Rick Kanary The Silhouette The holidays have slowly receded into memory, and another term of school is upon us. It was a welcome break, but perhaps not quite the same refuge from the hectic schedule at McMaster as it is for many other students. I had a great deal of free time, and wonderful festivities […]
The Ontario government will invest $42 million over three years in ‘Ontario Online,’ an e-learning platform and consortium set to launch in the 2015-16 academic year. Brad Duguid, the province’s minister of training, colleges and universities, announced the initiative on Jan. 13. The centre would offer centralized online courses for credit, transferable between participating institutions […]
Tobi Abdul Staff Reporter Winter tends to elicit mixed feelings. As temperatures drop and snow falls, some people love to bundle up and walk in the brisk cold. To many others, winter is a miserable few months. Regardless of which part of the spectrum people fall on, there is the general consensus that winter road […]
Being a student at McMaster allows for an education in diversity. A wide range of faculties and specializations, a campus with century-old architecture, and a central location in a popular city lend McMaster the potential to provide their students with a diverse knowledge of people, places and careers. But what resources are available to ensure […]
Sarah O’Connor Staff Reporter Recently I’ve found myself in a rut. Maybe it’s just me, getting too relaxed during the Christmas break and now unable to find the thinking cap that university life requires. Maybe it’s because I recently turned 20 and am having a minor crisis of leaving my teenage years, one step closer […]
Shamudi Gunasekera The Silhouette As I flipped through a copy of the Silhouette on Nov. 28, an editorial written by Scott Hastie, the previous managing editor of the paper, caught my eye. It outlined why he was taking a break from McMaster and the last line read “People will support you, you just have to […]
Michael Gallagher The Silhouette With the recent release of their three-part single “Argentina” and an upcoming album, Forcefield, set to come out in spring 2014, the announcement of a Tokyo Police Club concert on McMaster’s very own campus was a bit overwhelming. This feeling only grew when I learned that Ottawa’s Hollerado would be there […]
With a 9-4 record, one would expect that McMaster’s women’s basketball team would be in a good spot – standings wise. Currently, Mac sits fourth in the OUA West. Ahead of them is Windsor at 12-1, Laurier with a record of 11-2, and Western with a 10-2 record. On the Marauders’ heels is Brock, with […]
The Marauder men’s volleyball team is coming off of a very successful weekend, not just making progress now, but also paving progress for the future. The Maroon and Grey have managed to sign top-recruit Andrew Richards, a left-side player out of London, Ont. on Jan. 10. Richards, an OFSAA AAA gold and silver medalist, is […]
In the midst of a seven-game win streak, the McMaster men’s basketball team is firing on all cylinders. They ripped off an important win in the Burridge Gym against the No. 10 ranked Windsor Lancers – their second win over a ranked team in OUA play, their third if you include the preseason victory over […]
