Roy Campbell Silhouette Staff Vendors and restaurants across campus are considering how their products are manufactured as McMaster implements a new fair trade policy on campus. The new policy requires all vendors serving coffee, tea or chocolate to make available, fair trade certified options for these products. This fair trade certification process comes as […]
Kacper Niburski Assistant News Editor As administrative committees start to blossom around the themes dictated in President Patrick Deane’s letter Forward with Integrity, various faculties and student groups are voicing their concerns. Among the many, McMaster Humanities Society (MHS) hosted an open forum on Jan. 12 to discuss both the possibility of introducing experiential […]
Cassandra Jeffery Assistant InsideOut Editor Every year a birthday marks a miniscule milestone in life compared to what grand scale accomplishments are on the horizon. A celebration is a necessity, yet some of us cannot help but loathe the idea that we are one birthday closer to graduation and one year closer to the […]
Brandon Meawasige Assistant Sports Editor For a young lineup with plenty to learn and even more to prove, the prognosis of being a young team too often provides the excuses to justify mistakes, a stipulation McMaster head coach Amos Connolly has been avoiding all season. With a record of 9-3 so far this season, […]
Fraser Caldwell Sports Editor It was the first step on their competitive journey for McMaster’s track athletes, and the results speak to the potential that both squads possess. The Marauders men’s and women’s track teams took part in the annual Can Am Meet in Windsor from Jan. 13-14, and while both teams combined for […]
Fraser Caldwell Sports Editor Very few athletes are presented with the opportunity to realize a childhood dream, but McMaster’s Jason Medeiros may soon be one of them. That’s because Medeiros – a standout offensive lineman for the Marauders’ Vanier Cup winning football team – has been ranked tenth in the CFL’s latest pre-draft scouting […]
Fraser Caldwell Sports Editor The story is formulaic enough at this point to warrant a movie franchise. Whenever they happen to meet, the Marauders and the Gaels inexorably play to a fifth set. And once that final frame is done and dusted, it is McMaster that comes out on top. That pattern has held […]
Matthew Martorana & Amanda Mihoub Wright McMaster Debating Society Matt: In a year where the protester was deemed the most influential person in the world by Time Magazine, I think it is important to look back and reflect on whether violence is really necessary in overthrowing a government dictator. I would argue that not […]
Erin Chesney Silhouette Staff That time of the year is coming up when students are forced to come out of their safe McMaster bubbles and face that scary, unknown future. Some will have to make tough choices about what they will attempt to pursue. Whether you are debating graduate schools or considering undergrad courses, […]
The Silhouette Last week as I was reading the Silhouette, I noticed an opinion piece concerning an issue near and dear to my heart: the ban on men who have sex with men from donating blood. Excited as I was to see this important issue get the airtime it rightfully deserves, I was disturbed […]
