With four games remaining and a total of 12 points up for grabs, McMaster’s women’s soccer team heads into the critical stretch of their season. At first blush, their 3-6-3 record is uninspiring. Given their circumstances, it is a respectable tally and sets them up to be only one point out of the playoffs. Mac […]
By: Jaycee Cruz Since 2009, Mac and Western have split their rivalry pretty evenly, but on Oct. 4 the Marauders got the most recent victory in this heated rivalry, upsetting the Mustangs on the road in a 32-29 thriller. Very few saw this upset coming. Mac’s game plan going in wasn’t to be pass-heavy on […]
Despite the cold weather, hundreds gathered in downtown Hamilton for the twenty second annual Gandhi Peace Festival on Saturday, Oct. 4. in support of the peace movement. “I am happy today to be here in the company of people who understand that we live in a time where there are more wars than ever,” said […]
The McMaster men’s volleyball team has been through a lot in the last year. After a heartbreaking loss in the CIS semi-final to the Western Mustangs, the team left the court feeling disheartened and disappointed – but they didn’t hang their heads low for very long. “It took us about six weeks after our national […]
By: Tom Jones McMaster men’s soccer experienced a mixed weekend in their quest for first place in the OUA West Division, demolishing Laurier 7-1 but losing narrowly to York in the weekend’s double-header at the Ron Joyce Stadium. York are the league’s runaway leaders and underlined their superiority with a 2-1 victory over the Marauders. […]
This is the first in a series highlighting the six candidates for Ward 1 Councillor in the upcoming municipal election.The Silhouette will be profiling each candidate in advance of the election on Monday, Oct. 27. Ward 1 Councillor candidate Aidan Johnson has a straightforward vision for Hamilton: protecting the environment and creating a green, accessible, […]
By: Olivia Monadro It has recently come to my attention that there is a terrible infestation in the McMaster hallways. A mob of them lurks in the shadows, scanning the crowds of students, patiently awaiting it’s next hurried victim. What kind of creature is this, you ask? Its blood thirst rivals that of a shark; […]
By: Sally Musa “[Colonialism] turns to the past of the oppressed people, and distorts, disfigures, and destroys it. This work of devaluing pre-colonial history takes on a dialectical significance today.” These words, written half a century ago by philosopher Frantz Fanon, are still relevant today. Colonialism is the vestige of European imperialism that imposes unbalanced […]
By: Anna Goshua McMaster researchers have discovered that an anticonvulsant drug may be the key to fighting antibiotic resistant infections. In Canada alone, an average of 22 hospitalized patients die every day as a result of acquiring antibiotic resistant infections. These “superbugs” are resistant to many medications and have grown increasingly prevalent. Though well over […]
Internationally and locally, non-profit organizations are looking for assistance, but often it is difficult to cut through the clutter of the many fundraising projects fighting for attention. Audrey Tan, a third-year student in the Health, Aging, and Society program decided to take a unique approach to fundraising for two organizations, by starting her own used […]
