A late interception by cornerback Steven Ventresca all but closed the curtain on the 105th Yates Cup on Saturday. For the second straight season, the McMaster Marauders are provincial champions. The victory also marks the first time that the trophy has been lifted at Ron Joyce stadium. The final score was 30-13, bringing Mac's record on […]
McMaster's Health Science Faculty Loses Mass Funding Jaslyn English McMaster University has lost more than 15 per cent of its research dollars in the past year, totaling up to a $100 million loss of funding within the city of Hamilton. The research in the Faculty of Health Sciences relies on pharmaceutical companies for the majority […]
They’ve done it again: for the second straight year, the McMaster Marauders have been crowned OUA men’s soccer champions. After an incredible regular season during which the team lost only game, the Marauders looked as good as ever this past weekend at McNaughton Park in Vaughan. They defeated the Queen’s Gaels 5-2 on Saturday […]
By: Ilia Ostrovski Medical advances are continuing to push the boundary of how long the average person should expect to live. This trend of increasing life expectancy underscores the importance of measuring quality of life as individuals age. With this issue in mind, three Canadian researchers submitted a joint proposal to the Canadian Institute of […]
Remember the feeling of getting your report card? McMaster was faced with that feeling this October, as the Globe and Mail published its annual Canadian University Report. The assessment, released on Oct. 25, tried to get away from the largely data-based rankings of other organizations, instead assigning letter grades to different aspects of the university’s […]
The McMaster women’s basketball team continued to impress this weekend, notching a 79-54 win over the Calgary-based Mount Royal Cougars here in the Burridge Gym. It was a game that saw Mac dominance throughout, with the Marauders employing a highly effective trap defense to force a total of 33 Mount Royal turnovers. The team […]
The sound of the final whistle at Ron Joyce on Saturday Oct. 20 signified the end of the 2012 OUA regular season. The Marauders, victorious by a margin of 43-0 over the visiting Laurier Golden Hawks, have finished the season without suffering a loss at home, or a loss on the road for that matter. […]
Playoff action hit Ron Joyce Stadium for the first time this athletic season with the McMaster Marauders women’s soccer team hosting the UOIT Ridgebacks in the first round of OUA Playoffs. The Wednesday afternoon game ended 2-1 in favour of the Marauders, but the game was a tale of two halves. McMaster struck early in […]
Hundreds of students from across the province descended on Toronto Oct. 12-13 for a province-wide Student Activist Assembly. The two-day event was organized by the Canadian Federation of Students – Ontario (CFS-Ontario) and was attended by students from all regions of the province. According to Sarah Jayne King, Chairperson of the CFS-Ontario, the purpose of […]
A McMaster student alleges that she was assaulted by two Niagara Regional Police officers at a protest held on Oct. 7 at the Marineland Animal Park in Niagara Falls. Second year social sciences sudent Chantal Godin was part of a large group of protesters, mostly affiliated with Marineland Animal Defense movement, who jumped over the […]
