Lift, Lift, Relift
Students Tout Dramatic Changes
Championship Training Delivers
By Adrian Rumingan and Slava Kitain (July 11, 2005)
(The past few school years have seen the introduction and expansion of a unique elective course in the Physical Education Department that has been literally changing and improving the physiques and the mental attitude of its participants. Lasso Online takes an in-depth look at Championship Training.)

Class of 2005
Grads Share Their Future Plans
Compiled by Sara Sugrue andRabita Aziz
July 8, 2005

Wild Things Come Alive in the Halls
June 14, 2005
Junior Marta Savova paints a colorful scene...

Lasso Online Says Farewell and
Thank You to 5 Retirees
June 13, 2005

Falls Church, D.C. Schools Come Together
Bilingual Masonites Write Books,
Share with Fourth Graders
By Margaret Lipman (June 13, 2005)
Nearly 50 Mason students visited the Samuel F. Oyster Bilingual Elementary School last Friday to spend the day with the school’s fourth-graders, practice their Spanish, and experience a language-immersion program for themselves.

Olga's List of Suggestions
Avoid Summer Doldrums: Try Something
New, Out-of-the Ordinary
By Olga Belinskaya (June 11, 2005)     
As the summer approaches I'm getting excited and anxious at the same time. Excited because summer is the time when the most unpredictable things follow one after the other so that we go back to school as changed persons, after only a two month break.

People Feature
An Interview with an Up-and-Coming Young Man from Afghanistan
By: Eliot John Hagen (June 2, 2005)
On Thursday, May 19, the journalism class interviewed Mohammad Akram Anwari, a 25-year old Afghani man who was concluding a 30-day visit to America. Anwari, who goes by only his final name in the Afghan tradition, was on the eve of returning to his native country and graciously consented to a series of questions by Mason’s high school journalists.

To Perform Tonight At Cherry Hill
Ninja Slap to Get More Gigs, Maybe CD
“Music Is Better Than Poetry and Eating Ben & Jerry’s With Your Girlfriend”
By Olivia Farrow (June 1, 2005)
If you were to mention the two words “Ninja” and “slap” next to each other and they were in, say, Oregon, those guys would think that you were talking about a new soda or narcotic.

Looking for Unconventional?
Try Ping Pong, Chess, Badminton
By Margaret Lipman (May 11, 2005)
On Tuesdays and Thursdays – and often other days --- a small group of unrecognized yet highly skilled students gathers in the far end of the Math Wing to put their abilities to the test.

Visitors to Chile Took in Wonders of aNew World
Made Lasting Friendships
By Danny Johnson (April 27, 2005)
Earlier this month, 15 Mason high school students returned from the second annual Chile Exchange Program.

Interview with a Journalist
FCNP's Benton Visits Mason Journalists;
Shares Ideas on Politics, Publishing
By Rabita Aziz  and Eliot Hagen (April 15, 2005)
Nicholas F. Benton, owner, publisher, and editor in chief of the Falls Church News Press visited George Mason last Friday to share his viewpoints and ideas on journalism, newspaper ownership, and the state of Falls Church with aspiring young journalists.  The outspoken Benton shared stories about his early days as a journalist in the radical 1960’s atmosphere of Berkeley, California, his first experiences with running the News Press, and the pressures of publishing the local paper today.

A New Student’s Journal
Keeping Track of Trying to
Fit In at a New School
By Jennifer Saldana (March 29, 2005)
Sophomore Jennifer Saldana recently transferred to George Mason from her previous high school in Florida. Upon arrival here, Jennifer joined the Lasso Online staff and her first assignment was to keep a journal of her observations about her new school,

International Dinner
250 Enjoy Exotic Cuisines and
Entertainment at International Dinner
By Rabita Aziz (March 7, 2005)
As patrons entered the entrance to the cafeteria on Wednesday night, perhaps the first thing that struck them was the bevy of bright colors adorning all aspects of the usually mundane cafeteria scene.

Kabuki Artist Comes to Mason
GM’s IB Theater Arts Class Starts
Its New Unit With Shuzumi
By Nora Hemphill (March 4, 2005)
This past Friday the IB Theater Arts class kicked off its new unit with an unusual yet stunning performance by Shuzumi, a Japanese dancer.

New Middle School
Mary Ellen Henderson—Not Just Another School Name
By Nora Hemphill (February 22, 2005)
For decades, Falls Church City has been home to three schools: Mount Daniel Elementary School, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, and George Mason Middle and High School.

In Memory of Robert Hayden
Falls Church Baha’is Donate Poetry
Collection to English Department
(February 15, 2005)
Senior Sam Ehsani (left), a member of the Bahai faith, presents English Department chairman Mr. Michael Hoover with the book “Poetry Speaks,” a collection of representative poems by 42 major poets.

Reporter Larry Lipman Advises Future
Journalists about Their Careers
‘The Best Part of Journalism is that you get a front row to history.’
(February 5, 2005)

Inside Real Teaching
Bungee Jumping Eggs Teach
The Basics of Physics’ Laws
By Margaret Lipman (January 14, 2005)
As the pearly yellow egg bounced upwards on the end of its elastic tether (narrowly missing the hard tile floor just a few centimeters below), the students in Mr. Applegate’s Block 4 Physics I class breathed a collective sigh of relief.

Movie Premiere
‘Spacey Cadet’ Meets Cinema Idol
By Margaret Lipman (January 7, 2005)
I’ve been a devoted Kevin Spacey fan for over three years now -- though luckily for my friends (as well as anyone within earshot), not quite as devoted as I once was

Special Holiday Edition (December 22, 2004)
Holiday Gift Guide
Holiday Wish List
Holiday Film Reviews
In's and Out's

Musical Review:
‘My Fair Lady’: Not Fair, but ‘Great’
By: Eliot John Hagen  (December 8, 2004)
Let me just applaud the entire cast and crew of last weekend’s musical “My Fair Lady” for managing to put on such a great performance in such little time.

Masonites Share Thoughts on
Thanksgiving Days, Present, Past
Masonites ready for the four-day weekend shared their thoughts on Thanksgiving with Lasso Online staff members, who asked them many different questions pertaining to Thanksgiving, such as what they are thankful for or not thankful for and tend to take for granted; their Thanksgiving memories; and other anecdotes about the holiday. 
Graphic by Eliot John Hagen
List Edited by Rabita Aziz and Margaret Lipman
November 24, 2004

It Rises!

New Middle School is Ahead of Schedule;
Will Provide Relief for Overcrowding
By Margaret Lipman (November 5, 2004) 
Unless you’ve been living under a very, very large rock for the past six months, you’ve undoubtedly become aware that construction on the new middle school is now fully underway and progressing well.

Fundraiser
Hemphill Raises More than $4,700
For Cancer Research and Aid
By Rabita Aziz (October 16, 2004) Senior Nora Hemphill, along with other members of the Falls Church community, raised more than $4,700 as a result of a fundraiser for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society at Stacey’s Coffee Shop on Sunday September 26.

Remembering 9-11
Compiled by: Eliot Hagen, Ashleigh Hackett, Rabita Aziz, Danny Johnson, Adrian Rumingen, Jessica Donaldson, Sarah Stanley, Rachel Reich  (September 11, 2004)
With the third anniversary of the events which took place on September 11, 2001, taking place today, students share their thoughts and memories of where they were and what they were doing at the moment when they heard about the shocking news.