After months of debate, Hamilton’s City Council is pushing forward with plans for a joint Hamilton-McMaster venture on a new health campus, which will replace the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board headquarters at Main and Bay Street. The building would also house some of the City’s public health offices. Though the Board has agreed to […]
Now after four years, I’m really beginning to question the mentality behind some of McMaster’s technological upgrades that are supposedly benefiting students. New buildings that I’ll never personally get to use for course purposes are all well and good – thousands of students attend this institution, after all. No, the updates I question are the […]
An agreement is in the works that would likely see an increase in student fees for Access Copyright, which licenses universities for copyrighted works, including course materials. Although McMaster faculty and staff would also fall under the agreement, students would likely be absorbing the cost. The agreement might also be redundant, given that court case […]
The McMaster Men’s rugby team has been among the more successful varsity sports on campus in recent years, winning six OUA championships in the last decade alone. Along with these championships have come numerous opportunities for our Marauders to make their mark on provincial, even national stages, and it seems that 2012 is shaping up […]
The members of Of Gentlemen and Cowards name the Arkells as an influence with half reluctance. They understand that the Arkells, who formed after meeting at McMaster as students, paved the way for acts with true Mac and Hamilton pride – naming themselves after the Westdale street on which the lived and practiced while at […]
When Samira Sayed-Rahman was asked to represent Afghans for Peace for a workshop at a NATO Counter-Summit in Chicago, she considered declining, unsure if she was up to the task. But the McMaster political science and religious studies student ultimately decided to go, having no idea that she would be leading thousands of protestors – […]
McMaster quarterback Kyle Quinlan has signed a two-year deal with the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes. He’ll get a chance to crack the team’s roster this spring. Quinlan led the Marauders to the Vanier Cup last November, beating out the Laval Rouge et Or to capture the school's first national championship. He was named MVP of the […]
As the Phoenix continues to pursue a liquor license for the move to its new location, a few Westdale residents are taking the opportunity to push back against problems of noise and damage caused by drunken students in the area. A group called Parents Against Drunk Students (PADS) purchased a quarter-page advertisement on page A13 […]
Dina Fanara Assistant News Editor It was brief, but it happened. Reports from the back of the room gave a count of the flow of students into and out of Burridge Gym – 40 more to go, it said. Then 30. Then four, and then three. Finally, attendance at the McMaster Students Union’s General […]
Sam Colbert & Jonathon Fairclough Managing Editor & Production Editor In the corner of the student centre, among the books, blankets and the protest signs, the students of Occupy McMaster have an understanding. The seat under the lamp belongs to Dr. Karl. “I don’t care what you write about me in the newspaper, as […]
