Browse Items (21 total)

Nearly one month after George Mason crowned a drag queen as Homecoming Queen, WestBoro Baptist Church organized a picket against the University's upcoming Pride Week. The group of 10 were seen holding signs such as those stating "God Hates You" and…

Kevin Gould, a sophomore business major at Mason Voices his opinion on the issue of freshman receiving housing prioirity

On March 8th, residents of Commonwealth and Dominion dormitories staged a rally to protest against the proposed change. Bumgarner met with students outside the rally to answer questions they may have regarding the policy change. The next day fliers…

In the Spring of 1988, rumors began flying amongst the student body that only freshmen would be permitted to reside in the dorms the following year. The associate Vice President and Dean for Student Services at the time was quick to squash these…

Religious protestor on campus depicted in the 1994 yearbook boasting a sign that says “God Hates Sin” and lists many groups under this sin umbrella such as “abortionists.”

After a BOV decision to designate $50,000 to the club football program, one anonymous student wrote an opinion piece about the appearingly increasingly conservative BOV. This opinion piece emerged as the author beleived this decision to be unjust…

Protestors from Life and Liberty Ministries came to Mason to advocate against abortion by standing behind signs dispalying graphic images of abortion and handing out literautre from their church to passing students. These protestors were met with…

GMU Students for Life hosted an event called "Where have all the pregnant women gone?" Jessica O'Connor Petts spoke of her personal history with abortion at this event describing her abortion at "mechanical rape." Students from the organization stood…

Pro-Life students adorned the quad with 180 graves in order to "commemorate the number of abortions performed every hour in the United States." Some of the graves had names of women who had died as a result of legal abortions. An hour after the…

After students wait for hours in line for the registration Add/Drop process, one student collects signatures for a letter to President Johnson explaining student gripes and requested efforts to improve the process.