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Thursday, November 29, 2012

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Getting you through the exam time blues.

Vol. 83, No. 17

Greatest Hits: To celebrate McMaster’s 125th birthday, we look through The Sil’s archives to see how it reported on the biggest events in the University’s history. See D1-D4 for a special insert

Minors to be barred from TwelvEighty club nights SRA’s changes to all-ages policy will take effect starting next school year Sam Colbert Executive Editor

Starting in May, no one under 19 will be allowed into club nights at TwelvEighty.

The rule change does not apply when the campus bar is acting “in the capacity of a restaurant or a bookable venue.” Campus groups that book the space for an evening event, then, could invite students of all ages.

But when TwelvEighty is operating normally as a nightclub, which it typically does on Thursday nights, no minors will be permitted to enter.

“We’re going to have a little shift in how we operate the nightclub now. Time will have to tell what that means in terms of our operations, in terms of our reach,” said Derek Spekkens, service manager at TwelvEighty.

The change was made at the Nov. 25 Student Representative Assembly meeting, where members decided that the risks of letting 17and 18-year-old students into the

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TwelvEighty will continue to allow campus groups to book all-ages evening events at the venue.

club outweighed the rewards.

The original proposal was to make the change effective Jan. 1, but members were wary of upsetting current underage students and preferred to wait until a new crop of first-years come to McMaster.

Currently, the bar allows a maximum of 25 underage patrons in at a time on typical club nights.

Before Spekkens and other members of the management took

over, around when Quarters was re-branded to TwelvEighty in 2009, up to 50 minors were permitted to enter.

He explained that, to make the club nights more manageable, that number was decreased, and all patrons (not just underage ones) were given coloured wristbands to help bartenders make age distinctions.

Alcoholic drinks and non-alcoholic ones are also served in different

sized cups so that security can tell if a minor is holding an alcoholic beverage.

“There have been steps to try to improve the offering and still keep it inclusive,” said Spekkens. But now that the SRA has made the change, “it will be our challenge as managers to keep this place a thriving business entity.”

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Marching band fee headed to referendum SRA passes motion to allow club to ask for a levy of $0.90 per student Sam Colbert

“We’ve been doing a lot of it on our own,” he said, “but it’s gotten to Executive Editor the point where we need funding to Three years ago, Joshua Patenaude continue on.” attended the very first general meetWhen the student body votes ing of the McMaster Marching for the McMaster Students Union’s Band. next president in January, a referIt was small then. It had just re- endum question will appear on the ceived ratification as an MSU club, ballot. It will ask whether students and was finding its feet with meager are willing to pay $0.90 each annufunding and only a few members. ally (indexed to CPI) to support McBut now that the Band has Master’s marching band. grown in size and in reputation, If passed, the fee would provide Patenaude, who is now group’s the band with close to $19,000 next president, feels that it’s time to move year. forward.

The money would go to costs

like buying and repairing instruments, renting practicing space, investing in new uniforms, paying instructors and covering fees charged to play at certain events.

“We think this [money] will go a long way to sustain the band and to keep it open to the McMaster community,” said Patenaude.

Western University has had a marching band since 1938. The Queen’s Bands have been around since 1905.

Students wishing to join the marching band will continue to pay a membership fee, likely in the

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The McMaster Marching Band performs on Sterling Street for Open Streets McMaster in September.

$65-$75 range, said Patenaude. The added money will, though, make the band more accessible in other ways. Members will not have to provide their own instruments, and the size of the band could expand to upwards of 70 people.

“If you have a passion about music, if you have a passion about committing to the spirit of McMaster, we want to make that a reality for you. We don’t want obstacles in the way,” said Patenaude.

The referendum was approved by the SRA at its Nov. 25 meeting.

In order to get a referendum on the presidential election ballot, a student must either collect the signatures of three per cent of the fulltime undergraduate student body (roughly 600 signatures) or get approval from the SRA. As they put together a proposal for the latter, the Marching Band was also collecting signatures. By the meeting, they had collected 391.

The Marching Band had initially asked the SRA to approve a proposal for a $1 fee per student.

According to their budgeting, that number would cover operating expenses while leaving a little wiggle room for growth or unanticipated capital purchases. The Assembly chose to instead approve $0.90, which would only cover the expected operating costs.

Balloting for the MSU presidential election, and for the referendum, will take place from Jan. 29 to 31.

Paradise found: Mac adds Cootes buffer zone near lot M Julia Redmond Assistant News Editor

If you looked at early photos of the McMaster campus, you might notice that it looks drastically different than it does today. In the 82 years Mac has spent in this city, the school has grown, more buildings were put up to accommodate the growing population, and the campus expanded to take up more of the surrounding area.

But in early November, the administration took a major step towards bringing Mac back to its roots. The President’s Advisory Committee on Cootes Paradise (PACCP) announced on Nov. 9 that a 30-metre buffer zone would be created between parking lot M, on west campus, and the nearby Ancaster Creek.

The implementation of the buffer will mean the lot will lose 318 parking spots, according to the Hamilton Conservation Authority.

The lot currently has 1,400 transponders for staff and students, and approximately 1,300 spots. According to Gord Arbeau, McMaster’s Director of Public and Community Relations, the use of the lot is spread out over the week, so the loss of the additional space is not expected to have an effect on the availability of parking.

The area that is now occupied by parking lots M, N, O and P was the floodplain area for Ancaster Creek. It wasn’t until McMaster took possession of this portion of the Royal Botanical Gardens land in the 1960s that the floodplain was paved.

Randy Kay, a local environmental activist, said this change has been a long time coming.

“This is a very integral part of the puzzle,” he explained. “It is a huge, important piece of the larger Cootes Paradise recovery.”

Kay is the organizer of Restore Cootes, an environmental group dedicated to the revitalization of the area surrounding McMaster.

The group has been leading “Ponds to Parking” hikes since December 2011 to spread awareness of the issue.

Kay also submitted a letter to the University Planning Committee in March 2011 encouraging the administration to take on the wetland restoration project, but did not have any success at the time.

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PRESIDENT’S PAGE Jeff Wyngaarden VP (Finance)

Huzaifa Saeed VP (Education)

Siobhan Stewart President

David Campbell VP (Administration)

RENTAL HOUSING BY-LAW TO BE DISCUSSED AT CITY COUNCIL Huzaifa details the potential license program for landlords in Hamilton that could have a significant impact on students

Huzaifa Saeed VP (Education) vped@msu.mcmaster.ca ext. 24017

Student housing in near-campus neighbourhoods is an important part of the McMaster student experience. The McMaster Students Union (MSU) has a role in encouraging the development of high-quality communities, both on and off campus. Student housing issues should be overseen in a manner that promotes safe, secure and stimulating environments. Housing should be conducive to students’ academic success and personal growth, and foster a sense of community, civic responsibility and an appreciation of the diversity of the University community. Amongst our principles is that student housing must ideally be a safe, sound and secure environment for all students while also being financially accessible, so as to represent fair market value. The municipal

government must take active steps to provide rent control and legislation against artificial price inflation. To tie it all together, municipal by-laws should consequently help foster this harmonious community between students and local homeowners within McMaster’s surrounding neighbourhoods.

However, there are strong concerns prevalent in the housing market today: First, dwellings are often modified to add extra bedrooms, adding an unsustainable number of people to the capacity of a house.

Second, there is the issue of neglect by absentee landlords, who live well outside Hamilton. Absenteeism can lead to the deterioration of landscaped areas, as well as a lack of property maintenance which detracts from the residential amenity of the neighbourhood.

Third, there is a lack of automatic regulation by City staff for several violations of municipal by-law.

Most infractions are based on a selfreporting mechanism.

Due to the high turnover of students each year, little attention is paid to both the internal and external

appearance of houses. As most houses are designed for a lower density, they are frequently (and quickly) being renovated in order to accommodate more students. A landlord’s neglect of investment leaves issues and damages to perpetuate year after year. The lack of respect the landlord shows for the house will inevitably influence the tenants to adopt the same frame of mind.

The MSU already operates a service called the Student Community Support Network (SCSN), the purpose of which is to develop and strengthen relationships between McMaster students and members of the community. That being said, our advocacy wing, following the publication of its research report last year has been actively engaged in looking at the big picture policy issues surrounding student housing.

The proposed by-law would make a number of importaqnt changes to the Hamilton housing market. First, it would require a registration fee for landlords of $192 (with a recurring $100 annual fee) per rental property.

This fee will go towards hiring bylaw officers in an attempt to enforce standards. Semi-annual inspections

will be at the consent of both landlord and tenants. Secondly, landlords will be required to provide proof of house insurance, fire safety certification, electrical compliance, etc. for each rental property. The goal of this policy is to make sure that housing is safe and up to building codes. Finally, the by-law also limits a rental property to eight livable spaces (including kitchen and living/common rooms, but not bathrooms).

The rental housing bylaw is up for delegate discussion at City Council on December 11th and the MSU will be presenting the student perspective.

Several municipalities have already instituted by-law changes to govern rental housing, including Oshawa, Waterloo and London.

While the former was controversial since it directly targeted student neighborhoods, the latter two have passed with relatively positive feedback from student groups. The MSU is on the side of students, and will continue to work towards safe and affordable housing for you. We are monitoring this by-law and encourage you to do so as well. Visit msumcmaster.ca to view the staff report coming before City Council in December.

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It’s exam time, and study space - to put it lightly - is at a premium on campus. If you’ve ever gone to the library in hopes of finding a comfy chair with a nearby plug in which to settle down and study, yet found yourself flat out of luck, then trust me, you are not alone.

Faced with this space crunch, campus has started to be more creative with our use of space. The MSU has been working on this particular issue for numerous years and to that end, has helped secure more study space in the libraries, as well as extended hours of operation during the exam periods. Moreover, the MSU has helped create more space through the opening of TwelvEighty for study during exams. It was this particular move that prompted MSU President Siobhan Stewart to put a new idea in her platform last year – opening up Bridges Café for extra study space.

The good news is we’ve succeeded!

Bridges will be open extended hours for

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study space this semester during exams.

The eatery will be open until 11pm every weekday, allowing you to study in one of the most beautiful and relaxing spaces on campus. Normal closing time for Bridges is 8pm Monday through Thursday, and 3pm on Friday. There won’t be any food served in the space past these normal business hours, so try going to Bridges for dinner and just sticking around for your study session.

There is some bonus good news to go along with this initiative – student jobs! Every day after Bridges normally closes, the space will be kept open for study by paid student monitors. If you’re looking to make extra cash this holiday season, go to msumcmaster.ca/jobs and apply to be one of these monitors. You may be able to work anywhere from 1020 hours and study at the same time.

Like last year, the MSU will also be opening up TwelvEighty for extra study space. Try dropping by for a snack and some relaxed studying anytime between 11am and 7pm after December 10th.

We know how stressful exams are, and that’s why we run these initiatives – from extra study space, to free food days at TwelvEighty, to puppy visits on campus. Stay tuned to our website, Facebook and Twitter for more updates as December goes on, and best of luck on exams!

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Thursday, November 29, 2012 News Editors: Aissa Boodhoo-Leegsma, Julia Redmond and Anqi Shen Meeting: Thursdays @ 4:30 p.m.

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Province launches tuition rebate ads Aissa Boodhoo-Leegsma Senior News Editor

On Nov. 22 the Ontario government launched a $5-million ad campaign to promote the $400 million in tuition rebates that it offered to university and college students, beginning last year.

The government has purchased two 30-second TV spots, which are to be released immediately. They will be aired until Dec. 21 and then resume in January.

Although the rebate was released in early 2012, only 200,000 out of the 300,000 eligible students have applied for the grants. The 100,000 gap in students applying is thought to be due to lack of financial aid literacy and awareness of the grants.

The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) conducted a recent survey that showed that 48 per cent of students were unaware of the grant, and data showed that this number increased among each respective age group.

Huzaifa Saeed, MSU VP Education noted that this is especially significant given that the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA), the lobbying organization McMaster is part of, showed that parents are the primary source of financial aid literacy for students.

Saaed asserted that with almost half of students and an even greater number of parents unaware of these grants, it is likely that huge numbers of eligible students will continue to not use tuition grants.

“Approximately 100,000 students out there who are eligible have

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$1,600 waiting for them, but they haven’t applied. I think the biggest issue may be that people who are on OSAP are automatically eligible for it. But people who are not on OSAP but still qualify for the grant, don’t know they can even apply for the grant.”

When the tuition rebates were initially released last year, the MSU and OUSA submitted their own respective tuition response papers.

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Both mentioned that it was a good initial step, with an increase of approximately an additional $250-300 million entering the system.

Despite this new funding, there were several categories of students who were not fully included in the funding. OUSA argued that it should be available to any person in a five-year program, and it should be offered up to five years after graduation from secondary school.

This was meant to include students who choose to work for a year or two after high school, or Aboriginal students who may not enter post-secondary institutions immediately after high school.

There was also a recommendation to include an appeals process which could be used for students whose parents make above the $160, 000 income cap, but because of extenuating circumstances are

not able to receive funding from their parents.

While this grant was released in Jan. 2012, there has been continued opposition to Ontario’s tuition costs since that time.

Most recently, a group of organizations including OUSA have asked the government to freeze student tuition altogether. Ontario has the highest tuition fees in Canada and fees have climbed nearly 300 per cent since 1990.

But Saeed explained that OUSA is asking for additional money to be put in for a freeze and that the problem of financial aid literacy is a significant but separate problem.

“Most people are failing basic financial aid literacy tests … this [ad campaign] should have been done when the grant came out. This is a delayed response to the fact that 100,000 people who are eligible haven’t applied.”

He further pointed out that a broader comprehensive strategy is necessary to target students and build awareness of additional funding. He noted that students get their information from a variety of sources and doing more diversified outreach and on-campus engagement was necessary.

“Even the Financial Aid office is not usually given incentives to do outreach. On Nov. 28 the University Affairs Committee, in collaboration with the Financial Aid Office delivered an OSAP repayment workshop but that’s probably the first thing I’ve seen at Mac where financial aid collaborated with the MSU. I think a lot more of this [type of thing] needs to be done.”

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Mac medical student wins Takeda Scholarship Adam Van Koeverden

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From left to right: Mike Egli, President and CEO Takeda Canada; Pinhas Ephrat 2012 Takeda Family Medicine Scholarship Winner and Jan Kasperski CEO Ontario College of Physicians

Some students look forward to coming to Hamilton for its city atmosphere. But one McMaster medical student is excited to have the opportunity to try the small town life.

Pinhas Ephrat, a student at Mac’s Michael Degroote School of Medicine, was awarded the Takeda Family Medicine Scholarship a the 50th Annual Scientific Assembly on Nov. 26. The award, valued at $5,000, was developed in conjunction with the Ontario College of Family Physicians, and is designed to encourage medical students to pursue family medicine.

Ephrat will be moving to Fort Erie to practice medicine.

“I left a successful career in medical biophysics to pursue family medicine because it provides a unique opportunity to interact with patients one-on-one and make a real difference in their lives,” he said.

Ephrat grew up in Israel, and after completing a master’s at Tel Aviv University he immigrated to Canada with his family. He earned a PhD in medical biophysics at Western, but realized that he preferred interacting with patients and enrolled at McMaster’s medical school Niagara Regional Campus.

SILHOUETTE FILE PHOTO The Canadian Medical Association, in their annual National Report Card on Health Care, said that Canadians Van Koeverden is a four-time Olympic medalist and a McMaster grad. with a family physician are overall happier with the health care system than those without.

Mac partners with Joseph Brant Hospital On Nov. 23, McMaster administration and the Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital reached an agreement, making the hospital a new clinical education campus.

John Kelton, Dean and Vice President of the Faculty of Health Sciences, called the agreement “a win-win-win…for McMaster, the hospital, and the community.”

While the hospital has hosted McMaster students in past, the new deal will see a significant increase in the number of students and the total teaching hours.

Alan Neville, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, told the McMaster Daily News that “the Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital is enlarging its educational mission,

and bringing in new learners will be a benefit for the people of the community. At the same time, this hospital is an excellent place for our students to learn valuable skills and the breadth of practice.”

Additionally, the University has invested $460,000 for new call rooms and workspaces to facilitate the partnership.

McMaster alumnus and Olympic medalist Adam Van Koeverden visited Hamilton on Monday as part of McMaster’s 125th Anniversary celebrations. The luncheon, hosted by the Alumni Association at the Hamilton Convention Centre, was sold out.

Van Koeverden spoke about the City of Hamilton and his time at McMaster as a Kinesiology student.

He expressed his affection for the city that is well known for its blue-collar nature. He also spoke

candidly about Rob Ford’s dismissal as Mayor of Toronto.

Amidst the talk about McMaster and Hamilton, van Koeverden was also asked about a controversial tweet he posted on Friday.

During the Vanier Cup, the kayaker wrote: “I hate Laval. I went there one time and I just really hated it.”

At the luncheon, he was not interested to talk about the incident .

He only said, “it’s not an issue. I refuse to talk about my tweets.”

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Looking at life after the steel rush Minors McMaster grad students make documentary about Hamilton Anqi Shen

Online News Editor

When they first came to McMaster more than a year ago, Layla Mashkoor and Nicole Rallis didn’t know much about Hamilton. Since then, they’ve found their place in the city and have documented its shifting urban identity in a film called This is Hamilton...After the Steel Rush.

On Saturday, Nov. 24, a mix of community members and students poured into Homegrown Hamilton on King William Street to attend the premiere of the film.

The large crowd filled the room to the brim to watch the 45-minute documentary.

Mashkoor and Rallis launched the initiative as part of their major research project for the Masters Program in Globalization.

“We were learning about issues across the globe, and then we’d take a walk through the city and see the same things happening in our own backyard,” said Mashkoor. “Ironically, studying globalization made us really understand the importance of the local.”

‘This is Hamilton’ centres on political and cultural changes in the community after the shutdown of Stelco plants that had propelled Hamilton’s reputation as the ‘Steel City.’

The film tackles issues of poverty, income inequality, local governance, attitudes toward downtown, and the emergence of a booming arts scene.

The underlying narrative combines perspectives from several community members. Each inter-

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The documentary had its first screening on Nov. 24 to a full house at Homegrown Hamilton.

viewee was asked to describe Hamilton in one word at some point in their discussion.

President Patrick Deane, political science professor Peter Graefe, and alumna Jeanette Eby, are among those from McMaster who make an appearance in the film.

They’ve been consumed with the documentary process over the past year and, along with Mark Hoyne who filmed the project, they are thrilled with its reception.

Both Rallis and Mashkoor weren’t very engaged with the city at first, as is often the case for students who come to Hamilton to pursue their degree at Mac.

An MSU poll last year found that only 36 per cent of students ventured ‘outside the bubble’ once or twice a week.

“It was the people [in the community] who got us engaged and thinking about this project,” Mashkoor said.

“A large part of our time was spent doing our coursework. I think that’s a big challenge to getting students involved in the community they’re so busy that it’s hard to get them to into the downtown core,” she said.

“McMaster has a responsibility to the citizens of Hamilton, and the citizens also need to reach out to un-

dergrads,” said Rallis.

“This year, Mac has launched some initiatives to get undergrads into the city, which I think is a positive step to getting students to look past Westdale.”

Mashkoor and Rallis are now looking to distribute the film more widely, hoping to increase its reach through CHCH, the University, and a few more screenings in the near future.

The next screening is set to take place at The Casbah on Dec. 15 at 5 p.m.

“We’re just three people making a movie. We’re taking it one step at a time,” the grads said.

MSU consulting on housing by-law Aissa Boodhoo-Leegsma Senior News Editor

Since the summer, students and tenants alike have been following the progress of a proposed housing by-law that introduces a licensing fee for all rental units in the City of Hamilton. Updates have been provided by the City of Hamilton, with a new draft by-law posted on their website.

On Dec. 11, delegations and stakeholder groups will present their concerns to Council. The bylaw itself has been scheduled to be made public by Feb-March 2013, and it will be coming into force as of April 2014.

Final updates have been communicated to the MSU, via meetings with City officials.

The licensing fee itself has now

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been set at $100 for those landlords licensing within the first six months, and $192 after the first six-month period. Re-licensing will cost $100 per property annually.

This timeline gives landlords sufficient time to fix property or do maintenance work if they believe this is necessary. The licensing system involves a property checklist which ensures that rental units have proof of insurance, ownership, electrical and fire safety and zoning verification.

The MSU has been addressing student concerns in its talks with the City.

Last week The Silhouette reported on one particular student being told by their landlord that under the new law they would not be allowed locks on their door.

Huzaifa Saeed, MSU VP Educa-

tion, explained that currently student houses fall into two categories.

Rental properties are on a group lease but technically cannot have locks on individual room doors, whereas lodging homes are on individual leases and can have locks.

Both types of homes will be covered by licensing fees and the licensing fee will be applied to rental units throughout the entire city. The City has stated that if landlords do not comply with the licensing bylaw, city by-law officers will fine these properties and can bring to the Tenant/Landlord Board.

Currently, the MSU has an online survey to assess student concerns over rental units.

The highest priority students have identified is location relative to school, closely followed by concerns over rental quality and affordability.

Concerns have been raised over whether the proposed licensing fee will result in significantly higher rent costs for students, as landlords could download property maintenance costs to students.

The City has stated that the current market competition will not allow landlords to drastically increase their rents, and that landlords who already maintain their property will incur few costs to comply with the licensing program.

Saaed also noted that rent cannot go up by more than $100 midlease or landlords can be sent to a rental tribunal.

As the City continues to consult with stakeholder groups and details are still being hammered out, it remains unclear as to how deeply the by-law will affect rental availability and affordability for students.

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Even the limited allowance on minors has made the bar particularly popular among first-year students living in residence, many of whom would not otherwise be able to go to a nightclub.

A memo to the SRA from its Operations Committee, though, expressed concern that minors “create an added working pressure for staff that is a drain on time and resources” and that TwelvEighty takes on the liability of first-years coming into the bar, many of whom might have consumed alcohol beforehand.

The memo also pointed out, though, that despite frequent visits by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, TwelvEighty hasn’t received a license suspension since 2007.

Under current operating policies, a minor “found consuming alcohol, in possession of alcohol, or show[ing] signs of past consumption of alcohol” must attend an alcohol awareness seminar and be barred from the club until their twentieth birthday. According to the memo submitted to the SRA, enforcement has been lax on these and similar penalties.

Spekkens acknowledged that the alcohol awareness “should be more robust … It’s definitely not something that TwelvEighty has been structured or directed to run.”

Spekkens did, though, point to the multiple levels of security, both in the bar and on campus, that allows TwelvEighty to provide a safe environment at club nights. “The purpose of being in this environment is to come of age and learn about responsibility and consequences,” he said.

All-ages or not, the TwelvEighty management team will continue working to offer students a positive experience.

“At the end of the day,” added Spekkens, “do students remember that third-year calculus class, or do they remember that amazing Halloween party they had at TwelvEighty?”

Buffer part of larger project FROM A1 “I was a little upset, actually… when you send a letter to the university planning committee, they don’t actually even acknowledge they’ve received it.”

In the spring of 2012, after a meeting with McMaster officials, two city councilors, and the chair of the PACCP, the University agreed to take on the project, creating a specific lot M subcommittee, and their support “changed the dynamic quite a bit,” said Kay. Although the agreement to the 30m buffer marks an achievement for Restore Cootes, Kay explained that the process of working through the channels of University administration was not always easy.

“You’re kind of left in this one-way vacuum where you don’t get anything back. It goes into this black hole of administration,” he said of his early attempts to get the attention of the President’s Advisory Committee.

“I could see that being a barrier, for citizens and other interested people around the campus to get involved.”

As well as working with the PACCP, Restore Cootes collaborated with MacGreen, OPIRG McMaster and a group of “McMaster Marsh” professors. The professors have also been advocating that a currently closed portion of the lot be repurposed to become an outdoor research facility, to serve both students and faculty.

“What they’re doing now is the minimum requirement for today’s standards of a healthy, coldwater creek,” Kay explained. “Doing the minimum is what needs to be done… doing more would be great.”

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Mac Nursing’s Local High School Health program hangs in the balance

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Nursing students Ruth Wilsonne and Larissa Glover with Sue Grafe, a nurse practitioner.

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McMaster’s School of Nursing has helped to set the path towards significant developmental aid for Hamilton youth, but this initiative is at risk of losing funding by the New Year.

The program, called Primary Care for At-Risk Youth, has been providing nursing services in the local high schools of Hamilton. Once a week, a nurse practitioner along with several third-year Nursing students, offer their services for half a day at Sir John A. MacDonald and Cathedral Secondary School.

The results of such a program have been clear, with as many as 15 students seeking attention every hour. Larissa Glover, a thirdyear McMaster Nursing student involved with this initiative, has noted that the numbers are set to increase, “with more and more students learning about the centre.”

At Sir John A. MacDonald, one third of the student population is without family doctors, and 50 per cent of the students do not speak English as their first language.

Dyanne Semogas, an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing and a project leader, stated, “ESL significantly influences access to healthcare, and the Hamilton Center for Newcomer Health, [a joint initiator of the program], is one of those places that sprung up with a grass roots approach to addressing gaps to health services for newcomers.”

The Primary Care for At-Risk Youth initiative attempts to forge bridges between immigrant students and healthcare resources within their own community. Semogas explained that in many families stricken by poverty, some students are still unable to fully benefit from their services if the link between their help and overall community resources remains vulnerable.

Because nutritious food is often unavailable in low-income communities, if students are prescribed antibiotics that need to be taken with food, they may take it with unhealthy food.

As a result, the program can also provide supplementary nutritional resources that will benefit the students beyond their immediate concern.

The need for readily available access to healthcare within inner-city high schools is pressing, and this is precisely what drove McMaster’s School of Nursing and local Hamilton school boards to begin the talking about how to build a program that addresses youth health.

Semogas previously stated that, “Studies have shown that youth having access to health care in schools are more likely to stay in school.”

The benefits of the initiative extend beyond the scope of the high school students to the very students behind the desk – McMaster nursing students are able to gain valuable experience towards their future practice.

“Any place where you can interact with the population is really beneficial,” says Glover.

First-year Nursing student Emma Carscadden re-iterated the program’s importance.

“In the past there were nurses in most schools, and it’s a shame that nurses have been taken out of these important roles. I hope that this initiative will be successful, as nurses have a vital role in promoting healthy lifestyles and choices to children who need it.”

Despite the program’s progress and its considerable role in providing youth health services, funding is set to end in December.

Semogas and Glover remained hopeful about the potential fundraising opportunity offered through the Aviva Community Fund, which contributes $1 million to Canadian projects that enable positive change.

With several qualifying rounds, the Primary Care for At-Risk Youth initiative has made it to the semi-finals. However, the future still remains tentative.

“Some programs have crazy numbers of votes, up in the thousands, and they may outbid us,” said Glover, “but I am really, really hopeful for it.”

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DITORIAL

Thursday, November 29, 2012 Executive Editor: Sam Colbert Contact: thesil@thesil.ca Phone: (905) 525-9140, extension 22052

MCMASTER ASSOCIATION OF PART-TIME STUDENTS

Transparency, please to [write your name here]. to [write your favourite pizza topping here].

to the oxford comma. to growing out of my boyish metabolism. ‘executive editor 15,’ here i come.

to the union market playlists.

to rokbar promoters.

to ye ol’ silhouette.

to sassy chatter.

to the thug life choosing me.

to the vanier cup, as tweeted by adam van koeverden.

to biodegradeable condoms. to the dulcimer. to the most secretive of santas.

to scary quebeckers. to a brick wall of an offensive line. to toronto’s greatest mayor of all time.

to richard zazulak. to our new t-shirts. real swaggin’. to a break.

to wishing away another term. to getting too crazy with the cheez whiz.

The Silhouette McMaster University’s Student Newspaper

Editorial Board Sam Colbert | Executive Editor thesil@thesil.ca Jemma Wolfe | Managing Editor managing@thesil.ca Andrew Terefenko | Production Editor production@thesil.ca

When the McMaster Association of Part-time Students Association was denied a 42.9 per cent fee increase last spring, it must have raised some red flags with the University.

It was the second substantive increase that MAPS had requested in three years. In reporting to the University’s Board of Governors, the Budget Committee expressed its discomfort with approving the increase. For its part, the Finance Committee felt that insufficient evidence was given to support the need for it.

But although MAPS was denied the extra funding, the organization seems far from starving.

Sam Minniti, who has served as executive director of the Association since 2005, made Ontario’s 2012 Public Sector Salary Disclosure list with one-year earnings over $126,000. In 2010, MAPS donated $1 million to the construction of the Wilson Building for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, which will break ground on campus next summer.

MAPS recently participated in an audit by the University, The Silhouette has learned. The results have not been released.

MAPS, which is incorporated separately from the University, was established in 1979 to represent students in part-time degree programs and in continuing education. All students taking fewer than 18 units in an academic session paid membership dues of $13.07 per unit this year to MAPS, which included a $7 organizational fee, a $4.92 Athletics and Recreation fee and a $1.15 administrative services fee.

Also paying MAPS fees were summer students, many of whom would have paid McMaster Students Union dues as a full-time student during the previous fall and winter terms, and therefore retained their MSU membership into the summer. Although those students may apply to transfer their membership from MAPS to the MSU, the MAPS fees are automatically charged.

By comparison, an MSU member taking 30 units this year would have paid $14.86 per unit in membership dues to the Union.

The two organizations, though, have different missions. While both advocate on behalf of students, the Students Union also provides a number of services, health and dental plans, and a bus pass.

Both Minniti and MAPS president Jeanette Hunter declined live interviews with me on multiple occasions over a period of a few weeks. While both agreed to answer questions over email instead, they chose to jointly

prepare and submit their responses, despite my request that they each send responses.

Minniti and Hunter said that MAPS activities in recent years have included opposing the elimination of free tuition for seniors two years ago, fighting to keep general three-year degrees and encouraging the University to relax requirements on admissions of mature students so that they could take more courses to accelerate degree completion. The MAPS donation to the Wilson Building was made because many part-time students are enrolled in a liberal arts program.

Ensuring access to university services after hours is another stated priority for MAPS, as is helping students who might have been out of school for a while to navigate course registration and access financial aid.

But at the time of this writing, the MAPS website contained no governing policies, bylaws, financial statements or other organizational documents – only the promise that they would be updated soon.

“The MAPS Board is currently discussing the kinds of documents to be placed on the MAPS website,” Minniti and Hunter told me.

MAPS bylaws, which The Silhouette has obtained and which were last updated in 2008, read that audited financial statements must be presented to MAPS members each February at an Annual General Meeting. Corporation members also are permitted to examine the financial records at any time, given reasonable notice.

Minniti and Hunter explained that statements were presented at an AGM in February of this year, though they declined to share statements with The Silhouette.

I don’t doubt the need for part-time student representation. The culture of our campus is built around our full-time undergrads. And maybe the MSU, even if its operating documents mandated it do so, wouldn’t be able to give part-time or mature students the attention they require.

But it’s time for a little transparency. MAPS need to make bylaws, agreements and financial statements publicly available. They need to make better use of part-time students’ money. And they should try giving the campus media the time of day.

Part-time students are busy, I know. They have jobs, and maybe even families.

But something, I think, is apparent: they need to take the time to demand better from their Part-time Students Association.

• Sam Colbert

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IN RETROSPECT

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The McMaster University brand turned 125 this year.

But when it was fused from Toronto Baptist College and Woodstock College in 1887 following a donation from Senator William McMaster, it didn’t become the school we now know. The institution resided in Toronto and primarily taught Baptist theology, not moving to Hamilton until 1930.

In that same year of McMaster University’s migration, The Silhouette printed its first issue. For 82 years, aspiring journalists have chronicled the varsity teams, student movements, campus expansions and the comings and goings of McMaster’s students, faculty and staff.

This week, to celebrate McMaster’s birthday, The Silhouette has printed a four-page special insert, in which we have included selections of some of our favourite

articles from our newspaper’s volumes. We’ve pinpointed four events in the school’s history: the move to Hamilton in 1930, when McMaster officially broke ties with its Baptist roots in 1957, a student movement led by a would-be MPP for McMaster’s riding in 1974, and the construction of the Student Centre in 2002. Each of the four pages is anchored by one of the stories, with the pages made to resemble the former incarnations of The Sil. The articles that fill the remainder of the pages are selected from around the same time as the featured articles, offering a bit of context.

Some stories told us the expected: that things have changed a lot for our University. But many more articles surprised us as we realized how much has stayed the same.

Happy century and a quarter, McMaster.

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Ceasefire raises big questions Capitalist The Israeli siege over Gaza won’t be cured with a band aid PROGRESSIVE POLITICS

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Identity politics forgets the crux of the problem Chris Erl The Silhouette

The Gaza Strip runs 25 miles long. The Israeli occupation of Palestinian land needs to stop now.

Sabeen Kazmi The Silhouette

On my way home from McMaster on Wednesday evening last week, my sister texted me exclaiming that Israel and Hamas had agreed on a ceasefire.

According to Owen Jones - an independent columnist - the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza began in early October when Israel ignored the ongoing ceasefire negotiations and killed fifteen Palestinians fighters, a mentally disabled individual and a thirteenmonth old in an intrusion. During negotiations for a ceasefire agreement, air strike missiles were fired by Israel, killing Ahmed Al-Jabari, the military leader of Hamas. The assassination of Al-Jabari resulted in the end of ceasefire negotiations, and the Palestinians retaliated by firing rockets at Israel. On Nov. 8, Israel responded to the firing of rockets by striking air missiles, which lasted eight days.

These bombs and missiles destroyed several homes and headquarters of news channels, injured thousands of civilians and killed 168, 37 of whom were children. The rockets fired

by Hamas killed five and injured 219 Israelis.

News of the ceasefire agreement was conflicting for me. I was, of course, relieved to hear that there was no immediate danger to innocent civilians on both sides. However, I was also skeptical - just how long will the

ceasefire agreement hold? Worst yet, I was afraid the ceasefire agreement would end the recently growing interest regarding the decades long Gaza and Israel conflict. I did not want people to stop talking about this issue because there was no longer an imminent threat – bombing and the firing of missiles and rockets’ endangering the lives of innocent civilian.

Yes, rockets were fired into Israel. And yes, the targeting of civilians is wrong and should be condemned. However, only calling Hamas’ actions ‘acts of terrorism’ is ridiculous and blatantly hypocritical. Israel has committed similar actions on a much larger scale and violates basic human rights on a daily basis.

Over the last decade, 1,476 children and over 6,500 Palestinians have been killed and 59,575 injured by Israel.

Even though Israel exited Gaza in 2005, it now maintains and controls the occupation from the outside.

On his recent visit to the area, Noam Chomsky described Gaza as the “world’s largest open-air prison.” The idea of the Gaza siege in the words of Israeli official Dov Weisglass “is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.” Israel’s current siege limits water, food, medical supplies and is the cause of 40 per cent of Palestinians living in poverty after losing their jobs in Israel. The siege has also halted all exports,

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which resulted in the crash of private sector.

Furthermore, due to the tight regulations of imports, Gaza does not have the necessary supplies needed to attempt the rebuilding of infrastructures that were demolished by Israel.

Thus far, 24,813 Palestinians’ homes have been demolished by Israeli defense forces since 1967. A large number of Palestinians continue to live in the rubble of their homes; meanwhile, others move in to live with relatives. A total of 80,000-90,000 Palestinians are displaced due to this conflict, 50,000 of whom are children. The numbers of displaced refugees continue to rise; the shelters are overcrowded and are sheltering twice their originally planned capacities.

Additionally, the entire civilian population in the Gaza Strip remains vulnerable,with no safe haven, no bomb shelters and closed borders, making it one of the rare conflicts where civilians have no place to flee.

We must not be placated by the news of ceasefire agreements; instead we should use this tragic event as an opportunity to prevent further violations of rights from occurring to Palestinian people.

The siege on Gaza must be lifted along with regulations implemented on food, water and medical supplies. Gaza’s dependency on Israel must end and living conditions must be restored.

Rob Ford in the spotlight

Hackland’s recent ruling is a blessing in disguise Mel Napeloni Opinions Editor

So, Rob Ford is in the spotlight.

He is currently under fire from Charlie Hackland’s ruling, a judge from the Superior Court of Justice. Ford was found guilty of a conflict of interest. He solicited 3,150 dollars for his private football donations using official city letterhead. Ford has his lawyer ready and mobilized to appeal the court’s decision.

Is this a blessing in disguise?

It was 2010 when Ford was victorious in the toronto mayoral election. Being the son of a former MPP and owner of a multinational printing firm, it’s safe to stay his transition into office wasn’t exactly a struggle. Before his grand opening, Rob was a three-time re-elected city councillor for Ward 2 in Toronto.

I wouldn’t be wrong if I said that Ford is arguably the most despised mayor alongside New York’s Michael Bloomberg. Despite the appeals for his majestic coaching skills, the question remains how such an embarrassingly misguided man ever got a shot in politics.

If his disdain for any mention of unions isn’t enough to set you astray, how ‘bout his declarations that the Transit City plan die after his mayoral election?

The plan stated Toronto can better its light-rail transit system by implementing seven new lines in priority districts. A man who stands for ‘fiscal responsibility’ apparently doesn’t know what that means.

And that’s only a snapshot. Whether or not you defend his fiscal views, you may want to re-think supporting someone who seems rather uneasy with homosexuality.

In 2011, he was the first major to miss the annual gay pride parade on July 3rd because he wanted to visit his cottage. Ford said he had been visiting it in Huntsville for 30 years.

Royson James of the Toronto Star said this in retort, “We thought someone would have reminded Mayor Ford that despite his own personal or religious views, despite his unease around gay people, despite his natural or cultivated antipathy towards such Torontonians, he had to do the mayor thing — the grip and grin, the bringing of greetings on behalf of the people of Toronto. We thought wrong.”

That wasn’t the first or last time Ford’s priorities would show its true colours. In the beginning of November - less than a month before Hackland’s ruling Ford missed a Thursday council meeting to coach a

high-school football team. This is the chief magistrate of this province’s capital who actively put his carnal lust for sports above his duty to his city – a city that deemed him worthy of political leadership.

There is no excuse for that.

And if his misdirected priorities don’t grind your gears, then consider his string of pathological lying as the last straw. In 1999, a year before his political successes, Ford was caught driving under the influence of both alcohol and marijuana.

First, he said he was arrested for refusing a breath a sample. Then, he admitted he was under the influence of alcohol but denied accusations regarding marijuana. Finally, he admitted to both and publicly apologized.

In 2006, he drunkenly told off two out-of-state visitors at a Maple Leafs hockey game. First, he said he wasn’t at the game. Then, he said he was and publicly apologized.

Ironically, it was 2010 when Ford criticized a contract to operate a Boulevard Café in Lake Shore Boulevard. He told the Toronto Star that the contract smelled of corruption. Of course, it would only be two years later that Ford would be guilty of the same kind of deal.

It’s safe to say this recent ruling is a blessing. When a mayor is only good for his entertainment value as a lethargic, comical sack, there’s nothing more refreshing than saying, goodbye Rob, and good riddance.

KAREN WANG GRAPHICS EDITOR

There is a spectre haunting campus - the spectre of identity politics. All the powers of old McMaster have entered into an oligarchic alliance to exorcize this spectre: traditionalist, reactionary and conservative politicians. All right, slight hyperbole - but that is one of my specialties.

As of late, conversations have picked up on campus concerning, in particular, the issue of feminism. Thanks to a growing number of venues in which these discussions can occur freely, such as the Feminist Alliance of McMaster, the Occupy movement and the MSU’s new Ad-Hoc Committee, the conversations that happened within are beginning to be heard in larger society - a massive credit to the strength and enthusiasm of the aforementioned group’s dedicated members.

Much can be said for the force of movements aligned with identity, which have helped reduce oppression in modernity. That being said, I wanted to highlight a gap in the conversation.

There is little discussion about the overarching oppression in society faced by all people, albeit in different ways. We live under an economic system that, by its very nature, exploits us. Capitalism was built and continues to operate on a system of exclusive property ownership, alienating workers from what they produce, and extracting considerably more labour from us than what would need to be done to survive.

Since our economic system prides itself on inequality (in Canada, the richest 10 per cent control just under 60 per cent of the wealth), distinctions amongst members of the lower classes become an important factor of social control in order to stave off revolution.

“Well, I may be a poor man, but at least I’m not a poor woman.” “Well, I may be a poor woman, but at least I’m not a poor racialized woman.” “Well, I may be a poor racialized woman, but at least I’m not a poor, racialized trans* person,” and so on. So long as people believe themselves to be temporarily displaced millionaires or privileged in some way, revolt is thwarted for another day.

Distinctions between groups are an important marker of one’s success, but they also serve other purposes, such as keeping those of us in the bottom ninety percent fighting amongst ourselves rather than fighting those in power. Most basically, though, the system of oppression just exploits people at different levels, very notably paying women considerably less than men for the same kind of work.

A project to remedy the problems facing a particular group without any recognition of the larger system of oppression that weaves through individual distinctions is simply a well meaning, but misguided, liberal one. A female-identifying feminist who does not recognize that capitalism as an economic force benefits from their oppression and the oppression of their LGBT, racialized, disabled, indigenous, marginalized comrades, will not get very far in alleviating the problems facing those who identify as female.

Simply applauding when women, LGBTidentifying individuals or racialized people are in positions of power is not good enough.

Margaret Thatcher was a woman and arguably did more to perpetuate exploitation than most modern British prime ministers. The Republican Party, one not known for its eagerness to challenge oppression, notably had Mia Love, a female Haitian-American, and Richard Tisei, an openly gay man, among their candidates in the recent congressional elections.

Imagine there is a fungus destroying trees in a forest. The blight is the same, but appears to impact different species of trees in different ways. To stop the harm being done to the forest, we cannot simply focus on getting rid of the fungus from only birch or only poplar trees. You could care for all the pine trees and ensure that the blight is removed from those trees you see, but if you do not address the infected leaves on the trees that are beside those you saved, they’ll become infected once more.

Do not let identity get in the way of fighting larger injustice. Recognize that solidarity means working together with marginalized groups to fight your collective oppression.

Being a feminist without acknowledging that you live under an economic system weighted against you is a huge detriment to your cause.

Oppressed people of the world, unite!

Don’t focus solely on your identity, work on getting rid of those chains.

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The Silhouette • Thursday, November 29, 2012

SCHOOL STRESS

Revamp the education system

Concert or corporate rally?

What’s the next step when class sizes are too big and office hours too short?

TD Bank distasteful

Julieta Rodriguez

Jemma Wolfe

Recently, I have started filling out my Master’s applications, and it made me think about how little contact I’ve had with professors in my four and a half years of university. I was asked for two references to enter graduate school, and quickly realized that my choices were very limited—after all, the people I’ve had the most contact with have been my TAs. They’re the ones who know my work and my writing style, my strengths and weaknesses, and my grades.

So I thought, how can I ask a professor for a good recommendation letter if most of them barely know who I am?

I don’t mean to say that professors are to blame for this—I mean, they do hold office hours, and most of them try to encourage students to meet with them and email them with any questions or concerns.

However, most professors hold one or two office hours per week, and when they do encourage us to meet with them, only have time to do so for about half an hour. While it’s understandable that they’re busy, I think this is the reason why most students don’t care about their educations. We all know that we have to go through the system to get a piece of paper that shows we’re qualified for whatever job we’re after, but few people actually go to school to learn.

I only decided that I actually care about doing well in school sometime in the last year.

With classrooms being so huge, I always felt completely anonymous—no doubt, a feeling that almost all (if not all) students have in their first few years of university. This meant that I was too nervous to participate during lectures, and even more so to meet with my professors one-on-one. It’s easy to feel like your education doesn’t matter when you stop being ‘Julieta’ and you start being ‘0861562’ in a class of 300.

Further, it is rare for students to seek out real help with their writing or coursework. In English and Philosophy, we’re constantly expected to improve our writing, but it’s often difficult to discern exactly what it is that we must improve; no doubt this is true of other programs.

The problem is the lack of attention to the

It has become par for the course that any large artistic event that one attends is “made possible” by corporate sponsorship and that we can expect the corporation’s logo, name and brand to have a prominent presence. Recall the Skydome being renamed to the Rogers Centre or “Virgin Mobile Presents Osheaga” Montreal music festival.

On a local level, think Theatre Aquarius’s transition to Theatre Aquarius Dofasco Centre for the Arts, the TD Festival of Friends, and the Art Gallery of Hamilton BMO Financial Group World Film Festival. What a commercial mouthful.

Most recently, the commercialization of an artistic event or space was witnessed in McMaster’s win of the TD Pump It Up contest.

Last Thursday, Nov. 22, approximately 2,500 McMaster students had the opportunity to attend a free concert at Hamilton Place’s Wentworth Room.

The show opened with Young Empires, then Dragonette performed, and Steve Aoki closed the night.

These popular musicians’ performances however were completely overshadowed by the corporate presence of TD. Walking into the venue, one had to move through a green-curtained TD tunnel of sorts, plastered with the TD logo and lined with TD representatives.

Once inside the concert space, the logo was projected in larger-than-life forms on multiple walls, TD representatives milled around the space, the stage was framed with TD banners and slogans, and all the columns were wrapped in posters. Even the lighting was usually green.

Throughout the night, the excessive presence of TD’s logos, colours and signage was oppressive, distracting and incredibly distasteful.

Future corporations sponsoring events –

by TD or otherwise – should pay more careful attention to the fine line that separates tasteful advertising presence of a corporation’s positive support of arts and culture, from the overwhelming corporate atmosphere that detracts from the artistic purpose of the event.

The Silhouette

Managing Editor

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Big lecture halls strips us of our agency and makes us feel like more like numbers.

needs of individual students’ strengths and weaknesses.

I think that in my first few years of university, a lot of my hesitation in visiting professors during their office hours or meeting with them about improving my writing came from the fact that somewhere in my mind I knew that if I was a number without a face or name, at least I wouldn’t feel so embarrassed if I did poorly on an essay or assignment—after all, I didn’t want to look like an idiot in front of people with PhDs. This brings me back to the unapproachability of professors. I think a lot of us are so intimidated by the person teaching us, that we are too afraid to seek help. This was certainly true for me—and for that reason, my writing only drastically improved in the past year and a half along with my marks. Before that, I more often than not felt completely discouraged.

How can I want to continue school if my professors don’t even know my name? If they don’t really have the time to sit down with me for as long as it takes and help me refine my

writing?

We all hear professors tell us not to be afraid to speak to them during office hours or to make appointments, but then again, we know that if every student in every class were to follow that advice, professors would have no time for anything else.

In a sense, then, that request always seems half-hearted because we all know that there aren’t enough hours in the day for a professor to meet with every single student, in every single one of their classes, about every single assignment, test, project, exam, etc. so they cannot possibly mean it when they urge us all to see them or email them anytime we need help.

How are we, then, to improve our skills?

How can we become more invested in our own educations without the undivided attention of our instructors?

I wish I could say I’ve found the answers, but short of having professors run all tutorials, or have all first-, second-, and third-year classes be like fourth-year seminars, there doesn’t seem to be a viable solution.

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What are your thoughts on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict?

Compiled by Mel Napeloni and Yoseif Haddad “I don’t think Israel has attempted peaceful methods of cooperation.

Conflict resolution seems slim considering western powers who actively support the Israeli siege.”

David Quach Economics IV

“This is genocide upon the Palestinian people.

Major media sources will refer to Palestinian people as ‘dead’ and Israeli people as ‘killed.’ This systematic, hypocritical take on it by western governments is absurd.”

Saba Ladha Commerce IV

“It’s ridiculous that students here think they can pass judgements on others. We should stay out of it.”

Lana Difrancescomarino Commerce III

“It is always a topic of dicussion, either online or offline. Unfortunately, I’m not quite sure how to approach it. Media has a big impact on the facts, and deciding what evidence outweighs the other is a big task.”

Andrew Barichello Commerce IV

“The two of them have lived in one nation for so long, yet their conflicts continue. That they need an external body to decide on a ceasefire is worrisome.”

Abdi-Bashi Ali Social Psychology II

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em o s g n pyi u c c o ence y f l i e r d a t t i ’ l i n M d is n a l ’s e one els

Barack Obama, when commenting about the recent warfare in Gaza, stated that he supports Israel’s right to defend itself from Gazan rocket attacks. He declared, almost chided, “Israel has every right to expect that it does not have missiles fired into its territory.” Canada’s Foreign Minister, John Baird, also sang the same tune and reiterated the identical position.

This has been the standard position of our government. It is no different than what it was during Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in 2008, which claimed the lives of over 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis. It seems like a reasonable position too – it explains our blind acceptance of it. If someone was launching rockets at Canada, would we not fight back?

What has been conveniently omitted by our politicians and our media is one crucial piece of information: the Gaza Strip has been subject to a brutal military occupation by Israel for 45 years now. The international community, including U.S. and Canada, recognize this occupation to be illegal. In addition, since 2006, Gaza has been under a severe economic siege which has made the dignified existence of Palestinians impossible.

Although Israel evacuated the Gaza Strip in 2005, it now maintains and controls the occupation from the outside; entering whenever it feels appropriate. On his recent visit to the area, Noam Chomsky described Gaza as the “world’s largest open-air prison.” The idea of the Gazan siege, in the words of Israeli official Dov Weisglass, “is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.”

Israel strictly controls air, land and sea access to Gaza. It has defined ‘buffer zones’ along Gaza’s agriculturally rich border where Palestinians are prohibited to enter - they are shot at if they try to walk on their own land. Fishermen, too, are fired at by mighty Israeli ships if they dare go three miles pass the shoreline. Israel strictly controls all imports into Gaza and exports are almost non-existent. Construction projects to rebuild vital infrastructure can’t be carried out, forcing the UN to declare the Strip “unlivable” by 2020. Drones and F-16s whiz through the sky so often that their constant thundering has become background noise.

Israel regularly conducts military operations inside Gaza; frequently targeting civilians. Western media started reporting about Operation Pillar of Cloud as a response to Hamas’ rocket fire on Nov. 14 as if the occupation forces had been patiently standing by the border since January 2009. What is unknown to us is the recent escalation started on Nov. 5 when a Palestinian man was killed for simply being in the ‘buffer zone’. Then again, on Nov. 8, a thirteen-year-old boy was killed while playing soccer by machine gunfire. Each death resulted in retaliation from Palestinian fighters and loss of more Palestinians lives, finally leading up the Nov.

KAREN WANG GRAPHICS EDITOR

14 episode.

Subject to never-ending humiliation, degradation and impoverishment, some Gazans end up joining Hamas’ military ranks or groups like Islamic Jihad.

This small percentage of the population is driven to desperation and decides to resist the occupation violently.

Even though Hamas was elected by Gazans in 2006 to administer their internal affairs, it has been shunned as a terrorist organization. Hamas’ terrorism is akin to the terrorism of Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress (ANC), which employed violence to resist the Western-backed South African apartheid regime. Mandela and the ANC were also officially declared to be notorious terrorists at the time. When Hamas directly targets Israeli citizens; it is no doubt condemnable. However, this needs to be met by equal condemnation of Israel for attacking civilians; something our governments refuse to do.

Gilad Sharon, son of former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon, bluntly describes the pretext under which the military operation and siege on Gaza is justified in Israeli circles “The residents of Gaza are not innocent, they elected Hamas. The Gazans aren’t hostages; they chose this freely, and must live with the consequences.”

Even if one were to assume Hamas’ militant activities serve no purpose but to provoke Israel, is it still justified to collectively punish 1.6 million Gazans for voting the ‘wrong way’?

Instead of shelling Gaza, Israel can employ peaceful means to end the rocket fire into its own territory. Hamas’ leader, Khaled Meshal, describes it quite simply, “If occupation ends, resistance ends. If Israel stops firing, we stop firing.” While Hamas has accepted a two-state solution, the Israeli leadership under Netanyahu has demonstrated no interest in pursuing it, jeopardizing any attempt for it to be executed and pinning the blame on the opposing party. However, if Hamas really was the problem, why then was no deal reached before 2006, when they weren’t even a part of the equation?

Although a cease-fire has been brokered, it is likely to be broken again. Talk of Israel ‘defending itself ’ will resume in the next round of escalation. And when that happens, I want to consider this: is it really possible for a regime guilty of occupation to be defending itself from those it oppresses? To our government that unequivocally supports Israel: don’t the Palestinians have every right to not be occupied by Israel? Do they not have the right to defend themselves against an illegal occupation and an unjust siege?

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Israel has a right to defend itself When a terrorist organization violates international law, action is necessary

The Israeli flag was created in 1948. The Hexagram was adopted by the first Zionist Congress in 1897.

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Last week’s issue of The Silhouette featured an article entitled “Call for Peace” that provided a one-sided account of the current conflict in the Middle East under the guise of ‘news’.

This conflict is extraordinarily complicated, but this is no excuse for completely ignoring that there are two sides to every story. News articles should strive to present current events in a balanced, objective way. For example, if a count of the Palestinians that were wounded is provided, a count of the Israelis that were wounded should be provided as well. The article “A Call for Peace” made no attempt to tell a balanced story – it was anti-Israel propaganda, and Silhouette readers should demand a higher standard of news.

Since the article did not offer any context or explanation of the recent conflict, it is where I will begin. Israel disengaged from the Gaza Strip in 2005. In 2007 Hamas - a terrorist organization - took control of the government. Hamas does not recognize Israel’s right

to exist and has fired over 8,000 rockets into Israel since 2005. It’s hard to imagine that any state would tolerate constant rocket fire and not respond with equal or greater force than Israel has in order to keep its citizens safe.

Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense began on Nov. 14 with the aim of putting an end to the rocket fire that has forced those living in southern Israel to retreat to bomb shelters time and again.

“A Call for Peace” mentioned that Israel has Gaza under a siege – rather, Gaza is under a weapons embargo intended to weaken Hamas and prevent Hamas from acquiring more of the lethal rockets that they use to terrorize Israeli civilians. Israel continues to supply necessary goods to Gaza including electricity, food and water, as Israel does not aim to punish a civilian population, but rather prevent a dangerous organization from arming itself.

As mentioned in last week’s article, over 100 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict. This number includes both militant and civilian deaths. Civilian deaths occur be-

cause Hamas has violated international law by hiding their rocket launching equipment behind civilian infrastructure. As a result, to protect its own people, the Israeli army is forced to attack civilian areas to destroy Hamas’s launching equipment. Hamas’s use of civilian shields is a despicable war crime.

The Israel Defense Force does everything it can to prevent civilian casualties – it drops leaflets, makes phone calls and sends text messages alerting citizens to evacuate areas that it will be targeting. It is true that Israel has been responsible for civilian casualties, but these casualties are never deliberate, and it is Hamas that makes the Palestinian civilians into targets in the first place. Israel has gone above and beyond its humanitarian responsibility in offering medical aid to injured Gazans.

This is in stark contrast to Hamas, a terrorist group that fires indiscriminately at Israeli civilians, and has made their aim of killing innocent Israeli civilians very clear; when Hamas kills Israeli civilians it is intentional and a cause for celebration. During Novem-

ber 2012 four Israeli civilians were killed and 219 Israeli civilians were wounded by rocket fire, and the bomb that blew up a Tel Aviv bus on Nov. 21 wounded 27 more Israeli civilians.

In a recent video, Hamas stated that they love death more than the Israelis love life.

For Hamas, it is not about building a better home for the Palestinian people – it is about destroying the state of Israel. The Palestinians deserve a government that will work towards their safety and security, and Hamas is not interested in working towards either of these goals.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama announced earlier this month that they stand with Israel and recognize Israel’s right to defend itself.

The United States was instrumental in orchestrating the ceasefire that was called on Nov. 21, and although twelve more rockets were fired following the ceasefire, it looks like the worst has passed. Hopefully, the Israeli government will be able to find a partner for peace, and in our lifetime peace in the Middle East can be a reality.

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Palestine and our colonial past The exploited and the oppressed are forerunners to the siege in Gaza Edward Lovo The Silhouette

History attests to the suffering of indigenous peoples under colonial rule. India, Algeria and South Africa are all nations that were formerly under colonial rule.

There are two principal forms of colonization. One form of colonization is motivated by the desire for settlement and the other is motivated by the extraction of riches. Correspondingly, empires had two kinds of colonies—the settled and the exploited—which would be treated very differently. Although settlement colonies developed self-government, the establishment of trading ports and posts eventually transformed these colonies from settler to exploitive.

French Algeria was an instance of the settler colony. Settlement in Algeria by the French, however, was slow in coming and only accelerated when France lost AlsaceLorraine in 1871 to the Germans.

This forced the French population to immigrate to Algeria. The indigenous population of Algeria was subjected to the régime du sabre (rule of the sword), whereas French citizenship was extended to non-French settlers that were of European descent and was also further extended to a specific group of indigenous peoples: the Jewish population.

Algeria became a world divided in two.

There was the sector of the colonists on one side of the sword and the sector of the colonized subdued by sword point. Frantz Fanon describes the colonists’ sector as, “a sector of lights and paved roads, where the trash cans constantly overflow with strange and wonderful garbage, undreamed-of leftovers. The colonist’s feet can never be glimpsed, except perhaps in the sea, but then you can never get close enough. They are protected by solid shoes in a sector where the streets are clean and smooth, without a pothole, without a stone.

The colonist’s sector is a sated, sluggish sector, its belly is permanently full of good things. The colonist’s sector is ... a sector of foreigners.”

While the colonists lived well off, the colonized subjects were famished, “hungry for bread, meat, shoes, coal, and light.” Living

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A young Palestinian boy stands with his nation’s flag among rubble. Israeli rockets target civilian populations.

in these conditions under régime du sabre as second-class citizenships and with shortages of resources—essentially dehumanization—it is no surprise that the “muscles of the colonized are always tensed ... The colonized subject is a persecuted man who is forever dreaming of becoming the persecutor.” The colonized subject is constantly faced with a beast of violence, for “colonialism is not a machine capable of thinking, a body endowed with reason. It is naked violence ...”

Modern oppression is typically characterized not by colonialism, but by neocolonialism, a perverse evolution of directly violent structures into an indirect, economic kind.

Nevertheless, colonialism persists in some parts of the world. In Palestine, millions of people live under the subjugation of the Israeli state, a regime that unlawfully occupies vast tracts of land historically inhabited by the Palestinians.

These colonial subjects are literally parched by the Israeli settlement colony. Although there is enough water to meet the basic needs of all Israelis and Palestinians, the distribution of water between the two societies is highly unequal.

How is Israel’s settlement of the West Bank any different? How is Israel’s blockade on the Gaza Strip any different? Palestin-

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When will the ‘skinny shaming’ stop?

Belittling thin women is a culture that needs to stop Talia Kollek The Silhouette

Earlier this year, much to the excitement of fans, The Hunger Games came to the cinema.

The film was based upon Suzanne Collins’ book series, which portrays a dystopian future that pits children against each other in an arena to fight to the death. Cast as the resourceful protagonist was Jennifer Lawrence a talented young actress from Kentucky. Upon her selection a few critics complained that her body did not accurately represent the role.

Among the more civil objections included the opinion of Manohla Dargis of The New York Times, who claimed that [a] few years ago Ms. Lawrence might have looked hungry enough to play Katniss, but now, at 21, her seductive, womanly figure makes a bad fit. The Hollywood Reporter exemplified the less eloquent comments on the issue by referring to Lawrence’s problem as lingering baby fat. The remarks about Lawrence’s weight prompted her to give an interview on the subject to Elle magazine.

The interview should have been a step forward for the body positivity movement.

Here we have an actress with quickly ascending fame that has publicly fallen victim to criticism of her body and has now been given a microphone. This was a chance to tell women everywhere that they too can be an actress, regardless of their size. What Lawrence unfortunately ended up accomplishing was what I like to call “skinny shaming,” or the degradation of skinny women.

In a response to the urgings to become thinner, Lawrence states that she wants “to look like a woman, [not] a little boy.” My question is how do you differentiate between the two looks? Is a small woman any less of a woman than a larger one? In connecting her womanhood to her size and shape, Lawrence only reaffirms comments made by reporters like Dargis, who imply that her voluptuousness is a key aspect to being female. Why would anyone trying to promote self-esteem want to alienate women who are a size 6 and smaller?

Before proceeding, I think it is important to acknowledge the privilege that comes with being a size that is favoured by the fashion industry. Being between the dress sizes of 4 to 12 means that you can walk into a store and most likely find clothing that you like and that will suit you. Being a size above or below this range makes shopping a nightmare. Working in retail, I have seen the struggles that some people have to go through to find an outfit that suits them. Being a size 16 myself, the most interesting phenomena I have encountered is that women around or above my size assume I am their ally in some war against skinny women everywhere. I have had customers openly degrade my slender female coworker without knowing a thing about them, telling me how much they “hate her” and “people like her.” They quickly label themselves as “real women” and express disgust towards skinny bodies and those that find them attractive. Do skinny women have privilege when it comes to clothes shopping? Yes. Does that make them deserving of this type of treatment? No. This war pitting fat against skinny should be recognized as an unnecessary conflict between women that only perpetuates selfhatred and unhealthy body image on both sides.

Instead of trying to change ourselves or each other, the body positivity movement must stop putting constraints on what constitutes womanhood and what is deemed attractive. In expressing her desire to stay a certain size and be a woman, not a little boy Lawrence is defining what a real woman should look like, dismissing those with a lower BMI as less worthy of a feminine identity.

Just to be clear, having preferences towards one body type or another is no crime, but being prescriptive about other people’s figures is unacceptable. Appreciate whatever physical features you enjoy and don’t be ashamed of it, but do not tell others what constitutes sex appeal.

The message Lawrence should have delivered in her interview is that all bodies are sexy and equally worthy of praise.

ians are dehumanized, oppressed, exploited, subdued by gunpoint, persecuted—“the colonized subject is always presumed guilty.”

Let’s count the ways.

In 2006, following the election victory of Hamas, Israel placed restrictions on Gaza, restrictions on access to borders, the free movement of Gazans, and on importations and exportations. Three out of the four goods crossings have remained out of operation since 2006.

Israel is also in sole control of water resources, the Jordan River being the main surface water resource for the Palestinians, and control of the water supply Palestinians have is merely nominal. In 1993, Israelis and Palestinians signed the Oslo interim agreement, which was intended to begin negotiations on water resources - negotiations that were intended to be concluded by 2000 but have yet to take place.

The agreement also established a Joint Water Committee with an even number of Israelis and Palestinians possessing membership to manage the West Bank’s shared water resources.

However, Oslo also assigns exclusive veto power to Israelis over decision-making in the committee, effectively reducing the Palestinians to nominal power.

An Israeli water company, Mekorot, controls the allocation of water for both Israelis and Palestinians. It reduces the quantity of water they provide for the Palestinians while water consumption by the Israelis doubles. In addition, in the West Bank district of Tubas, the average consumption of water for Palestinians is thirty litres per person, whereas for the illegal settlement of Beka’ot - only 12 kilometres south of Tubas - the average consumption of water by Israelis is 401 litres per person.

Israel has colonized the Palestinians beyond their borders. Similar actions have occurred in other colonies such as Algeria - the indigenous population is treated as inferior, but as Fanon notes, they will never be convinced of their inferiority.

Determining what constitutes justice is a difficult affair, but one thing is certain that though, as Alain Badiou says, “injustice is clear, justice is obscure. Those who have undergone injustice provide irrefutable testimony concerning the former. But who can testify for justice? Injustice has its affect: suffering, revolt. Nothing, however, signals justice: it presents itself neither as spectacle nor as sentiment.”

And these words live on.

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People round the globe have been caught in a panic as the realiization of a nearing doomsday has sunk in.

The doomsday, scheduled for this, the 21st of December, year of our lord and saviour, the twelfth of the second thousands, has set in motion a nationwide mania as civilians wonder how society will function once it ceases to exist.

To combat this disturbing trend, self-respected radio host and erstwhile chipmunk befriender Old “Man” Dithers

has vowed to begin a non-stop broadcast, spanning the entirety of the 552 hours from midnight thursday morning, all the way to the fateful day itself.

“I feel like the nation would feel a lot safer with my reassuring voice to guide them through the darkness, as we move through these troubled times,” said Dithers, over a telecommunicated interview, as he wished to not disclose or leave his physical location.

“The Mayans didn’t understand how the passage of time really worked. They never accounted for leap years and frankly stopped giving a shit after planning ahead more than a thousand years past

the end of their civilization.”

It was at this point that Dithers began to interject into the interview questions with claims of “temporal interference” into the due process of “Spanish liberation.” The interview took a stark turn when Dithers shut off the video feed but neglected to end the audio transmission, at which point this Speculator reporter heard seven straight hours of an 87-year old man whispering sweet nothings into the ears of what can only be assumed to be a taxidermed rodent.

The transmition, expected to reach an area as large as 20 metres away from the vicinity of his “secret radio bunker”

located precisely in the back of a stolen U-Haul truck parked outside a Windsor, Ont. Pet Supplies superstore, will be the most recent in a series of Dithers’ broadcasts, following his previous critique of the Australian government for refusing to acknowledge his claimed Aborigine heritage, with government officials responding, “The bloke is a massive dill and when we told him no he just wouldn’t rack off.”

Regardless of the doomsday’s eventual arrival or raincheck, the broadcast is expected to entertain few and disturb many.

Please let it happen.

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Heartbreak at Rogers Centre The Marauders record-breaking run came to an end in a 3714 loss to the Laval Rouge et Or in the 48th Vanier cup Brandon Meawasige Senior Sports Editor

A crowd of 37,098 streaked the Rogers Centre with maroon and grey for the 48th Vanier Cup against the Laval Rouge et Or Friday night.

Unfortunately, the record-breaking crowd for the CIS championship game also left, for the most part, with heavy hearts.

Glen Constantin’s team would not be stopped. In a battle for historical milestones, it was Laval who would prevail, winning their seventh Vanier Cup title. No program in Canadian history has won more.

In the much-anticipated rematch of last year’s overtime thriller of a championship game, which the Marauders won 41-38, the Rouge et Or came out firing on all cylinders.

Without question, the nation’s second-ranked team had not forgotten about their loss from a year ago.

The first quarter of the game was scoreless for both teams, as neither seemed willing to give up the first points.

Running a strong ground game in the second frame, Laval went out to an early 12-0 lead. It looked as though their opponents outmatched Mac. Suddenly, a drive was sustained which, ended in an all too familiar Kyle Quinlan rushing touchdown.

The environment was electric, and undeniably hostile towards the Rouge et Or, who, despite travelling to neutral ground for the game, walked into a visiting team role.

With less than two minutes remaining in the first half, Laval took possession of the ball only to be promptly shut down by Mac’s defense, which showed its first spark of the game.

It was clear that for the first time, the Maroon and Grey had gained momentum.

What happened next was unthinkable.

Pinned to their own 14, Quinlan led his team up the field for a 24-second, 96-yard scoring drive capped off by a 52-yard Dhalin Brooks touchdown reception. On the biggest stage ever for CIS football, the Hec Creighton trophy winner demonstrated why he is considered to be one of the best players to ever don the McMaster colors.

As a result, the Marauders entered half time with a 14-12 lead; much different from the 23-0 margin they had at half the year before.

In an eerily similar fashion to the 2011 Vanier, though, when both teams returned to play in the third quarter, the Rouge et Or played a completely wired and vicious brand of football.

Laval looked determined to take the Vanier Cup away from the defending national champions, and they did just that.

The Rouge et Or went up 18-14 and never looked back. It was not the day for Mac to repeat as champions, and Laval tailback Maxime Boutin did his part to make sure of that.

The second-year player, who only began to start recently, rushed for over 250 yards, including an 84-yard run,which marked the third-longest play from scrimmage in Vanier Cup history.

Boutin was part of a team rushing performance of 373 yards, breaking a previous record for Vanier Cup single-game yards formerly held by the 1982 UBC Thunderbirds.

“They made it easy for me, and I almost always had a huge gap to run into,” Boutin said of his offensive line after the win. For his efforts, Boutin was awarded CIS player of the week along teammates, defensive end Arnaud Gascon-Nadon and kicker Boris Bede.

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Marauders coach Stefan Ptaszek watched as his team suffered a rare defeat on Friday.

The 6’ 5”, 255-pound senior GasconNadon decided to return for a final year despite the opportunity to go pro. Drafted by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in last year’s CFL draft, Gascon-Nadon cited that “This is the reason I came back and didn’t go pro” in a CIS press release.

“After last year’s loss to Mac in the Vanier, we all wanted to get this payback. We really wanted this seventh banner to become the most decorated team in history,” he continued.

For both teams, the long journey to the 48th Vanier was one of domination and preparation.

Laval undoubtedly had practiced all season for a chance to take back what they believed to be rightfully theirs from McMaster.

The Marauders looked to join Laval in the upper echelons of CIS football by winning a second straight national championship. Truly, it was a story that wrote itself. For McMaster fans, it was a bittersweet conclusion.

As the crowd thinned out and the clock

wound down, it was clear that the spirits of Mac’s fans had been broken.

That being said, the players on the field continued to battle, persevering through tough calls and plenty of time wasted by Laval injuries.

Regardless of the 37-14 loss, Mac’s run to the 48th Vanier broke CIS records, and they carried their school and the entire Hamilton community the entire way through. It was a story made memorable regardless of the ending.

For all the players, coaches and fans of McMaster football it was a difficult day. But, one loss is certainly not enough to break the spirits of this program.

The streak of 21 consecutive victories had come to an end. There was no repeat of a national championship.

But there is not yet a way to measure the impact that the Marauders have had on CIS football; the 48th Vanier Cup was evidence that it is on the map in a way it has never been before.

Maxime Boutin ran over Mac for 253 yards as part of a 373-yard team total on the ground.

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A Dhalin Brooks touchdown provided a bright spot for Mac in what was otherwise the worst offensive showing in recent memory for the program, scampering over 50 yards for a TD.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Mac gaining valuable experience in losing skid Scott Hastie

Assistant Sports Editor

With a 1-4 record, hitting the panic button is becoming increasingly tempting for McMaster’s men’s basketball team.

The Marauders are in the midst of a fourgame losing streak, with some of those losses coming in very winnable games.

But the head coach of the Maroon program is not worried – yet.

“It’s all part of the process,” said Amos Connolly.

This process Connolly speaks about is the journey back to the CIS national championship.

Expectations are high for the program after a 17-5 season last year, especially since the wins came with many young players.

There have been bright spots in the crossconference competition.

First-year Rohan Boney filled the void at the point guard spot when Aaron Redpath

and Adam Presutti were nursing injuries.

His defense, most notably his on-ball pressure, has given hell to some of the league’s best players.

Carleton’s Phil Scrubb and Ottawa’s Warren Ward both struggled when Boney was their defensive counter-part.

Taylor Black’s standout performance in the last two games is a welcome sight, but only if he can put it together for more than a few tilts at a time.

Redpath taking over the offensive end of the court against Queen’s was a first for the team this year.

Until now, no player has tried to put the team on his back in a fourth quarter like the second-year guard has.

Injuries have been an issue nagging the team for the whole season so far.

Presutti is battling back from an ankle injury over the summer, a hip pointer suffered in opening weekend, and shoulder injury from practice.

But the Maroon and Grey are not looking for excuses. They are looking for victories.

With their attempts falling short, Coach Connolly says the men’s squad is low on morale after a four-game losing streak.

The coaching staff is preaching patience to the fragile group, with frustration mounting in the players as the team continues to lose close games.

Regardless of the early struggles, the goal remains the same and the head coach does not see himself lowering the bar he has set for this team.

“Where you set your expectations dictates so much about your belief in your team,” said Connolly.

Perhaps the most positive sign for the team is learning how to lose earlier in the season than later.

Through the 2012-13 campaign, the OUA East is looking like the stronger conference.

Five of the seven East teams have better records than the West-leading Windsor Lan-

cers. Mac has the smallest point differential outside of Windsor with two games remaining before the winter break.

With the cross-conference play finishing this weekend, the Marauders will be taking on the best and worst in the conference.

On Nov. 30, Mac will take on the Toronto Varsity Blues. The Blues sit at 2-4 with a tough road ahead of them.

This game could break the Marauders’ losing streak, but with the ups and downs this team has experienced, no victory is guaranteed.

The Ryerson Rams will be hoping to maintain their undefeated record this year.

The 2012 Final Four team holds the only perfect record in the OUA and made their first appearance in the CIS top-ten this week.

Despite the adventure his team has gone through, Connolly still expects a 2-0 result from this weekend’s matches. McMaster will also go play in a tournament at Ryerson University over the holiday break.

McMaster’s season only gets easier from here, as they end their cross-conference play this weekend. OUA East opponents hold a 31-11 combined record.

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Rookie guard finds her groove in loss to Queen’s Danielle Boiago puts up a near triple-double amidst team struggles Scott Hastie

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For the McMaster Marauders women’s basketball team, this season was supposed to be filled with optimism and opportunity.

After an 80-67 loss to Queen’s Gaels at home this weekend, the team is staring at a 1-4 record. Expectations were not incredibly high for the squad, but the record has put a damper on the locker room.

“We said going into the Queen’s game that we need to play some desperate basketball. We need a win,” said head coach Theresa Burns. “We didn’t respond the same way in the Queen’s game as we did in the Carleton game.”

The Maroon and Grey put forth an uninspired effort against the Gaels, giving up a 31-point third quarter as an exclamation point on their futility. The season has turned into a similar story game-in and game-out: the young players are producing, playing inspired basketball and taking every opportunity to grow as a team.

Veteran play continues to be an issue.

Hailey Milligan’s play is a measuring stick for how the squad will perform and through five games her play has been inconsistent.

Against Queen’s, Milligan logged nine minutes while scoring six points and grabbing two rebounds. Burns had no explanation for her veteran’s play. “[Milligan] was in foul trouble and it was just one of those games. Her level of play just wasn’t there,” said Burns.

The 6’3” forward also struggled in the game against Ottawa, logging only 16 minutes while battling foul trouble.

As the team looks ahead, Milligan will be expected to carry a heavier share of the load.

With an already undersized roster, the team cannot afford to lose their rebounding anchor.

Picking up the slack is rookie guard Dan-

ielle Boiago. The Hamilton, Ont. product put together her most impressive performance of the season, finishing three steals shy of a triple-double.

The freshman also dropped 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, leading the team in both categories. Her play on Saturday was a ray of hope for the team since Boiago has been unable to turn in strong, consistent play.

She finished the pre-season as the leading scorer on the team but when league play began, her play took a turn for the worse. Her ability to finish at the rim with high efficiency was gone and Boiago looked to avoid contact on lay-ups.

McMaster’s rookie phenom put those habits behind her and found a knack for getting to the free throw line against Queen’s.

Boiago finished with a game-high 7-10 free throw shooting performance.

Burns called her young guard’s fear of taking contact a first-year issue and praised the guard’s coachability after the loss.

As the final games of OUA East competition approach, the Marauders are left with more questions than answers compared to the beginning of the season. McMaster is without a team leader with Milligan not performing well. Their most consistent player, Isabel Ormond, is battling a shoulder injury, and the star rookie guard is suffering a serious case of first-year blues.

McMaster hits the road on Nov. 30 to face the East leading Toronto Varsity Blues. The Blues pose the biggest challenge of the season next to the Carleton Ravens and a major storyline going forward will be how the Marauders respond to a game where many may write the young squad off.

The Ryerson Rams will also be hosting the Maroon and Grey. Mac handed the Rams a hefty preseason loss, forcing 32 turnovers in JESSIE LU ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR the game. Ryerson is refuelled and will look to Boiago will need to produce above her season average for Mac to turn their season around. avenge the loss.

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KEEPING S CORE

Brandon Meawasige Senior Sports Editor

There are those who would look at the score of the 48th Vanier Cup and say that it was all for naught. There are those who would argue that the most important game was lost and that everything before was a historical footnote. Those people are very wrong.

Speaking not only as a fan, or as a person who has had the pleasure of covering this team over the last two years, but simply as a McMaster student, I can say that the Marauders football team has been a source of pride for this school, its students and this community.

That is not only an optimistic inference; the presence of Mac football pride is tangible here on campus. Speaking with school president Patrick Deane before the game, it was apparent that not only were students partaking in the excitement surrounding this team and this sport, but it was everywhere – in every hallway, in every office and in every classroom.

Regardless of the records and the history at stake, the outcome of the national championship game almost didn’t matter.

There were 37,098 fans in attendance for the game, breaking the previous record by almost 5,000. More than 30,000 (and that’s being generous to Laval) were there to support the Marauders.

It was a sea of maroon blanketing the blue bleachers of the nation’s most recognizable football stadium (sorry Riders fans), and if I had closed my eyes as Mac ran out of the tunnel it very well could have been Sunday.

At one time or another, 3.3 million people watched the broadcast on TSN and RDS – nearly 10 per cent of the country.

Taking the GO train on the day of the game was an experience I will never forget. Waiting for the bus to take me to Aldershot, school buses loaded with Mac faithful, decked out in their school colors, left the campus in droves. Upon arriving at the station, the platform was full of Marauder fans. Every car was filled, and at every stop between Hamilton and Toronto, someone supporting our school boarded, dressed for the occasion.

The support, to my surprise, extended to a much greater community, bound not only by the geographic area of this beautiful Westdale campus, but by a much higher purpose. From the start of the 2011 season, the headlines, all of the stories and a record of 22-1 (21 in a row) had brought McMaster to the pinnacle of Canadian university football.

Facing a Laval team that they had defeated in what was widely considered the greatest game ever played at any level, the Marauders had a chance to win back-to-back national championships.

The intrigue that had developed nation-wide for this game was evident. This year’s game was the most watched Vanier Cup in history – and you’d better believe the Marauders had something to do with that.

Win or lose, Mac had done something that no other team in history was able to do. I am not talking about a national championship or a winning streak. I am talking about putting CIS football on the map.

To those who argue that Laval winning their seventh Vanier is the real piece of history here, I say congratulations.

But there were six national championships in their cabinet before 2011, and never did they draw a crowd quite like the one at Rogers Centre on Nov. 23.

This year’s Marauders will go down in history as the team who made a great impact on the progress of university-level football. This paper, this school and I are all extremely proud of this team.

Go Mac Go.

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1 Seeing a packed Rogers Centre for a Canadian university sporting event might go down as one of my favourite memories of 2012. When the crowd was into the game, the cheering was defeaning. But the awe of the fanfare turned into horror pretty fast as some fans decided to turn this into an antifrancophone event. Offensive signs and tweets were plentiful. It was not a good representation of the CIS, McMaster students or even Canada as a whole. It was embarrassing to be a part of the hate.

Marauder big man Taylor Black has enjoyed a strong start to the 2012-13 season, playing especially well in the last three games. His consistency will be key going forward for the Maroon and Grey.

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On B2 of this week’s edition of the Silhouette, you’ll find an infographic with four advanced statistics for the Marauders’ basketball teams. Moneyball fans may know these sabermetrics. This sports section is moving forward with our coverage, away from the misleading statistics like points per game and field goal percentage. We want to make sure our readership is as informed as possible, and introducing advanced stats is the best way to do that.

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The Silhouette • Thursday, November 29, 2012

McMaster ends fall season on a high note Alexandra Reilly The Silhouette

It was a fight to finish this past Saturday afternoon in Burridge gym as the McMaster Women’s Volleyball team pulled out a huge win in five sets against the Brock Badgers.

Going into the match, Head Coach Tim Louks was quite confident after the team’s double-header win the previous weekend.

“Brock is a team that we only get to play once,” Louks said. “There is no ‘get another shot at it’. Brock is tough and we are all right around the same record. We know as a team what we have to do.”

The set got off to a bit of a disastrous start for the Maroon contingent as their two first sets were both driven right into the net. Brock took advantage of McMaster’s early slump and pounced, taking an early 16-12 lead.

After the technical timeout the Badgers dominated once again expanding their lead to 23-18 over the Marauders.

The Marauders’ errors and Brock’s dominance were too much for the ladies in Maroon as they dropped the first set of the game

McMaster battled their way back to a .500 record after a rocky start to the season.

25-23. The Marauders regained focus to start off the second set with a 6-1 lead.

Unfortunately the Badgers maintained their focus and power throughout the set in order to catch up and take a 16-15 lead halfway through.

After the second technical timeout of the game the teams were tied at 19 a piece. Thanks to McMaster’s Amanda Weldon and Lauren Mastroluisi performing

some key serves in the set, the Marauders were able to even out the score of the game 1-1 taking the second set 25-20.

The third set proved to be another key difference maker in the game for the Marauders as they amped up their game right from the start.

The Marauders were able to snatch a 16-10 lead and although Brock put up a fight coming within 2 points of the Marauders, the ladies

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maintained their composure to close out the third set 25-20 making it now a 2-1 game.

The fourth set saw the Brock Badgers step up their game as they took an early lead over the Marauders.

The Badgers snagged a 16-9 lead over the Marauders at the technical timeout. The set was a slow one for the Marauder squad seeing them trailing 20-14.

McMaster attempted to make a

run getting within two of the Badgers but Brock held strong taking the fourth set 25-20. With the game now tied 2-2 it would come down to a fifth and final determining set.

The Marauders brought it to start off the fifth set with an early 8-2 lead over Brock.

The ladies in Maroon kept it going to further extend their lead to 14-10 before Brock scored three in a row to bring the game to a whole new level. It was a nerve-wracking final set if you were a Marauder fan as the Badgers kept the score of the set very close.

Kierstyn Bakker proved to be a difference maker scoring the final winning point for the Marauders to win the set 15-13 and take the game 3-2 over Brock.

McMaster’s Shannon McRoberts had another break out game with 13 kills and 6 solo blocks in the match.

This win extends McMaster’s winning streak to three in a row also evens out the team’s total stats to five wins and five losses.

The Marauders now break for the Christmas holiday returning in the New Year to face the Toronto Varsity Blue’s at home on Jan. 11.

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Thursday, November 29, 2012 • The Silhouette MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Marauders atop the standings With weekend sweep, McMaster now sits at the No. 2 rank in the CIS Laura Sinclair The Silhouette

The Marauders men’s volleyball team remains the number-one team in the OUA and the second-ranked team in the CIS after a successful road trip to Windsor and London to take on some fierce OUA competition.

The Marauders team has proven to be unstoppable, remaining the only undefeated team left in the OUA. After spending their Friday night in Toronto to watch the Vanier Cup, the Marauders had to hop on a bus and hit the road early on Saturday to Windsor to take on the Lancers.

Despite the long bus ride, the team still managed to bring their A game, winning the match 3-1.

The Lancers surprised the powerhouse Marauders team in the first set, winning it 25-19.

The momentum from the Lancers would not last long, as the Marauders got a hold of it in the second set and dominated the Lancers, winning it quite easily 25-9, proving that the first set was just a fluke.

The third and fourth sets were also won quite handily by the Marauders with scores of 25-20 and 25-21, respectively.

The leading scorer for the Marauders was Stephen Maar, who led the team with 19 points and 15 kills, followed by Jayson McCarthy with ten kills and three blocks, Kevin Stevens with 11 kills and one block, and Dany Demyanenko with six kills, four blocks and one ace.

The Marauders’ winning streak was not done yet, as they traveled to London on Sunday to take on their rivals, the Western Mustangs.

The Marauders were off to a slow start in the first set, trailing the Mustangs on the score board. Once

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Jori Mantha’s attack has proved to be the Maroon and Grey’s most reliable option for head coach Dave Preston.

the team got their act together, they ended up dominating the remainder of the set, and winning it in a close score of 25-23.

The Marauders kept the momentum going in the early part of the second set, getting up to a sixpoint lead, but Western’s Phil James scored continuous points on his serve, giving Western the lead and, ultimately, the win.

Western won the set 26-24.

The Mustangs was on a roll in the third set, leading 8-4 early on, until Marauder Alex Elliot took to the court.

Elliot brought a series of blocks, helping the Marauders to get the lead and the win, 25-20.

The fourth set saw Marauder dominance once again, as the men in maroon ran away with it, winning

the set 25-19.

Dany Demyanenko was the leading scorer for the Marauders, dominating with 20 points, 17 kills, two blocks and one ace; a performance that contributed to his well-deserved title of “Athlete of the Week.”

Right behind Demyanenko in points was Jayson McCarthy with 14.5, 10 kills, 2.5 blocks and two aces, Kevin Stevens with 14 points,

Stephen Maar with 12 points and Austin Campion-Smith with 43 assists in the match.

Next up for the Marauders men’s volleyball team is a break for exams.

OUA regular season action gets started again in the Burridge Gym on Jan. 11, when the Marauders will take on the University of Toronto Varsity Blues.

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The Silhouette • Thursday, November 29, 2012

Photo: Autumn Retrospective

Top left: Marauders fell short in the 48th Vanier Cup (Yoseif Haddad). Bottom left: Women made the OUA final four (Ying Shan). Far right: Mac repeats as OUA champs (Jeff Tam).

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Stephen Clare The Silhouette

We’re reaching the end of that special time of year when us men can finally let the hairy caterpillars roam free on our upper lips. Some have managed to support a thriving colony of facial fungi, while others are stuck with peach fuzz. That’s the great thing about Movember, though, isn’t it? It doesn’t matter whether you’re displaying an Amazonian jungle or Saharan wasteland - everybody gets in on the fun.

That’s what Movember is all about. The inclusivity. Men (and occasionally women) united in their pursuit of that most manly of goals: a luxurious, thick moustache.

Wait. That’s not right at all. Isn’t there something more to this month?

We all love a good moustache, but in your pursuit of perfect pilosity, you’ve lost sight of Movember’s true purpose: raising money for prostate cancer research.

Be honest. How many people do you know enjoying a lip-warmer this month? Many. Now how many of those have donated to the cause? I’ll bet my peach fuzz that the answer is, for most of us, none.

But here comes the inevitable cry of protest: “I’m raising awareness,” you declare smugly.

Nonsense, I reply. What’s the point of raising awareness? It’s only to hopefully convince people to donate, and you’ve failed in that respect. Where are the Movember charity auctions?

The Movember bottle drives? Unfortunately you’d rather sit at home and trim your mo’.

Think of other fundraising efforts: the Terry Fox Run and Relay for Life, for example.

These events get people involved and active while never losing sight of their commendable goals. Movember, at least here on campus, doesn’t have that. Movember’s become a time for dudes to razz each other about the state of their mo and make jokes about how cool Ron Swanson is. It’s not about the cancer research.

Enough is enough. Movember’s a huge sensation, and everybody loves it. You should be using this opportunity to do some good, not just demonstrate the sheen of your moustache.

I think this problem is exemplified by the popularity of spin-off traditions like No-Shave November, which is both totally separate from Movember and totally separate from any kind of philanthropic ambitions. It never had a purpose; it was just an excuse for lazy college kids to look scruffy for a month.

Look, I realize that not everything you do has to have some kind of selfless, glorious goal.

But Movember started out as a charity and has devolved into an excuse to ironically sport a Fu Manchu for a month. That sucks. That’s wrong. This is a great opportunity to run a month-long fundraiser for an excellent cause, and have fun while doing it. Make it happen.

Go to ca.movember.com/donate to show you care.

Put your money where your moustache is. Less mo, more dough.

Yours, Mustachioed

SEXandtheSTEELCITY Don’t break down when you break up Brandon Meawasige Senior Sports Editor

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With the holidays just around the corner, we’re all looking forward to heading home and reuniting with friends, family and most of all, food.

I don’t know about you, but I have my favourite coffeehouse that I hit up every holiday season to catch up with friends. There’s something magical about tradition – especially when it’s accompanied by a cup of coffee and a Hello Dolly bar. This December, why not start a new tradition with your friends and family?

Instead of going to Starbucks or Tim Horton’s for a coffee, why not venture downtown to explore the booming coffee shop culture in Hamilton? The Mulberry Street Coffeehouse offers a great space to make new memories with old friends, serving one of the best chai tea lattes in town – no joke. A little closer to campus, Johnny’s Coffee on Locke Street also provides a comfortable environment to finally work your way through that summer book that you’ve had to shelf for the semester. Don’t be afraid to try something new!

“But where can I go to get that good ol’ holiday buzz,” you ask? Check out the Augusta Street pub scene for quality food and entertainment. One of the gems of Hamilton, Augusta Street is lined with a variety of fantastic bars – The Pheasant Plucker, The Ship and The Winking Judge, among others. Serving Hamilton’s best selection of micro-beers, these pubs are a great way of introducing your friends and family to an interesting niche of Hamiltonian culture!

So this holiday season, find your tradition. You can’t go wrong.

The most beautiful and enriching experience in life is to be in love and enjoy a romantic relationship with another person. There is always someone there to support you and pick you up when you need it most. Maybe they keep you up at night or maybe they let you rest peacefully knowing they’re around. You are unique individuals that bring out the best in one another and nothing can come between the two of you. The world around you slows down when you are with them and not much else seems to matter. Finding yourself lost in such a labyrinth of intense emotions, one thing is impossible to fathom: the end.

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How could someone that knows I don’t like the crust on my PB & J sandwiches not be there to enjoy them with me? That person knows my quirks and all of my secrets.

They know just what to say and when to say nothing at all. How on Earth could I go on without such comfort and security?

The answer is simply that anything is possible. Whether it has been told to you directly or not, there is one saying that holds true despite being one of the most overused clichés in human history: good things come to an end so that better things can come together.

For some, hearing that is like salt in a wound. The magic spell that is love and everything it involves can be illogical. However, as any wise person will tell you, the first

love is not the last.

The morning always comes after the night, and someone will always be better for you than your high school sweetheart. There are outliers, to who I applaud.

Of course, some people find the perfect person for them early and never let go. Those people are the most blessed. For the rest of us, though, things are not that easy.

It is impossible to truly love someone until you love yourself. Corny, I know, but there is plenty of validity to those words. Some people, like those I have just mentioned, grow together and it all just works. Others grow apart.

Falling for someone at one point in your life, with one set of circumstances, fails to account for the fact that our world, the people in it, and the way you feel, is constantly changing.

So in the case that you find yourself at the end of a relationship because the two of you have grown apart or simply because it is no longer working, you can do one of two things.

You can let it defeat you, or you can choose to see the brightness and possibility of the future.

No one should ever affect you in such a way that you cannot function in his or her absence and no one should ever prevent you from growing as a person, for the sake of growing as a couple. If they do, letting go should be much easier.

It may seem hard at first, but remember that there is something even better and more perfect ready and waiting for you to stumble across.

No one likes goodbyes and no one likes the ending of a good story. But all stories have endings. And nothing is more important than being your own author when it comes to a love story, since you are the main character.

Is your relationship unhealthy?

If you’re questioning a relationship, here are a few red lights to check for Palika Kholi

Student Health Education Centre

I’m the kind of person who gives second (and third and fourth and fifth) chances to the people I care for. I firmly believe that if I know the reasoning behind someone’s mistake, then I can figure out a way to genuinely forgive them.

But sometimes there comes a point when you realize the mistakes a person makes aren’t actually mistakes at all.

They’re purposeful decisions that reflect an integral part of their personalities.

But, being the all-forgiving soul you are, you ignore this fact and continue making excuses for their behaviour. You repress your response to their abrasive characteristics. You focus on the good memories you have of them and remind yourself that they haven’t always been this way. You hold on to an idea of the person, no matter who they are becoming or have already turned into.

You begin to believe that if you find it in yourself to forgive them, you are becoming a better, more mature person;

that it will help you deal with ‘all kinds of characters’ in the future.

Then, suddenly, the invisible line that you have been pushing farther and farther out into unknown territories gets crossed. And that’s it.

Sometimes we need to do more than just clean out our closets to get a fresh perspective on ourselves. So here’s a list of indicators if a relationship in your life – romantic or otherwise – is unhealthy.

Verbally abusive: This doesn’t have to mean what you think it does – their snide remarks can be the basis for a realization that this person isn’t adding to your quality of life.

Uses gossip to get close to you: On this same line – if you realize that all you discuss with this person are other people, your relationship probably isn’t going anywhere.

Feeling a lack of privacy: They’re constantly in your room, reading your phone, or consistently referencing details of your social networking profiles.

Inconsiderate of your situation: They can make unreasonable demands, expecting things from you that maybe

you can’t afford to give – be it time or money – and then they don’t appreciate what you do give, because it isn’t a tangible object.

Passive-aggressiveness: They won’t say anything aloud if it’s bothering them, but will show it in other ways – or will hold it against you in the future.

Gratefulness: You should never be feeling grateful that a person is suddenly making time for you, that they returned your call or that they showed up – this indicates imbalance.

Justification in assertion: You should never feel uncertain asserting your opinion or be scared of arguing when you don’t agree with them.

Finally, it can often be cathartic to actually tell a person why you don’t want them in your life. It means that you have to think carefully, and drain out your anger and bitterness before confronting them. You will have the opportunity to sit down and have a civil conversation over past issues, thoughts or feelings – maybe you will even prevent them from making the same mistakes in the future. But at the very least, it will be off your chest.

Thursday, November 29, 2012 • The Silhouette

FASHION & FOOD

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1.Stop Multitasking.

You may think that you’re being efficient by doing multiple things at once, but multitasking is more likely to lower your productivity than raise it. Our brains aren’t actually capable of focusing on more than one individual task at a time, so when we think we’re multitasking, we’re actually just quickly switching between activities as opposed to doing many at the same time. And for those of you who think you’re great multitaskers: a study at Stanford found that those who multitasked a lot were worse at filtering information and switching between activities than those who rarely multitasked. In short: multitasking will actually make you worse at multitasking.

2. Don’t use electronics immediately before going to bed.

Melatonin is the hormone that makes you feel tired at night, and it’s released when your brain registers lower levels of light (i.e. when it’s dark out). Your laptop, phone, and tablets emit high-intensity LED light that suppresses melatonin production, and will make it tougher for you to fall asleep. Going tech-free for the hour before bed might be tough, but it’ll trick your body into helping you fall asleep faster.

3. Exercise.

I know you’ve heard this one. I know you’re tired of hearing it.

There’s a good reason exercise is in every magazine’s list of lifetips: it works. Exercising releases endorphins, which have a very similar effect to opiates. Fun fact: these are the same hormones your body releases during orgasm.

4. Stop sleeping in on the weekends.

This is a tough one to swallow, I know, but sleeping in on the weekend will not help you make up any sleep debt you’ve accumulated over the week. By changing your sleeping patterns and throwing off your body clock, you’ll just make it harder to wake up on Monday morning.

5.Google it.

I know it seems obvious, but people just don’t do this. You would be surprised at how many problems Google can solve for you.

Having a hard time with integral calculus? Google it. Need to get a stain out of your favorite shirt? Google it. Don’t know how to fix your stove? Google it (and call your landlord). By looking up the right solution, you can avoid time wasted trying out all the wrong ones. You might have 99 problems, but don’t let a lack of information be one.

Jennifer Bacher The Silhouette

In case you haven’t realized, the holidays are almost here. And with the holidays come delicious homemade food.

Every year my Oma and I are in charge of baked goods, even though I only make things half as amazing as she does.

These recipes may not win over your grandparents who make everything with love, but I’m sure your roommates will approve.

My mom found this recipe in a Canada Living Magazine. They had a competition for the best Christmas cookie and this recipe came in second place.

1 cup butter 6 tablespoons powdered sugar 2 teaspoons almond extract 2 cups sifted flour 2 cups pecans, finely chopped 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

2. Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy.

3. Add the almond extract.

4. Gradually add flour, mixing in thoroughly.

5. Stir in nuts, and chill until cool all the way through (min. 2 hours best if overnight).

6. Form about 2 teaspoonfuls of dough into balls and roll into sugar.

7. Bake on ungreased sheet for 20 minutes at 350 degrees F until they turn a pale golden color.

These cookies are my absolute favourite for Christmas. My Oma makes them every year and has her own special recipe. This is the best recipe I can find that is somewhat close to it. In Germany these cookies are known as Spiztbuben but in Austria they are often known as Linzer Cookie since they resemble Linzertorte.

1 cup whole almonds (blanched, toasted and finely ground) 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature) 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 large egg yolks Topping: icing sugar and jam (black currant is traditional but raspberry works as well) 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

2. In one bowl, whisk or sift together the flour, cinnamon, 1/4 cup (50 grams) white sugar and almonds. Set aside.

3. In another bowl, beat the butter and remaining 1/2 cup sugar until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes). Beat in the vanilla extract and egg yolks. Finally, beat in the ground almonds and then the flour mixture. Divide the dough in half, cover each half with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until firm (30-60 minutes, or up to two days).

4. Remove one ball of dough from the refrigerator. On a lightly floured surface roll out the dough until it is about 1/4 inch thick. Using a round (or heart) cookie cutter cut out the cookies. Place the cookies about 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheet. Use a smaller cookie cutter to cut out the centers of half of the cookies on the baking sheet. Reroll any scraps and cut out the remaining cookies. Repeat with the second ball of dough except do not cut out the center.

This will create a top and bottom to form a sandwich. Bake the cookies for about 12 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool.

5. Place the cut out cookies on a baking sheet and lightly dust the tops with powdered sugar. Spread a thin layer of jam on the bottom surface of the full cookie. Place the cut-out cookie on top and gently sandwich them together. Using a small spoon or a piping bag, fill the cut-out with a little more jam.

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c2 • the silhouette’s art & culture magazine

thursday, november 29, 2012

Senior Editor: Nolan Matthews Assistant Editor: Bahar Orang

Contributors: Cooper Long, Karen Wang, Kristen Salena, Palika Kohli, Alex Epp

Design: Karen Wang Cover: Bahar Orang

MacNab Transit Terminal I was ten years old when I sat down with my father and a blank piece of paper and tried to calculate exactly how many hours I spend walking to school in a year – I’m twenty now and the memory crosses my mind as I step onto the first bus and ask myself, “how many hours do I spend on this bus?” – hours spent waiting, wondering, wishing – that the ride will end – that the ride won’t end The first bus is overcrowded with students – like a wallet, fat with money to pay the bills and receipts to remember the first movie you saw together and an extra bus ticket in case you’re out of change and a threeyear-old photo strip from the photo booth in the mall you always went to in the town you grew up and a driver’s license to flash at people who want to know if you’re old enough There are backpacks stuffed with The Iliad – textbooks that explain nuclear magnetic resonance – rolled up paintings that stop the zipper from zipping all the way – slightly crumpled copies of the school paper – a polka-dot printed scarf from my mother in case it gets chilly – and a camera around the neck for those who wonder if everything around them is actually beautiful or if they just have bad taste I hold onto the rail tightly, shifting my feet so I don’t fall over I stare out the window and I feel dizzy I find a seat on the second bus.

Beside a man who mutters to himself and smells like burnt paper.

I can’t make out the words. But he has a red hat that looks remarkably similar to the one I knit for my father in the fourth grade.

Where will this bus take him?

There’s a girl waiting at the next stop. She’s beautiful with autumn-gray eyes and blonde hair and looks like the girl who sat next to me in Canadian Drama the other day. She smells like baby powder.

I help her lift her carriage onto the bus. A baby with the same striking gray eyes looks into my own eyes and smiles. My insides clench somehow.

I have the kind of unsettled feeling you might get when a baby smiles or laughs during a funeral procession.

Still laughing when the casket is carried. Then some more when it’s dropped.

Where will this bus take them – mother and child?

It’s ten in the morning and I see boys with tattoo-covered arms fiddling with a lighter and they smell faintly of alcohol.

Where will this bus take them?

I inhale sharply. The gray-eyed-girl leans against a rail and sighs in relief.

I get off at a stop. Any stop.

My body feels as though it’s been flipped on its backside in midair – and my arms, my legs, my fingers – they are all floating away. One by one, knots unraveling and strings snapping.

My heart beats so fast that I’m certain it will grow wings and beat faster and faster and louder and louder until I’m flying. I don’t fly. I remain exactly where I am.

I feel a stillness in my chest and the world goes quiet and the leaves fall as though in slow motion.

I long for snow.

I long for an unmarked, white sheet of snow to blanket this city.

Where am I? I catch the next bus.

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Bahar Orang, Assistant ANDY Editor

JAMES STREET NORTH AND KING WILLIAM

editorial

thursday, november 29, 2012

the silhouette’s art & culture magazine • c3

the art of dialogue

First, the context.

About three weeks ago I wrote an article about art and Hamilton that argued the development of a neighbourhood does not do much to resolve poverty, and that low-income neighborhoods are a symptom for problems like unemployment, crime and poor health instead of a cause. I wrote that art should be used to express the full complexity of a neighbourhood, rather to simplify it, and that a neighbourhood should be something that every one of its members has the ability to change.

On the website where the article was posted, Jeremy Freiburger, the founder of a local non-profit arts service Cobalt Connects, left a comment saying he found the “article painful to read” and that the “distanced academic approach to understanding cultural community growth [is] as thin as the paper [the] article is written on.” So, naturally, I contacted Freiburger for an interview.

Part of what Freiburger’s organization does is figure out how buildings can be renovated and repurposed to best suit the needs of artists. Frieburger is almost like the poster child of gentrification, the process of a neighbourhood’s buildings being developed and increasing in price.

In my article, I criticized the type of neighbourhood development that Freiburger is involved in as not actually being helpful to those in poverty. After speaking to him, I’m not so sure.

The Mulberry Street coffeehouse on James Street North is the result of work by Freiburger, and was also the

place where he and I met. Before it was a coffee shop, Mulberry was Hotel Hamilton – infamously run-down lowincome housing. I had seen the Mulberry coffee shop as the quintessential example of gentrification: a coffee shop for the wealthy took the place of housing for the poor, who ended up displaced.

“I’ve been involved in this industry for a long time – the idea of regenerating buildings – and I totally understand the conversation around displacement,” said Freiburger. “The gentlemen that lived at Mulberry, the owners actually found them better housing, on [James] street for the same price they were paying here.”

The stories of displacement are told often, and loudly.

The stories of how that displacement is prevented? Not so much.

Though I saw Frieburger as a figurative poster child for gentrification, it turns out that this had literally been true - but it was by no means Freiburger’s decision. “Maybe about a year or so ago, there was a big push from a group out of McMaster that came out on an art crawl, and had made up stickers about gentrification and calling people ‘fat cats,’ me in particular, and a number of other people, but I was named specifically,” said Frieburger. “They stuck them to buildings, they stuck them to artists’ artwork, they went around stickering wherever they wanted. That caused a huge rift in the community, for sure.”

This sticker campaign was needlessly confrontational, and I’m sure that it didn’t help anyone better understand

the reality of how gentrification is playing out in Hamilton.

“To be equally confrontational, I found out who was leading that group of people, in my view, and found out that the person leading it was actually a professor from McMaster University,” said Freiburger. “So I wrote a rather scathing email to her and to Patrick Deane and her boss, and was responded to by the legal department at McMaster, asking me to cease and desist my actions or face a lawsuit, because what I was doing was defamatory. Yet, putting stickers with my name on it throughout the community saying I was an evil fat cat who was displacing poor people isn’t defamatory?”

Before speaking to Freiburger, I wasn’t sure what to expect . What ended up happening is like when a character in a movie seems like a villain, but they actually end up being pretty good. Snape provides a perfect example.

When talking about difficult topics like gentrification, it’s important not to dismiss anyone.

“I think Hamilton is still at a point where we can shape how we want to change this city,” said Freiburger.

“But if we can’t find a way to have positive dialogue about it, no one is going to change their ways.”

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Nolan Matthews, Senior ANDY Editor

KING WILLIAM ST.

BAHAR ORANG ASSISTANT ANDY EDITOR

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what’s your favourite place in hamilton? compiled by nolan matthews and jessie lu

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c4 & c5 • the silhouette’s art & culture magazine

from barton to bay: mac student

“cheapies opening a hamilton milestone” 1978 witnessed debut albums from such future rock heavyweights as Dire Straits, Van Halen and The Cars, not to mention each of the four original members of Kiss.

Yet, the year also marked a musical milestone for the city of Hamilton: the opening of Cheapies Records and Tapes on King Street East.

Owner Brian Jasson had only recently graduated high school at the time, making him younger than most of the artists that his store would soon be stocking. “I started working in a record shop in 1977 after completing Grade 13,” Jasson recalled. “I was offered my own store by the owner of a small chain in Burlington, which I opened in 1978. My second store opened shortly after in Hamilton.”

More than thirty years later, classic records from this era fill teeming used bins at Cheapies, alongside an immense selection of newer and older releases across several formats. Indeed, Jasson notes that Cheapies has withstood decades of flux in the recording industry, with music moving “from 8-track to cassette to CD to free, with vinyl surviving all.” Today, the store also stocks video games, movies and collectibles. The sight of discounted, previously owned Blu-Ray discs further testifies to how rapidly entertainment formats come and go.

Despite changes in the listening habits of its customers, however, Cheapies has always refused to turn its back on the

turntable. “Vinyl has never left Cheapies,” said Jasson, “and yet it has been a steadily increasing percentage of sales since 2005 after bottoming in the mid-‘90s.” While few young music enthusiasts start record shops these days, as Jasson did in 1978, they do buy a lot of vinyl. Jasson credits “kids between 18 and 25” with having the biggest impact on vinyl sales.

While vinyl records kept turning in Cheapies over the years, so did the world outside. The store’s neighbourhood, near the intersection of King and John, is markedly different today than it was in the late 1970s. In Jasson’s words, “it’s gone from suit and tie to crack heads, from Woolworths to bingo.”

This blunt assessment reflects the pragmatism with which Cheapies operates. It is easy to romanticize the importance of independent record retailers to their communities. Such stores are sometimes idealized as buzzing, Bohemian hangouts for members of the local music scene to come together and collaborate, whether they are actually buying records or not.

Jasson removes these rose-coloured glasses and runs Cheapies with a more matter-of-fact philosophy. “If you don’t have the stuff people want to buy at the price they are willing to pay for it, you are out of business, and the ‘community’ doesn’t care,” he explained. His words make the idea of a community-based re-

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thursday, november 29, 2012

We glorify our youth – young at heart, young money, only the good die young. It is something we take for granted and, like most things in life, it doesn’t last forever.

Eventually, we must all trade in our pimple cream for pills and our cellphones for cellulite. None of us really want to get old but most of us have to.

I know I never wanted to get old. I thought there was no dignity in old age (I’ve read The Stone Angel) and so I was reluctant when, for one of my courses, I had to go volunteer at a nursing home in downtown Hamilton. Like clockwork, every Thursday morning I would peel myself off my bed, down a cup of coffee and sprint to the city bus stop (I was usually late). In all honesty, I thought the volunteer experience would be tedious but it has been transformative. You see, while I’m there, I get to play the piano for one of the coolest people I know. I, Kristen Salena, get to jam with a retired opera singer who has travelled the world. Her soprano makes Mariah Carey sound like Louis Armstrong. Her rendition of “Moon River” is sublime.

And even though she is a fantastic musician, she is an even better person. While I’m in no rush, I’m actually looking forward to getting old.

You never know which gems you’ll find in Hamilton and I think that’s why I love it here. Musicians, artists, actors and writers are everywhere. Creativity is everywhere. Humanity is everywhere. So peel yourself off your bed, down a cup of coffee and sprint to the city bus stop because you’re probably late.

“there is creativity everywhere.”

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“these are wonderful people.”

These were Helen’s unexpected words - whose sarcastic humour is not to be missed at our weekly Saturday classes at the Discovery Program - a community involvement initiative in its second year. We spend a lot of time reading about Hamilton through different mediums of expression: from history books to graphic novels, from fiction to annotated photography – we see Hamilton through the eyes of others.

Through John Terpstra’s Falling into Place arises the theme of our course.

We talk about “space” and “place”, and what it means to us. How do we turn a space into our place? Where do we fit in the community? Or our own skin?

In time, we find ourselves falling into place with each other. We joke, we laugh, we listen to each other’s stories, and we grow closer. In spite of the difference in age, ethnicity, background, and opinion, we have formed a steady, unique bond between an otherwise unlikely community. I must admit I didn’t expect the level of creativity, intelligence and personality embedded in this strange and lovely array of people. I wasn’t prepared for the raw emotions, passions, and the eagerness to speak and to engage.

There’s Peggy-Anne, with her eager readiness to express her thoughts. She recently discovered that it’s ok to take up space. We listen to Johnny, a Columbian refugee, as he recounts the story of his family fleeing the place he once called home. Lina, with a voice so soft yet so determined, spoke poetically about the local farmer’s market and her daughter’s recent struggle with cancer. Jeremy, with his sweet disposition, quiet intelligence and articulate speech, spoke about his unwillingness to let his mental illness control his life.

As students, we have become sheltered in our university life. We fundraise here and join a club there and we think ourselves involved in the community.

Once in a while, we meet people, and we are reminded that life exists beyond our GPA and reference letters. I entered the course to support others, but came to realize just how much support I could draw from this wonderful community.

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Karen Wang, Graphics Editor

c6 • the silhouette’s art & culture magazine

thursday, november 29, 2012

the social responsibility of art: insights into carol becker’s philosophy Art can be aesthetically pleasing and aesthetically disturbing. It can be bought, sold and even inked into your skin. But is it anything more than an intellectual or visual diversion - something to look at, think about and move on from? Who are the artists that create it?

Who do they create it for? Does it matter?

Carol Becker does not create art; she talks about it. She has written and edited six books about art and artists in society. She used to work with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and now she is the Dean of Columbia University’s School of the Arts. She thinks that art has a role, and that artists have a responsibility.

In fact, Becker takes a much broader view of what constitutes art, and how it is changing. She calls it “micro-utopian practice.” Her definition of “utopia” is “to critique what is present,” making a micro-utopia a particular critique on a particular issue.

Throughout her career she has emphasized the subversive and critical potential of art to further dialogue and unsettle the status quo.

She views art as uniquely able to reveal the complexities of daily life that are

hidden from public view. In the introduction to her edited volume The Subversive Imagination: Artists, Society, and Social Responsibility she phrases it rather succinctly: “The more simplistic the representation of everyday life … the more art must reveal.”

Becker thinks that artists can, and should be social critics. They should be able to freely engage in “micro-utopian” practice in the public arena. She views this as an integral part of a pluralistic, democratic society. But, in our age of ever-increasing privatization, how do artists fully participate in the public sphere and effectively engage micro-utopian practice?

There are, of course, many ways to do this, but of particular note in recent years are public demonstrations. While these are a far cry from paintings in a gallery, public demonstrations temporarily offer a critique of our present society. They may not be indicative of long-lasting or concrete change, but these instances create public dialogue and participative communities. They do not change our society through legislation, but through culture.

In the recent past we’ve seen Occupy, the Quebec student strike, the Arab Spring -

many lengthy public demonstrations focused on raising awareness about issues plaguing our society. Would income inequality be such a hot-button issue today if Occupy hadn’t received the exposure it did? These demonstrations affect both the way in which we perceive issues and which issues we perceive.

Art has no single definition. It can exist purely for aesthetic purposes, but should it?

Artists can and should play an active role in defining their roles and responsibilities in the 21st century. In our tumultuous age of protest, revolution and change perhaps we ought not question what art can be, but what it should be.

Carol Becker will be giving a lecture entitled “Artists as Public Intellectuals: Engaging Micro-Utopian Practice” on Thursday, Nov. 29 at the Design Annex on James St. North from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Admission is free. This lecture is presented by the Public Intellectuals Project, along with Mac10 and the Art Gallery of Hamilton’s Design Annex as a part of the McMaster Seminar on Higher Education, sponsored by the Office of the President.

• Alex Epp

KING STREET EAST

thursday, november 29, 2012

the silhouette’s art & culture magazine • c7

exploring the haimish exhibit at the you me gallery Art is an expression of one’s view of the world – and community art is this on a broad scale. During the month of October, one such art exhibit came to grace James Street North at the you me gallery. The exhibit, aptly named “Haimish,” was a collection of pieces made by the members of the Hamilton Jewish community and curated by Melinda Richter, to showcase their community history. “Working family stories and treasures of the Hamilton Jewish community” was the description of the collection, which featured art and stories mostly from the community’s children and elderly.

The term “haimish” means homey or comfortable in Yiddish, and was a perfect description of the atmosphere in the little gallery. The space had been transformed into a cozy living room, complete with a rug, fireplace and antique TVs. The art pieces were tidily tucked all around the room, as if in the private residence of an art enthusiast. Storyboards of the lives of some of the first members of the Hamilton Jewish community covered the walls, and the TV played videos of the elders talking about their first experiences in Canada.

Although the exhibit didn’t have a specific feature piece, the artwork made by the children of the community stood out as soon as you walked in the door of the gallery. Children had created displays of their families out of painted transparent sheets. The very last transparency was painted with a picture of their great grandparents, usually the first generation of the family to have moved to Canada. The next sheet was painted with pictures of the next generation, and so on until the very first sheet, which was a picture of the child. All the generations in a family could be seen through the sheets, showing the history of that family and how the stories of the elders shape and guide the younger ones. This piece really captured the spirit of the exhibit and conveyed how important family and community history are to the identity of the individual, even after generations have gone by.

The community’s committee on the project decided that the best way to tell these stories would be through art. The pieces were all made by members of the Jewish and arts communities in Hamilton, as a volunteer effort. The curator of the project, Melinda Richter, hopes that this will inspire other communities to also tell their stories through art, as a way of preserving and displaying their unique identities within the greater Hamilton community.

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Rabia Ahmed

c8 • the silhouette’s art & culture magazine

thursday, november 29, 2012

q & a with mcmaster arts for children When I was younger, art was my favourite class. It didn’t matter if you were good at it or not, you got to play with art supplies, put sparkles on everything and leave your desk and talk to your classmates. So when I got involved with McMaster Arts for Children last year, I was reminded of the importance of creativity. I was placed at the St. Brigid’s Catholic Elementary School in downtown Hamilton with some other students from McMaster for the entirety of second semester.

The most amazing thing about the program was the change I saw in the students over the months. My favourite was a youngin’ named Malakai who initially thought the crafts were lame but was bragging about his ideas by the end.

In an interview, Amy Lu, the president of MAfC, described the ideas behind the club.

Can you describe what you do, who are you affiliated with, and how you decided to reach out to specific parts of the community?

McMaster Arts for Children (MAfC) members work in teams to run weekly arts & crafts and music activities for children in the Hamilton community throughout the school year. We work with several placements in the community, including the MSU Daycare, a number of elementary schools through the Virtual Y afterschool program run by the YMCA, and women’s and homeless shelters such as Inasmuch House and the Good Shepherd Centre. We choose placements based on where we think we can contribute positively, as well as based on our members’ interests and passions. For example, students at many of the inner city elementary schools with whom we work don’t have many opportunities to pursue artistic endeavors. The weekly visits by our MAfC teams give these students a chance to explore and engage their creative sides. Our work with Inasmuch House and the Good Shepherd Centre began more recently, based on our members’ passion to bring our work to children who stay at these local shelters.

What prompted the start of your club? What was the inspiration behind your initiative?

MAfC was started around eight years ago by a small group of students who just wanted to bring their own passion for the arts to students in the local community. At that time there were really no other opportunities to do so, and so MAfC was born.

How do the children react to your presence? Do you notice a positive change in the children with every visit?

The best part of MAfC is seeing the smiles on the faces of the children every week; I know it sounds cheesy, but it’s true. Our teams are like special guests that come every week, so the children are always excited when we come in, and eager to find out what activity they’ll be doing that week. Over the course of our visits -- and often even after a single one -- we definitely notice some positive changes and growth in the children. Some of them may learn to tie knots or cut in a straight line for the first time. Over time they begin to discover their creative sides, and many of them are so proud that they’re beaming when they finish their craft for the week.

Why do you think the club has been so successful?

Our club has been growing steadily: we now have more volunteers than ever before, and in response, have expanded our number of placements. I think that part of what makes MAfC successful is the fact that it provides opportunities to students who are passionate about what we do to be fully engaged in the process.

Our members design the arts and music curricula that all teams follow, and each team works together before every placement to prepare the activity. We are not a club that just asks members to show up to a placement; our members are more involved and invested in what we do. Most of all, though, I think we are lucky to have a vision that resonates with so many students who are all passionate about what we do.

If you would enjoy bringing some artistic fun to children, email mcmasterarts@gmail.com.

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Palika Kohli

BAHAR ORANG, ASSISTANT ANDY EDITOR

Vol. 1.

No. 1

McMASTER UNIVERSITY, HAMILTON, ONT.

McMASTER UNDERGRADS REACH PROMISED LAND AFTER FORTY YEARS

FACULTY CRITICIZES INITIATIONS

CHANCELLOR DENOUNCES MISHANDLING OF FROSH

FRESHMAN PERFECTION OBSERVED IN ALL RECEIVE FINAL BUILDINGS INSTALMENT Initiations Conclude [October 16, 1930] Initiation of McMaster Frosh was concluded last Friday with a thorough and ruthless ceremony in which over seventy helpless victims were put to the acid test.

The Freshmen were assembled in the administration building and blindfolded, after which they were led by diverse routes to the basement of Edwards Hall, where their manhood was tested by ingenious and ruthless Sophomores. To brace them for the forthcoming horrors, they were fed Epsom's salts, washed down with castor oil. After aperitif they were led trembling into the throne room of the Devil himself, which on this occasion happened to be in the shower-room in the basement of South House. In a nerve wracking atmosphere of steam and hell-fire, a terrible oath of allegiance to McMaster was extracted from them, sealed with the branding iron and confirmed in the fiery furnace.

After several years of intensive preparation for the removal to Hamilton, McMaster University begins her forty-third year in magnificent new buildings and ideal surroundings. With cooperation of the people of Hamilton, the Baptist denomination has reared a monumental institution of learning which had its humble beginning in 1887, when the Toronto Baptist College was united with Woodstock College under the corporate name of McMaster University.

Situated on the outskirts of Hamilton, and surrounded by both artificial and natural park lands, the University boasts one of the most admirable locations in Canada. The grounds before the buildings are being arranged in a comprehensive landscape gardening scheme which includes Italian gardens, groves of maples and evergreens, and broad lawns intersected by bordered gravel walks.

The educational buildings are equipped with the most modern appliances for instruction, the class rooms are bright and spacious and the laboratories contain apparatus for research in all After having faced the Devil, branches of science. the shampoo room held little terror for the neophytes. An The faculty has been increased expert masseur made sure that to thirty-two members in order none of them should suffer from to cope with the extended courspremature baldness by adminis- es and the large enrolment of tering a dandruff cure composed new students. of molasses, flour, and mayonA running track, playing naise. To insure their comfort during the administrations of fields, and tennis courts, have the tonsorial artist, they were been provided for an ambitious first seated in a chair covered sports programme, under the with a liberal coating of molas- supervision of a newly appointed ses and then in one upholstered director of physical education. with sawdust. After taking the cure, their faces were given on complexion treatment of a large “F” tastefully done in green MAROONS DEFEAT BLUES paint. Unfortunately, this paint idea did not withstand the ravages of time very well and no [December 4, 1934] traces of it could be seen the very next day.

McMaster’s maroon-clad warriors of the gridiron reached When every man had passed the culmination of their hopes the ordeal and had been pro- on Thursday last, when they sent claimed fit for membership in the fighting University of Tothe student body, the two classes ronto intermediate team down formed a parade and proceeded to a 7-1 defeat, to capture the to the center of the city, led by Intermediate Intercollegiate title the Silhouette (always on the of Canada.

Struggling valiantly in the job) press car. At King and James Streets the policemen (they had mud and water of the H.A.A.A. called out reserves) on duty grounds, the Maroon and Grey were roundly cheered as they al- reached the heights after eight lowed the motley procession to years of serious campaigning that saw them win several group continue down King Street to titles but never reach the final the Capitol theatre, where the goal. McMaster’s victory over management very wisely shut a team which stubbornly refused the doors against any intrusion defeat last Saturday at Toronto upon the legitimate program in was well deserved. the theatre.

A risky gamble that took the Varsity team completely by The parade ended in a lunch surprise and netted about 50 room belonging to the same valuable yards and a touchdown chain as one in Toronto which won the game for the local colfor years has been the scene of legians. It spurred the Mac team the burying of the hatchet. Thus to herculean efforts that carare the old traditions carried on. ried them safely through the After a feed at the expense of the desperate attacks of the Blue Sophs (foresightedly collected team. On several occasions the from the Frosh beforehand) the loyal McMaster followers were assemblage dispersed to await given scares as the Maroon line seemed to weaken a bit and the the formal co-ed banquet later Varsity backs gained yards time in the fall, which officially con- and again, only to be stopped cludes the enmity between the at the McMaster line. The clostwo classes. est threat came when Miller, the Varsity quarter-back, tossed a beautiful forward to one of his ends on the 5-yard line.

The only major score of the game came in the second quarter when the Maroon and Grey were trailing by 1 point as a result of a long kick by Edwards that forced Apps to the dead-line.

October 2, 1930

Dean McLay Advises Investigation [October 12, 1932]

That McMaster initiations are both barbaric and unreasonable, and in certain respects could, and should, be modified, is the consensus of opinion expressed by certain members of the faculty of this University.

JAMES MILROY, ‘33

NORMAN PICKARD, ‘33

ANOTHER VICTORY ADDED TO LIST OF DEBATING LAURELS Visiting Speakers Treat Life as a Joke—Judges Disagree

PROPOSED MCMASTER SONG Shout! Shout! Shout!

[March 1, 1932] By winning the N.F.C.U.S. debate in Convocation Hall, last night, McMaster added another to its long string of successes over visiting university debaters. It has been over two years since we lost a debate to visiting university men. The McMaster debaters who upheld the negative of the resolution “Life is Futile”, were James Milroy and Norman Pickard The visiting team consisted of Magnus Pyke of Mcdonald College, P.Q., and Donald Hoddinot of Mount Allision University, Sackville, N.B.

For Mac Mas Tar! Man to man, in true fraternity, With voices ringing,

“If unreasonable forms of initiatory rites and practices are indulged in, the whole question will go to the faculty and board, who will undoubtedly unanimously disapprove,” stated Chancellor H. P. Whidden when interviewed by the Silhouette.

“I believe, however,” Chancellor Whidden continued, “in moderate initiatory rites, but they must in all cases be fair and reasonable. The handling and type of initiations have been under the supervision of the Students’ Council, and the only way a change can come is through their action.”

“There should be no man handling of new students in To hail their University. connection with the rites and initiations in a Christian UniverNothing daunting, sity. Cheap, unfair and indecent Her colors flaunting, practices, which are nothing but survivals of barbaric tribal orMaroon and grey afloating dinances, should be abolished. free, Nothing which completely We'll fight, fight, fight upsets the whole nervous system or moral convictions of a student With all our might, who, for instance, in coming Onward to victory. from smaller communities may not have been acquainted with Mr. Pyke, leading the affirmative, treated his subject in a customs of initiations, should be tolerated at this or any university.” light, humorous, superficial way, Referring to the “jam and feathering” of Moe Appel, Frosh making his audience laugh at the president, which in Ontario newspapers has been termed “tar and absurdity and futility of man’s feathering,” Dr. Whidden stated that this was certainly poor newslife. He said that even happiness paper publicity, and that any initiatory practice which even approxiis not perfect. “The first raptur- mated on such physical violence should be condemned. ous kiss,” he declared, "is often Dr. W. S. McLay, when interviewed on this subject, expressed a marred by the realization that warning to the initiating class. He pointed out that even this year her nose looks frightfully bad the University of Alberta were forced to put a stop to the initiations when you get with in an inch at that school. of it!” Illustrating his statement “While initiations here have not gone as far as they have in the that civilizations come and go, U. of A.,” continued the Dean of Arts, “the newspaper publicity that Mr. Pyke said that on the scenes McMaster has had this year has not been of the best. I for one am of these former great empires, willing to support the Silhouette in asking for an investigation into the natives now make a living the initiation and hazing practises as carried on in this school this selling curios made in Birmingyear.” ham, to archeologists made in Dr. C. E. Burke, Dean of Science, when interviewed on this subthe United States. ject, concurred with Chancellor Whidden, and went on to emphaJim Milroy and Norm Pick- size the danger to the skin when paint is used. “There are certain ard covered the question fully constituents of paint which, if they came in contact with an open from their point of view that cut, would cause a severe rash with might lead to infection and poslife is valuable. Milroy stressed sible blood-poison.” its value physically, morally and The Dean of Women, Dr. Marjorie Carpenter, stated that she spiritually while Pickard empha- believed the type of initiatory rites in favour among the women are sized the value and satisfaction preferable to the type in favour among the other sex. to be gained from money, educa"The men students carry physical violence too far, leaving rancor tion and social contact. The latter in the hearts of those victims who are innocent and trying to do said that the joy a baby brought their best to conform to regulations. If physical violence must be into a home was indicative of the used, let the person inflicted know the reason for his ill-treatment. value of life.

“I have ever understood,” Dr. Carpenter continued, “that the aim Mr. Hoddinot declared that at this University was to build a college spirit rather than break it, the futility of man’s life was evi- and tubbing in job lots tends to destroy rather than strengthen such dent from scientific discoveries a love for university life.” which cast man from the eminence on which he placed himself and made him realize that EDITORIAL the universe was not constructed for him alone.

Her sons are singing

The judges were Mr. Orville So enthusiastic was the reception given the two trial issues of Walsh, a Hamilton lawyer, Rev. “The Silhouette” last spring that, the Board of Publications feels I. G. Bowles, of Livingstone confident that a weekly newspaper will provide a successful addition United Church, and Mr. A. J. to student life in McMaster.

Park of the Park Business College.

While striving to be entertainingly informative on current events in the University, “The Silhouette” is also meant to provide a chanMatron- “Where is your nel for the frank expression of student thought. We wish, if it is trunk?” necessary, to stimulate and provoke discussion rather than to merely Frosh- “What do I want a reflect the obvious opinions of the average precocious youth. trunk for?”

The editorial staff expects all kinds of criticism, and will welcome Matron- “To put your clothes and appreciate all of the constructive variety that does not put too in, of course.” great a strain on its limited intellectual development.

Frosh- “What? And go naked?”

AGAIN WE’RE AWAY!

M cMaster University

TAKE ONE, DON’T PAY!

BAPTIST TIE IS BROKEN VOL. 28

HAMILTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th, 1957.

Enrolment Up Mac Bulges

Approximately 1250 Seen As Final Figure [October 4, 1957] McMaster University is bulging at the seams as a result of this year’s registration.

The total enrolment is expected to reach 1,250, C. W. Linton the university registrar said today.

By September 31, there was an increase of 72 students over last year’s enrolment of 1185. Graduate registration—not yet completed—is expected to boost this figure to the expected high.

The increase—although slightly under first estimates—has “taxed facilities and made time tabling a very serious problem,” Mr. Linton exclaimed.

of students and staff,” he said.

PROBLEM UNDER REVIEW

He added, “the question of the whole problem of buildings is under review by a committee of the Board Of Governors.”

The present overall increase of 72 students includes 66 men and six women in arts, science and engineering. There is an increase of 41 new students, 32 of whom are women, “a trend,” said Mr. Linton, “which is very welcome.”

This year there are 397 students in first year, compared to 352 last year. There are also 49 students in preliminary year, an increase of two.

“However,” he confided, “there is a slight decrease in the number of divinity students.”

Gilmour Sees Little Change In Campus Atmosphere, Work

The final break in the historic tie with Baptist denomination at McMaster and the beginning of a new era was achieved this summer by two Acts passed in the Ontario Legislature.

The Acts - passed June 1 - will set out the organization of the university. They state: ■ McMaster University and Hamilton College will become one corporation under the name of McMaster University.

■ McMaster Divinity College will be a separate corporation and an affiliated College of Theology of the University.

"The burden of maintaining the university—the budget of which is now over 10 times as large as the budget in 1930—has become progressively too grave a responsibility for a church body,” Dr. G. P. Gilmour, president of the university, said this week.

Dr. Gilmour pointed out that this break with the Baptists “will make relatively little change in the atmosphere and the work of the university, so far as the stuTURN DOWN MANY dents are concerned.

“But,” he added, “it is exPointing to the number MCMASTER'S BUST BROKEN--The bust of Senator William Mctremely important from the of applications for admission Master was broken Thursday in an attempt by unknown persons to remove point of view of public relato the university he said that it from its pedestal in University Hall. [November 15, 1957] tions and community supeven with higher requireport.” ments “more people had been A SIMILAR INCREASE The university will be turned down than ever before But “this year’s increase— governed by a non-denominin the history of the univer- a proportionate one of seven ational Board of Governsity.” per cent—is very interesting ors and Senate. The Baptist Commenting on the situ- and gratifying,” Dean ArmConvention of Ontario and ation, Dr. H. S. Armstrong, strong said, “as it is similar to Quebec have relinquished its Dean of Arts and Science, that of last year.” legal control of The Board of said, “We could have very Both Dean Armstrong Governors. nearly filled another building and Mr. Linton indicated “McMaster Divinity Colthe size of Edwards Hall with they were pleased with the lege, continuing the work of freshmen alone. present trend of increased the former Divinity School, The residence holds 97 registration in the honors remains under the direction students. courses. of the denominationally ap“It is very difficult to find Mr. Linton declared, pointed Board of Trustees, more space for the staff and “There is a very definite inrepresenting the Baptist we have two and three people crease in the number of men Convention and the graduin offices not meant for that in second year of honors number. The present situa- courses, particularly in psych- ANY TAKERS?—A prankster put up this For Sale sign on the Tower of ates in Theology,” Dr. Giltion makes it imperative that ology and philosophy and an University Hall Tuesday night. By morning the efficient janitorial staff, mour said.

The college has been asprovisions be made to ac- overall increase in third and not wishing their place of employment sold from under them, removed it. signed land for its proposed fourth years.”

[October 25, 1957] commodate larger numbers building and chapel, at the south-east corner of Sterling Street and University Avenue, south of the Mills Library.

Until the building is ready the College will occupy the [November 29. 1957] its walls but varied relaxa—many first editions of dents. space formerly assigned to Unknown to many stu- tional facilities.

Canadian books Plans to erect the build- the Divinity School in Unidents who file in and out of Among the many fea—a browsing room for ing were announced in the 100,000 volume Mills tures are: light reading or listening to November of 1949. The versity Hall.

The reorganized Board of Memorial Library, that —framed prints of records architects who designed the building is more than a place famous paintings that can be —a valuable record of original McMaster buildings Governors of the University has 38 members, many of to find books to finish late borrowed for two weeks Baptist history were given the job. essays.

—rare books, one of —a vast amount of At that time they said whom are leading industrial Not only are there re- which was written by Eras- atomic energy literature that the library would have and professional figures in quired reading texts within mus and printed in 1526 —a typing room for stu- “modern lines but will be this district.

Chairman of the board is so designed as to harmonize with the present stone build- E. C. Fox, LL.D., of Toronto. ings.” Princeton University library was studied to embody Mr. Fox is a graduate of 1906 the newest features in use.

The result of their planning produced a library which is and has been a member of not only a gigantic bookshelf, but has a 200 capacity theatre the board for 45 years. From used for concerts and lectures, a staff lounge, a seminar room, 1950-55 he was Chancellor of McMaster’s most generous a film and projecting room, a browsing and record room.

It was the Davella Mills Foundation of Montclair, New benefactors, also serving the Jersey that gave a grant of $500,000 to start construction. university longer than any Mrs. Mills was the wife of David B. Mills who was a Baptist other individual in its history. layman in St. Catharines in his youth.

The Chairman of the When the library opened in 1951 the Silhouette com- Executive Committee is H. mented that it was erected as a permanent memorial to the P. Frid, president of the Frid man who “had always taken a great deal of interest in McConstruction Company.

Master.”

Th e Planning and BuildAnother grant of $40,000 was made before the building ings Committee chairman was finished. is R. B. Bradley, president of International Harvesters Limited; and the chairman of the Finance Committee is E. H. Ambrose of Clarkson, Gordon and Company, [October 4, 1957] fads which “make life more fun”, and assets. Knee socks hide most of the and the vice chairman, C. P. Women on the McMaster campus help clothes fashions from becoming natural beauty and all the womanly is Fell, LL.D., of Matthews and do not believe in flouting fashion. dull and uninteresting. lost”.

Company, Toronto.

While many of the women prefer Many felt that the idea of conOne of the males was rather curiFor a period of 70 years knee socks—the latest fashion trend— forming would eventually win over ous, “Are they worn because they are the Baptist Convention of there are still those who fancy white the girl who says, “I feel as though I’m warm?” he inquired. socks. wearing long woolen stockings, but if But another stated, “They do attract In describing the knee socks many everyone wears them—well that’s a attention to the legs. A college girl is of the women fall back on stock phras- different story.” here to work. Nylons are too much es such as, “tremendous”, “the end”, or bother—she hasn’t got time.”

HIDE TOO MUCH “always and forever”.

Many women felt that knee socks Men tend to influence the women do make an attractive outfit, but diaWHITE SOCKS IMMATURE to a slight degree in the choosing of mond socks and plain jumpers don’t A few of the women maintain that fashionable clothes. A few comments mix. However, plain and diamond knee white socks were worn throughout on the knee socks on campus were: socks are acceptable, but not stripes. high school and are now a sign of im- ‘‘Knee socks—they hide a great deal The majority of both men and maturity. of a good thing” — “Hateful—legs women accept Bermuda shorts and Others said they like the idea of are one of a woman’s most attractive knee socks.

Mills Memorial Library

Macettes Go Along With Fashion

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Ontario and Quebec was legally responsible for the work and financing of the University through its Board of Governors.

A decade ago, plans were formulated bringing into existence in 1948 Hamilton College, a complex of academic departments in the fields of Science, Research and Nursing Education operated for nine years under a non-denominational board.

With re-organization Hamilton College ceases to be a separate affiliated college becoming part of the corporation of McMaster University, so that the entire work, apart from the Divinity College, is the responsibility of a single Board of Governors.

Undergraduate members of the University have scarcely been conscious of the denominational government of the University, since it has been the traditional policy of the Board of Governors not to obtrude any matter of sectarian propaganda or pressure into the work of the University.

The Board respects academic freedom for both staff and students. “It is a remarkable record that the Baptist Convention has been able to carry on to the present time the type of responsibility undertaken in 1887,” Dr. Gilmour said.

“Of five universities in Ontario, originally founded under the auspices of Protestant communions, namely, Queen’s, Trinity, Victoria, Western and McMaster, four became either independent private foundations or federated with the University of Toronto between 1884 and 1912. This McMaster has carried on for forty-five years since early radical changes in the higher educational picture of Ontario took place before World War 1.”

Members of the Baptist denomination have nourished the University with great generosity, and practically all of the University’s endowment and trust funds have come from such sources to date.

Many of the capital expenditures of the past decade, however, have come from other sources, particularly the buildings of Hamilton College. The Mills Memorial Library, for example, was the gift of the Davella Mills Foundation, in memory of the late David B. Mills, who in his early manhood was a Baptist layman in St. Catharines, Ontario. “The University,” Dr. Gilmour concluded, “is in a very real sense the gift of Baptists of Central Canada to the life of this growing nation.”

GENERAL STRIKE APPROVED IF SENATE REFUSES TO MEET [March 22, 1974] A general strike of all McMaster students has been called, if the University Senate does not call an emergency meeting, open to students, by this afternoon, 24 hours after yesterday’s meeting of the general body of the McMaster Students’ Union.

This motion was passed 1,024 to 640 at the general meeting in the packed Phys Ed building.

I walked a mile with sorrow and ne’er a word said she

Nearly 3,000 people turned out for the meeting, a record number for an MSU general meeting.

The original motion concerning the Senate meeting was proposed

by Student Senator Ted McMeekin. It read as follows: That the McMaster students request that the McMaster University Senate hold, within one week, an emergency open Senate meeting, to be held in the Phys

Ed complex, to discuss the whole issue of student parity with Faculty on Senate and Board of Governors.

Further that if the President of this University cannot, or will not, call this meeting within one week, that the four undergraduate student senators resign and refuse to continue playing the administration game.

There was also an amendment

to the motion calling for discussion of the situation in the French department and the whole issue of security on campus.

Following the overwhelming vote to accept this motion the motion calling for strike action was put forth and passed. It read as follows: That the University respond within 24 hours to the preceeding motion calling for an emergency

meeting of the Senate within one week, and that a general strike of the student body be called if the University refuses to call such an emergency meeting.

The count of the ballot has been challenged on legal and quorum grounds. The number of ballots issufficient to constitute a quorum, and at press time the MSU was consulting with legal advisors as to its legality.

The Silhouette HAMILTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1973

VOL. 44

But, oh the things I learnt from her when sorrow walked with me.

No. 2

3,000 HEAR ISSUES AIRED AT SPECIAL SENATE MEET [March 29, 1974] For the second week in a row, 3,000 people packed the McMaster gym to attempt to resolve the issues of student parity, campus security and the trouble-plagued French Department.

The attraction yesterday was the emergency open meeting of the Senate which was demanded by the McMaster Students’ Union in their ultimatum to the university administration. In face of a general strike threat by the students and the impending resignations of the four undergraduate student senators, the emergency meeting was called in the specified time period of one week.

At the meeting little was done except discuss the matters, but few students actually expected any action to be taken, rather it was a move to force the Senate to begin to really move on the issues.

First major item in the agenda was the presentation of reports by mediator Dr. C.B. Mueller and Dean of

Humanities Alwyn Berland. Mueller gave an outline of his work and proposals and Berland outlined the history of the problem of the rehiring of the three Francophone professors whom the French students want rehired on regular three year contracts.

Janice Paquette and Hilda Vanneste adressed the meeting on behalf of the French Student’s Union. In presenting their complaints they vowed to continue their fight for departmental parity and better professors. The meeting then moved on to the university-wide issue of parity, specifically student parity on the Senate.

Dr. D.M. Winch, chairman of the committee studying the restructuring of the Senate, spoke on the difficulties involved in pleasing all groups and how it would require an act of the Ontario Legislature to change student representation.

Winch gave no indication whether parity would be in the com-

mittee’s recommendations.

Student Senator Ted McMeekin contradicted Winch on the necessity of a parliamentary act to change Senate structure. The Board of Governors, he said, has the power to appoint 18 senators and there is no stipulation in the act that forbids them from being students.

Also, in discussing recent anti-student editorials in the Hamilton Spectator calling for students to leave McMaster if they didn’t like what was going on, he asked the Senate if what they wanted was “a mass exodus of students.”

McMeekin emphasized that this was an opportunity to start something not end it.

“It is our McMaster community” he said, and the administration must take action to allow students a say in their education.

Dave Raithby, another student senator, said “the students have more at stake than any other members of the community” so the

Dry days are over; hard stuff flows again at “John”

[ January 12, 1973] It was party time on the roof of Wentworth House on Thursday as Downstairs John manager Glyn Longdon, right, McMaster Student Union president Brian Harrison, centre, and Liquor Facilities Director Gord Kingsmill announced the

receipt of a full liquor licence for the John.

Beer and wine had been the mainstays for thirsty students for nearly two months while the John operated on a temporary licence, but the successful appeal against it’s restricted licence should have hard liquor flowing again within a week.

Photo by HARRY FAILKOV

The meeting outside Gilmour Hall Thursday afternoon.

Senate “ must meet the legitimate demands and aspirations of the students.”

Dr. S.J. Frankel, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, did not speak out against increasing student representation, but also did not speak for it.

Quality not quantity is what is required he said. This met with boos and hisses from the audience.

MSU President Harley Steubing said the issue of parity was not what many of the faculty at McMaster wanted to see. “Some say students should not interfere in the careers of the faculty, and others that students are essentially ignorant” said Steubing, “but it is the future careers of thousands of students that are at stake here, and if they are ignorant, why

teach them at all?”

Students also protested the presence of some of 10 to 12 Campus Security officers, in uniform, at the meeting. University President A. N. Bourns said this was done with the approval of MSU President Steubing.

Steubing denied this saying he requested that the student force be left in charge. He also told the assembly

that it was his understanding that the officers were there at the request of several individual female senators.

Many of the students present at the meeting are not at all pleased with the cooperation of the Senate and the lack of opportunity to express their feelings and views.

At press time the issue of campus security had not yet come up.

SPECIAL EDITORIAL EDITION

MSU CRISIS

[October 11, 1974] The McMaster Students’ Union is in the midst of crisis.

It is being ripped apart by divisiveness among its members—a divisiveness that threatens to effect eventually all organizations the union runs including the Downstairs John, the Bread Bin, the Rathskellar, The Silhouette, the Film Board, Mac Radio and others.

The crisis is occurring because the MSU’s decision-making apparatus has fallen apart. The president is unable to control events. The Student Executive Committee is unable to make rational decisions or even debate things properly and the Student Representative Assembly is bogged down in ignorance, pettiness and divisiveness.

Closer to home for us, the existence of The Silhouette in the form it is now has been threatened by wage cuts recommended by the SEC at its budget meeting. We want to inform students of our situation.

Student newspapers are in a tougher position than almost any other kind of publication. It is a tougher position because as a student organization they invariably require a subsidy from their student government.

This, in turn, allows the papers to feel financial and political pressures which cannot be brought upon a paper which is self-supporting and not accountable to any political body.

In the past, The Silhouette has been able to avoid getting involved directly in the political games on campus and has concentrated on producing a newspaper to serve as an important medium of campus communication.

Now, however, our view of recent events has led us to realize that if we do not take steps to do something about the current situation in the MSU, we will soon not be able to publish the kind of Silhouette we think the campus deserves, if we are able to continue publishing at all.

We also believe it is our role to inform the students of what has happened within the MSU power structure, a structure we have viewed with close interest for a long time. We believe it is more important that all students know what the situation is within their union than it is for us to provide our normal coverage of campus events.

Thus this week The Silhouette is not the paper the McMaster community has been used to seeing for 45 years. We present an editorial forum that gives an outline of the sorry state of our union.

We want to point out the trouble spots, outline our own position and the threats that are being made to it and generate an interest and concern among a student body that must no longer live in complacent ignorance that everything is all right in its student institutions.

We ask you to read, to listen, to think and to act.

MCMASTER’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER

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NEWS Mac medical centre closed due to SARS precautions [Apr 3, 2003]

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Friday, June 14, 2002

Student centre opens

After two years in the making the MUSC open its doors

By CLIFF VANDERLINDEN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

It’s been a long haul, but McMaster’s student community finally has a place to call their own. All that remains to be seen is how they expect to pay for it.

The McMaster University Student Centre opened its doors to the public late last month, nearly two years after the construction began. Although a grand opening ceremony is planned for sometime in September - when the fall academic term begins - the building is fully functional and already houses the majority of its intended occupants.

The 158,348 square foot centre boasts state-of-the-art architecture, plentiful conference and lounge areas, a banquet centre, a marketplace, and a variety of student-centred offices. Among the occupants of those offices is the McMaster Students Union and many of its services, including the Design and Copy Centre, the Union Market, the Games Room, The Silhouette and Marmor. The building also hosts the offices of the McMaster Association of Part-Time Students, the Centre for Student Development and Student Health Services. Still in the works is Quarters, the MSU-operated bar and restaurant, which is set to open at the end of August.

The new student centre has been warmly received by the McMaster community according to Jen Thomas, facility coordinator for the MUSC. “So far it’s been used quite a bit,” said Thomas, who, come September, will be entering her fourth year of a combined religious studies and political science programme. “If students need a room all of a sudden for a big test or something and, if they find that there isn’t space in the libraries or the quiet lounge we have here, or even if they have a group meet-

ing that they need a space for, they can come to us and we can book a room for them.” Thomas also noted that the lounges on the second and third floors of the centre will soon feature big-screen televisions.

While it may be an impressive sight, the MUSC is far from perfect, says MSU president Evan Mackintosh.

“We had a lot of problems with floor plans - the reality wasn’t what was on the plans,” explained Mackintosh. “Right now we do have an office space that’s not functional, but we’re looking at redesigning the space.” Mackintosh hopes that these problems will be resolved by September.

The MSU has led the charge for the construction of a new student centre for decades; arguably since the inception of the idea itself. While the dream is now a reality, it is not without its costs. Students have been paying for the centre since 1988, when a flat rate fee was levied on all MSU members. Since 1989, the fee has been a per academic unit cost, indexed to CPI. The current fee for a full-time undergraduate student taking a standard 30 units is $75.60 per year. It is estimated that the MSU will continue levying its constituents until 2011 in order to cover the $24 million cost incurred by the union in constructing the MUSC. Although the union has poured millions of dollars into the MUSC, it cannot lay claim to the building.

“The university owns all property on campus... so it wasn’t reasonable for the MSU to think that their members could build a building that we would own,” said Mackintosh. “I think the best we could hope for was a joint administration of the building. The university owns this building, but they’ve entered into a 99year lease with the student centre corpoJENN BEDFORD / ASST. PHOTO EDITOR The McMaster University Student Centre boasts state-of-the-art design and a hefty price tag. ration.” [Continued...]

McMaster wins Yates Cup 33-19 win over Queen’s marks third consecutive OUA title for Mac

By GREG DUNNETT THE SILHOUETTE

NICK PERRY / SILHOUETTE

Running back Kyle Pyear handles the ball with care.

[November 14, 2002] In front of the loud, crazy and sold-out home crowd Saturday afternoon, the top-ranked McMaster Marauders defeated the Queen’s Golden Gaels 33-19 to capture their third consecutive Ontario University Athletics championship. Known conference-wide as the Yates Cup, the championship win marks the Marauders’ twenty-fifth win in the OUA. Despite playing without OUA defensive player of the year Ray Mariuz, the Mac defence dominated Queen’s high-powered offence. To shut down Queen’s passing game, Marauder defensive coordinator Joe Sardo ordered a blitz on nearly every play. The continuous pressure from the defensive line rattled the Golden Gaels’ quarterback, Tommy Dennison, and left him confused and disoriented. McMaster’s defence would record five interceptions, seven sacks and hold Queen’s to only 38 yards rushing on the day.

Offensively, the Mac quarterbacking duties were split between Jon Behie (4 for 8, 57 yards) and Mike Zaremba (8 for 14, 120 yards, two touchdowns). Kyle Pyear had yet another outstanding game, rushing for 122 yards on 22 carries, and two touchdowns. Vaughn Swart was the primary receiver with 112 yards on six receptions and rounded out the day with a touchdown.

On the first play from scrimmage, Dennison threw the first of his five interceptions. He sent the ball directly into the hands of Jesse Card. McMaster, however, failed to capitalize on the opportunity and ended up scoring only one point on a missed 28-yard field goal by Mike Ray. The point would be the only one of the first quarter.

With Queen’s leading 5-4 after a field goal late in the second, Mac head coach Greg Marshall decided a change was needed and brought backup quarterback Mike Zaremba into the game. The move paid off as Zaremba would lead the team on a nine-play, 64-yard touchdown drive to finish out the first half. The score at half was McMaster 11, Queen’s five.

The third quarter was all McMaster, as they scored two touchdowns and took a 26-5 lead. Starting at midfield, Kyle Pyear found an opening and ran

for a 27-yard gain. Three plays later, Pyear scored his first of two touchdowns on the day. The defence came up big on Queen’s next position with Josh Armstrong picking off a Dennison pass. That gave Mac the ball on Queen’s 28-yard line. On the next play, Zaremba wasted no time and found Vaughn Swart in the end zone for a touchdown.

A Kesrick Wainright interception, with 20 second left in the third quarter, gave McMaster the ball deep in Queen’s territory to start the fourth. Zaremba found Konard Gloge for 28 yards, moving the ball down to the two-yard line. The unstoppable Kyle Pyear would go over the top for the touchdown, and gave McMaster a 33-5 lead.

Queen’s then scored two unanswered touchdowns on runs of one yard by Dennison and five yards by Bryan Crawford to close the score to 33-19.

Feeling the momentum slipping away from his team, Marshall made a gutsy call and went for the first down instead of punting. The gamble paid off and a quarterback sneak by Zaremba got the first down. With the win, McMaster advances to the CIS semifinals.

Semifinal preview McMaster will face the St. Mary’s Huskies in the Churchill Bowl Nov. 16. A chance to go to the Vanier Cup is on the line. St. Mary’s (7-2) defeated St. Francis Xavier 63-14 on Saturday to win their third straight Atlantic Championship.

The Huskies are the defending Vanier Cup Champions and are looking to become the first backto-back winners since Western in 1976-77. St. Mary’s led the CIS in scoring this year with 313 points and was fourth allowed with only 110. Their two losses came during a mid-season funk to Acadia and St. Francis Xavier.

The St. Mary’s Huskies are led by defensive linebacker Sebastien Clovis. Clovis was last week’s Canadian Interuniversity Sport defensive player of the week. Originally from Toronto, he had a great game against the St. Francis Xavier X-Men last Saturday. In the 64-14 Atlantic final victory, the second-year Arts student led the defence with ten solo tackles, 3 sacks and one interception.

The Churchill Bowl will be shown live on TSN and is scheduled to kick off at 12:00 p.m.