Photo by Cindy Cui / Photo Editor The McMaster 2019-2020 women’s basketball team is halfway through their current season, sitting at a record of seven wins and seven losses, a stark difference from last year where they acheived a record of 11 wins and three losses by the midway point.  They achieved  a big win […]

Photo by Cindy Cui / Photo Editor Breast cancer awareness campaigns are common throughout many North American professional and collegiate sports. Joining the ranks of the National Football League, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League and National Collegiate Athletic Association, McMaster Athletes Cares hosts an annual Think Pink initiative. The student group is made up […]

Photo by Matty Flader / Photo Reporter Giancarlo Da-Ré is a Level V chemical biology student at McMaster.  Da-Ré has held several positions within the McMaster Students Union, including Creating Leadership Amongst Youth part-time manager, Spark sessions coordinator and Horizons leadership developer. He is currently the residence orientation advisor for the Peter George Centre for […]

Photos C/O Mike Marasco Although the women’s hockey team has been struggling these past few years, they’ve been making efforts to concentrate on the future. Their main focus for the rest of the season is to finish with a positive win total and perform well at the upcoming tournaments. While not being an official McMaster […]

Graphic by Elisabetta Paiano / Production Editor On Dec. 16, 2019, Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney informed Fred Eisenberger, the mayor of Hamilton, that the provincial government had decided to cancel plans for Hamilton’s light-rail transit system, which was set to begin construction in 2020. After Mulroney called for a press conference to deliver the […]

Photos by Matty Flader / Photo Reporter It's no secret that Canada has a long history of systemic racism and injustice. However, much of that history has been buried deep, locked away in old filing cabinets in disused archives. Deanna Bowen's exhibit, A Harlem Nocturne, seeks to break open those cabinets and reveal that history […]

Photo by Matty Flader / Photo Reporter Jackson Tarlin, a Level V Engineering Physics student at McMaster, has presented a wide-ranging platform that aims to address a range of issues affecting students. “Our goal is to take every annoyance you’ve grumbled about during your time at McMaster and throw them in the trash. Then set […]

Photo by Matty Flader / Photo Reporter Krystina Koc is a Level IV Commerce student at McMaster. Koc’s platform consists of eight points of action distributed between her two core initiatives: advocacy and student life enhancement.    Advocacy Within the advocacy section, Koc focuses on safety, transparency, comfort and internal issues within the McMaster Students […]

Keep an eye out in next week's print issue for a feature on Hamilton's LRT project. For now, here are the updates: [Video descripton: Andrew Mrozowski, A&C Editor at the Sil, walks around campus to discuss updates on Hamilton's LRT project.]  

On Jan. 12, 2020, McMaster University’s Student Representative Assembly met for the first time in the new year to ratify 15 new clubs and to complete their initial review of non-MSU groups on campus.  Incite Magazine was the final non-MSU group to present their organization’s activities and budget to the SRA. According to Associate Vice-President […]