Duane Simpkins is the Assistant Head Coach for the GMU men’s basketball team. The Patriots men’s basketball team finished with a 11W-21L record last year in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Becker talked to Coach Simpkins about expectations heading into the upcoming basketball season, Coach Paulsen’s contract extension, the secret to recruiting, and leadership on the team. Coach …
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Apr 13
Album Review: Rain and Laura by Wylder
Indie-folk band Wylder has continued to impress me with their beautiful and catchy music, and this new album is no exception. Rain and Laura was released about a week ago, and the songs are awesome. “Sunstroke”, “Bayhouse”, and “At the End (Pt. 2)” are songs that we’ve had on the station, and that listeners have loved. …
Mar 16
Emy & Ethan In-Studio Performance
Emy & Ethan are a husband-wife musical duo from Winchester, Virginia. They are artists set out to create a visual/audible delight through poppy, experimental sounds. Their new album, The Ties We’ve Endeavored To Make/The Ties We’ve Endeavored To Sever, is available wherever digital music is sold or heard. Emy & Ethan performed live in studio on …
Mar 14
WGMU Hiring For 2017-18 Academic Year
WGMU Radio is hiring paid and volunteer executive/general staff positions for the upcoming Fall 2017-Spring 2018 academic year. The station will be seeking to fill the following positions: Marketing Director: Produce creative ideas to promote/market the station to the George Mason University student body, community and at times to the greater Fairfax/D.C. area. Work …
Feb 15
Mason professor mistaken for Antonin Scalia after justice’s death
By Jesse Robinson, WGMU Radio Earlier this week the political world lost United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away at the age of 79 in Shafter, Texas. After the initial news broke, the media turned to a frenzy. Some, however, got a little too caught up in the frenzy of quickly publishing stories …