C/O Yoohyun Park, Multimedia Coordinator These are the McMaster sports teams to watch this year In the 2021-2022 season, there was plenty to be proud of in the world of McMaster University sports. Between the school's 11 U Sports clubs and the 16 Ontario University Athletics teams, there was always something going on. Now heading […]
C/O Robert Voets, CBS Entertainment Maryanne Oketch does not get voted off the island and is now the new sole survivor McMaster alumna and former Silhouette contributor Maryanne Oketch made headlines earlier this summer for winning a little CBS reality show called Survivor, although we’re sure you’ve heard of it. The win marked only the […]
C/O Christian Braun The Silhouette: Please introduce yourself. Wil Fujarczuk: My name is Wil Fujarczuk. I use he/him pronouns. I currently manage the sexual violence prevention education program and the sexual violence prevention and response office, which are under the equity and inclusion office. My alter-ego is Miss Unita Assk and she's a consent-educating drag […]
The Toronto Pride parade returned to the city’s streets for the first year since 2019. Among the official marchers was the Mc-Master EngiQueers, a student group focused on advocating and providing a safe com-munity space for 2SLGBTQIA+ engineering students.
C/O Paulina Rzeczkowska The Silhouette: Please provide a brief summary of the research you and those at the NeuroFit lab do. Jennifer Heisz: I am the director of the NeuroFit lab and we study the impacts of exercise on the brain, as it can be used to improve cognition and mental health in individuals who […]
C/O Peter Reimer, McMaster Sports The women’s fencing team competed in the recent OUA championship, their first since the pandemic began The McMaster women’s fencing team competed in the Ontario University Athletics championships on March 5 and March 6, their first championship since losing their last season due to the pandemic. However, the team has […]
C/O Caitgreer, Pixabay Find McMaster’s curling team sweeping their way through the OUA McMaster’s varsity curling team has an impressive history. The curling team has not only been part of Marauder Sports for more than 25 years, but the women’s team brought home the OUA championship in the 2019-20 season. The curling teams are among […]
C/O McMaster Sports Marauders claim victory at recent wrestling invitationals and look to repeat the wins As of Nov. 22, both McMaster’s men's and women's wrestling teams found themselves placing seventh in the country according to U Sports rankings. While this was many months ago, the Marauders have been doing well in both invitationals and […]
C/O Colin Wouda, McMaster Sports The men’s volleyball team make OUA history once more, capping off the perfect final season for star veteran, Jordan Pereira The McMaster Marauders men’s volleyball team is finally back on top of Ontario. In a back and forth battle starting in the 2005-2006 season, either the Queens Gaels or the […]
C/O Georgia Kirkos, McMaster University "Masking is one of the most effective ways of reducing the spread of COVID" McMaster University has announced that the mask mandate will continue to the end of May 2022. "The sixth wave of COVID continues to unfold and the most recent modelling indicates that it will be several weeks […]
