Music Groups Take 2 Firsts
In Canadian Competitions
Performances Only Part of ‘Incredible’
Cultural Experiences North of Border
By Margaret Lipman (May 8, 2004) 
Lasso Online asked staff member and band member Margaret Lipman to capture the sights, sounds, and feelings of Mason’s recent band trip to Toronto.

Quinze Jours en France
Lasso Online asked editor Stephen Twentyman to share his observations about his recent visit to Toulouse, France, during the annual student exchange between George Mason and its sister school Lycee Ozenne in Toulouse.
By Stephen Twentyman (April 23, 2004)
I left for France on the afternoon of Saturday, the 27^th of March. The flight was a typical international flight in that it was very long and rather boring, and, it being over the course of an afternoon, Eastern time, I didn’t sleep a wink and was therefore terribly jet-lagged by the time we got to Paris, as day was breaking on the 28^th.

Ballet Students Meet Masonites
To Discuss World Issues
(March 8, 2004)
Students from the Universal School of Ballet in Washington, D.C. (left photo) pose with 
Masonites during the ballet school’s visit last Thursday.

What the Hey?!
(February 12, 2004)
Technical workers attempt to fix the Dukane Intercom System, which started to malfunction at the end of last week.

The Cut of the Locks
Senior Donates Hair to Locks of Love
(February 5, 2004)
Senior Haley Chrisco wanted to help a child in need and also felt that "it was time for a change." So, last week she had 11 inches of her hair cut off so that it could be donated ...


A Refugee’s Story
By Rabita Aziz (January 25, 2004)
"They told my friend to take off his clothes, and told me to go away. I didn’t, and they threatened that they would kill both of us. They shot him in the leg and I started running. I heard them shooting, and when I turned around, I saw him dead on the ground." 

Up, Up and Over!
May to Compete in Horse Show 
(January 22, 2004)
Sophomore Allison May rides high on her pony Brookfield’s Tatoo as together they take a jump during one of her many horseshow competitions. 

What's In and What's Out
(January 17, 2004)
The following list was compiled by the Lasso Online Staff, edited by Becky Roa, art work by John Tyson with input from a broad range of the student body.

Visitor from France
Paris Journalist Discusses Education
(December 20, 2003)
Marie Christine Leon, left, a Parisian radio journalist who specializes in educational issues, discussed her career and challenges facing schools in France with Mason’s journalism class this Friday.

JV Show Review
Audiences Call Show ‘Best Ever’
By Camille Christophel (December 8, 2003)
The annual Junior Variety Show was wonderful Thursday night.  In two acts, the audience could see about twenty performances.

Brrrrrr
Snow Hits Mason Early Again,
But School Carries On
(December 6, 2003)
On December 5 snow and freezing rain made life miserable for students and teachers alike who 
braved the cold on their way to school.

Lasso Online Survey
RIAA Lawsuits against Online
File-Sharers Leaving their Mark
Users Indicate Mixed Responses Regarding Online File-Sharing
By Omar Tanamly (November 10, 2003)
"Forget about it, dude -- even genocidal litigation can't stop file sharers," said Wayne Rosso, president of Grokster, in response to a question regarding the pains being taken to stop online file-sharing.

Mason Players Take ‘Beggars’ Opera’
To VTA Competition This Weekend
By Matthew Meyer (October 31, 2003)
As soon as the fall play Murder on the Nile was finished, the George Mason Players and their director Frank Marino set full focus on their next play for the Virginia Theater Association (VTA) competition. 

College Visits
Both Students and Universities
Benefit from College Visits
By Allison May and Rabita Aziz (October 31, 2003)
Each year the guidance department facilitates numerous college visits to Mason’s campus. Lasso Online explored how these visits benefit seniors looking for a college that’s right for them. 

What Makes You Move?
Rap/Hip Hop Tops Music Survey
By Matthew Meyer (October 28, 2003)
Finding the right music for a dance is a very serious matter, the material chosen will set the mood for the evening. Clearly the majority of people attending the dances want rhythmically, bass charged music, and most importantly the "new" stuff. As the seniors planned for the Red Carpet Homecoming Dance last Saturday, Lasso Online set out to find what kinds of music made people want to dance. 

International Club to Screen
‘Rabbit-Proof Fence’ Tonight
By Mery Kanashiro (October 9, 2003)
The International Club will be hosting a field trip to attend a screening of the "Rabbit Proof Fence" tonight at the Reston Town Center from 6 to 10:15. Transportation will be provided. The screening, sponsored by Amnesty International, will be followed by a question and answer session with the director, Phillip Noyce. 

AFS Student Shares Impressions on
French and American Schools
Lasso Online asked staff writer Camille Christophel, a foreign exchange student from France, to share with our readers her early impressions of the differences between American high schools and those in her native France. Here are some of her thoughts:
By Camille Christophel (September 28, 2003)
My parents don’t recognize me (when I talk with them on the phone). They think I have really changed...

Two Years After
Students, Staff Share 9-11 Memories 
Arranged by Becky Roa and Andrea Genovese Soares (September 11, 2003)
The world, of course, will never forget September 11 and Masonites are no different. Below, students and teachers share both memories and reflections of that fateful day.