During the pandemic, athletes never stopped training, so the recruiting process had to adjust to a new normal amid the restricitions Graphic by Esra Rakab, production Coordinator Throughout the pandemic, many students had to go through many new experiences in their everyday school life, from remote learning to digital club experiences and much more. Above […]
With sports being shut down just over a year ago, Marauders reflect on their last games before the pandemic. C/O Esra Rakab It was March 2020, just over a year ago, when McMaster University decided to suspend or cancel all in-person classes, shut down sports and force students out of residences to completely close down […]
How Virginia Woolf taught me to embrace adversity Graphic by Esra Rakab I began my hopeless love affair with Virginia Woolf’s feminist writing in the twelfth grade, when I first read A Room of One’s Own. In her extended essay, Woolf wrote on feminism and the state of women, specifically when it came to women […]
Having safe spaces around the university allow marginalized students to feel less alienated Graphic by Esra Rakab cw: mentions of racism, hateful political rhetoric, child sexual abuse If you’re on any part of political YouTube where the titles appear to be “Feminists REKT!!! Compilation”, or “Man Speaks FACTS, DESTROYS Emotional Liberal,” then you have likely […]
I don’t know what I want to do after undergrad, but I’ve come to learn a few things from it Graphic By Esra Rakab / Production Coordinator Back in Grade 12, when I was applying to university, I applied to 11 different programs — all in science or engineering. I was uncertain about what exactly […]
In a year of COVID-19 restrictions, student-athletes have found new ways to improve their game during the pandemic C/O Esra Rakab In a year where McMaster University sports seasons had to be cancelled and training has become increasingly difficult due to social-distancing restrictions, teams and athletes have had to find new ways to keep improving. […]
Online school is beneficial during a time of uncertainty Graphic by Esra Rakab / Production Coordinator By: Ardena Bašić, Contributor With the COVID-19 crisis, most schools worldwide have had to revert to online learning for sustained periods of time. For postsecondary institutions specifically, this means lectures have been conducted via Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Webex. […]
David Bradley Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Centre transition to provide a hybrid model of patient care under the current government restrictions Graphic by Esra Rakab We have reached the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario. In March 2020, the Ontario provincial government issued a state of emergency, ordering several businesses to close down. […]
Hair smoothie business provides an at-home hair spa experience C/O @verte_beauty By: Michelle Li, Contributor When Yousra Yousif was young, her hair was damaged by its exposure to chemical straightening treatments. She searched for a product that would make her hair healthy once again without product build-up, but her efforts were to no avail. As […]
Following a CHEM 1AA3 midterm, students have expressed privacy and security-related concerns use of Respondus Lockdown Browser C/O Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash Due to restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, many universities have had to adapt to online learning for the 2020-2021 school year. As a result, professors have faced unique challenges with respect to teaching […]
