A2 | MONDAY | OCTOBER 6, 2008 CALENDAR OCTOBER What’s going on at Mason this week?
MONDAY | 6 TUESDAY | 7 WEDNESDAY | 8 THURSDAY | 9 FRIDAY | 10 SATURDAY | 11 HISPANIC HERITAGE CAREER FAIR COMING OUT WEEK GMU PLAYERS STUDIO MASON 101 SECOND SATURDAYS MONTH Volgenau School of Oct. 6 - 11. Pride Alliance, SERIES Learn about the history, Center for Leadership and Sept. 15 - Oct. 15. Diversity Information Technology & [email protected]. Dog Sees God: Confessions organizational structure, and Community Engagement, Programs & Services, (703) Engineering Breakfast. of a Teenage Blockhead. who does what at Mason. (703) 993-2900. Fairfax 993-2700. Volgenau School of BREASTIVAL Oct. 9 and 10, 8 p.m.; Oct. Registration required. Free. Campus Information Technology & Education & information on 11, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; Oct. 12, University Information, (703) FOOTBALL TURN OFF THE VIOLENCE Engineering, (703) 993-1499. breast cancer awareness, 2 p.m. $6 adults; $3 stu- 993-1005. 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Mason v. Williamson Tech. WEEK 9 - 10:30 a.m. games, food and prizes. dents/seniors. Center for the Johnson Center, Room E $5; students free w/ID. Oct. 5 - 18. Sexual Assault Johnson Center, Gold Room Arts Box Office, (703) 993- Services, (703) 993-4364. Student Health Services, Football Office, (703) 993- 8888. Performing Arts (703) 993-2831. 11 a.m. - 3 SAFE ZONE TRAINING 3467. 1:30 p.m. p.m. Johnson Center, North Building, Black Box STD&HIV AWARENESS ACADEMIC SKILLS Building a coalition between Robinson Field Plaza MONTH WORKSHOP lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans- COMING OUT WEEK Oct. 1 - 31. University Life, Overview of Study COMING OUT WEEK gender and heterosexual Movie Triple Feature. Free. (703) 993-8760. Coming Out Strategies. Free. Learning SUPPORT GROUP FOR Oct. 6 - 11. Pride Alliance, people. Free. Ric Chollar, Pride Alliance, Week Oct. 6 - 11. Pride Services, (703) 993-2999. 10 WORKING MOTHERS AT [email protected]. (703) 993-2702, [email protected]. 3 - 10 p.m. Alliance, [email protected]. a.m. - 12 p.m. SUB I, Room MASON [email protected]. 9:30 a.m. Piedmont Hall, Multipurpose - 4:30 p.m. Johnson Center, 354 Tammy Reardon,Heather HIGH HOLIDAYS Room TELECOMMUNICATIONS Aleknavage, (703) 993-2295, SERVICES Gold Room COLLEGE FAIR MIXED MARTIAL ARTS WORKSHOP [email protected]. 12 p.m. Yom Kippur. Tickets required. ALCANZA! College Fair. For UWC Confrontation. $128.50; Electronic Telecom Request. Mason Hall, Room D5 Free for Mason students. HISPANIC HERITAGE area Latino/Hispanic high $88.50; $58.50; $42.50; Register online at the IT Hillel, (703) 993-3321, hil- MONTH school students. Iby Setzer, $28.50. Patriot Center, (703) Training website. Free. [email protected]. 10 a.m. Tea with Provost. By invita- (703) 993-3159, LIFE-PLANNING SEMINAR 993-3000. 6 p.m. Patriot Telecom Administration, SUB II, Ballroom tion only. Office of Diversity [email protected]. 10 a.m. - SERIES Center (703) 993-3546. 12 - 1 p.m. Programs & Services, (703) 12:30 p.m. Patriot Center Caregiving at Either End of 993-2700. 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. in Johnson Center, Room 311B the Rainbow. For Mason fac- MEN'S SOCCER JOB & INTERNSHIP FAIR ACADEMIC SKILLS Mason Hall ulty and staff. Register online Mason v. James Madison. $5; CAREER SERVICES Oct. 7 - 8. Career Services, WORKSHOP at the HR Training website. $2; Mason students free w/ID. WORKSHOP (703) 993-2370. 11 a.m. - 4 Overcoming Procrastination. Free. Life-Planning Services, CINEMA SERIES Athletic Ticket Office, (703) Preparation for the Job & p.m. Johnson Center, Free. Learning Services, (703) 993-1802. 12 - 1 p.m. Mamma Mia! Showings at 6 993-3270. 7 p.m. Internship Fair. Free. Career Dewberry Hall (703) 993-2999. 1:30 - 3 Services. (703) 993-2370. 4 - Research I, Room 161 p.m. SUB I, Room 354 p.m. & 9 p.m. Mason stu- GEORGE MASON STADIUM dents w/ID, free; Mason fac- 5 p.m. SUB I, Room 348 TUESDAYS AT NOON PERFORMANCE ulty/staff w/ID, $1; general Song and Dance Ensemble of WORKSHOP SERIES HISPANIC HERITAGE CULTURAL STUDIES public, $3. Student Activities West Africa. Tickets available INFORMATION SESSION Depression. Free. MONTH COLLOQUIUM Programming, (703) 993- at tickets.com, (888) 945- Advanced Studies in Counseling & Psychological Cultural Fusion Field Day. Excerpts from the Consumer 1702. 6 p.m. 2468. $46; $38; $23. Center Teaching and Learning. Services, (703) 993-2380. 12 Free. Office of International Diaries, pres-ented by Johnson Center, Cinema for the Arts Box Office, (703) Register online. Advanced p.m. SUB I, Room 355 Programs & Services, (703) Elizabeth Chin, anthropology, 993-2970. 12 - 2 p.m. SUB I, 993-8888. 8 p.m. Concert Studies in Teaching and LIBRARY WORKSHOP Occidental College. Cultural Quad. WOMEN'S SOCCER Hall Learning, (703) 993-2650, Free. Johnson Center Studies, (703) 993-2851. [email protected]. 5 - 6 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Johnson Center, Mason v. Georgia State. $5; Library, (703) 993-9060. 2 - $2; Mason students free SUNDAY | 12 Johnson Center, Room F 3:30 pm Johnson Center, Room A IRC WORKSHOP w/ID. Athletic Ticket Office, Room 228 GMU PLAYERS STUDIO ECONOMIC LIBERTY Blackboard Learning System (703) 993-3270. 7 p.m. HIGH HOLIDAYS SERIES LECTURE SERIES FORENSIC SCIENCE Getting Started. For Mason George Mason Stadium SERVICES Dog Sees God: Confessions Dinner, Lecture, & Movie: V SEMINAR faculty and staff. Register Yom Kippur. Tickets required. of a Teenage Blockhead. for Vendetta. Dinner will be Current Forensic DNA online at the IT Training web- Free for Mason students. PERFORMANCE Oct. 9 - 10, 8:00 pm; Oct. 11, followed by a talk by Peter Analysis Research(703) 927- site. Free. Instructional Hillel, (703) 993-3321, hil- Song and Dance Ensemble 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; Oct. 12, 2 Boettke at 6 p.m. and the 9090, Resource Center, (703) 993- [email protected]. 4:30 p.m. of West Africa. Tickets avail- p.m. $6 adults; $3 film at 7:30 p.m. Free. DNADiagnostics@netscape. 3141. 2 - 4 p.m. Innovation SUB II, Rooms 5-7 able at tickets.com, (888) students/seniors. Center for George Mason University net 4:30 - 6 p.m. Enterprise Hall, Room 334 Economics Society, 945-2468. $46; $38; $23. the Arts Box Office, (703) Hall, Room 175 Center for the Arts Box 993-8888. [email protected] CINEMA SERIES TIME CAPSULE PARTY ELI WORKSHOP Office, (703) 993-8888. 8 m. 5:30 p.m. Johnson The Love Guru. Showings at Volgenau School of Grammar. Free. English p.m. Concert Hall WOMEN'S ROWING Center, Cinema 6 p.m. & 9 p.m. Mason stu- Information Technology & Language Institute, (703) Occoquan Chase. Athletic dents w/ID, free; Mason fac- Engineering, (703) 993-1499. 993-3660. 3:30 - 4:20 p.m. Ticket Office, (703) 993- ulty/staff w/ID, $1; general COMING OUT WEEK VISION SPEAKER SERIES 5:30 - 8 p.m. Research I, SUB I, Room C 3270. Occoquan Reservoir public, $3. Student Activities Drag Ball/Drag Show. Pride Endgame: The Last Month in Room 163 Programming, (703) 993- Alliance, [email protected]. 8 Presidential Elections This HIGH HOLIDAYS WOMEN'S SOCCER 1702. 6 p.m. Johnson - 10 p.m. Johnson Center, Year and Every Time, School MASON VOTES DEBATE SERVICES Mason v. UNC Wilmington. Center, Cinema Bistro of Public Policy. Free. Center WATCH Yom Kippur. Tickets required. $5; $2; Mason students free for the Arts Box Office, (703) Sponsored by Student Free for Mason students. w/ID. Athletic Ticket Office, 993-8888. 7 p.m. Concert Media, New Century College Hillel, (703) 993-3321, hil- EVERY FREAKIN' FRIDAY (703) 993-3270. 3 p.m. Hall and Mason Votes. Free. 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Theft from Motor Vehicle Senate Meetings Lot I Complainant reported returning to parked vehicle to discover a broken window and missing property (45/Graham) DAVID PIERCE Broadside Reporter September 29 The Student Senate discussed important issues pertaining to the George Grand Larceny Mason University community in their Science & Tech II weekly meeting, last Thursday afternoon on Complainant reported person(s) unknown stole a cell the third floor of the Johnson Center. phone that had been left in a bathroom. (49/Kalenich) Senator Ravi Udeshi introduced a bill that would allocate funds to the Witch Counterfeiting/Forgery Watch and Haunted Happenings programs. North Chesapeake Senate Clerk Mhehvish Khan described Complainant reported finding forged/counterfeit GMU Witch Watch as a program that benefits transcripts and diplomas. (27/Feliciano) City of Fairfax neighborhoods by having Student Government members safeguard
September 30 Accident trick-or-treaters on Halloween night. Braddock Rd. & Sideburn Rd. “[The members] go out to make sure the kids are safe,” Khan said. Two vehicles were involved in an accident. One driver BIONDI | ELIZABETH PHOTO BY was charged with disregarding a traffic signal. Damage Haunted Happenings are Halloween- estimated at $5200. (44/Bennett) themed events that occur throughout downtown Fairfax on Oct. 30, according to the City of Fairfax Web site. The bill would give $1,509.38 to the Senate Advocacy and Outreach Committee for the events. An amount of $1,437.50 would be set aside for 250 event t-shirts at $5.75 each, while the rest of the funds would account for the state Hit and Run The Student Senate met to discuss upcoming events, such as Witch Watch. sales tax. The Senate did not pass the bill, Lot A but instead referred it to the Senate Finance Complainant reported that while parked in Lot A, a an opportunity to meet with us and find out a potential candidate for the Undersecretary Committee for further review. vehicle struck his vehicle then fled the scene. what the student government can do for of University Life for Student Udeshi also proposed a bill that would Damage estimated at $500. (24/Ewald) them,” Udeshi said. He said the meetings Organizations. Pho outlined via a submitted October 1 help fund Night Walk, a Mason would be informal and alternate weekly letter, her experience, such as being neighborhood watch program that allows between different groups. treasurer of the Mason chapter of the Order campus administrators and students to Senate Speaker Jeremy Miller and of Omega. In addition, she said she would patrol dark areas of Mason to ensure safety Senator Janay Phillips gave a presentation bring Student Government and other for everyone. The measure would set aside recommending senators to become mentors organizations together by holding intimate $467.20 for the event, with $407.20 to new members. Miller said the purpose of meetings. Without opposition, the senate apportioned for food, while allowing $60 for the mentoring program was to welcome new confirmed Pho. flashlights and supplies. This bill was also senate members and introduce them to the The Student Government is also getting Medical Assistance not passed and will be sent to the Senate student government culture. ready for the upcoming fall freshman and Bull Run Hall Finance Committee. “We all [strive] to do things [that] will transfer student elections, according to A GMU employee received minor injuries from falling The senate passed a resolution, which make a difference in the Mason community,” Golden. He said that there are 10 open while descending a flight of steps. Subject was created Monday Night Mixers, a program Miller said of the program. senate seats, and that students who are checked by rescue personnel however refused trans- that will help the student government reach “The program was very successful last interested can pick up an information port. (34/Ganley) out to other student organizations, such as year,” Student Body President Zack Golden packet in the Student Activities Office in academic, graduate, Greek and religious added. Student Union Building I, Room 101. The Hit and Run groups. Senator Richard Louie introduced a deadline for applying is the end of this week. Lot A “We’re trying to give [the organizations] cabinet nomination from senior Nhien Pho, Elections will be held Oct. 21 and 22. Vehicle #2 was parked in Lot A. Vehicle # 1 struck Vehicle #2 and then fled the scene. Damage estimat- ed at $100. (22/Barton)
DUI Safe Sex and Scholarships Explored Fieldhouse Joshua Tyler Luttrell Davis, 23, of Manassas, VA (GMU student) was arrested for DUI and transported to ADC at Town Hall Meeting October 2 and held until sober. (22/Barton)
Petit Larceny & Underage Possession of Alcohol Patriot Circle/Sandy Creek Students Learn Proper Condom Use And Money Management Kyle Christopher Finn, 18, of Chesapeake City, MD (GMU student) was arrested for the above offenses presentation more engaging and use a condom. The six or seven steps were and was released on a summons for both charges. SONYA HUDSON competitive. “I love winning and putting discussed in one game and carried out in Stolen property was recovered. (12/Ly) Asst. News Editor on condoms,” said Fisher. another game. Condom use and scholarships were In her presentation, Lapierre In the second game, called the Possession of Marijuana the topics of the October Town Hall discussed safe sex, a strategy to protect condom race, the few students present Presidents Park meeting, sponsored by the Student students and their partners from had the opportunity to carry out the Stephen Javier Schodowski, 18, of Fairfax, VA, Tyler Government. unwanted pregnancy and sexually procedure of putting a condom on a dildo. Kenneth Pierce, 18, of Oakton, VA, Dennis Poole Lund, Danielle Lapierre, assistant director transmitted infections. Lapierre promoted This game was not only competitive, but 18, of Falls Church, VA, and Brian Neal Hodges, 18, of of the Office of Alcohol, Drug and Health safe sex and provided students with free educational. Each student had to carry Richmond, VA (all GMU students) were arrested for Education, gave an interactive condoms, which can also be found in the out each step as quickly as possible possession of marijuana. Each was released on a sum- presentation on safe sex to the small Office of Alcohol, Drug and Health without skipping any steps. mons. (53/ Pierce) group of about eight students, Wednesday Education. Lapierre discussed the By the end of the game, everyone had night in the Johnson Center. The Director different contraception techniques perfected the application process of a of Fellowships and Undergraduate provided free in the office. Lapierre passed condom and each person walked away Apprenticeships, Deirdre Moloney, around a dental dam and a female condom with a free t-shirt. discussed the parameters for applying for for students to become more familiar with The meeting was not all fun and scholarships, mostly graduate student options besides the male condom. games. The Director of Fellowships and Police Files are taken verbatim from www.gmu.edu/police. specific. The group of students had the Undergraduate Apprenticeships discussed Broadside does not make any changes to public records Seniors Aaron Fisher, theater major, opportunity to get to know each other as the application process of certain and Scott Hester, biology major, found Lapierre explained the rules of a couple of such as these files. both presentations informative. Fisher informational games. Both games and Hester found the interactive safe sex informed students of the proper way to See TOWN HALL, Page A9 President’s Convocation: Merten Discusses Future
DAVID PIERCE the current 39.7 percent. Stearns outlined Mason’s “It’s been a roller coaster ride,” said 2014 strategic plan, which he Broadside Reporter Scherrens, “[we will] have to reduce services [and believes has principle President Alan Merten spoke to faculty activities].” components that will help the members at the President’s Convocation on When asked about how reducing available university meet its future Wednesday, Oct. 1 in Dewberry Hall. He was activities would affect Mason students, Scherrens challenges. He said that Mason joined by Provost Peter Stearns and Senior Vice said it wouldn’t be obvious. needed to continue a President Maurice Scherrens to discuss the “[Students] should not see an impact on commitment to growth in the current state of the college, the budget and the student activities and organizations,” said area of research and creativity. 2014 strategic plan. Scherrens, “but we had hoped to have more Improvements in teaching President Merten began by talking about [expansion] in terms of what we provide [to] methods, such as seeking new, recent recognitions the university has received, student services.” Star Muir, associate professor innovative ways to teach such as the U.S. News & World Report’s ranking in the communication department, believed that effectively, were also important. of George Mason University as the number one the budget cuts would not hurt Mason in the long Stearns said that Mason would up-and-coming national university and the term. like to commit to lifelong current campus construction. “[Mason] will come out of it all right,” said learning with diverse age FOLTZ | LAURA PHOTO BY “I tell our students,” said Merten, “you are Muir, “[but] the next two years will be tough.” groups, such as the education of going to college on a construction site.” He said the Merten agreed with Muir. senior citizens and retraining of campus is about to see, 14 major construction “The key thing is that Mason has thrived in the workforce. projects worth up to $700 million, which includes good times and bad times,” said Merten, adding He said that Mason plans new research laboratories, a parking deck and a “we are the national success story.” to consolidate efforts in the area hotel. Scherrens also said that there is a plan for an of global education and global Scherrens announced that there are budget eight to 10 percent tuition increase projected for commitments, adding that we cuts for the 2009 fiscal year, but he was optimistic. next year, but it is not a guarantee, and the state would add relevant President Alan Merten spoke at the President’s Convocation on Oct. “We will get through [this], we will survive,” will officially inform the college of the actual sustainability education to it. 1. said Scherrens, noting that there have been other budget cut amount on Oct. 15. Stearns also mentioned budget reductions in the last 25 years. He outlined He introduced planned strategies that, at the that we need to maintain and Stearns, “and now we have even more inadequate the 2009 Educational and General budget, which college level, would reduce institutional reserve improve the college’s infrastructure to meet the funding.” is provided to Mason by the state from taxpayer and include a possible additional student fee in 2014 strategic plan goals, as well as find creative Merten urged students to help by putting dollars. The 2009 revenue total in the E&G budget time for the spring 2009 semester. At the ways to do so. pressure on the state government to give Mason was over $357 million. Scherrens also said that departmental level, Scherrens believed that “This is a plan that I think will prove to be more funding, as he believes that for every dollar the state will cut the school’s general fund from reducing the amount of services provided, limiting compatible with our current budget dilemma,” the government doesn’t give to Mason, the 39.7 percent of the E&G budget, $144 million, to or eliminating discretionary spending and said Stearns. He believed that some of the students have to pay. 34.3 percent, $124 million. He said that the state’s delaying the replacement of equipment and initiatives of the plan didn’t rely on new money. “The students are paying more than their support in the past 17 years, in terms of funds, maintenance of facilities, as well as system “One of the impressive things about [Mason] share,” said Merten, “we have to reverse that, it’s has varied from as high as 61 percent in 2001, to upgrades, would be required. is how we manage with inadequate funding,” said a bad situation.” A4 | MONDAY | OCTOBER 6, 2008 PAID ADVERTISEMENT NEWS MONDAY | OCTOBER 6, 2008 | A5 Gay and Lesbian Hispanics Voice Concerns
JARED TRICE also a Mason student. Julio explained that Peruvians think that are built upon these stereotypes. Essentially, these allegations happiness can be achieved only through marriage. Julio, who came develop from an initial fear.” Broadside Staff Writer out to his mother on last year’s National Coming Out Day, told the For more information regarding the LGBT community at Students and allies assembled in the Johnson Center Monday audience that, upon coming out, his mother did not understand Mason, visit lgbtq.gmu.edu or pride.gmu.edu. night, Sept. 29, to celebrate Hispanic Heritage within the Lesbian, what he was initially trying to tell her. Although his mother is Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community. beginning to better understand her son, he explained the questions Along with Brian and Ben, Erika and Angie hosted a discussion she initially had. panel of several gay and lesbian Latino and Latina activists from The audience was also encouraged to participate in the the area. The four students presented the panel with questions discussion. A heterosexual male spoke and explained to the audience pertaining to the difficulties that gay Hispanics face. that he had once donated money to a gay rights support group. He The discussion opened with the panel introductions. An went on to explain how a lesbian co-worker was bewildered by his individual who asked not to be identified and who spoke through a decision to support such a group. The man said he felt as if he had translator recalled the difficulties of being a lesbian in Latin been criticized for doing such a thing. America. “I’ve known I was a lesbian since I was six years old,” she Alejandro asked the panel if they had ever witnessed said. “I came out to my mother when I was 14. She was very upset discrimination as a Hispanic, a member of the Lesbian, Gay, and, being a devout Catholic, she insisted she would take me to Bisexual, Transgender community, or both. Deirdre, an audience receive help from the church.” member and former Mason student raised her hand to respond. She also continued recounting her move to the United States. “I “Although I define myself as a community ally, I am treated moved to the United States to find acceptance. I spoke almost no differently than my Caucasian boyfriend. I am not a lesbian, but I English and became very lonely. I was not aware of the support am Hispanic and I cannot imagine the difficulty one would face groups that were offered.” being Hispanic and homosexual,” Deirdre said. Because much of Latin America is still seeped with tradition, “People are afraid of what they do not understand. Stereotypes several members on the panel sought solace in the United States. arise from an individual’s opinion of a particular group; that opinion Julio, who was born in Peru, was a member of the panel and is may regard a race or a lifestyle,” Julio said. “Allegations, in turn, Coming Out Week 2008 Oct. 6-11
Coming Out Stories Project Drag Ball/Amateur Drag Show All week Friday, Oct. 10, 8 to 10 p.m. Come by the Pride Office and submit any facet of a coming out story, and it will be on display by Johnson Center Bistro George the Statue during Coming Out Week! As part of Coming Out Week we will be putting on a Drag Ball/Drag Show hosted by George Mason "Does Your Mother Know...?" University’s own Reann Ballslee. If you are any of your friends are interested in performing or you Tuesday, Oct. 7, 7:30 to 10 p.m. have any specific questions (all skill levels are welcome!) please e-mail Ryan Allen at Johnson Center Meeting Room C [email protected] or 804-687-2705 by Oct. 8. You can come to this event expressing gender however During Pride Alliance’s regularly scheduled Tuesday night meeting, representatives from Parents and you like, just be ready to watch or be a part of some fun performances, eat good food and dance. Friends of Lesbians and Gays will be in attendance. Movie Triple Feature LGBTQ Resources presents: Queer Mason Nation: Bringing Together Saturday, Oct. 11, 3 to 10 p.m. Piedmont Multipurpose Room (Chesapeake Housing) LGBTQ Faculty,Staff, & Students There will be a showing of three movies. Pajamas are welcome. Thursday, Oct. 9, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Hanover Lounge: In Hanover Hall (Part of the University Commons Housing Area) First movie: 3 p.m. Get to know the Queer Mason Nation. This is an opportunity for students to network with Out faculty Second movie: 5 p.m. and staff, and a chance for Out faculty and staff to connect with students and other Out faculty and Third movie: 7 p.m. staff. This meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 9 in Hanover Lounge (located in Hanover Hall, part of the University Commons Housing Area). After the event, please join us for the Coming Out LGBTQ Resources presents: Mason's OUTList 2008 Week Open Mic Night, sponsored by the Pride Alliance at 8 p.m. For additional information, please Monday, Oct. 13 contact Matthew Bruno at [email protected]. "We are your students, professors, coworkers, roommates, teammates, alumni, friends, and family. We are just a few of the strong and creative lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, Open Mic Night and same-gender-loving people—and allies—who are part of the diverse George Mason [University] Thursday, Oct. 9, 8 to 11 p.m. community. We invite you to join us in celebrating Mason’s 2008 National Coming Out Week." Piedmont Multipurpose Room (Chesapeake Housing) Come express yourself and hear others’ stories and expressions of coming out experiences in the LBGTQA community. Stories may be shared through different mediums, but it is not a requirement to perform. - Calendar of events compiled from pride.gmu.edu
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HANNAH HAGER shoe and graze the back of the Avoid trends. Choose a heel. Wearing a cuff or no cuff is skirt suit over pantsuits, which Career Guide 2007 Staff Writer based on preference. are less formal. Choose gray, What does your style of The shirt must be collared navy or beige in wool, gabardine
HT OREYOF CAREER SERVICES PHOTO COURTESY dress say about you? The image and long-sleeved, with the or rayon fabric. The jacket and you present speaks to length extending past the jacket skirt or pant must be of similar supervisors and coworkers, and sleeves by a 1/4 inch. Limit shirt color and fabric. dressing for the job you want is colors to white, ecru or light The skirt must be knee- a great way to move ahead in an blue. Always wear an length, and not too baggy or office environment. Arrive for undershirt. Do not wear any tight. It should neither move the interview dressed for the job clothing with emblems. nor twist while walking or you want to have in 10 years. In Wear a solid colored or sitting. Sleeves should extend a the office, dress daily for the job subtly patterned tie of only 100 1/4 inch past the wrist. you want to have tomorrow. percent silk. It must be darker The blouse should be well Employers will not take you in color than the shirt and reach tailored and of a neutral color Students at last year’s career fair learn about the job opportunities available at the State Department. seriously if you don’t take to the mid-belt point. such as white or light blue. yourself seriously. Remember, Shoes must be laced or Never wear a see-through or low you are selling yourself. wing-tipped, of very good cut blouse or camisole. Dressing well is a way of condition, polished black, brown Wear leather shoes of a showing respect for the or burgundy. They must match darker color than the suit. Joining the Rat Race environment. Be yourself, but the belt in color. Wear socks Pumps or sling-backs with a dress appropriately. Knowing that match the suit color and one- to two-inch heel are best. the situation and meeting it rise to the calf. Never wear Do not wear shoes with open with confidence is key. Being white socks. toes, open heels or ankle straps. Career Fair Helps Students Find Jobs suitably dressed will help Of the following accessories, Comfort is essential to avoid employers see your superior only three should be chosen and fidgeting. worn: dress watch, ring, Nude or black sheer NOAH MARTIN centric. We are here for you, but you have to have qualifications and your pleasant your own rudder. We are just trying to blow the conversation in the best light. handkerchief, lapel pins, pantyhose are essential. Never News Editor wind into your sails,” Sutera said. Dressing well is a matter of cufflinks and tie tack. Do not wear colored or patterned hose. A tumultuous stock market has left many Employers interviewed at previous job fairs keeping in mind a few simple wear bracelets, necklaces or Hair and makeup should be Americans unsure about their future. To help in have expressed how unappealing it is to have things. visible piercing or tattoos. styled neatly. Avoid bright the job search for George Mason University students approach a booth and generically ask Hair must be conservative colors. Carry either a purse or students and alleviate fears, University Career what the company does or what they have MEN: and neat, and never touching briefcase, but not both. Services will be hosting a job internship fair on available. Go neutral for suit color the collar. Limit facial hair to Wear only five accessories, Tuesday, Oct. 7 and Wednesday, Oct. 8 from 11 Students should bring multiple copies of a and choose charcoal, navy or moustache and sideburns. Trim with earrings counting as two. a.m. to 4 p.m. in Dewberry Hall. professional résumé with them to the job fair. gray. Choose wool or gabardine facial hair. Necklaces and scarves are both One hundred and sixty employers will attend Career Services also suggests that students fabric. Avoid cotton blends, Have well-manicured appropriate. Only one ring per the fair, 80 on each day, representing employers prepare a one-minute commercial, or introduction, which wrinkle. The suit jacket fingernails and avoid cologne. hand is appropriate. from all sectors of the economy. selling your best qualities and practice it with a must match the slacks in color Only soap and antiperspirant The fair is going to be different this year, friend. and fabric. are necessary. Article reprinted from according to Career Services. “For the past three Students planning to attend the job fair The length of the slacks Broadside’s 2007 Fall Career years, we have been trying to shape the fair so should dress professionally, avoid distracting should touch the front of the WOMEN: Guide that it has more diversity and range of mannerisms, and ask how to follow up with possibilities for students,” said Janice Sutera, employers. director of career services. More information can be found on the Career Event planners have been carefully selecting Services Web site at and recruiting employers since June. They http://careers.gmu.edu/jobfair/index.html Prepare for the Job and initially invite a target list of employers and then Resume Tip: begin to fill the gaps as plans and markets change. Add a Cover Letter When asked what she was most looking Internship Fair forward to about this year’s job fair, Sutera said, Cover letters are an “Two things—I think that our students have essential element of your taken the responsibility of preparing themselves resume, presenting you and Present yourself to employers with confidence very seriously and that is exciting to me. Second, I your purpose to the resume am excited to see the types of recruiters that are reader. Since you are clamoring to be here. ” requesting something of your Monday, Oct. 6 The Career Services Web site suggests that reader—namely, an interview— students prepare for the job fair in a number of 4-5 p.m. it is simply a matter of courtesy SUB I, Room 348 ways. Researching employers of interest, to introduce yourself. As it is discovering positions available within the often your earliest contact with company, and identifying employer specific a potential employer, the cover questions are an important part showing the letter creates a critical first employer you are interested. impression. “At Career Services, we are very student- Making a Good First Impression i >LÌÕð ELIZABETH STERN posture: sit up straight with they do not captivate me, I am Career Guide 2007 Staff Writer your shoulders back, or lean not going to be interested.” This />i >`Û>Ì>}i v ÞÕÀ Ãð slightly forward to show that feeling was echoed among You have eaten an entire you are listening and attentive. supervisors in professional fields ÕÃÌÊÌ Ê>LÕÌÊÌ° tin of Altoids. You have Maintain eye contact. from education to politics. rehearsed what you want to say Bosses note that they feel they You should not put your at least a hundred times and cannot trust an interviewee who books down just yet. Your prior you are still stumbling over the looks at the floor or appears experience speaks volumes words. You begin to sweat in shifty-eyed and distracted. about your ability to do a job places you did not know could Interestingly, interviewers feel well and that experience is an sweat. You then realize you negatively about this body asset you can rely on if you do have job interview anxiety. It is language especially when the slip up a bit during the no wonder most people would interviewee is male. But both interview. Highlighting your rather study for an organic men and women must be careful achievements is especially chemistry exam than interview not to overstep any boundaries important if they are relevant to for a job, or that the prospect of or seem flirtatious. Even the position, but can be useful an interview prompts some of us something as small as the scent even if your achievements to develop a sudden interest in one is wearing can set an overall simply demonstrate that you are deep-cleaning the microwave. A tone, as you run the risk of proficient in an important skill job interview is difficult, stress- wearing something that is too like leadership. Internships and inducing and anxiety-ridden. strong or even worse, something other jobs that you might Fortunately, all supervisors that could trigger your consider mediocre can show that agree on certain aspects of the interviewer’s allergies. you possess initiative, have high interview and simply Showing you are responsive priorities and are mature. remembering a few small but to the person in front of you Finally, remember to come up important things could have a communicates that you are a with a few questions of your own significant impact on whether or good social investment. Your and not about your salary. not you land the job. kindness, respectfulness and Supervisors are especially A good interview is all charisma should be tapped and impressed with a job candidate about being responsive to the even emphasized. One of the who is curious about what person in front of you and first most interesting opinions characteristics and skills a job on your list of responsive commonly expressed among requires, has new ideas and behavior is a firm handshake. interviewers is the importance seeks upward mobility in the Make sure to clasp the other of social skills. Jacqueline, an company. Your interest in the person’s hand fully. Shaking too employee at a social work office company itself will be yet ÛiÀÊÌ Õ} ÌÊ>LÕÌÊ}Ê>ÊÀ}â>ÌÊÜÌ Ê>Ê softly will immediately red-flag based in El Paso, Texas, another attribute that shows ÜÀ`Ü`iÊ«>VÌ¶Ê you as someone who is shy, un- remarked, “I hardly even look at your future boss why you are / iÊÌ Ê-7/° ambitious, and unsure of your peoples’ résumés. We can give uniquely perfect for the job. own abilities. But be careful— them training if they do not shaking too hard signifies that already have it—if they do not Article and sidebar *ÀviÃÃ>ÊÊ/ÊÀÊ ÕÃÌiÀÊ"«iÀ>ÌÃ¶Ê you are overly aggressive and seem like they are ready for the reprinted from Broadside’s 2007 7iÊ >ÛiÊ>ÊLÊvÀÊÞÕt self-involved. Keep good job, if there is no ambition or if Fall Career Guide
-7/ÊÃÊÌ iÊw>V>Ê`ÕÃÌÀÞÜi`ÊV«iÀ>ÌÛiÊÌ >ÌÊ ÃÕ««iÃÊiÃÃ>}}ÊÃiÀÛViÃÊ>`ÊÃvÌÜ>ÀiÊÕÃi`ÊLÞÊ First Impression Tips L>ÃÊÌÊÃi`Êw>V>ÊÌÀ>Ã>VÌðÊÊ Arrive 10 minutes early if you can—punctuality is extremely important. Do not chew gum—chew a mint beforehand, or use a spray. 7iÊ>ÀiÊ>Ü>ÞÃÊ}ÊvÀÊÌ>iÌi`Ê«i«iÊÜÌ Ê>Ê Wear clothing that is slightly dressier than what someone in your position in this office would `i}ÀiiÊÊ «ÕÌiÀÊ-ViViÊÀÊ }iiÀ}°Ê probably wear to work. Never underestimate good hygiene, but do not wear any strong perfume or cologne. Talk slowly and enunciate your words. 6ÃÌÊÕÃÊ>ÌÊÌ iÊ 1 Turn off your cell phone. LÊEÊÌiÀà «Ê>À Greet your interviewer. For example, “Hello Mr./Ms. ___. How are you doing? Do research on the company and job beforehand so that you can be prepared to answer "VÌLiÀÊÇ]ÊÓään potential questions such as, “What interests you about our company?” and “What can you ÃÊ iÌiÀ offer to our workplace?” Be careful about using jokes, making flirtatious gestures, stammering and seeming distracted. iÜLiÀÀÞÊ> Be kind and courteous to everyone in the office, including the assistant and even the guy at the ££\ääÊ>ÊqÊ{\ääÊ« career fair—being polite may benefit you down the road and failing to be polite might hurt your job prospects. Know how to pronounce your interviewer’s name. iiÛi°Ê iÊÀi°Ê iÊ-ÜvÌ° Get a good night’s sleep and eat a breakfast/lunch that will nourish your body and mind. -7/ÊÃÊ>ÊiµÕ>Ê««ÀÌÕÌÞÊi«ÞiÀ° Try foods such as oatmeal, fish, fruit, granola, but avoid garlic, high-sugar products and sleep ÜÜÜ°ÃÜvÌ°V inducing foods like milk or heavy, breaded dishes. Take five deep breaths, make sure to smile and relax! NEWS MONDAY | OCTOBER 6, 2008 | A7 Weighing in on America’s Health
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Forum Addresses Health Care Reform Gerry Connolly, chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors spoke about healthcare reform. importance of the work said. ‘No, I didn’t want to bother systems and mandating an granted to health care providers care tax credit. “It is not getting NOAH MARTIN conducted by Health and them this early on a Sunday electronic medical record system to help relieve IT expenses when the attention that it should be News Editor Human Services. morning.’” This, he said, because they have limited converting. getting,” said Sickles. McCain Tim Henderson, active illustrated the accessibility of resources.” Fimian did not mince words would take away the deduction Congressional hopefuls deputy director for the Center local politics that is lost on the Connolly then spoke about when it came to the fiscal reality for providing health insurance gathered in Harris Theatre on for Health Policy Research and federal level. the strides that Fairfax County currently facing America. He given to employers and a give Wednesday night to deliver Ethics, was the leader of the Connolly said we have to do has made in improving public suggested that the tumult on private tax credit of up to $5,000 their proposals to the public panel asking the delegates something to make healthcare health policy. Wall Street was foreign for a family of four, but if they about the growing problems of questions about health policy. accessible and affordable for all Because of the late start of creditors calling on their debt are not making enough money to America’s health care system He shared the results of a Americans, Connolly claimed, the event, Keith Fimian, and that days of free credit were pay $5,000 in taxes then there is and faltering health insurance survey by Kaiser Family but we cannot do that until Republican congressional over. Fimian said we must nothing for the money to be structure and to respond to Foundation to set the mood for legislators can hear concerns. hopeful for Va. 11th District, recognize the economic reality of deducted from, said Sickles. specific policy questions from the forum. According to the He could take that message to was only able to speak briefly our situation. There are fiscal Sickles stressed, that for panel members. Even if they survey, paying for health care the federal level. before heading off to another realities no matter how much we himself and for Moran, could not agree on a solution all remains a problem for one in He thought that health event. He stated that patients want to provide care to everyone preventative health care would of the candidates were in four Americans. insurance shouldn’t be able to should be put back in charge of so, he stated, that he would be the most efficient solution to agreement about a growing The first candidate to speak cherry pick and exclude people their health care. We should make sure that every dime he growing costs and inefficiency, crisis. was Gerry Connolly, based upon pre-existing health give families refundable tax spent, if elected, would be spent but until people had guaranteed The candidates were each Democratic congressional conditions. “Insurance credits to purchase health as efficiently as possible. coverage and did not have to given 15 minutes at the health hopeful for the Va. 11th district. companies need a risk pool, and insurance, he claimed. Virginia House of Delegates rely on the Emergency Room as policy forum to share what they He began with an anecdote. need to spread the risk across He stressed that there was member Mark Sickles spoke on a last resort there would not be would do to improve or reform Connolly received a call the board,” Connolly said. “I an urgent need to reform behalf of Virginia Congressman much improvement. healthcare in Virginia and in from one of his constituents believe that there is a lot that malpractice liability. His cousin, Jim Moran. Sickles said Moran The health forum was the nation. Speeches were upon taking the seat of can be done, I believe there is a a doctor, paid as much in health is passionate about expanding hosted by the Center for Health followed by five minutes of Chairman for the Fairfax Board lot that has to be done.” insurance premiums as he made health care for the uninsured Policy Research and Ethics and questions, formulated by health of Supervisors. Connolly told a To make the health care in income each year, Fimian and underinsured, Sickles the Department of Health care experts. story about a woman who called system more efficient Connolly said. claimed. He supports the Administration and Policy. The night began with a him and said, “‘I have a dead claimed, “We need to move to an Fimian shared the belief statewide health care plan that brief address by George Mason deer in my front lawn, what are electronic medical record with Connolly that the health Massachusetts instituted. University President Alan you going to do about it,’ she system… the only caveat is that care system should convert to an Sickles then warned people Merten about Mason’s said. ‘Well, have you thought we need to be careful when electronic medical record system about the reality of Senator community involvement and the about calling animal control,’ I considering rural healthcare but that a tax credit should be John McCain’s plan for a health Committed and Hardworking Individual Wanted for Assistant News Editor Position. E-mail [email protected] HT Y|BITN ROUSE | BRITTANY PHOTO BY
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Francisco Soteron, the Founding Director of Human Rights Association spoke in the JC Cinema. The Human Cost of Obtaining Civil Liberties RACHEL PALTING La Cantuta, a Peruvian the law in rights and university, and a protester of responsibilities. No one is above Broadside Correspondent the Fujimori regime. Ortiz gave the law, much less the President A panel discussion a personal testimony, translated of the Republic.” concerning the human rights by Burt, of her brother’s death. Samantha Urriolagoitia, a movement in Peru took place In November of 1993, his senior majoring in Global 13@D71/:1/<13@7A1/CA320G Tuesday, Sept. 30, in the body was found in a mass grave. Affairs, said, “[Ortiz’s] personal Johnson Center Cinema. His corpse was the only one experience with the Cantuta Moderated by Professor Jo- found whole, with four bullets Massacre was very touching.” 13@B/7<BG>3A=46>D Marie Burt of the Department of embedded in his skull. Since Justin Edwards, a senior Public and International Affairs, then, Ortiz and family members majoring in government, “[It’s] the presentation featured three of other victims of the massacre so unprecedented in Latin guest speakers: Francisco have pushed for truth and America for a president to be Soberón, founding director of justice. Military courts tried accountable for his actions. the Human Rights Association, Fujimori’s accomplices, and the There’s a history of impunity. Gisela Ortiz, a spokesperson of criminals were temporarily Hopefully, [Fujimori] is the first family members of the victims of jailed until their leader granted of many leaders held the Cantuta massacre, and them impunity. Ortiz said she accountable. It’s very Ronald Gamarra, the Executive had a hard time accepting that encouraging to me.” Secretary, member of the her country protected these National Human Rights criminals instead of respecting Committee and lawyer human rights. representing victims at the trial “Justice is a right that we of former Peruvian President have... We’re hopeful that in this Alberto Fujimori. trial of Fujimori there is a Soberón began the conviction of his responsibility discussion by giving background in these crimes... [We must] information about the human recognize that this judicial rights movement in Peru. The process involves all of us, Peru group has been using all means and everyone around the world. possible to gain justice for more These were crimes against than two decades. However, humanity,” Ortiz said. Peruvian authorities have kept Gamarra was the last to prosecutors from getting speak. He explained the information and as time goes on, Fujimori case from a lawyer’s witnesses continue to die. perspective. Fujimori, who has Altogether, making a case pleaded innocent, has access to becomes more and more all his rights and any documents difficult. Saberón emphasized a he may need, but putting need for more Human Rights Fujimori on trial has been 6>D 1=; activism and social support. difficult. However, Gamarra Ortiz had been a student at said, “We are all equal before A8 | MONDAY | OCTOBER 6, 2008 NEWS Accessible Knowldege Opens Doors to the Future Librarians Create Open Access
digital, open access community “[Open access] provides SONYA HUDSON of MARS. “The fundamental wider dissemination,” said Asst. News Editor goal is to keep information Patton, “in that it reaches a Free, easily accessible around and make it available for wider audience than those just information is a powerful tool the larger community,” said on the shelf.” Students also have HT YTDYMYR|AS.POORPYEDITOR MEYER | ASST. PHOTOGRAPHY TEDDY PHOTO BY for students and faculty in a Beers. the opportunity to include more digital world. The Open Access MARS is built on the multimedia components to their Movement is a movement to structure that the information research more easily and enhance and improve the provided by Mason faculty, staff effectively when in a digital accessibility of knowledge and students has research value format. throughout the world in a to the larger community. When Students receive instant digital medium. information is put online and gratification when finished with The Open Access Movement easily accessible to anyone, it is their research, as digital will officially be advertised on much more powerful and useful formatting is quicker than the internationally recognized to a larger population. traditional publishing. Patton Open Access Day on Oct. 14. “The goal of institutional also acknowledged that students The main objective of the day is repository is to archive would most likely be cited more to garner support for open information and make it regularly when online. access. Claudia Holland, the available through an open Beers noted that the more head of Copyright Resources access environment,” said Beers. research material available to Beers explained a students, the better their own Mason Leads held a panel discussion on whether ethics in politics mattered. Office, Shane Beers, Digital Repository Services Librarian, misconception about databases. research would be. Beers and Sarah Patton, University Some people think that because explained that MARS allows Dissertation and Thesis databases are available students to have their own work Ethical Matters in Coordinator, discussed the electronically, the information is accessible online, when it premise of open access. free. However, databases are probably would not be published “The purpose of open access very expensive. on paper. Students are is to archive information and Holland explained that the producing interesting, have it freely available and open access movement is in groundbreaking work that Politics accessible throughout time,” partial response to current costs would benefit their own futures, said Holland. of information. The cost furthering their opportunities Panel Discusses Scrupulo-politico Open access should be associated with journal through networking. brought to the attention of publication is high. It costs a lot “One positive aspect of open university communities because to publish and purchase access is to empower people to deciding-vote against the ethics. Golden added, “As long free information provides more information, like that packaged think more about their rights JARED TRICE impeachment of President as these tactics continue to research resources for students in databases, to make available and the ownership of what Broadside Staff Wrtier Andrew Johnson in 1868. work, we will continue to see and faculty. Information is to students and faculty. they’re intellectually creating,” An ethics panel discussion The discussion continuously them.” usually very expensive through “[The open access said Holland. Holland assures was held in the Johnson Center evolved into more focused When asked if character databases and print journal. movement] is very important to students and faculty that they Cinema last Tuesday night as arguments inside the realm of counts. Smith, who has directed Open access is important in everyone, particularly in an are not required to give away all part of the Mason Leads ethics. Cooper brought up the five presidential libraries, making information available to educational institution where their rights through the program. The panel included idea of derogatory advertising. juxtaposed ethics with character everyone everywhere to increase we promote free exchange of copyright law. Richard Norton Smith, a scholar On Sept. 29, a political in politics. Smith argued that one’s capacity to access ideas and information,” Holland Faculty can benefit from in residence at George Mason advertisement, which was not when former President Richard information. said Holland, said. open access as well. The University, Juan Williams, endorsed by the Obama Nixon decided in 1972 to bring “information is power.” Having Beers explained the dissemination of information is senior correspondent at NPR, Campaign, was released with China out of its self-imposed information online makes it significant cost of databases to also favorable in accordance Elizabeth Martin, president of the intent to incite fear in its isolation, Nixon acted in the more interactive since it can be the institution, which trickles with faculty. Faculty members’ the League of Women Voters, viewers—particularly the swing interest of both the People’s shared, linked to and down to the tuition cost of work and research is available Toni-Michelle Travis, an voters. The advertisement Republic of China and the West. downloaded. students. worldwide through open access. assistant professor at Mason, focused on the likelihood that At the same time, Smith argued, The purpose is to share “In an ideal world, the more More people have easy access to and Student Body President Senator John McCain could once Nixon betrayed his own scholarly research and information that is freely the information, which Zack Golden. again develop cancer, in which principles. information with as many available, the less the library inevitably leads to more citation Dr. Renay Scales, director the allegedly inexperienced As the discussion people as possible. has to spend on electronic of the information, which only of Multicultural Research, Governor Sarah Palin would progressed, Cooper directed a “We, as librarians, have a materials that are packaged in looks favorably on the faculty introduced the panel. Scales also take office. question to Travis, who liberal view of information and databases,” said Holland. “So member. introduced Rebecca Cooper, a As stated, this tactic was specializes in Women and how it should be made freely one could assume that would Information tables will be reporter from WJLA, who acted not endorsed by the Obama Gender studies: “Do you think available for the benefit of the impact tuition in a positive set up to give students and as the discussion’s moderator. Campaign. Instead, as one women are more ethical than public,” Holland said. way.” faculty more information about Cooper opened the student in the audience men?” Beers explained that most Though lowering tuition the program, the movement. discussion by presenting the explained, it was used by the “I don’t think women are information online, such as costs is just wishful thinking, Librarians will be available to audience with the question: 527 groups or American more ethical,” said Travis, “I databases, are purchased and open access will provide answer questions and provide “Does ethics matter in politics?” organizations that do not make don’t think they have been given are not freely available to the students the opportunity to have research assistance to anyone and quickly manipulated the direct expenditures to any the chance. We also know larger community. Beers their research available to a who needs it. “We’re here to help question into the plural by candidate and therefore avoid women enter the office later in explained his role as a digital larger audience. Patton them in any way we can,” saying, “Do ethics matter in regulation by the Federal life. No, I don’t think women are repository services librarian in discussed the opportunities open Holland said. politics?” Cooper then asked the Election Committee. more ethical.” conjunction with the Mason access provides to graduate For more information, visit panel the same question. In response to this Cooper wrapped up the Archival Repository Service. students working on their thesis freeculture.org, “Yes, but it can be quite student’s remark, Smith discussion with the question, Beers manages repository or dissertation. One sparkawards.org or costly,” said Travis, who was insisted that “the beauty of our “Do you think politics is nastier and educates faculty and requirement of the final product www.createchange.org. accounting for the collective system is also what makes it a today?” to which Smith students on copyright of the dissertation process is to good versus the individual’s, noisy, loud and incoherent free- responded, “This is an echo agreements relating to the make the work publicly said. Travis attributed her for-all.” channel in which we inhabit. available. statement to Edmund Ross, a Williams claimed that This is not a presidential journalist and senator from politicians must do whatever it election; this is a melodrama to Kansas best remembered as the takes to win an election. After end all melodramas.” individual who cast the that election has been won, the This Week in Finance politician may then focus on
The Credit Crunch and Student Loans
Frozen credit markets may restrict the availability of student loans, say financial experts. After a tumultuous week on Wall Street more lenders are pulling out of the student loan business, which may make it more difficult for students to qualify for loans in the future. Students may have to offer up more collateral, provide more detailed information, and accept higher interests rates in order to obtain loans. Congress has passed legislation that protects student loans through 2010 and increases government funds available for government subsidized loans. Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
The final version of the $700 billion bailout passed Friday, Oct. 3, with a 263 to 171 vote, looks drastically different than the original three-page proposal put forth by the Bush Administration over a week ago. The final version passed by the House of Representatives, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, is 451 pages and contains numerous additions and qualifications to the initial bill. The final version will still give unprecedented powers to the Treasury secretary, Henry Paulson, to buy $700 billion in troubled assets from large firms and provide credit to stimulate markets frozen by a halt in intra-bank lending but it added two oversight committees to monitor the allocation of funds: a Financial Stability Board, comprised of the Federal Reserve chairman, the Federal Home Finance Agency director, the Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, the Housing and Urban Development secretary and the Treasury secretary, and a bipartisan congressional oversight committee with five members appointed from both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Paulson has 45 days to design a plan for purchasing the troubled mortgage backed assets that will then be reviewed by the oversight committees. In the new version, limits were placed on executive pay for firms selling assets to the government, it raised the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. limit from $100,000 to $250,000, it allows the government to take ownership stakes in firms taking advantage of the bailout, and inserted provisions for homeowners to avoid foreclosure. $150 billion dollars of expenditures were added to the bill in the second and final version: tax breaks for teachers that spend their own money on school supplies; tax relief for disaster victims; tax credits for hybrid car owners, tax credits for the skyrocketing costs of research and development. The House also approved a separate measure to extend unemployment benefits to send a message of relief to citizens concerned about their economic future. The party breakdown of Friday’s vote was 172 to 63 from Democrats and 91 to 108 from Republicans. Greater financial regulations on Wall Street will not be considered until after Congress reconvenes following the fall campaign. Citigroup’s negotiations with Wachovia
Only a week after the buyout of Washington Mutual, Citigroup announced that it would purchase Wachovia’s banking operations for $2.16 billion in stock in a deal coordinated by the two financial institutions and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The news furthered public fears about the current state of the United States economy. On Friday, however, Wells Fargo issued a statement claiming that it would purchase the entirety of Wachovia’s assets for $15.6 billion in stock. Now, a New York judge has halted the merger between Wells Fargo and Wachovia and is requesting that representatives from Citigroup and Wachovia appear in front of his bench this coming Friday over claims that Citigroup had entered into an exclusivity agreement with Wachovia. If purchased by Citigroup, losses on Wachovia’s banking assets beyond $42 billion would be covered by the FDIC. Wells Fargo would ask for no assistance from the FDIC and cover its own losses, relieving the liability burden placed on the tax payer.
Compiled from The Los Angeles Times , The New York Times, CNN.com, The Washington Post , and other wire sources. - Noah Martin, News Editor NEWS MONDAY | OCTOBER 6, 2008 | A9 News in Brief Mason Alumni Killed in the Line of Duty This past Wednesday, the Student Services Information compiled from washingtonpost.com. On Wednesday, Sept 24, The Department of Committee discussed the best way to create a Oct. 6 Last Day to Register: Defense announced the death of First Lt. Thomas long-term relationship with student organizations. Today, Oct. 6, is the last day to register to O.J. Simpson Convicted J. Brown, a 26-year-old George Mason University After a lively discussion, the ten-member commit- vote to be eligible for the General Election on O.J. Simpson was found guilty of 12 felonies, Alumni of Burke, Va., who died Sept. 23 in tee set up a weekly meeting in which representa- Nov. 4. Applications for registration should be including kidnapping and armed robbery, Friday Salman Park, Iraq after his patrol came under tives from different student organizations could postmarked or already in the voter registration evening in Las Vegas. After a 13-day trial, the small arms fire during dismounted operations. drop by and meet Student Government members. office by Oct. 6. If mailed, expect to receive voter jury deliberated for 13 hours to find Simpson Brown was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th This “Monday Night Mixer,” as the name registration card in about 30 days, as that is the guilty of an armed robbery that happened on Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st was decided upon, creates a set time and location processing time. Sept. 13. The final deliberation occurred on the Armored Division based in Baumholder, Germany. where organizations can call to the attention of If already registered, absentee voters have 13th anniversary of Simpson’s Los Angeles mur- In 2004, Brown graduated from Mason where he members of student government, issues pertaining more time before the absentee ballot deadline. der acquittal. When sentenced next month, was a government and international politics major to their specific organization. The resolution was Mailed applications for an absentee ballot must Simpson faces two years to life in prison. and a fraternity member. passed in committee and sent to the Senate for a be in the voter registration office by Tuesday, Oct. final vote. 28. Saturday, Nov. 1, is the last day for in-person Information compiled from washingtonpost.com. Vision Series Lecture After customary proceedings, the committee absentee voting. For help on how and where to Jeremy Mayer, associate professor in the met with a student who presented the idea of a register visit masonvotes.gmu.edu. Information Cell Phone Use Banned by Rail Crews School of Public Policy, will give the Vision Series 24-hour library on campus, in which students about the different candidates and links to their Federal regulators have banned the use of cell Lecture for the month of October. Mayer will pres- could have a safe, quiet place to study at all campaign sites are also available. phones and other personal electronic devices by ent “Endgame: the Last Month in Presidential hours. The committee promised to discuss the idea rail workers. This ban is in response to a deadly Elections, This Year and Every Time.” The Vision and get back to the student. Biden vs. Palin crash last month in which an engineer on a com- Series Lecture will be held Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Josh Cantor, the director of parking and trans- Senator Joe Biden of Delaware and Alaska muter train was sending text messages moments Center for the Arts. Admission is free and all stu- portation, also attended the meeting. Cantor reit- Governor Sarah Palin battled it out in the first and before the crash occurred. The National dents, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend. erated that parking is a problem, but a main only vice presidential debate last Thursday at 9 Transportation Safety Board is investigating why problem is that people are more concerned with p.m. Public Broadcasting Service’s Gwen Ifill mod- Metrolink engineer Robert M. Sanchez ran Student Services Meeting the day-to-day inconvenience rather than the long- erated the debate at the Washington University in through a red light and into a freight train, killing Student Government is a large body that acts term benefits. St. Louis. 25 people, including himself. Under the Federal as the student body’s voice to George Mason According to washingtonpost.com, the most Railroad Administration rule, violators of the new University administrators. The Student Senate gov- Cultural Fusion Field Day watched vice presidential debate before this one ban could be fined or fired. erns the many committees that help Mason stu- The Office of Diversity Programs and Services was the 1984 VP debate with George H.W. Bush dents have their opinions heard. One such com- will host Cultural Fusion Field Day on Wednesday, and Geraldine Ferraro, which coincidentally was Information compiled from washingtonpost.com mittee is the Student Services Committee, which Oct. 8 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on the Quad in the only other VP debate featuring a female can- meets every Wednesday evening in the Student front of Student Union Building I. Join the fun and didate. Government office in the Johnson Center. find out more on Oct. 8 on the Quad. Finding Free Money Before Taking Loans
TOWN HALL, from Page A3 Fulbright scholarship. listed Mason’s proximity to Students are encouraged Washington, D.C. as a benefit scholarships and to apply for these masters for the globally minded citizens fellowships. Moloney program scholarships in their who make up the student encouraged Mason students to senior year or before they plan population. apply for scholarships such as to go to graduate school. The Moloney encouraged the Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell competition varies each year, students to spread the word and Gates Cambridge because but it would only help to know about scholarship each gives a unique a language fairly well if a opportunities to friends and opportunity for students to student plans to emerse classmates, explaining that the study abroad, do research in a themselves in a country for “best way to inform others is specific field and receive nine months. through word of mouth.” credits toward a master’s Moloney discussed the To find more information program. application process and gave on specific scholarships, visit Available scholarships for pointers for getting good www.gmu.edu/student/fellowsh juniors include Truman, letters of recommendations ips or contact Deirdre Moloney Goldwater and Udall. Students from faculty. Though the at [email protected]. For who have recently graduated application process is more information on safe sex, and are interested in studying demanding and difficult, visit adhe.gmu.edu or the abroad, teaching English, Moloney is emphatic that Office of Alcohol, Drug and PHOTO BY TEDDY MEYER | ASST. PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR perfecting a second language Mason students have good Health Education in Student and gaining experience in their opportunities for receiving Union Building I. Senior Gregory Thompson registers to vote at the Involvement Fair put on by Student Activites on these scholarships. Moloney Thursday, Oct 2. given field should apply for the
Walking for AIDS in the Nation’s Capital
dental care, mental health and The walk began at Freedom SONYA HUDSON addictions counseling and Plaza, located at the corner of Asst. News Editor treatment, HIV education, Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Students showed their prevention and testing, legal Street, NW, at 9:15 a.m. on support for the 2008 AIDS Walk services, case management and Saturday, Oct. 4 and the timed Washington. About 200 Mason a food bank for those people run began fifteen minutes 6>D4/1BA( " students participated in the living with HIV/AIDS. earlier at 9 a.m. AIDS Walk on Saturday. This is According to the AIDS Every team or individual the 22nd annual AIDS Walk in Walk Washington 2008 Web participating in the walk raised Washington, D.C. site, one in 20 adults in D.C. is money through contributing The walk is a 5K walk/run infected with HIV. D.C. has a sponsors. fundraiser that benefits the higher rate of HIV infection Mason contributed almost Whitman-Walker Clinic. This than most sub-Saharan African $9,000 to the approximately clinic is a non-profit, nations, according the same $700,000 raised by the AIDS community-based health Web site. In D.C., African- Walk Washington for the organization that provides Americans account for eight out Whitman-Walker Clinic. health care and assistance to of every 10 cases of AIDS. For more information on people infected with or affected The walk that is produced the Whitman-Walker Clinic, by HIV/AIDS. by and benefits the Waltman- visit www.wwc.org. The Whitman-Walker Whitman Clinic aims to help Clinic, established in 1973, reduce these rates in the D.C. -Information taken from provides primary medical and area. www.aidswalkwashington.org /D7@CAG=C1=C:253B E7B6=CB3D3<9<=E7<57B
PHOTO BY COURTNEY ERLAND | PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR 6>D 1=; The Mason Ambassadors were one of the organizations that participated in the AIDS Walk in DC over the weekend. Mason had over 200 participants.