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Rain doesn’t dampen enthusiasm on Mason Lobbies Day

Delegate Hala Ayala meets with Geet Jain, President Anne Hotlon, Ramsha Ashraf, Isabella D'Alacio, and Kimberly Posada during Mason Lobbies Day in Richmond. Photo by Lathan Goumas/ Office of Communications and Marketing
Delegate Hala Ayala meets with Geet Jain, President Anne Hotlon, Ramsha Ashraf, Isabella D'Alacio, and Kimberly Posada during Mason Lobbies Day in Richmond. Photo by Lathan Goumas/ Office of Communications and Marketing

The annual pilgrimage to Richmond, Virginia, from George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus began just after dawn and during a flash flood warning on blustery Feb. 6. But that didn’t stop 40 Mason students—most of them undergraduates—from making the bus ride to the state capital for a day of advocating for higher education issues during Mason Lobbies Day.

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