Shrewd students are padding their pockets this week as they capitalize on the free concert coming to Mac at the end of the month. The TD Pump It Up event has, through the combined effort of student votes, resulted in Diplo, Classified and Keys N Krates playing a free show at the Hamilton Convention Centre […]
Rachel Faber The Silhouette The recent popularity of cloud email systems has some Canadian universities concerned about the level of security of their email servers. Discourse suggests that with these U.S. based companies, the U.S. government or NSA may be able to gain access to secure information and intellectual property through American cloud services such […]
A McMaster study published in the journal of Aggressive Behaviour suggests that women are more likely to behave aggressively and engage in bullying behaviour when they are interacting with a more provocatively dressed woman. Researchers Tracy Vaillancourt and Anachal Sharma from McMaster University and the University of Ottawa brought 86 women into a lab to […]
ANDY asked its writers about arts and entertainment that affected them most this semester. Here’s what they said. Shane Madill My state of mind is regularly conflicts with my thoughts of everyday life, and my desire to be grounded while also achieving success. I often think about the paradoxical idea of zoning out into “Mittyesque” fantasies. […]
William Lou The Silhouette The McMaster women’s basketball team narrowly avoided a winless weekend by snatching a come-from-behind victory from the York Lions on Nov. 23. After having their five-game winning streak snapped by the Ottawa Ravens, the Marauders were looking to get back on-track when they travelled to Kingston, Ont. on Nov. 22 to […]
Tobi Abdul Staff Reporter I used to think that the only people who wrote poetry were old, dead, white guys and overly emotional females. But then in high school, I was feeling particularly angst ridden one day and decided to write my feelings on paper. It was from that moment that I realized just how […]
With the interlock period over, McMaster’s men’s basketball team sits with five wins, three losses and a No. 10 ranking in the CIS top-ten. Their record also puts them in a tie with Windsor for first place of the OUA West standings. The East is undoubtedly the stronger conference. At the end of cross-conference play, […]
It looks like McMaster swimming will get the push they need to finish off their season at the top of the ranks thanks to new 2013 men’s team recruit – Eric Anderson. With 15 years of competitive swimming under his belt (starting his career at age six) Anderson is prepared to make an impression on […]
Gabriel Gadala-Maria The Silhouette The 2013 season is underway and the McMaster Marauders wrestling team has hit the ground running, but not without some challenges. Coming off a successful season where the men’s and women’s team placed sixth and 11th respectively at the CIS Championships, the stakes are high for the Marauder team this year. […]
Tobi Abdul Staff Reporter The McMaster women’s volleyball team has seen a very inconsistent season so far and have had difficulty maintaining a winning streak. This pattern continued this past weekend as the Marauders added both a win and a loss to their record. Despite only winning one of two games, McMaster played some of […]
