As part of OPIRG’s Alternative Welcome Week, a presentation called “Gentrification and the Art Crawl” was held in the Student Centre on Sept. 14 about an hour before Supercrawl began. The talk addressed the changes happening on James Street North, and how the coffee shops and art galleries that have opened on the street are […]
Reader, stick a silver spoon in my brain and stir. Because as I sit here confused, a literary lobotomy is in order. I’m not a surgeon, so I won’t be able to help you. I can barely string together a sentence without a red pen itching for the stitching. But I can say that while […]
The first time Hamilton saw HAVN (Hamilton Audio Visual Node) was at June’s art crawl, but the collaboration began many months before that, even before the founders moved into the studio/gallery space at 26 Barton St E. The members of HAVN – Aaron Hutchinson, Amy MacIntosh, Andrew O’Connor, Ariel Bader-Shamai, Chris Ferguson, Connor Bennett and […]
Ill Scarlett, USS and Walk Off the Earth were announced as the bands playing at McMaster's Homecoming Concert on Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 12-14. The three bands will be performing in the Burridge Gym and tickets will cost $20, which includes admission to the football game. Tickets can also be purchased individually, $15 for students and […]
McMaster University has received funds from two former grads to establish a $25,000 award for students who want to take a detour from academia. The university held an open information session yesterday on the Drs. Jolie Ringash and Glen Bandiera Renaissance Award, open to all McMaster students studying on a full-time basis. The award […]
Shinerama’s trademark shoe-shining and car-washing services have become increasingly popular, and this year, McMaster students have raised nearly $17,000 above their target for cystic fibrosis research. McMaster students raised more than $116,500 for the cause leading up to and during Welcome Week, topping their best of $96,000 last year. The Faculty of Science collected more […]
In one of their closer competitions this year, McMaster's football team beat the Queen's Gaels 33-20 Saturday afternoon at Ron Joyce Stadium. Read about how the game transpired on the @SilSports Twitter feed.
On Sept. 21, students could lounge in muskoka chairs and play a round of bocce ball - in the middle of the MUSC parking lot. Although the single parking spot was only temporarily converted for a few hours, it was meant to catch students attention and get them to talk about the issue of commuting. […]
Undergraduate tuition fees have risen at more than triple the rate of inflation in the past year according to a new report by Statistics Canada. Undergraduate tuition is up 5.0 per cent from last year nationwide and up 5.4 per cent in Ontario. Graduate tuition has increased at a slower rate of 4.5 per cent, up […]
By: Aaron Grierson Yet another Welcome Week has come and gone. As a veteran faculty rep, I’ve seen a lot of faces, many of which change, but some of which stay the same. Often times, these faces are of friendly reps that have been around almost as long as I have. Others, however, are anything […]
