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    • Welcome to onMason. This site is a platform for you, the George Mason University community, to express yourself any way you'd like. When you sign up for an onMason site, you get a host of content management tools to create your website or blog the way you want to.

      From the minute you join, onMason provides you with everything you need to make your voice heard by Mason and the world.

      Sign up with your GMU.edu email and speak your mind, display your photos, and showcase your videos.

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Upgrades and Improvements

by aramzs
Hello onMason users, We’ve spend the time over the break thinking up new ways to improve onMason and considering how to make the platform better than ever. We know that there has been some confusion with system downtime last semester and we have reviewed the problems and we do not anticipate them happening again. However, we are [...]...

OnMason Downtime Update

by aramzs
Hello onMason users, As you are aware, the onMason system has been experiencing some unexpected downtime over the last few days. We've been able to track the problem down to issues with our server's firewall, which have proved temporarily resolvable. The team at the Office of Student Media has been working hard to find the cause of [...]...

OnMason Experiences Unanticipated Downtime

by aramzs
Hello all, onMason was down briefly today, from sometime around 1:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. We're currently unsure of the reason why the server went down, however we are investigating the incident now and it should not happen again. We're sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused, we understand that the sites you create are important [...]...

ALERT: Wordpress 2.8 Upgrade

by aramzs
The onMason platform has been upgraded to WPMU2.8+. At this time we are seeing some plugin issues which are undergoing repair. We anticipate full functionality returning to the site by the end of the week. If you experience any problems, it appears our Support plugin is currently malfunctioning. Please leave a comment on this post and we will [...]...

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Mason Closes Again Tuesday, VCU Game Still Scheduled

by Kevin Loker
<!--break--> With uncertainty on when paths will be cleared, commuter safety and another projected 10 to 20 inches on its way, George Mason University will remain closed tomorrow, Feb. 9. As of Monday evening, the men's basketball game is still scheduled to take place.  (Photo submitted by Mason student Jenna Rowland) -------------------------------------------------------------- It’s something nearly unheard of at George Mason University: two snow days in a row. Citing saf...

Post-'Snowpocalypse', University Plays Safe, Closes School Monday

by Kevin Loker
<!--break-->   Battered by snow, George Mason University is erring on the side of safety and will remain closed tomorrow, Feb. 8. Crews will continue clearing snow today and tomorrow. (Photo taken via camera phone by C2M Executive Editor Kevin Loker) -------------------------------------------------------------- Among the thousands of tons of snow, sore backs and freezing temperatures rests one gem of happiness in the aftermath of ‘Snowpocalypse’; George Mason Univer...

Dining Services Scrambles Team, Keeps Students Fed at Southside

by Kevin Loker
<!--break-->   Even with the snow, Dining Services kept feedings students at Southside without decreasing its selection of food. Workers and management put in extra time for the service- all that was different were the paper plates. (Photo taken via camera phone by C2M Executive Editor Kevin Loker) -------------------------------------------------------------- ‘Snowmageddon’ hasn’t beaten Dining Services. Despite reports that the major winter storm sweeping across the...

Mason Graduate Students Join Together to Help Latin America, Assist in Creating Infrastructure

by atmospheres4
<!--break--> Mason graduate students come together to cut the ceremonial ribbon at the beach soccer arena in Cochabama, Bolivia. (Photo courtesy of the Inter-American Development Fund) ------------------------------------------------- Between exams, papers and assigned readings, the workings of third world countries often seem distant to college students, but for one group of graduate students, they have made the advancement of impoverished nations their priority. The Inter-American Developm...

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    • Cuccinelli, Shannon, Address Crime, Economy
      By Mason Votes Staff Writer Ethan Vaughan Republican attorney general candidate Ken Cuccinelli and Democratic attorney general candidate Steve Shannon disagreed on economic issues during their Wednesday debate at George Mason University’s Prince William campus, with much of the divergence of views relating to job creation. Cuccinelli called Virginia’s right […]
    • Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
      By Mason Votes Director Christian Smith Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 10:12 a.m. “The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” said Thorbjørn Jagland, chairman of the committee in a speech ea […]
    • Will This Ever End?
      I’m officially tired of being pregnant. I’m so fat, everything hurts and I’m just plain pooped. I only have one more month until my due date, but if this baby doesn’t come soon, I don’t know what I’ll do. It’s only nine more days (yes, I’m counting) until I’m full term and I’m praying that [...] […]
    • may i hold you close, friend,
      and feel the soft touch of your breath on my heart? for i’ve missed the sweet smell of a friend so near. read my thoughts through these lips, but don’t get too still. because babe, these fingertips cause acid trips, if you leave your whims outside. don’t mind if read your mind. i’m just trying to secure salvation. stop me in my tracks [...] […]
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