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Task Force Reports Findings

The football taskforce found that even though upgrading the football team was overwhelmingly supported by the students, significant upgrades would…

The "Desegregation"

GMU was not as ethnically or culturally diverse as it has come to be. During the early 1970s, George Mason College had a very low representation of…

The Advance for a Branch College

A report was issued in 1955 that fought for the establishment of branch colleges. The Virginia Advisory Legislative Committee would release The Crisis…

The Advocate

a George Mason University yearbook from the year 1965

The Advocate - GMU student/staffing of early 70’s

As the era of two income households slowly become the normal. Women taking on higher education and/or occupying employment at George Mason College…

The Belle Island Confederate Provost Marshal registered Private Solomon Crist and the Union Second Corps enlisted prisoners.

The Confederate practice with Union prisoners was to separate the officers from the enlisted. The officers went to Libby Prison in Richmond, while the…

The captured from Ream’s Station and the Howlett Line march to prison in Richmond

The Battle of Ream’s Station ended after dark on the evening of August 25th, 1864. The nearly two thousand Union prisoners captured in the battle were…

The Decision

Before its final approval, Charles Harrison Mann Jr. brought to the House floor House Joint Resolution 5 for its consideration. To eliminate any fear…

The estimate cost of George Mason Statue building

In 1989, when the idea for the George Mason statue was formally introduced by the Student Government, the initial estimated cost for the project was…