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December 1, 2011
Keeping up with the times

Farzeen Foda Senior News Editor No longer will a Google search of “McMaster” reveal a bulletin of University news, due to the various technological changes taking place throughout the University. With the digital age and McMaster’s increasing recognition worlwide, the University continues to attract higher numbers of applicants each year. To make the application process […]

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December 1, 2011
Road trip brings two wins

Brandon Meawasige Assistant Sports Editor   In hosting the Ryerson Rams and Toronto Varsity Blues on Dec. 2 and 3 the Marauders men’s basketball team will look to improve on a 5-1 record and round off the first half of their 2011 schedule in style. McMaster ended their recent road trip with two victories in […]

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December 1, 2011
Swimmers eye tropical camp

Fraser Caldwell Sports Editor   Another dominant weekend at a dual meet saw the Marauders qualify a 12th athlete for the CIS national championships. The event in question was the Brock-Mac Cup, a meet held at the two aforementioned schools over the course of two days on Nov. 26 and 27. McMaster garnered medals in […]

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December 1, 2011
Slow start cost Mac points

Ben Orr Sports Editor   Consistency continues to be elusive for the McMaster women in the early stages of their OUA season. The Marauders played to yet another weekend split, losing to Queen's on Nov. 25 before rebounding against RMC the next night. They continue to stay glued to a .500 record at 3-3, good […]

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December 1, 2011
Mac to implement new budget model

Farzeen Foda Senior News Editor   McMaster University’s Budget Remodelling Task Force recently released its Final Report, available online through the Provost’s Website. The Task Force has been working on this project since 2007, when Phase I was initiated, noted Khaled Hassanein, chair of Phase II of the Task Force, which started in August 2009. […]

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December 1, 2011
Group grows and looks to improve

Fraser Caldwell Sports Editor   They’ve long been a constant presence at sporting events and special functions across campus, but the McMaster marching band is intent on making that presence felt much more this year. The group has embarked on a program of improvement and expansion that has seen them don professional uniforms, hire section-specific […]

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December 1, 2011
Pathway for student success

Dina Fanara Assistant News Editor The Student Success Centre (SSC) has been in existence for only a year and a half, but has already made some significant accomplishments. In 2010, for example, the SSC won the President’s Award for outstanding service to the university’s student population. The creation of the SSC was a collaborative effort […]

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December 1, 2011
We are the Champions

Jemma Wolfe, Senior ANDY Editor Friday Nov. 25 is a day McMaster will never forget. For the first time in our university’s history, our football team brought home the Vanier Cup after quite possibly the most exciting game the league has ever seen. It was so thrilling, so emotional and so euphoric that even I […]

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December 1, 2011
Consumers eat up online shopping

Sonya Khanna Business Editor   Lights dangle merrily from faux PVC-moulded branches; festive bliss encompasses the weary, burnt-out student anxiously awaiting the post-exam holiday season and familiar jingles echo nostalgically – pretty much everywhere. It’s time to open your arms to the joys and inevitable woes encompassing the holiday season. The frenzy associated with holiday […]

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December 1, 2011
Head to head: Evidence of God

Sumeet Khanna & Amanda Mihoub Wright McMaster Debating Society   Sumeet: I would destroy that proof. Why? Because this information has the potential to incredibly damage the lives of religious individuals, for a number of reasons. First, it would throw individuals into torturous doubt. If I have spent my life ordering my actions around the […]

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