Photo by Matty Flader / Photo Reporter By Mads Clement, Contributor cw: mental health, suicide In 2018, the Student Representative Assembly voted to rescind the Peer Support Line (PSL), an anonymous hotline that existed to support students and their mental health. PSL offered students a place to chat with another student trained in peer support […]
Students invest a great deal of time and money into the university. The power of how and where students money is spent should lie in the hands of students, and while the Student Choice Initiative (SCI) may give students the illusion that they have the power to choose, a critical look at this government mandated […]
If we want to be technical about it, the MSU was formed in 1890. In its early days, it was called the McMaster Student Body, an overarching name that belied how unequipped the organization had been in serving its entire student population. Over the years, it developed and mutated as student concerns began to diversify. […]
Photo by Kyle West Sept. 13, 2018 Ursula Johnson’s Mi’kwite’tmn (Do You Remember) art exhibit opened at the McMaster Museum of Art. Through three distinct spaces and public performances, she showcased Indigenous culture and the obstacles that it faces. Sept. 25, 2018 A series of break-ins concentrated in a short amount of time occurred near […]
Photo C/O Kyle West Content warning: white supremacy On July 24, McMaster Students' Union president Josh Marando issued a letter urging the student representative assembly to revoke a new club’s status due to its alleged connections to people and organizations with white supremacist ties. The Dominion society, originally named the MacDonald society, describes itself as a […]
Photo by Kyle West On March 29, the Ontario government unveiled guidelines for universities to follow in order to comply with the “Student Choice Initiative” policy, which allows students to opt out of paying ancillary fees. According to the document, students will be allowed to opt out of fees that are allocated towards clubs, student […]
Photo by Kyle West From the Student Representative Assembly requiring a survivor to disclose their assault in order for the removal of a perpetrator on the assembly to news of rampant sexual assault within the McMaster Students Union Maroons, this past year has been filled with controversy. Given the events of this year, and what […]
Photo by Kyle West When I started out as the Opinions Editor for The Silhouette this past year, I admittedly didn’t care much about student politics or governance. I was unfamiliar with the policies of the McMaster Students Union and had no idea what happened during Student Representative Assembly meetings. Nowadays, I regularly watch the […]
Photos C/O Ryan Tse Attendance at the annual McMaster Students Union General Assembly hit a new low this year, with a total of eight members showing up. Eight students represent 0.0293 per cent of the MSU’s student membership. The number of students needed to reach quorum this year was 724. MSU president Ikram Farah delivered […]
Photo by Kyle West By: Rida Pasha I am a first-year student who wasn’t aware of the Student Representative Assembly until just a few months ago. I am not alone in this experience. Many first-year students only became aware of the presence of the SRA after the recent election campaign, with posters plastered around […]
