The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, OUSA, is concerned that McMaster's administration didn't seek student input before suspending MAPS from collecting fees last week. A motion to stop the part-time students association from collecting students' money was announced last Monday on the Daily News. The motion was brought to the Board of Governors meeting last Thursday […]
McMaster University will stop collecting MAPS fees from part-time students following a vote by the Board of Governors Thursday morning. The McMaster Association of Part-Time Students came under public scrutiny earlier this year over its spending practices and lack of fiscal transparency. After firing its executive director, Sam Minniti, MAPS elected a new board in […]
Come September of 2015, McMaster students are in for a treat. Thanks to a $45 million dollar grant from the provincial government and a $10 million dollar donation from retiring Chancellor Lynton (Red) Wilson, the L.R. Wilson Hall for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences is finally breaking ground and is set to open in […]
In a press conference on Friday May 31 at the downtown Hamilton GO station, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Glen Murray announced plans for a new GO station to be built on James Street North. Under the boiling afternoon sun, Murray, joined by local MPP Ted McMeekin, Hamilton Mayor Bob Bratina and other government officials, […]
On Sunday, April 7, the SRA selected Anna D'Angela, Jeffrey Doucet and Spencer Graham to be the McMaster Students Union's 2013-14 vice-presidents. Watch the video feed from the 10-plus-hour meeting below. For the story, click here. Part 1: Part 2: Part 3:
In a meeting that lasted more than 10 hours on Sunday, the SRA selected Anna D'Angela to be the McMaster Students Union's Vice-President (Administration), Jeffrey Doucet to be Vice-President (Finance) and Spencer Graham to be Vice-President (Education) in 2013-14. D'Angela defeated Justin Korolyk and James Dowdall. Doucet won over Marc Lamoureux. Graham beat Lisa Bifano. […]
When I first moved to Hamilton, I was warned that it was unsafe and broken. People told me about crime, teen pregnancy and drug abuse. I was cautioned to stay near campus and to avoid downtown. In my first year, I remained skeptical and judgmental. Most weekends, I went home to Toronto, and during the […]
I remember the first time I listened to Charles Mingus, a connoisseur of jazz in the mid to late ‘50s. I was ignorant to the world of jazz, but I will never forget the way he made me feel in his tune “Moanin’.” I didn’t know music could be like this – notes so beautiful […]
By Lucas Canzona I distinctly remember one late night among many spent distracted by the offerings of an infinite Internet. Before coming to McMaster, I would convince myself that my lack of sleep was really an investment – one that would later help me get a jump-start on discovering this mystical Hamilton music scene that […]
Any student trying to select their courses knows that it’s no easy task. People often seek out resources or reviews of potential classes, using advice from older students or online reviews to help them make their choices. But as it turns out, students should have had access to an even larger amount of course information […]
