A
Young Man’s First Love
Observations of a Guy with a
Dream Car with a Chrome Tailpipe
By Jeremiah Upton (June 16, 2006)
2006 Ford Mustang: The Experience
The love affair between a young man and his car—especially his first car—is
famous in the annals of this country.
The
Class of 2006 Prepares to Enter the “Real World”
By
Christie Ankeney (June 12, 2006)
In keeping with
a long tradition, Lasso Online has once again surveyed the
members of the graduating Class of 2006 about their plans for
next year and the years ahead. Congratulations graduates!
Bombs
Away!
Technical Drawing Class Catapults
Water Balloons in Unusual Lesson
By: Steven Finley and Kris McMahon (June 10, 2006)
Mr. Ballou’s Technical Drawing class students tested out their catapults
on Principal Bob Snee Friday morning.
Yearbook
Madness!
Students Praise ‘A Renaissance’
(June 10, 2006)
Muralists
Convert Drab Restroom
Into Tropical Paradise (Sort of)
(June 10, 2006)
Let’s
Go Fly a Kite
Kite Flying Exercise Teaches
Multicultural Lessons
By Sam Tolliver (June 10, 2006)
Yesterday was the last day of classes for seniors, but also the first time
the activity of kite flying had occurred at Mason
Older
French Students Interact
With Younger French Students
(June 4, 2006)
Food
Service Workers’ Day
School Recognizes Those Who Serve
(May 24, 2006)
Protecting
the Bay
GR8s Create Rain Garden
(May 23, 2006)
George
Mason Teachers Complete Marathon Relay
(May
3, 2006)
Day
of Silence
April 29, 2006
Mason
Abroad!
22 Participate in Toulouse Exchange
By Jackie Weinberg (April 28, 2006)
Earlier this month, 22 students from Mason participated in the Lycee Ozenne-George
Mason exchange program, based in Toulouse, France. Besides spending 10 days
in Toulouse, the students also spent a day in Montpellier and two days in Paris.
Life
of a Northern Virginia Hockey Nut
By Stephen Finley (April 21, 2006)
Senior Daniel Watkins, who some students just recognize as the “that
big red headed guy” or else as the obsessive hockey fanatic who knows
close to every stat ever recorded for the Washington Capitals, was seven when
he saw his first hockey game featuring the Caps against the New York Islanders
at USA Arena.
Chillin'
Over Spring Break
Compiled by and photos by Dana Cazan and Sean Butler
(April 7, 2006)
Former
POW Fred Cherry Relates
Vietnam War Experiences
(April 7, 2006)
First-Person
Account
Students Unite to Protest Recent Immigration Bill
By: Elizabeth Ortiz and Danny Hickle (April 4, 2006)
Lasso Online reporters Beth Ortiz and Dan Hickle took part in Thursday’s
march in favor of more humane immigration bills. Herewith is their account.
'Nine
Muses' Publish 2nd Chapbook
Continue Magazine’s Remake
By Caitlin Acosta (March 30, 2006)
Who are the Nine Muses? Calliope, the muse of poetry, Clio, the muse of history,
Urania, muse of astronomy, Thalia, muse of comedy, Terpsichore, the muse of
dance, Polyhymnia, muse of sacred poetry, Melpomene, muse of tragedy, Euterpe,
muse of music, and Erato, muse of love poetry. And now Ms. Mears, Ana, Ashleigh
and Ryan, muses of our school literary/arts magazine!
Innovation
May Save Lives
Mason Is One of Few High Schools
To Benefit from Impact Testing
By Christie Ankeney and Alex Pender (March 25, 2006)
As senior guard Maggie O’Toole fought for a loose ball in a hotly contested
basketball game on February 7, one of the Highland players accidentally elbowed
her in the forehead.
Running
Club Members Successful
In Virginia Beach Half-Marathon
(March 22, 2006)
Green
People Overrun Mason!
(March 17, 2006)
Perspectives
on the Pledge
8:01 A. M.: To Stand or Not To Stand?
By Alex Holachek (March 17, 2006)
Every school day at 8:01 a.m., students at George Mason make a small, perhaps
insignificant, but nevertheless fascinating choice: They either stand up and
recite the Pledge of Allegiance or they don’t.
Striding
for SuccessFaculty
Running Club Pursues Team,
Individual Achievements
By: Dana Cazan and Alex Holachek (March 16, 2006)
You might be inclined to think that the most difficult thing Ms. Karin Tooze
has to do is teach her students correct methods of paragraph analysis.
Hickey
Wins $12, 000 Scholarship
For Successful Business Plan
By Christie Ankeney (February 28, 2006)
Junior Ed Hickey recently won a $12,000 scholarship offered by the New England
College of Business for his business plan for cell phones aimed at children
New
After School Sport
Street Hockey Grows in Popularity;
May Seek School’s Club Status
By: Dan Watkins (January 20, 2005)
It all goes down at Cavalier Tennis Courts. But instead of tennis rackets
and yellow tennis balls scattered along the painted green concrete, there
are two red and white plastic nets, and plenty of spare hockey sticks
lying around.
Special Holiday Edition (December
22, 2005)
Full Articles - click each image
Sending
the Holidays Overseas
Masonites Compose Letters, Greetings
To Alumni in the Armed Forces
By Olivia Farrow (December 15, 2005)
Mrs. Planas’s classroom was filled last Thursday with over 20 students – many
of them participants in the new Mustang Ambassadors program -- who
spent the afternoon munching on chips, chatting, and writing holiday
greetings
to the alumni of George Mason High School who are now soldiers posted
all over the world.
SEWING
FOR SUCCESS
Nette, Burkey Create Costumes
That Inspire Actors ‘To Do Well’
By: Dana Cazan, Sean Butler, and Daniel Watkins (December 5, 2005)
“
I think a good costume helps motivate the actor to do well,” said
senior Hendrika McManus, one of the key performers in last weekend’s
production of the musical “Kiss Me Kate.”
Thanksgiving
Thoughts
Compiled by Dana Cazan and Sean
Butler (November
23, 2005)
The
Things They Carry
Teachers Use Some
Offbeat Objects
To Substitute for
Hall Passes
By Emily Sanders (October 16, 2005)
There is only one place where you could find a foam finger, an
empty detergent bottle, a large wooden woodpecker, an old birdhouse,
and an
orange bucket scattered across a shelf. This place would be the
students’
bathroom during class.
Small Town Symbolism
Woven
Into Nette’s 1st
Place Quilt
October 13, 2005
After two and a half years of assembling her
award-winning quilt, paraprofessional Janice Nette poses with her
impressive
artwork that serves as an ode to the common man.
Interview
Principal Snee Upbeat for Coming School Year and
‘New and Improved’ GMHS
By Margaret Lipman (September 6, 2005)
(Lasso Online Editor in Chief Margaret Lipman interviewed
Mason Principal Bob Snee about the
special challenges and opportunities facing the school this year.)
