Every three years, the McMaster Students Union, McMaster University and the Hamilton Street Railway negotiate a new bus pass agreement. The existing agreement, which was last voted on in 2017 and will conclude at the end of August, is coming to the end of its three year term. It now needs to be reevaluated through […]

Photo by Cindy Cui / Photo Editor With the slogan “Earth Toned Prezidante for a Toned Earth,” Jackson Tarlin presents a four pillar platform full of unorthodox proposals that aim to improve student life and enhance campus. Where Tarlin may score a ten in humour, he scores a zero in feasibility.  Tarlin’s plan to divide […]

Photo by Cindy Cui / Photo Editor With the slogan “Here to stay,” Giancarlo Da-Ré’s overarching themes are sustainability and accessibility. While he states that 100 consultations informed his platform, some key ones are missing. Da-Ré does not explain how many of his points will be achieved. Da-Ré did not outline a specific strategy to […]

Photo by Cindy Cui / Photo Editor With the slogan “Time to Be Heard,” Krystina Koc focuses on advocacy and student life enhancement. While her platform is broad-reaching in scope, it lacks specificity and relies on existing McMaster Students Union plans. For example, as a part of her advocacy pillar, Koc plans to make the […]

Photo by Matty Flader / Photo Reporter Giancarlo Da-Ré is a Level V chemical biology student at McMaster.  Da-Ré has held several positions within the McMaster Students Union, including Creating Leadership Amongst Youth part-time manager, Spark sessions coordinator and Horizons leadership developer. He is currently the residence orientation advisor for the Peter George Centre for […]

Photo by Matty Flader / Photo Reporter Jackson Tarlin, a Level V Engineering Physics student at McMaster, has presented a wide-ranging platform that aims to address a range of issues affecting students. “Our goal is to take every annoyance you’ve grumbled about during your time at McMaster and throw them in the trash. Then set […]

Photo by Matty Flader / Photo Reporter Krystina Koc is a Level IV Commerce student at McMaster. Koc’s platform consists of eight points of action distributed between her two core initiatives: advocacy and student life enhancement.    Advocacy Within the advocacy section, Koc focuses on safety, transparency, comfort and internal issues within the McMaster Students […]

On Jan. 12, 2020, McMaster University’s Student Representative Assembly met for the first time in the new year to ratify 15 new clubs and to complete their initial review of non-MSU groups on campus.  Incite Magazine was the final non-MSU group to present their organization’s activities and budget to the SRA. According to Associate Vice-President […]

By: Jeff Low The Student Success Centre (SSC) is motivating students to start the year on a productive note with the Student Success 2020 Challenge. To celebrate their accomplishments, the first 100 undergrads to complete the challenge will receive a $100 gift card to the Campus Store and a certificate of completion. Here’s how it […]

Photo by Cindy Cui/ Photo Editor On Saturday, Nov. 2, the McMaster men’s football team had their semi-finals game. This ended up being  reminiscent to the previous two Yates Cup games the Marauders took part in. Similar to 2012 and 2014, McMaster beat the University of Guelph Gryphons, except this time it was in the […]