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 […]

Sonya Khanna Business Editor Two decades of less-than-optimal productivity growth in Canada can be blamed for lower than attainable individual wealth and corporate profits. Let the finger pointing and angry jeers ensue. According to a report published by the Conference Board of Canada, if Canadian productivity had been on par with that of the United […]

Brandon Meawasige Assistant Sports Editor   By defeating the Queen’s Gaels 40-13 at Ron Joyce Stadium last weekend, the McMaster Marauders not only clinched the program’s first trip to the Yates Cup since 2004, but gave the team’s senior players an opportunity to play at least one more football game sporting the maroon and grey. […]

Ryan Mallough Silhouette Staff   The new Conservative government has been remarkably effective in its first months in power. To date it has eliminated the national gun registry, tabled their omnibus crime bill and introduced legislation cracking down on both human smugglers and refugees. Now the Harper government has set its sights on per-vote subsidies. […]

Kacper Niburski Assistant News Editor   Few people truly enjoy language. Instead of smashing words together for the sheer sound-sex of it or attempting to trip the tip of their tongue with impossible sentences, most people gripe on about how the English language has evolved into a wasteland of verbal smut. In their limited perspectives, […]

Erin Chesney   Silhouette Staff       Whether you are a recent victim of the ‘turkey dump’ or you are just feeling down in the dumps because of the amount of food you consumed this past weekend, post-Thanksgiving is a tough time for the university student. A combination of holiday dread and midterm stress […]

              Hobo With a Shotgun Directed by: Jason Eisener Starring: Rutger Hauer, Brian Downey 3 out of 5 Myles Herod Entertainment Editor If you are going to make a horror film, go for broke. Indulge in its foreboding dread, accentuated shadows, excessive gore, and immoral integrity. Just don’t cop […]