30th March 2010 | 0 Comments
There are few people in the media that can express the changes the internet and new media have had on the industry. Bob Schieffer is one of them.
On February 25, Bob Schieffer, moderator of the CBS Sunday morning show, “Face the Nation,” spent his 73rd birthday with students from George Mason University, the University of [...]
Tags: George Mason, Shieffer
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3rd March 2010 | 0 Comments
Article appeared in NBC’s First Read on Wednesday March 3, 2010.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/03/03/2218593.aspx
Tags: Brenda Shepard, NBC, news, NH
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22nd February 2010 | 0 Comments
Thu, 02/18/2010 – 11:07 Staff Writer Brenda Shepard
For those on campus who love Jazzman’s Café in the Johnson Center, brace yourselves for an exciting development in Mason Dining: there are now more Jazzman’s to go around.
Sodexo Food Services has introduced two new locations for the coffee shop on the Fairfax campus. The Art and Design [...]
Tags: Broadside, coffee, GMU, news
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22nd February 2010 | 0 Comments
Check out my first published article on MSNBC’s “First Read” political blog.
And my second…
Published February 21. 2010.
Tags: CPAC, Republicans
Filed under: MSNBC, Washington, news
15th February 2010 | 0 Comments
Washington Post writer E.J. Dionne weighs in on former President Clinton’s medical scare and what a tragedy that would be for President Obama.
“Obama needs to rewrite the script. And as a script doctor, Bill Clinton has no equal.”
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18th November 2009 | 0 Comments
By Brenda Shepard, Staff Writer
Imagine sleeping on cement. Now think about being hungry, alone and numb from the cold. This is how many people across the United States spend each day and night. While students on campuses across the country lie in their warm dorm rooms watching the latest reality show, these homeless men, women [...]
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8th November 2009 | 0 Comments
By Brenda Shepard, Staff Writer
Last summer, George Mason University graduate student Eve Montavon had the opportunity to travel to Mexico to attend language school and live with a Spanish speaking family. She has been able to take her experiences abroad and use them in her everyday life and work here in America. This new cultural [...]
Tags: GMU, Mexico, news, study abroad, writer
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29th October 2009 | 0 Comments
By Brenda Shepard, Staff Writer
As Domestic Violence Month draws to a close, the George Mason University community reflects on people in their own lives who have been affected by this sad reality.
Whether it’s a friend, neighbor, roommate or family member, there are no specific boundaries to this issue.
However, there are ways to promote change in [...]
Tags: community, Domestic Violence, GMU, Sexual Assault, students
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29th October 2009 | 0 Comments
By Brenda Shepard, Staff Writer
If you are ever walking around Thompson Hall, you may see students pacing and talking to themselves. No, these students are not confused – they are practicing.
These students are members of the George Mason University’s Forensics Team, one of the most successful and long standing groups on campus.
For almost 40 years, [...]
Tags: audition, competition, forensics, GMU, students, trophies, win
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25th October 2009 | 0 Comments
By Brenda Shepard, Staff Writer
Lives changed on Nov. 9, 1989 when people from East and West Berlin were allowed to meet freely once again. The Berlin Wall was not just concrete and wire, but a representation of constraint—Cold War hatred and inequality. Twenty years later, many still remember images of people tearing apart the concrete [...]
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