IB Art Show
April 25, 2002
Additional Pictures

Album Review: 311 – From Chaos
Worth ‘Getting Worked Up’ Over
By Michael Burgos (March 16, 2002)
Tim starts the countdown to the explosion… 4 – 3 – 2 – 1. S.A. then busts into the place injecting the strong verse which gets you worked definitely (no pun intended).

Senior Auction
Senior Servants Humble Themselves During Lunch
February 28, 2002
Seniors served lunch to many underclassmen this week as their service that went to the highest bidder for their services.

Exclusive Lasso Online Interview
Foreign Service Agent Reveals Inner Workings Of His Station in Pakistan
By Liz Twentyman (Feb. 23, 2002)
Every year when my mother sends Christmas cards to family friends, she sends one to Michael Mates, a family friend that we met in church when I was little. This year, she wondered if he’d even be able to get it – he’s a Foreign Service agent, and has been stationed in Pakistan for the last four years.

Film Review
‘Royal Tenenbaums’: ‘Surprisingly Smart’
By Tammy Ashworth (February 8, 2002)
My friends and I exchanged looks of trepidation as we walked into a nearly empty theater to see The Royal Tenenbaums this past weekend.

Exam Week
Mustangs Approach Finals in Varied Ways
By Liz Twentyman (January 24, 2002)
"It’s probably the first year that I have taken exams seriously, because these are the grades that colleges will look at. I’m studying more than I ever have before," said senior Galen Messing. George Mason’s students all view exam week in different lights.

Film Review
Slices of Adolescence in Orange County
By Mike Denny (January 15, 2002)
Disgust and fear crept down my spine when I entered the theatre to face a multitude of sappy teen movie trailers

Career Center Offers "Exceptional’ Options of Courses
By Paige Dorsey (January 15, 2002)
"The Arlington Career Center provides a great way to explore career options, and a good preparatory if you know what you want to study," said Ms. April Faw, George Mason High School’s director of guidance.

Gourmet Cooking
Turning Microwavers into Real Chefs
By Becca Parson (January 5, 2002)
"One day we made cinnamon rolls and I got sick after eating one--it was so much fun!" says senior Afolake Ojumu. What other class could be so much fun except Gourmet Cooking?

Las Vegas JV Show Great Success;
Continues Tonight in Altered Format
By Tammy Ashworth (December 7, 2001)
The auditorium was packed as hundreds of students, teachers, and families turned out yesterday evening to see the opening night of GMHS’s annual JV show, which this year sports a Las Vegas theme.

Film Review
Redford, Pitt Make ‘Spy Game’ Masterful
By Becca Parson (Dec. 4, 2001)
"Spy Game," a thriller partly set in the Langley CIA headquarters, is a masterful spy movie that relies on an exciting plot, great performances from the actors, and for once in an action movie, good dialogue instead of overdone special effects. 

Concert Review
RADIATE at the DC Armory
By Grant MacHamer (November 29, 2001)
Bouncers in bright yellow shirts pat you down head to toe. They take away your chewing gum, any pills and even chap stick. You walk though a dark doorway where more bouncers check the validity of your ticket, they bend, stretch and scan it to make sure it's real.

Lasso Thanksgiving Memories from Mason Students 
Arranged by Paige Dorsey (November 20, 2001)
"Thanksgiving is one of the best holidays because you get two days off of school to eat a ton of good food and be with your friends and family

Film Review
‘Harry Potter’: Wicked Good Fun 
By Becca Parson (November 20, 2001)
As I slipped into the dark theater just before "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" started, I got some irritated glances for disturbing the excited pre-movie silence surrounding me. Looking around, I saw people on dates, young families, teenagers, married couples – an unusual mixture of all ages for a PG movie.

Samsonov Dances to 14 Wins in 15 Tries
By Paige Dorsey (November 20, 2001)
George Mason’s very own Mikhail Samsonov, a senior this year who began dancing in May of 2000, has recently earned fourteen first place prizes at his third dancing competition.

Two of Mason’s Own Compete in Marine Corps Marathon
By Liz Twentyman (November 1, 2001)
"When I crossed the finish line," social studies teacher Ms. Chris Bosl said, "knowing that I made the Boston Marathon made me forget any pain." 

Mason’s Southern Comfort Wins Battle of the Bands
By George Huff (October 23, 2001)
George Mason’s Feedback and Southern Comfort competed with Mclean’s Breaking Ground in Saturday night’s high school battle of the bands. This sparsely attended event featured 40 minute sets from each band playing mostly original material but also some covers. Southern Comfort won the competition.

Theater Reviews - 'Harvey'

Day of Infamy: George Mason Students React to September 11 Attacks
By Juliana Pearson (October 3, 2001)
It is doubtful that any George Mason High School student will forget the events of September 11^th. When terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center and a portion of the Pentagon, students’ senses of security also toppled. Life would never be the same.