Brian Decker Executive Editor The last time the Western Mustangs football team lost a game at home, the Marauders broke the hearts of Mustang fans with a win at Western’s Homecoming in 2009. This most recent loss likely hurt a little more. The McMaster Marauders entered hostile territory and earned their first Yates Cup […]
Jason Scherer The career in comedy of Manolis Zontanos, a Hamilton native who is now a veteran in the business, began as a child when he rented Eddie Murphy’s Delirious against his parent’s wishes, and would turn it off whenever they came downstairs. As Manolis grew into adulthood, his love for comedy flourished but he […]
Katherine George The Silhouette Seven per cent of women reported suffering through a current or previous abusive spousal relationship between 1999 and 2004, according to Statistics Canada. The highest rates of abuse were found in young women aged 15 to 24, specifically those in relationships of three years or less. Dating violence among Canadian […]
Danielle Gibbons The Silhouette Being a McMaster Student, it is often easy to get disconnected from the rest of Hamilton, but the city is just waiting to be explored. While you’re at McMaster, get involved. The city is much more than smoke stacks and dirty streets. We have art, culture, community and history. Take […]
Daniella Porano The Silhouette It’s November. Each day, the weather gets colder, the workload grows larger and boys get … hairier? No, the recent growth of facial hair isn’t in preparation for the cold. In fact, “Movember” is more than an attempt to annoy girlfriends and skip the shaving routine for an entire month. Startlingly, […]
Brandon Meawasige Assistant Sports Editor No. 9 Acadia Axemen (8-1) Flying under the radar until late in the season, the Acadia Axemen have quietly put together one of the most successful overall teams in the CIS this season. The Axemen will bring twelve conference all-stars to the Uteck Bowl including the AUS Most Valuable […]
Brandon Meawasige Assistant Sports Editor Striving for the pinnacle of university football in Canada and facing an unknown opponent, Head Coach Stefan Ptaszek and the McMaster Marauders travel to Moncton, New Brunswick this week to represent the OUA as champions in the 2011 Uteck Bowl on November 19. Ptaszek, in his sixth season as […]
Fraser Caldwell Sports Editor For 119 minutes, the Marauders had held off the lauded attack of the Cape Breton Capers and kept their hopes of national hardware alive. In one cruel, final twist of fate those aspirations came crashing to a halt. With only seconds remaining before the two teams moved on to penalty […]
Ben Orr Silhouette Staff The 2011-12 season didn’t start easily for the McMaster Marauders, with arguably the two toughest opponents of the first semester crossover schedule heading to the Burridge Gym to take on the Marauders on Nov. 11 and 12. But if the weekend was a sign of things to come, it looks […]
Alex Rockingham & Karianne Matte Silhouette Interns The Council of Ontario Universities has honoured former McMaster President Peter George with the David C. Smith Award. The award is granted to those who have worked to improve education and research. Bonnie Patterson, the council’s president, described him as “a passionate leader,” who “transformed McMaster University with his […]
