You’re at a rock concert, listening to your favourite musician rip a guitar solo, or at a crowded nightclub, fist pumping to a blaring techno pop song. When you eventually leave, on top of fun memories (or lack thereof), you still have that ringing in your ears. For Peter Phua, a medical student here at […]
Say what you will about my looks or my personality, but my eyesight is perfect. And even if I did need to visit an optometrist from time to time, I wouldn’t need to go far. There’s one on King Street, just across from the Metro in Westdale. So what gives, MUSC? After all the talk […]
After several months of delay, the Phoenix bar and restaurant has cleared a major hurdle in its move over to the Refectory building, above Bridges Café. The liquor license application by McMaster’s Graduate Students Association, which owns the bar, was held up by an objection from members of Parents Against Drunk Students (PADS), a […]
An optometrist’s office has been selected to replace Travel Cuts in the student centre, between Union Market and the pharmacy. The decision comes after considerable effort by the McMaster Students Union over the past year to gather student input on what kind of business should get the main-floor space in MUSC. A proposal for […]
Two new Honours B.A. programs are nearing fruition, as the University Senate approved the establishment of the Justice, Political Philosophy and Law (JPPL) and Professional Communication (BPC) majors in a meeting last month. The new majors have already been passed through both the Undergraduate Council and the University Planning Committee in April and May, respectively. […]
After spending roughly a hundred thousand dollars on their website over the last few years, the McMaster Students Union is dropping another hundred thousand on a brand new one. Orbis Communications, who created and hosts the current website, informed the MSU that they would not be renewing their contract, as they would no longer be […]
Pension deficit, tuition increases remain parts of University budget The Board of Governors passed McMaster’s 2012/13 Consolidated Budget last month, and the major points of concern cited by its authors remain largely unchanged from the previous few years. Following the economic downturn of 2008, the University’s pension investments suffered, moving it to take money from […]
A group of Ontario students, including a few from McMaster, spent the day on Friday occupying the office of Ontario’s Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities Glen Murray to protest tuition fees. “We decided to occupy Glen Murray’s office today to bring attention to the fact this week’s budget that was passed does not address […]
After the news broke of quarterback Kyle Quinlan’s recent signing with the Canadian Football League’s Montreal Alouettes, McMaster’s football community, still on the highs of 2011’s historic Vanier Cup-winning season, has been confronted with the harsh reality that has long been entrenched in collegiate athletics: players of the highest calibre will eventually leave, ready or […]
Of the protests that have been held in downtown Hamilton, this was certainly one of the noisiest. In a show of solidarity with Quebec students, downtown Hamilton hosted a “pots and pans” or casseroles demonstration at Gore Park on May 30. Demonstrators joined an international movement of solidarity that spans more than 70 cities across […]
