Matt Martorana and Amanda Mihoub Wright McMaster Debating Society Q: Are sanctions against Iran effective? M: Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced that Iran was using its nuclear development program to design a nuclear weapon. The international community has known for years about Iran’s nuclear development and has on many occasions […]
Cassandra Jeffery Assistant InsideOut Editor On Tuesday, Nov. 15, SHEC (Student Health Education Center) hosted the 3rd annual addictions awareness campaign in the MUSC atrium. Students had the opportunity to check out the different venues, each of which provided information on some form of addiction directly or indirectly affecting students. The awareness fair accommodated information […]
Brian Decker Executive Editor The last time the Western Mustangs football team lost a game at home, the Marauders broke the hearts of Mustang fans with a win at Western’s Homecoming in 2009. This most recent loss likely hurt a little more. The McMaster Marauders entered hostile territory and earned their first Yates Cup […]
Jason Scherer The career in comedy of Manolis Zontanos, a Hamilton native who is now a veteran in the business, began as a child when he rented Eddie Murphy’s Delirious against his parent’s wishes, and would turn it off whenever they came downstairs. As Manolis grew into adulthood, his love for comedy flourished but he […]
Katherine George The Silhouette Seven per cent of women reported suffering through a current or previous abusive spousal relationship between 1999 and 2004, according to Statistics Canada. The highest rates of abuse were found in young women aged 15 to 24, specifically those in relationships of three years or less. Dating violence among Canadian […]
Chris Erl The Silhouette “Hang on, I have to show you the coat,” she said, running to the ‘Outerwear’ pile. She returned a minute later wearing a baby blue blazer, strips of fur lining the hood and stuck aimlessly all over the front of the ensemble. The inside of the coat was even more fabulous, […]
Amanda Teseo Silhouette Staff Stepping on this campus for the first time, filled either with a chaotic enthusiasm surrounding welcome week or with a nervous uncertainty, the overwhelming prospect of building a future for yourself here seems daunting. The university experience is about finding yourself, your passions, your aptitudes and your values. Now, imagine walking […]
Jonathon Fairclough Production Manager It’s day two in Paris and my travel companions and I are already getting comfortable; we’ve been parading around town, drinking wine, making noise and capitalizing on every cheap thrill that confronts us. It’s been a wine-fuelled parade, and the beautiful neighbourhood of Montmartre, Paris’ former artistic district, is our next […]
Simon Marsello A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Directed by: Todd Strauss-Schulson Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Kal Penn, John Cho Harold and Kumar should have quit while they were ahead. The original Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, while not quite worthy of the “classic” stamp, was a downright hilarious tale of […]
Myles Herod, Entertainment Editor Some days, I wake up thinking that things can’t be all that bad in the entertainment industry. Then, I remember the state of Hollywood comedies. Trust me, it’s pitiful. Most comedies – be it movies, TV shows, whatever – work for a handful of reasons. Some toy with our beliefs and […]
