Randal De Souza The Silhouette If you were walking through the Student Centre on the afternoon of Oct. 19, you might have caught a glimpse of a three-minute flash mob. Standing frozen from 12:25 to 12:28 p.m., the participants were there to support OPIRG working group Just $top. The group’s mission is to raise public […]
Need a relaxing activity to take your mind off of midterm season and procrastinate for a couple minutes? The Silhouette's here to help you out. Flex those memory muscles with our McMaster Memory Game! It may not seem as easy as it is though, some of the pairs don't have a matching image but […]
McMaster students are now able to receive real-time updates on local weather and upcoming bus arrival times, thanks to a new service called MacSMS. Designed and developed by three McMaster students, the service has the potential to become ubiquitous throughout the greater McMaster community. By simply texting (289) 724-1622 a variety of commands that include […]
By Wei Yan Wu, Contributor On Sept. 27, thousands of Canadians took to streets and parks to participate in the Global Climate Strike to raise awareness on climate change. Students requested McMaster University to cancel academic activities in order to make time for strike attendance. In response, McMaster Students for Climate Change Advocacy created a […]
McMaster teachings and research assistants will meet with university officials to restart negotiations on a new contract on Dec. 1 and 2. A "provincially appointed conciliator" will be present to work with the two groups. When the Silhouette spoke to the Canadian Union of Public Employees 3906 in September, the union said their main priorities in these negotiations […]
With qualification success, the men’s varsity baseball team will head into the OUA championships with quite a dramatic week behind them. ℅ McMaster Sports During the weekend of Oct. 9 to Oct. 10, the Marauders Men’s Baseball team went against the Brock Badgers and the Guelph Gryphons in the Ontario University Athletics qualifiers for the […]
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="143" gal_title="All images"] Ken Hall stepped onto this campus in 1951. After graduating from the Honours Geography program in 1955 and following a dedicated teaching career, he became the only two-term president of the McMaster Alumni Association in twenty years. During that time, he led a program which links female graduates to first year […]
93.3 CFMU has been voted the best radio station in Hamilton in this year’s Hamilton Spectator’s Readers’ Choice Awards 93.3 CFMU, McMaster University’s campus and community radio station, has been voted the best radio station in Hamilton in this year’s Hamilton Spectator’s Readers’ Choice Awards. CFMU received the Diamond award, the top winner in the […]
Marauders' soccer team losses OUA semifinals to Ontario Tech Ridgebacks in a penalty shootout The Marauders' men's soccer team faced the Ontario Tech University Ridgeback's at the OUA semifinals on Oct. 26. The Marauders had many opportunities to score against the Ridgebacks team that finished in the top five in their division. Despite having several […]
Despite the many spots available for a quick bite, the vegetarian and vegan food options at McMaster are very limited and leave many of us hunting for greens It is safe to say that, at one point or another, most of us have found ourselves famished on campus and not really sure what to eat. […]
