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February 13, 2014
Ontario aims to improve student mobility with credit transfer database

The Ontario government has launched an online database providing centralized course-to-course information for post-secondary students looking to transfer credits. The ONTransfer.ca website was announced in mid-January and the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities is in the early stages of developing the initiative’s functionality and offerings. Similar online transfer guides have been launched in previous […]

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February 13, 2014
Science students should learn to code

Gregory Wygoni The Silhouette “Science” was dubbed the word of the year in 2013. And though this may an impressive achievement for the human race, especially considering that the runner ups were “snuffalgapus” and “bieberlicious”, one cannot commend ourselves too generously. We still have a long way to go. For example, let us go on […]

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February 12, 2014
Student Health Education Centre hosts first-ever SHEC Week

Sarah O’Connor Staff Reporter From Feb. 10 – 14 the Student Health Education Centre ran its first ever SHEC Week, a week dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyles for university students. SHEC is offering a wide variety of events for students to participate in and learn something new. “It’s just a great way to promote our […]

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February 12, 2014
Mosaic project to revamp MUGSI and SOLAR by Fall 2015

A McMaster initiative will change the way students interact with the University online. The school is working on a project called Mosaic, an initiative that aims to replace the current business process with a new enterprise resource planning, or ERP system. The project is set to be fully operational in the Fall of 2015, though […]

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February 12, 2014
Milligan remains a dominant force in Marauder basketball

McMaster’s Hailey Milligan has been nothing short of incredible this year. As of Feb. 12, the six-foot-three centre is averaging a career-high in minutes, field-goal percentage and points per game. Her rebounding is down on average, from 11.5 to 11.1, but her rebounding percentage (an estimate of how many available rebounds one player grabbed) is […]

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February 12, 2014
Marauders let win streak slip

The 13-game winning streak has come to an end. It was a good ride, but the Windsor Lancers put an end to the longest winning streak in seven years in a wire-to-wire game on Feb. 8. McMaster’s offence struggled to find a rhythm throughout the game, and part of that can be attributed to the […]

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February 12, 2014
Women score seat in OUA volleyball playoffs

The McMaster Women’s volleyball team had a huge weekend, winning both their final regular season games and securing a spot in the playoffs to finish off their season. The team’s first win came against the Brock Badgers who hosted the Marauders on Feb. 7 in St. Catharines, Ont. Rookie player Sophie Bukovec was busy on […]

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February 12, 2014
At the height of greatness

When Seyar Karimi approached Coach Dave Preston in the ninth grade letting him know that eventually, he would be playing for him, the chances of that becoming a reality were slim. Karimi, a 5’6” libero, who at the time, was only a manager for his high school team, had a lot of work to do […]

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February 12, 2014
Mac track gets ready for OUAs

After the Valentine Invitational meet at Boston University, Maddy McDonald is ranked fourth overall in the CIS. McDonald, the OUA community service award recipient, ran to a time of 9:34 in the 3000 m, just two seconds off of her personal best time of 9:32 that she ran at the Junior National Championships last summer. […]

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February 12, 2014
The best cupcakes in Hamilton

Emma Suschkov and Emily Power The Silhouette Right in time for Valentine's Day, a couple of McMaster's students by day and cupcake connoisseurs by night (or just all the time) have scoured Hamilton's cupcake scene. Here they delivering some honest reviews before you spend your precious money on someone (hopefully) more precious. 1.Weil’s of Westdale, […]

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