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A new bike share program seeks to make cycling around Hamilton and McMaster a more accessible option for commuters. On Feb. 25, Peter Topalovic, with the City’s transportation demand management department, presented an implementation plan for a public bike share program to Hamilton City Council. The plan proposes that 350 bikes be stationed at 30 […]

By: Laura Sinclair Cancer is a terrible disease that effects millions world-wide every year. In the case of former McMaster swimmer, Naomi Cermak, the disease struck this year, when the doctor’s told her that she was diagnosed with Stage IV melanoma. Naomi graduated from McMaster’s kinesiology undergrad program in 2004, and after getting her Masters […]

In a match up that is becoming familiar to CIS sports fans, the men’s volleyball championship came down to the McMaster Marauders and the Laval Rouge et Or. And in a result all too familiar to McMaster sports fans, it would be the Rouge et Or that would prevail in the end. The Marauders began […]

The best measuring stick is going to toe-to-toe with the best. McMaster’s women’s basketball team had that opportunity over the weekend when they travelled to the University of Windsor to take on the No.1 team in the country. After falling behind 9-0 in the opening minutes of the OUA West Final, the Marauders were stuck […]

Over the past weekend, the men’s basketball Final Four took place at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ont. Three out of the four teams would qualify for the CIS Final 8 tournament. McMaster was a game away from qualifying for the Final Four. If they had qualified for the national tournament, it would have […]

General elections for the Student Representative Assembly began this week. If you’re too burnt out on the MSU’s presidential elections to pay much attention to the SRA generals, you’re not alone. Last year, about one in eight eligible voters cast a ballot, compared to the one in three that voted for MSU president. That’s a […]

Sarah O’Connor / Silhouette Staff During a Linguistics tutorial last term, I overheard a classmate complaining about an article written in The Silhouette, eagerly wanting to write an editorial reply. I turned to her and said, “I write for The Sil, I can help if you want.” I was then greeted with a few shocked stares […]

Campaigns to be on next year's Student Representative Assembly of the McMaster Students Union began Wednesday morning. Out of nine academic divisions, six will have elections, with candidates for Business, Kinesiology and Nursing winning seats by acclamation. In the contested divisions, 49 candidates will compete for a total of 25 seats. Business and Kinesiology still have […]

Bushra Habib / Silhouette Staff Experiential learning in the greater Hamilton community doesn’t just benefit students, it also creates the potential for long lasting community legacies. Mac H2OPE clinic, a proposed project by students in the graduate School of Rehabilitation Science, recently received funds from the Forward With Integrity initiative to do just that. Sarah […]