Welcome to Welcome Week. In just under a month, McMaster will kick off another school year with a week of orientation designed to introduce, in part, the experience offered here in Hamilton to droves of hormonal kids who aren’t in high school anymore, but have no idea what university is like - no matter how […]
The 2012-13 men’s and women’s basketball seasons are looking promising for Marauder fans.With three recruits for both programs, McMaster is looking to build towards contention in the OUA Final Four. The women’s team is looking to improve on their last season, which ended with 11 wins and 11 losses. Coach Theresa Burns has her work […]
Hamilton Police are searching for a male suspect who they believe is linked to at least two sexual assaults on King Street West and in the Dalewood and Traymore area. Police have released a composite image of the suspect and are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying him. The most recent assault occurred on […]
I’m not trying to make waves. I’m just saying, is all, that the incoming first years might be entitled to a one hell of a Welcome Week. Well, maybe ‘entitled’ is the wrong word. Here’s the story. Remember the fee that was passed at least year’s MSU general assembly? The one that was to charge […]
Compared to the monstrous showings at this summer’s London Games by powerhouse teams China and the United States, Canadian athletes have so far mustered a relatively humble 14 medals, only one of which is gold (the United States has 30 and the team from China has 34). That being said, the goal of the Canadian […]
The Beach Boys That’s Why God Made the Radio 3/5 stars The first 45 that I ever purchased was Surfing USA by the Beach Boys in the early Summer of 1963, and even though the song was a total rip-off of Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen,” the Beach Boys went on to become […]
I remember the first time I ever stepped on McMaster University grounds as a freshman. As I examined the trod of a multitude of footsteps all with a sense of direction, a feeling dawned upon me. I felt invisible. It felt like déjà vu. I thought to myself, “Is this going to be high school […]
After switching insurance companies, the McMaster Students Union is offering what it says is a better, and less expensive, health plan to students. In all areas of coverage, the plan has either offered the same benefits or has improved, said Jeff Wyngaarden, Vice-President (Finance) of the MSU. The MSU left Trothen and McConkey for ACL […]
The kind of youth movement that’s been going on in Quebec has yet to take hold in Ontario. Not even by a long shot. But student leaders in Quebec are optimistic that their passion for a stop to tuition increases – and for a more left-leaning economy in general – can spread. Representatives of the […]
For the better part of the last ten years, the city of Toronto has made leaps and bounds towards becoming a big market for major professional sports. The introduction of the Toronto FC to the growing Major League Soccer and the continuing initiative to bring an NFL team north of the 49th parallel are encouraging, […]
