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She did this to be 'sold' and bought in order to raise money for a cause, ridiculing and dismissing the trauma that comes with being a black student who has actually come from a line of ancestors who were once auctioned due to the color of their…

On July 5th, 1863, the day after the Battle of Gettysburg ended and Lee’s Army began its retreat from Pennsylvania, Solomon Crist enlisted as a private from Marietta in the Pennsylvania militia’s Independent Battalion. He was one of eleven men from…

InsideNOVA covers the GMU logo change which was met with criticisms by students and locals. A comment in the article from a "Fred Mertz" mockingly mentions renaming GMU to "Yassar Arafat University" due to its supposed donors from the Middle East and…

This historical image captures the labor-intensive process of tobacco production in the 1870s in Richmond, Virginia. It shows a woman carefully removing tobacco leaves, assisted by children, while a boy hangs the leaves up to dry. The scene…

Vernon L. Smith was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002.

This article reflects on George Mason’s first men’s basketball team, the Mason Marauders, formed in the late 1960s. It highlights the team's humble beginnings, challenges, and early players who helped build the foundation for the program’s future…

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 prompted discussions at George Mason University, particularly among faculty and students involved in international relations, military studies, and conflict resolution. Professors from the Carter…

The Broadside publishes a scathing article against the Hourly Child Care center. The opinion piece backs up the journalistic integrity of the original piece. The series of articles begins the demise of the pilot program for on campus child care due…

Broadside article on student response to evangelists on Mason campus

As the AIDS epidemic was on the rise in the United States, George Mason University was in the interest of preventing the disease from spreading on campus. To do so, they were set to start selling condoms on campus.