By John Bauer The Marauders baseball team came into the past week with 11 games to go, knowing that it would be the most crucial seven day stretch on their schedule. They started the week off on Wednesday, playing possibly the most exciting game of the year. After an eleven-inning marathon, the Marauders emerged 9-8 […]
By Matthew Jordan The women’s soccer team crushed the Brock Badgers on Saturday with a decisive 4-0 victory at Ron Joyce Stadium resulting from their solid performance on both ends of the field.. A strong game from the McMaster Marauders could not come at a better time for the ladies, as they begin their climb […]
Titles is the students’ source on campus for all things textbook related. Although its main location is now mostly dedicated to McMaster paraphernalia and school supplies, the store’s primary focus is books. With such a focus, it’s hard to believe that every September, students are faced with empty shelves and backordered textbooks. “[Textbook ordering] is […]
Filmmaker Woody Allen has hinted in both interviews and films (case in point: his latest, To Rome With Love) that he equates retirement with death. He is continuing to make movies well into his seventies, he says, so that he doesn’t have too much time on his hands to sit and wait for the inevitable. […]
By: Zara Lewis It seems to be that on every block you turn there is one homeless person after the next, each waiting to be given that extra dollar from passersby. And at night, store entrances turn into a place to sleep for the homeless. In 2007 the figure of homelessness in Canada stood […]
By: Paulina Prazmo “Stomp out Stigma,” “Move for Mental Health” and “SOS Rally” are some phrases you might be hearing and seeing around campus this week. Mental Illness Awareness Week – running September 30 to October 4 is the reason why. Whether it’s a topic that you have personally dealt with, something you have […]
Even as students have been breaching the barrier of the campus “bubble” in the past few years, many community social issues, both good and bad, remain under the average student’s radar. The Vital Signs Report, released on Oct. 12 by the Hamilton Community Foundation, sought to shed light on community strengths and challenges through measuring […]
By: Erin Rooney We’re almost a month into the Fall term now and as the days get ever colder and midterms seem to have crept out of nowhere taking us by surprise, it’s not uncommon to hear people around campus moaning about the ‘crazy’ amount of work they have or dramatically claiming it’s going […]
Something was unmistakably amiss on Oct. 1 when walking through the outdoor Mills Plaza. The Chinese Cultural Festival, hosted by McMaster’s Confucius Institute, was in full swing, full in this case meaning a single, subtle tent and a modest display of staff. Compared to last year, when the festival encompassed the entire MUSC Atrium in […]
By Janice Phonepraseuth OSCARplus, McMaster’s online career portal, has a "No-Show Policy" that is effective when students who have signed up for an event fail to show up and fail to cancel their registration. It seems, however, that students don’t know about it. The policy states that after the first and second "no-shows," students will […]
