Fraser Caldwell Sports Editor I spent my first two years at McMaster in blissful ignorance of a group of individuals – indeed an entire thriving campus sub-culture – that would come to redefine me forever. I was the most stereotypically insular of academics as I entered school in the fall of 2009. […]
Fraser Caldwell Sports Editor McMaster brought a symbolic end to a banner season for the Maroon and Grey with the presentation of the Marauders’ year-end awards on Mar. 26. Unsurprisingly, the landmark achievements of the Vanier Cup winning Marauder football team featured prominently in the Monday night festivities. The team as a […]
Fraser Caldwell Sports Editor Mikaila Nederveen makes a habit of battling opponents on court as a member of McMaster’s squash team, but on Apr. 1 she plans to put her talent with a racquet to a more charitable use. Nederveen is the organizational mind behind the upcoming Squash Cancer Tournament, the latest […]
Brandon Meawasige Assistant Sports Editor One need not look any farther than searching for Rohan Boney on YouTube to notice that McMaster’s newest basketball recruit will be bringing an extremely athletic presence to the floor. Boney, a top-tier wing from Oakville, has made a name for himself attacking the rim with […]
Dina Fanara and Kacper Niburski Assistant News Editors There was a time when McMaster University was located in the heart of downtown Toronto. Back then, McMaster ushered its first school cheer that bubbled with off the wall one liners like “Boom on Star!” and “Boom! Fitz! Boom!” Then in 1894, McMaster began offering degrees, […]
Kacper Niburski Assistant News Editor Take an intense focus on science, a small class size and a genius of new-age pedagogy, and what comes out is the brainchild program Integrated Science – often referred to as iSci. In its third year of existence, the program recently held its first ever symposium Synthesis, a nine-day […]
Amanda Teseo Silhouette Staff A few weeks ago, I was stuck in traffic in front of the McMaster hospital about to turn onto Main Street West, wondering what the hold up was, when I noticed a girl walking slowly in the middle of the left turning lane. People were honking and yelling for her to […]
Jason Erlich The Silhouette What is an A.K. 47? What’s the muzzle velocity of an A.K. 47? How many bullets fit into an A.K. 47? How does the gun work? How do you stab someone so they don’t make a noise? How do you kill another human? I’m not speaking philosophically; I am referring to […]
Cassandra Jeffery Assistant InsideOut Editor The term March Madness (besides the popular basketball tournament) defines only the very surface of the psychological state students find themselves suffering through during the final weeks of the school year. The assignments are piling up, the exam preparation has begun, students are distraught over un-opened grad school letters, and […]
Sumeet Khanna & Violetta Nikolskaya Co-Presidents McMaster Debating Society Q: Should course drop dates be moved later in the term or are the current deadlines sufficient? S: Add/drop dates. Although I've personally never added or dropped a course after the "financial penalty" deadline, I've spoken to peers who tell me that one could […]
