Ehima Osazuwa Level V Chemical Engineering and Management Works as the SRA of Engineering and as one of the Les Prince Community Advisors Worked as a technician at AVTEK Productions John Tambakis Level III Commerce Works as the SRA of Business and as one of the members of the Senate Board for Student Appeals Part […]
With the second half of the 2014-15 academic year now underway, students’ thoughts are inevitably turning to the future and potential new roles and responsibilities to inherit. It’s a season of transition, and it’s where MSU President Teddy Saull is planning to lay the groundwork of his biggest projects, even with his successor soon to […]
When all is said and done, we gave the Board of Directors grades based on how well they performed two-thirds through their term. The results varied, but we feel they received a score that adequately reflects the quality and consistency of the work they did. Keeping this in mind, it is important to remember that […]
There’s certainly shock value behind any campaign titled “Hug a ‘Terrorist.’” And although the emphasis is on the word “terrorist,” the initial backlash against the event was something that Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, the club that organized the initiative, was expecting. “A lot of people initially, were like, ‘oh my God, what is this […]
Patrick Deane, President of McMaster University, highlighted several trends McMaster and higher education will encounter over the next ten years in his talk on Nov. 5 as part of the McMaster Seminar on Higher Education series. McMaster’s top three priorities over the next few years are to focus on research, specifically integrating research into academia, […]
With the fall break over, students have trudged back to school for the November grind, with the end of the semester in sight. But next year, a new fall break format is expected to bring drastic changes to the structure of the fall semester at McMaster University. In the Oct. 19 Student Representative Assembly meeting, […]
By: Daniel Aruz The year-end celebration is still very much on the table for MSU President Teddy Saull, even after three recently failed end-of-year celebration Student Representative Assembly motions. During the report segment of the SRA meeting on Nov. 2, Saull stated that he will be starting a working group regarding what the MSU should […]
By: Jyssika Russell The SRA meeting on Oct. 19 demonstrated the power of student engagement, democracy, and the ability of the SRA to represent student voices during the year-end celebration motion, also known as #concertgate or #215kparty. But still, the bigger question remains: how did it get this far? MSU President Teddy Saull stated that […]
Spend elsewhere By: Eric Gillis Recently, a proposal was put forward to the Student Representative Assembly by current President Teddy Saull, asking that the SRA vote to allow the MSU spend a whopping $215,000 on a “year-end celebration.” Or, in other words, a gigantic party. A huge, expensive party that costs you $215,000 of your money. […]
The Student Representative Assembly is on the verge of making a $215,000 decision. MSU President Teddy Saull introduced a motion to allocate the substantial amount of cash to Campus Events to throw a year-end celebration. The logic behind the spending is that the MSU, a non-profit organization, has been posting healthy surplus for the past […]
