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Robert R. Weekends at Mason. George Mason University. Mason Creative Services. Mason Web Communications Vimeo Channel. A Searchable Index of Professors by Research Expertise. Student Media Dept Home. WGMU Radio >> Music Going Forward. Connect2Mason. D'Leon Barnett and Jacky Yoo Elected Student Body President and. (Photo Courtesy Candidate) D'Leon Barnett and Jacky Yoo were named the next Student Body President and Vice President this week, marking the end of a competitive election that featured significant campaigning from all parties and more voters than ever before.
According to Chairperson Dale Warfield of the Elections and Disputes Commission, who announced the results today in the Johnson Center Atrium, the 3,961 votes in this election are the largest number ever. Barnett and Yoo garnered over 1,200 votes, taking approximately 31 percent of the vote. Connect Mason - - AideRSS. Customer service & support for Connect2Mason. Live Video: International Week Dance Competition. #gmu spunk buggy in action! Local Events Calendar. 'Clinton-Lewinsky Effect': Study Shows Students' Changing Views. Sex researchers point to former President Bill Clinton, former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, a notorious blue dress -- and perhaps a cigar -- for a recent study that shows college students are growing more hesitant to call oral sex actual sex.
According to the University of Kentucky study of sexual definitions, only 20 percent of students considered oral-genital contact to be "sex. " Math Dances, Ukuleles And More: College Applicants Get Creative. Some enterprising high school seniors are leveraging their digital skills through a new college application medium: The admissions video.
In numerous YouTube videos, students showcase their talents in hope of gaining entry into the world of higher education. One young woman strums a ukulele and sings to her school of choice. Another plays a guitar in the shower, and quite a few exhibit how they can solve a Rubik's cube. According to a video (below) from Newsweek.com, four schools currently accept admissions videos: Tufts University, George Mason University, The College of William and Mary and St. Networked Study at bavatuesdays. I was hoping to jump into this fray, and I will only tangentially to say how much I liked Stephen Downes’s post in response to Michael Feldstein’s post here.
I particularly enjoyed this following bit that contends that aping the OER as a kind of online lecture that works for the elite 15% of the world’s university students that have succeeded because they know how to study, marginalizes a whole different part of the population of learners that may want another approach. Untitled. Interview with David Pierce. Live Video: Showcase of Cultures and Global Voices. Students, Faculty Lobby City Council for Full Continuation of CU. Rumors of budget and service cuts to the Fairfax's CUE Bus service amid a multi-million dollar deficit brought a crowd of community members to Tuesday's city council meeting.
Some students, faculty and staff rely on the service to commute to the university. (Peter Flint)------------------- UPDATED 4:08 p.m. Fairfax Mayor Robert Lederer said at a community forum and special meeting of the Fairfax City Council on Tuesday that the budget for fiscal year 2011 is the “most difficult budget” he has ever seen. Fairfax, he said, is facing an $11 million deficit. Students Fill Out Census for Where They Currently Live. Resident advisors passed out this year's census earlier this week.
The paperwork is due back Tuesday, April 6, and determines federal funding and representation within the Virginia General Assembly. (Kevin Loker via camera phone) UPDATED 12:30 p.m. Once every decade, the census is mailed to homes across the country. Obama to Rally Patriot Center in Final Push for Healthcare. Barack Obama speaks to students in the Johnson Center in February 2007, before he officially announced his run for the presidency.
(Lisa Buzzelli)------------------- UPDATED 9:41 p.m. President Barack Obama will hold a rally at the Patriot Center this Friday in support of the health care bill. Check it out, Obama. OBAMA: Students for Obama Launch at George Mason University. Cuccinelli Files Lawsuit Against EPA: Attorney General Wants Vir. With Virginia facing a deficit of $1.59 billion for the 2010-2011 biennial budget, one George Mason University organization alleged that Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is wasting taxpayers’ money with “frivolous lawsuits.”
The Mason Environmental Action Group, or EAG, was referring to petitions the attorney general filed in federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. to block the Environmental Protection Agency from complying with a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision. The ruling allowed the agency to set limits for greenhouse gas pollution in order to protect public health under the Clean Air Act. SEO Position. OnMason. Volition Magazine. Mason Cable Network. Phoebe. GMU Student Media (GMUStudentMedia) GMUStudentMedia/GMU Staff. GMUStudentMedia/GMU Professors... GMUStudentMedia/GMU Alumni... GMUStudentMedia/GMU Students...
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(Colin Bennett) UPDATED 3:59 p.m. Help a GMU Art student Graduate!!! Not hard or difficult; requiring no great l. Taking a Jump From Pushkin To Democracy. I have recently returned from a two-week visit to Moscow where I gave lectures to university students studying international relations at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow State University and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. While their views are not representative of all Russians —the students themselves readily acknowledged this — they were nonetheless extremely interesting and a very hopeful sign. While critical of U.S. foreign policy, the young Russians I spoke to very much want Russia to have good relations with the United States and the West.
They see this as being in Russia’s national interest and in their own personal interest as well. This is because they highly value their ability to travel to the West, something that neither their parents nor grandparents could do in the Soviet Union. High School Journalists, Aspiring Environmentalists to Come to M. At a media conference this summer, high school students from across the country will come to Mason to serve as "national youth correspondents," getting firsthand experience and hearing journalists like Helen Thomas and Chuck Todd speak. (Patrick Mazur, Admissions)------------------- UPDATED 11:20 a.m. For the second consecutive summer, the Admissions Office of George Mason University will be hosting the Washington Journalism and Media Conference (WJMC) and the Washington Youth Summit on the Environment (WYSE). Dean of Admissions Andrew Flagel serves as the executive director for both programs. Bubbles in the jc fountain? silly #gmu.