The Thunderdome was electric. The line for tickets to get into the McMaster and Lakehead playoff battle was rumoured to be an hour-long wait. From tip-off, the Thunder Bay, Ont. stadium was a standing-room-only crowd. Home-court advantage is desirable in OUA basketball, but even more so for the Lakehead Thunderwolves. Despite a 12-point deficit at […]
The Silhouette live streamed the Feb. 24 meeting of the Student Representative Assembly. Watch the stream below. You can watch the next meeting live from the same feed on March 10.
UTS has finalized its plans to upgrade campus Wi-Fi in several high-priority areas. The $100,000 pilot project will occur gradually over the next few months, and is expected to be finished by May of this year. The project was first announced in November. A total of 90 Wi-Fi access points will be either upgraded or […]
Arrival of Leonard Waverman as new dean marks the end of a tumultuous era at DeGroote School of Business After a rocky two years, things at the DeGroote school will once again be business as usual. This January, McMaster welcomed Leonard Waverman as Dean at the DeGroote School of Business. The appointment, which was announced […]
Trigger warning: This story examines women’s experiences with sexual assault and how women are advocating for a safer environment for students. Names have been changed or abbreviated in order to protect student privacy. Some experiences simply can’t be understood by looking at the stats. Statistics Canada (2004) estimates that less than one out of 10 […]
McMaster joins the One Billion Rising It’s simple math, really. There are about six billion people on the earth, half of whom are women. And according to a report from the United Nations Development Fund for Women, one in three women will experience some form of sexual violence or harassment in her lifetime. Activist Eve […]
The McMaster Marauders swimming teams hit the road to Toronto last week before hitting the water in the 2013 OUA championships hosted by the Varsity Blues on Feb. 7-9. Following a strong season, both the men’s and women’s units looked to bring home hardware for their school. After three days of competition, Mac did just […]
They say you have to try everything once, otherwise you will never know what you love and what you hate. Of course that is not to say that the McMaster men's volleyball team, or any other sports team for that matter, would ever try to lose a game. But for a squad that has piled […]
The McMaster Women’s Volleyball team travelled to York University this past Sunday to face the fifth ranked Lions in what almost turned out to be a considerable upset of epic proportions. Coming off a frustrating loss against the Golden Gaels McMaster knew that a win against York would be crucial in order to place […]
Jeffrey Doucet / The Silhouette On Tuesday, Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak released a policy paper titled “Paths to Prosperity: Higher Learning for Better Jobs.” The paper lays out a series of recommendations that would dramatically change the post-secondary education landscape in Ontario. There are several points in the paper that will catch the eye […]
