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Insights from Professor Jennifer Victor Shed Light on the Shifting Landscape of Democracy at Mason By: Saahiti Kiran Chamala, Mason Votes Managing Editor
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How Will You Pay? – College Affordability Part 5

This election hinges on many issues, but students aren’t getting a lot of attention. When college students go out to vote this November it may radically change how they pay for college, or if they can pay at all.

Movies About the Issues: Watch and Learn with Student Media

Did you miss out on one of the Office of Student Media’s 5 viewings of movies about the issues in this election? Well, don’t fear! We can bring these movies to you. If you, your class, or your floor are interested in seeing one of these five issue movies, contact Mason Votes to set up...

Student Loans – College Affordability Part 4

Both candidates support loans as a way to help students pay for college. Obama’s plan seeks to increase loan forgiveness, a federal program that cancels all or a portion of a student’s loan, most often in exchange for some form of public service. McCain, however, has voted against programs to provide loan forgiveness on two...

State House Speaker Addresses Mason on Budget Crisis

By Chris Bradshaw Republican Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Bill Howell visited George Mason University Tuesday to address students and faculty. He answered questions about the current budget crisis and the impact it will have on the state level. “Technically we’re not in a recession – in this country or in Virginia –...

Community Schools and Vocational Training – College Affordability Part 3

When it comes to community and vocational schools, Obama sees them as essential to providing local students with the skills they need and intends to reward community colleges that increase their graduates and transfers to four-year colleges. McCain focuses on retraining workers. Read more about how the two candidates intend to support community schools and...

Taking the Cost of Education out of Taxes – College Affordability Part 2

Tax credit programs allow those applicable for a credit to subtract the value from their annual tax payment, or claim it as a deduction. So if you were required to pay $5,000 in taxes this year and you received the $4,000 tax credit that Obama proposes for students, you would only have to pay $1,000...

A History of Candidate Positions on College Affordability – Part 1

Senators John McCain and Barack Obama have had plenty to say about Wall Street and Main Street, but they have said little about how the economic situation makes it difficult for students who want to live on University Row. Though college students are expected to be a deciding factor in a number of states, including...

Preview: Maxed Out

When Hurricane Katrina ravaged America’s Gulf Coast, it laid bare an uncomfortable reality—America is not only far from the world’s wealthiest nation; it is crumbling beneath a staggering burden of individual and government debt. Maxed Out takes us on a journey deep inside the American debt-style, where everything seems okay as long as the minimum...

Watch the Last Presidential Debate Live

George Mason University will be holding a debate watch party for the third and last presidential debate. The event start at 8 p.m. in the Johnson Center Atrium with a live panel of three speakers and will be followed by CSPAN coverage of the debate at 9 p.m. The panel’s speakers will be Bassam Haddad,...

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