Ron Joyce Stadium is becoming the Hamilton Tiger-Cats home away from home. After the City of Hamilton and Tiger-Cats organization announced that the new Tim Hortons Field will not be ready in time for the July 26 and July 31 home games, McMaster has been tapped as the temporary home for CFL football in Hamilton, […]
Dear Mac, I’m unemployed right now, and I don’t have any income. Most of my friends are employed. Even if they are just making minimum wage, they at least have some sort of money coming in. My parents give me money when I need it (for rent and stuff) but I hate asking them for […]
You watch a McMaster men’s basketball game, and you can tell these guys are having fun. The team plays an up-tempo game with dynamic offensive sets that encourages creativity while maximizing individual strengths. From the bleachers, it’s an enthralling product, but the players enjoyment – both on-court and on the bench - is equally interesting. […]
It is estimated that over 17 million people die of cardiovascular disease (CVD) annually, with one American dying of CVD every 33 seconds on average. In addition to maintaining a healthy diet and active lifestyle, drugs known as “statins” are commonly used to treat heart disease. Statins are hydrophilic (water-soluble), synthetic compounds which work by […]
When Sarah Olutola isn’t working on her dissertation here at Mac’s English and Cultural Studies graduate program, she can be found on bookshelves across Canada under the pen name Sarah Raughley. Sarah’s first published book, Feather Bound, is the result of her creative writing efforts done after hours, after being encouraged in some of her […]
Krista Kruja couldn’t be happier doing what she’s doing. Having just finished her second year at McMaster, Krista is now focused on continuing the work that began in earnest last summer, when student Jonathan Valencia and volunteer coordinator Randy Kay first started the Hamilton Street Tree Project. One of the main summer initiatives of McMaster’s […]
When Toronto’s famed North By Northeast (NXNE) festival takes place this June, McMaster will have a few alumni taking part in the musical proceedings. Aside from being McMaster graduates, Mikey Hill (lead vocals), Kohji Nagata (electric/slide guitar, other instruments), and Emily Anderson are all bound together by the fact that they are part of The […]
Some students eagerly participate in elections in a partisan way by going door to door or campaigning through social media. Other students earn money by working for Elections Ontario as a Poll Clerk or Information Assistant. But when it comes to voting, it is well-known that students are one of the demographics with the lowest […]
Ted McMeekin @TedMcMeekin Liberal Party www.votetedmcmeekin.ca Climate change, McMaster University, social work, Chapters bookstore and public service were all topics of conversation with local MPP Ted McMeekin, who is running for re-election after 14 years of representing the ADFW riding. McMeekin was born and raised in Hamilton and has a deep connection with his riding. […]
On May 28 in the MUSC Atrium, the McMaster Students Union hosted an all-candidates debate with four candidates in the Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale riding for the upcoming June 12 provincial election. The participants were Raymond Dartsch of the Green Party, Alex Johnstone of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Ted McMeekin of the Liberal Party, and Donna Skelly […]
