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Reason Rally Draws Crowd of 20,000

A crowd gathers at the Reason Rally in Washington DC. Photo by Flickr user makelessnoise.

The Reason Rally, held on March 24 in D.C., was billed as the largest organized gathering of secular people and organizations in world history. The event was put on by the non-profit group Reason Rally coalition, in an attempt to empower secular Americans and dispel negative stereotypes about atheists and agnostics. “The Reason Rally was advertising that this was going to be the biggest gathering of secular thinkers in history….

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Mason Votes is Back!

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It’s that time of the year again and Mason Votes is back! Election Day is coming up in less than a month and Mason Votes is prepared to have students pumped up and ready to vote! College-aged students are one of the most apathetic age groups when it comes to voting, but the last presidential election definitely turned over a new leaf. It got the masses excited. It got us…

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Woodson High School Voting Lines Run Smoothly

by Kevin Loker Mason Votes Correspondent On a rainy day after a marathon two-year campaign race for the White House, George Mason University students registered on the Fairfax campus finally boarded vans to cast their vote. “We’ve been running vans to and from W.T. Woodson since the polls opened,” said senior Student Government member Andrew Roth, who volunteered to drive one of the MasonVotes three shuttle vans, “and so has…

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Interview with Gerry Connolly

Below is the text of Mason Vote’s Interview with Gerry Connelly, Democratic candidate for Congress in the 11th District. Q: As people go to the polls what do you want them to think about? A: I want them to think about the future of the country. this election is a big deal. We have the opportunity to make history and to change the course of the country and I think…

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Final Debate Watch Party a Success

More than 200 people crowded into the Johnson Center Atrium to watch the third and final presidential debate between  Candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. Leading into their final meeting, hopes were high that gloves would come off and answers would be pointed. Although there were moments where it seemed that such hopes would come to fruition, according to a Mason Votes poll, viewers came away disappointed. Mason Votes’ polls…

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Roundtable Podcast with Women and Gender Studies

Mason Votes’ roundtable podcast with representatives from Women and Gender Studies at George Mason University. Are there “women’s issues?” If so, what are they? Download Now!

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Back in Business: McCain Agrees to Debate

By Christian Yingling Caving to public and media pressure, Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain has agreed to participate in tonight’s debate at the University of Mississippi. This announcement comes over 48 hours after his controversial campaign suspension and request for the debate to be postponed until after the economic crisis has been fixed. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama made an announcement Tuesday in response to McCain’s request stating…

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