Katherine George Silhouette Staff An assembly of students gathered in the McMaster University Student Center (MUSC) on Tuesday Oct. 11 for the McMaster Students Union (MSU) Market Night event. Beginning at 6 p.m. and running throughout the evening until 10:30 p.m., this event was organized by the MSU Diversity Services in collaboration with MacBEAT, McMaster […]
Natalie Timperio Senior InsideOut Editor “We’re here, we’re queer, and we’re fabulous!” Perhaps these words, claimed by Vilma Rossi, Program Coordinator for the Office of Human Rights and Equity Services, best encapsulate National Coming Out Day (NCOD), celebrated this past Tuesday in the Student Centre atrium. Tuesday represented McMaster’s very first celebration of NCOD and […]
Rachael Ramos The Silhouette With the recent press conference of Apple’s newly developed products, the long-awaited iPhone 5 was supposed to be the show stealer. Instead, new CEO Tim Cook introduced the iPhone 4S …Really? It seems all the rumors, the past year and a half of the iPhone 5 were just that - […]
Kyle Quinlan returned from a three-game suspension and threw for 455 yards in a 50-14 win Brandon Meawasige Assistant Sports Editor Under the lights of Ron Joyce Stadium, with his arms crossed in pride, Kyle Quinlan turned to pose triumphantly for the crowd after a powerful 12-yard run. Seeing the playing field for the first […]
Sonya Khanna Business Editor Cue the violins and sit back and watch as angry BlackBerry users flood social media outlets with bitter rants of hatred for Research In Motion. It seems BlackBerry users just can’t catch a break given the recent outage, ousting millions of users from BBM, email and texting services and hindering […]
Kevin Browne The Silhouette Web and mobile startups are Hamilton's hot new industry, and there are some great opportunities coming up for students to join in on the fun. Sounds like a faux pas, doesn’t it? Isn't Hamilton the city of smoke stacks and steel? Well, not anymore. Now we're becoming a software city, […]
Shama Kassam The Silhouette Writing a resumé effectively is an important skill, and especially in a time where graduate jobs are scarce, everyone is looking for what to do to make their resumé stand out. First of all, it’s not an arts and crafts project. Usually, employers are not looking for strange bells and […]
Sumeet Khanna, Co President, McMaster Debating Society versus Andrew Terefenko, Opinions Editor Which system of voting is better, first-past-the-post or proportional representation? SUMEET: First-past-the-post (FPTP) is a system of democratic voting that has recently come under a lot of scrutiny in Canada. Operating as the primary voting system at the provincial and national […]
Ben Orr Silhouette Staff With an emphatic weekend win the Maroon and Grey have clinched the OUA's Russell Division crown. By beating the Trent Excalibur 48-12 on Oct. 7, the McMaster women's rugby team earned a 5-0 record. With 24 regular season points, the Marauders have won home field advantage for next week’s playoff game […]
Kacper Niburski Assistant News Editor This was supposed to be a news article. It was supposed to be factual, cutting edge stuff. As far as a journalist is allowed to admit, I was bent to join your cause, Donna Skelly. I felt that if I could only tell the story right, then you’d surely […]
