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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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Completed Maintenance Notice – Database Upgrade November 21, 2023

by OnMason Webmaster
The upgrade to the database management system (DBMS) scheduled for November 21, 2023 has been completed. It is safe to resume making changes to your site....

Upcoming Maintenance Notice – Database Upgrade November 21, 2023

by OnMason Webmaster
On Tuesday November 21, 2023, we will be upgrading the database management system (DBMS) to a new version. As a result, sites will be periodically unavailable throughout the day. The outages are expected to be brief unless a full database restore is needed. Please refrain from making any changes to your site on that day […]...

Server Move August 25 – August 28

by OnMason Webmaster
We will be moving servers this weekend between August 25 and August 28. We recommend not making any changes to your site until after the move is complete. A message will be posted here when the move is complete. UPDATE: The server move has been successfully completed....

OnMason Unreachable

by OnMason Webmaster
Due to a network issue at the data center, the onMason server was unreachable from approximately 6am to 10:30am. The network issue has been resolved....

Fourth Estate

Fairfax County experiences volunteer firefighter shortage

by Fourth Estate 2024-25
Exploring the firefighter shortage in Northern Virginia BY CAROLINE FRISBY, STAFF WRITER Editor’s note: The full transcript of the volunteer firefighter shortage video by Caroline Frisby is provided below.  At the Public Safety Headquarters in Fairfax County, the Volunteer Fire......

Statements released amidst suspension of prominent student organization

by Fourth Estate 2024-25
The Cuesta-McAulay administration and several student organizations release statements in opposition to the suspension of student organization Students for Justice in Palestine at GMU BY VIVIANA SMITH, CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF On Tuesday, Dec. 3, the Instagram account “gmu4palestine” posted a statement addressing......

Things you should do other than cramming for finals

by Fourth Estate 24-25
Cramming is overrated, relax instead BY MADALYN GODFREY, COPY EDITOR I may be suffering from senioritis but I have concluded, over the years of being in school, that cramming for final exams is overrated. Finals are culminations of knowledge you......

Late night boba runs just got better: The Alley arrives in Fairfax

by Fourth Estate 2024-25
The perfect spot for late-night cravings and boba adventures BY SAAHITI KIRAN CHAMALA, CULTURE EDITOR We’re college students, of course we love our late-night boba runs!  You might have seen promotions of this boba chain in collaboration with “The King:......