparisons to Bush as Hitler, Nero, or any number of history’s most infamous villains.

The most recent crime against civility committed by the Left came after the tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the murder of six people.

As quick as the talking heads at MSNBC and their ilk were to blame Sarah Palin, they failed to mention that one of the leading liberal blogs, the Daily Kos, put a bull’s eye on Giffords and her seat and proclaimed that she was dead to them.

Doctor, heal thyself!

Before the Left continues to try to condemn the Tea Party by labeling them as extremists, they need to take a serious look at themselves and the spokespeople for liberalism.

Hardliner extremists like Keith Olbermann, Al Franken and the Daily Kos make the Tea Party look like fluffy kittens.

The vitriol spewed by the Left, particularly during the Bush Administration, is much more offensive then any rhetoric espoused by the Tea Party.

The hypocrisy and hate speech in the country doesn’t come from the Tea Party. It comes from the Left.

Streamline the bureaucracy and stem spending Mason needs to cut spending and focus on the things that really matter Paul Panasiuk Opinion Columnist For the past few years, George Mason University has been alive with construction and the renovation of residence halls, dining halls, workout facilities, parking structures and student union buildings.

In Skyline, you can watch any one of six flat screen televisions while riding a stationary bike and then head over to the Aquatic and Fitness Center to relax in a 14-person hot tub.

These unnecessary luxuries add up quickly and we, the students, are paying for them.

The north end of campus of-

fers a brand new, 600-bed student housing facility and a dining hall, a project that cost $56 million.

While many of us will have graduated before its completion, Fenwick Library’s 50,000 square foot addition and Science and Tech II’s 150,000 square foot addition and renovation are projected to cost a total of $109 million.

Mason’s own construction website boasts a hefty list of recently completed, current, or design-phase projects that already have and will cost students hundreds of millions of dollars. This is apart from proposals like the $116 million for infrastructure and parking improvements.

The recent 4.46 percent room and board rate hike, and the pro-

posed 10.2 percent increase for instate and 6 percent increase for out-of-state tuition should come as no surprise.

They do, however, showcase one thing: the Board of Visitors and administration have absolutely zero respect for current tuition-paying students.

They are intentionally throwing millions of dollars of debt on the backs of current and future students when they, the administration, should be looking to effectively cut waste and streamline the university’s bureaucracy.

Because of the construction all over campus, I suspect the university is trying to increase the student body. The enormous class sizes, often exceeding 100 stu-

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dents, do not benefit anyone. Instead of trying to throw in thousands of more students to be the biggest, they should work with what they have and be the best.

Instead of parading around with their Mason credit card and proposing tuition hikes, the BOV and administration should look at their actions from the perspective of the students who are currently paying for their costly legacy.

The two non-voting BOV-appointed students should not only be given at least one vote each, but more students should hold leadership positions among the board’s ranks. Who better knows what is best for the university – a group of 16 adults, or a group of students who live, study, work,

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and play on campus?

If the BOV actually walked around campus with the average student, they would have no trouble wracking up examples of waste and inefficiency.

Upon transferring to Mason last year, I spent three hours trying to get one stamp on a financial aid form. After being redirected from one office to two others, I was given the choice of placing my form in inter-office mail to be jostled around until an ambitious employee decided to read it, or go back to where I started.

Clearly, inefficiencies in the current system do exist.

The main objective of the BOV and administration should be to give students a world-class

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education for the cheapest possible cost.

I highlight education because too much money is spent on unnecessary, non-academic luxury items like the new high definition LED four-screen scoreboard soon to be installed in the Patriot Center.

If this common sense solution is too complicated or time consuming, I politely ask the BOV to suspend their actions until a more competent and fiscally sane yet academically friendly board can be appointed by Governor McDonnell.

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Man on the Street Did you celebrate Valentine’s Day? A. Yes, I did with my significant other.

B. Yes, I did with my friends.

C. No, I hung out with my friends.

D. No, I don’t ever celebrate Valentine’s Day. E. No, I watched romance flicks and was consumed by loneliness.

What YOU said...

“Yeah, we [friends and I] just watched a movie.”

Sara Yaakoub Senior Global Affairs

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“Yes, he [my boyfriend] sent flowers to [my] work and we went to the mussel bar in Bethesda.”

Rhea Powers Junior Psychology

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“Yep, I had night class on Monday, so me and my boyfriend went to Cheesecake Factory on Sunday.”

Shannon Miller Junior Global and Community Health

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“Kind of, I just had lunch with my girlfriend at the Rat.” Joe Risi Sophomore Information Technology

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“I celebrated Independence Day.” Chris Sallarulo Sophomore International relations and Conflict Analysis

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“I did celebrate Valentine’s Day this year.

My boyfriend is in Jersey so me and a couple friends went to Southside and decorated our own cupcakes”

Photo by Gregory Connolly

Karimah Dosunmu Freshman Government and International Politics

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Quote Week: “This discourse is a way to begin a dialogue on gender and race dynamics on campus. Hill is going to discuss gender dynamics and how they play out on a daily basis.”

— Beth Degi, a graduate assistant at the Women and Gender Studies Center, on bringing Anita Hill to campus.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Tuition increases are unacceptable The upcoming tuition increases at George Mason University are completely unacceptable for our students, both in-state and out-ofstate.

It is a major problem and the answer couldn’t be clearer.

Instead of increasing campus spending, personnel and creating more hectic construction based on bonds that Mason and our students will eventually have to pay back, Mason leadership should be focused on streamlining more and advancing economically-smart education priorities.

Mason should reconsider its rash decision to use students as a never-ending source of increased revenue and treat campus operations like a business. Fiscal irresponsibility has no place here in Fairfax.

Instead of buying new printers and copiers at the cost of thousands of dollars and wasting money on databases that aren’t used, Mason should adapt and improvise.

Instead of hiring new faculty, revamp current rolls and focus on merit-based tenure.

Instead of keeping systems and programs that don’t work, innovate and eliminate waste and redundancy. It needs to focus on shifting the cost curve down for our Mason Patriots, not exponentially raising the amount of dollars that students will have to pay.

In the end it boils down to basic economic principles.

As we grow in numbers as a school in both area and population, current leadership will continue to rise and raise rates based on supply and demand. What many at Mason

fear is that as we reach the maximum number of students, rates will still go up leading many to seek post-secondary education elsewhere in the Commonwealth.

As such, Mason leadership and the Board of Visitors should do everything it can to maintain a lowcost university atmosphere.

It is not only the right thing to do but the appropriate course of action to take.

Our students should continue to have quality and lasting affordable education – that is acceptable and should remain our mandate.

Michael DeMatteo GMU Student Senator Junior Government and International Politics

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The largest lead held by the Patriots in Tuesday night’s victory over the VCU Rams. It was the most lopsided advantage Mason has ever held in the Siegel Center.

Monday, February 21, 2011

VCU Midseason Breakdown

Patriots seal the deal in Iowa

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Cody Norman Sports Editor

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Vertrail Vaughns (11) drives against James Madison in their win on Feb. 12, pu ng 12 points on the board.

Pat Carroll Asst. Sports Editor The last time I wrote a breakdown, the George Mason University men’s basketball team was coming off a huge Homecoming win. How things have changed since then. The national media attention has grown with mentions on ESPN. The Patriots have the nation’s largest consecutive win streak.

Articles appear in The Washington Post and The Washington Times more than weekly, and more respect is seen in the Associated Press and Coaches’ Polls.

Finishing another week of winning, the Patriots went into Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond with intentions of winning their first game there since the 2005-06 season. The Old Dominion Monarchs were just coming off an 11-point win at Virginia Commonwealth Uni-

versity and the Patriots oneupped ODU with a 20-point beat down of the Rams. After both losses, VCU dropped into a share for second place in the Colonial Athletic Conference with ODU and Hofstra University. With all the recent negatives the Rams have undergone, they still have a team that will be dangerous in the CAA tournament and possibly but, not very likely, the NCAA tournament.

VCU’s frontcourt is strong, providing for the team’s top two leading scorers. Senior forward Jamie Skeen leads the Rams with 14.6 points per game, rebounds at 7.7 per game and leads the VCU starters with a 52.8 percent field goal percentage. Skeen, at 6-foot-9 is also a defensive presence in the paint leading the team in blocks (31) and rebounds (207). Junior forward Bradford Burgess has been a key contributor for the Rams this season as well, averaging

13.8 points per game and 6.1 rebounds per game. Burgess is also second on the team in 3point percentage at 38.7% from behind the arc.

The backcourt includes talented guards, senior Joey Rodriguez, senior Ed Nixon, and freshman Rob Brandenberg, who have each started every game of the season together. Rodriguez is always a threat from deep range, averaging 36 percent with 150 attempts, leading the team in that category. Averaging 10.7 and leading the team in assists (124), he can score from nearly anywhere on the floor and can drive in similarity to Villanova’s former point guard and Herndon native, Scottie Reynolds.

Nixon averages 7.6 points per game as a starter and is one of the Rams’ primary defenders.

His best performance of the year came in a loss to the Tennessee Volunteers at the beginning of

the season in which he scored 16 points. He later tied that mark with another 16-point performance against UNCW. Brandenberg has been a solid addition to the Rams in this his first year in Richmond. He had a career night against William & Mary, scoring 22 points while shooting 50 percent from three. He would later match that with a 23-point performance against Georgia State.

Only two weeks until the CAA tournament tips off in Richmond and still nothing is settled in conference play. One thing’s for sure. The CAA has made great strides as a conference and has received higher recognition in recent years.

The talent at the top of the CAA should make for a competitive tournament as usual. Don’t miss next week’s breakdown of the George Mason Patriots and their run at creating more madness this March.

How about that for an ESPN Sears BracketBuster game!

That’s what this time of the season is all about. It’s about two very good teams going head-tohead, toe-to-toe out there on the floor. Laying it all out on the line. And some of the most unexpected players coming up absolutely huge for the winning team. In this case, our beloved Patriots.

When I predicted a 78-71 victory for Mason on my website, CourtsideSeats.onmason.com, on Friday night, I took into consideration some very important statistics. Northern Iowa is a very good 3-point shooting team; they proved that in the first half. But, to counter that, the Patriots have one of the best 3-point shooting defenses in the nation. They typically rotate well on the perimeter and are able to get a hand in the face of shooters. Nonetheless, Northern Iowa is going to put the ball in the basket.

Whether you have the best defense in the country or the worst defense in the country, the Panthers will score the basketball. It is just up to the opposing team to slow the ball down, contest jump shots and make them run plays in a half-court set. This season under Jim Larranaga, the Patriots have done a good job at doing all three of those things.

On the opposite side of things, the Panthers have had their fair share of struggles on the defensive end. Before tonight, they had allowed 70 or

more points in four consecutive games. They have gotten into a bad habit of trying to outscore opponents as opposed to defend against them. And, while that may win a few ballgames here and there, it doesn’t beat the best teams.

And it didn’t beat the George Mason Patriots.

The victory over Northern Iowa did a few things for Mason.

(1) It all but guaranteed a top-10 seed in one of the four regions of the NCAA tournament this March; (2) It pushed the nation’s longest current winning streak to 13 with the next test coming Thursday night – Senior Night – against Northeastern; (3) It gives the Patriots a little added experience on a national stage in a hard-fought, close games – possibly the most important thing that Mason got out of the BracketBuster game on Saturday night.

Entering the final week of the regular season, the Patriots will put their current 13-game streak to the test against Northeastern in Thursday night’s Senior Night before traveling to Georgia State on Saturday. Both are very winnable games and, in fact, should be victories for the Patriots.

Regardless, Mason will go in to tournament play on March 5 as the No. 1 seed and the obvious team to beat in the CAA. Finish strong, Green & Gold Nation.

Cody Norman will be following the Patriots throughout their postseason run in Richmond and beyond. For team updates follow @Cody_Gaines on Twitter and stay up-to-date at CourtsideSeats.onmason.com.

Watching them succeed Mason fans throughout the community gather at Brion’s Grille and Hard Times for Patriot Club’s watch parties

From the court to the classroom Former and current men’s basketball stars team up to teach PE 120 Matt Smith Broadside Correspondent It’s 9:15 a.m. and the RAC is nearly empty, save for a few dedicated weightlifters. But upstairs, the Cage Gym is alive with the 10 or so students who have shown up for Physical Education 120, better known as Introduction to Basketball. And who better to head such a class than two George Mason University icons?

The course is instructed by former Mason basketball coach Joe Harrington with the help of current superstar guard Cam

Long, a player Harrington says, “is like having another instructor.

He’s so smart and so talented.”

Varsity athletes and ordinary students alike run Harrington’s drills, from 3-on-2s to layup lines, some more successfully than others. The level of inexperience does not bother Harington, however.

Sophomore Rin Yan admitted, “I didn’t know how to watch a basketball game before” – a problem Coach Harrington hopes to remedy with his course.

“We go over George Mason’s plays so they know what’s going

on when they play,” said Harrington. This reflects the mission of this course as the former coach and the current star hope to instill an understanding as well as an appreciation for the game of basketball. If that’s the lesson, then there is no better instructor than Harrington, a well-travelled basketball mind.

A former Mason head coach, Harrington has also coached at the NBA level as a member of the Toronto Raptors organization and has coached alongside legends such as the University of Texas’ Rick Barnes.

His journey has seemingly come full circle, but teaching this class is no downgrade for his career. He is as giddy as a coach can be when Yan’s awkward jump shot splashes through the net, sending her opposition – the losing squad of a three-on-three game – to the baseline for some wind sprints. At the end of the day however, the students and the instructors alike are here for the love of a game that has provided a profession for some, but enjoyment for all.

Mason Scoreboard Feb. 15: Men’s Basketball @ VCU - W 71-51 Feb. 17: Women’s Basketball vs. Delaware - W 67-56 Feb. 18: Men’s Volleyball @ Princeton - W 3-1 Feb. 19: Men’s Basketball @ Northern Iowa - W 77-71 Feb. 19: Baseball @ Xavier - L 11-3 Feb. 19: Men’s Volleyball @ Rutgers-Newark - W 3-1

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Cam Long (20) shoots a free throw at the Patriot Center.

Pat Carroll Asst. Sports Editor When the George Mason University men’s basketball team is on the road, the crowds seen on game day are absent and the Patriot Center is silent. However, the intensity changes settings and heads to Hard Times Café and Brion’s Grille.

I attended the Hard Times Café watch party, hosted by the Patriot Club, for the Mason game against the University of North Carolina Wilmington. The atmosphere in the restaurant was electric as plenty of Mason students, alumni and fans from the community were in attendance.

The Patriot Club had trivia challenges set out, with questions about the team as well as a guessing game about who the Patriots’ leading scorer would be and with how many points he would score.

The winners each received Mason

T-shirts. I have to say that I made a few trips to the buffet of various chilies and hotdogs provided by Hard Times.

Before game time, TVs were changed to the Mason game and everyone prepared for the opening tip.

Throughout the game, there were outbursts of yelling and cheering as the Patriots scored and ultimately won the game. For every Andre Cornelius 3-pointer, the restaurant erupted with cheers as he went on to finish the night with 25 points.

It was interesting to see the effect Mason has on the surrounding community with the number of community members attending the watch party.

Both restaurants will be supporting Mason into the postseason, starting with the CAA tournament and, at the rate the Patriots are going, the NCAA tournament.

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Mason continues huge run in BracketBuster With 13-game streak intact, Patriots beginning to get attention of national media Joe Prusinski Broadside Correspondent

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Junior Andre Cornelius (45) goes up for two points, leaving his total for this game at nine points.

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Junior Ryan Pearson (24) goes up against James Madison’s Andrey Semenov in Mason’s 11th win in a row.

With the Patriots’ win against Northern Iowa on Saturday, George Mason University extends its winning streak to 13, the longest active streak in the nation. As of Feb. 20, the Green and Gold were still not ranked in the top 25 in the NCAA; however, they are making a strong case for themselves by beating the Panthers in their BracketBusters game this past weekend.

Many comparisons have been made between the current Mason team and the 2006 team that made a run to the Final Four, although this year’s Patriots want to make their own history. They have already started to do so.

Senior Cam Long currently stands as number 17 on the alltime scoring list for Mason, and is moving up quickly. A few more good games and he could easily break into the top 15. Consistent scoring, as well as increased accuracy from the 3-point line has made Long an integral part of Mason’s lineup, and as this is his last year on the team, he is looking to take the Patriots as far as they can go.

After their win against the VCU Rams last week, the Patriots set a school record for most consecutive wins at twelve. One would think that it could not get any better than that, but when Coastal Carolina lost, ending their own streak, Mason’s streak became the longest in the country. This weekend’s win over Northern Iowa extended their streak even further to 13, setting yet another school record.

Patriot fans could only hope for the streak to continue, and if Mason toughs it out through the rest of the regular season without a loss, they could ride into the

CAA tournament on a 15-game streak.

Joe Lunardi predicts Mason as an eighth seed right now in the March Madness brackets, higher than one could have possibly hoped for at the beginning of the season. If all predictions end up coming true, then the first two weeks for the Patriots would go as follows: the Patriots (eighth seed) would play ninth seed Utah State in their first game. If Mason wins this game, they would go on to face the winner of the Ohio State (first seed) vs 16th seed. In all likelihood, Ohio State will win their game, and - assuming the Patriots win - go on to play a Mason in a tough matchup for the Green and Gold.

Although the Patriots seem unstoppable right now, the team realizes that it needs to focus on each game individually and not get too caught up in all of the hype.

When asked about his feelings on the winning streak after the romp of VCU in Richmond, Long stated during a press conference that if the team can “keep fighting, keep planning and preparing for every game, we should be able to get the job done, and keep the streak going.”

After Mason’s come-frombehind win over the Panthers on Saturday, Long’s predictions were confirmed.

UNI has some extremely hot 3-point shooters right now, scoring 15 from long range in their matchup with Bradley last week.

The first half of the game on Saturday, the Panthers shot a ridiculous 8-12 from deep. This set the Patriots back significantly, but a shift to guard the perimeter more tightly in the second half essentially shut down UNI’s 3-point game.

As Coach Larranaga has said

many times in the past, the media frenzies about Mason’s bracket position or its bid are not important. The only thing that a team needs to do is win games. Focusing on the next game seems to be what’s most important to the Patriots and the step-by-step approach is clearly working. As long as the Patriots continue to play with the intensity and concentration they have shown recently, we can expect good things come this post-season.

Mason Rankings (as of Feb. 20) RPI: #2o The Ratings Percentage Index is a combination of a teams’ winning percentage and strength of schedule. RPI is one of the main indicators that analysts and pollsters use when deciding whether a team will get an atlarge bid or will be left out of the tournament entirely.

AP Poll: #30 The Associated Press Poll is a national poll conducted and voted on by sports journalists in order to rank the top 25 college basketball teams in the nation.

USA Today Coaches’ Poll: #26 The USA Today Coaches’ Poll is a poll in which the USA Today Board of Coaches votes on the ranking of the top 25 teams in the country.

Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology: #8 Bracketology is a mock bracket composed by ESPN college basketball analyst Joe Lunardi, in which he predicts where each team will be seeded in the NCAA tournament.

Section 124 A Fan’s Perspective

An infatuation with tiny pieces of paper Daniel Zimmet Patriot Platoon Member If anyone has ever been to a Mason men’s basketball game, they would know that it seems like it’s raining tiny pieces of paper. As a freshman last season, or any fan for that matter, I was extremely confused as to why the student section would be throwing all this up in the air. However, I quickly learned that this was something I couldn’t wait to participate in for the next four years.

It’s one of our many rituals as diehard Mason basketball fans. Throwing paper is just as much a tradition as the “Larranaga chant” or the “suck-onthat” saying after we knock down two free throws or complete an and-one.

As students, we must wonder if these rituals and traditions actually improve our basketball teams’ winning percentage. I think in this case all I need to say is 23-5 with a 13-game winning streak (the longest in the country), No. 1 in the conference, and

we’ll be dancing soon enough. Plain and simple, it works, and it works well.

Prior to every game multiple members of the Patriot Platoon spend their pre-game ritual ripping up the basketball program. Students know that these rips can’t just be done in any way that they like. Programs must first be ripped into many vertical strips, and then those strips must be ripped horizontally to make tiny squares of confetti.

It is also very important, as a student, to know when to throw these pieces of paper. This is almost as important as knowing that there is no repetition of saying “whhaatt” in the GMU fight song. (If I can go off on a tangent for a second, I’d just like to tell Patriot fans that during the fight song on the 2nd time we say “GMU” we do not repeat saying “what.”)

These pieces are thrown only when a three pointer is made or if a dunk is thrown down by one of our own.

Students must be sure to plan out how much paper they need to rip.

Let’s say that Mason has four dunks and eight 3 pointers in a game. And we’ll assume that students throw about 10 pieces of paper, per celebration.

This means that there must be at least 120 pieces of paper ripped before each and every game! That’s a TON of ripping to do before each game. As the season has progressed, I could tell that students were less and less enthused with ripping up pieces before each game.

I noticed that groups of fans would have designated “paper rippers” for each game. That way not just one person would be stuck ripping for the entire section. Regardless of who is ripping each game, fans will always be throwing those tiny pieces of paper up in the air to enhance each celebration.

So, before you get ready to watch Mason’s next game, be sure to remember to get ripping.

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Events Calendar Men’s Basketball vs. Northeastern University Feb. 24 at 7 p.m.

The Patriots’ final home game of the season is the place to be Thursday night. Riding a 13-game winning streak, lasting over a month, Mason looks to extend the streak against the cellardwelling Northeastern Huskies. On top of that, it’s Senior Night at the Patriot Center and Cam Long and Isaiah Tate will be suiting up for their last home game in Fairfax which is sure to make for an emotional evening.

Baseball vs. Long Island University Feb. 25 at 2:30 p.m. & Feb. 26 at 12 p.m. & 3 p.m.

After two rocky starts to the 2011 season, the Patriots head home looking to right the ship as they host the Long Island University Blackbirds to a three-game series, which includes a double-header on Sunday, Feb. 26. Senior Shane Davis and junior Brig Tison were named preseason all-CAA selections to start the season and will be major assets in the Patriots’ success this year.

Men’s Volleyball vs. Penn State University Feb. 26 at 7 p.m.

The men’s basketball team is not the only athletic team on a roll at George Mason University. Men’s volleyball (10-3, 5-0) is undefeated in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association with a 5-0 record and is in first place in the EIVA. They host the #11 Penn State Nittany Lions (9-3) on Saturday in the RAC in what has the makings for a great match.

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