The Silhouette

09/11/2023

The Silhouette is giving YOU the chance to win a pair of AirPods Pro. All you have to do is subscribe to their newsletter. Link in our bio. That simple. Contest closes September 30, 2023. www.tinyurl.com/silnewsletter

06/08/2023

MEET THE TEAM OF VOLUME 94:
Andrew is our Executive Editor! He joined the SIL in 2018 as an A&C Volunteer Contributor and has been working his way up since. Andrew works closely with the Editor-in-Chief and Multimedia Editor to establish a long-term vision for the SIL. He also takes care of the business side of the newspaper. His favourite Spider-Man is Tom Holland.

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06/03/2023

Throwback to our annual awards where we recognize the hard work our student-journalists do!

06/01/2023

Happy Pride! The Silhouette is currently accepting articles and artwork for our annual Pride issue, that will be hitting stands at the end of June. Interested in contributing? Email [email protected]

04/06/2023

Congratulations to the winners of the Silhouette media awards at the Student-Athlete Award show!

Breakout player of the year: Miles Green

Performance of the year: Sarah Gates

Underrated team of the year: Women’s curling

04/04/2023

The Silhouette is proud to present performance of the year at the Student-Athlete Award Show! This award was voted on by the Silhouette sports team.

Meet your finalists: Nicolas, Sarah, Alex, and Max!🤩

04/04/2023

The Silhouette is proud to present underrated team of the year at the Student-Athlete Award Show! This award was voted on by the Silhouette sports team.

Meet your finalists: the Men’s golf team, Women’s Nordic ski team, Women’s curling team, and Women’s water polo team!🤩

04/04/2023

The Silhouette is proud to present breakout player of the year at the Student-Athlete Award Show!

Meet your finalists: Miles, Brendan, and Nicolas!🤩

03/31/2023

The eight day MacDivest hunger strike advocated for removal of the gas-powered generators on Cootes Drive and commitment to total divestment by 2025.

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Understanding the demands and impacts of the eight-day McMaster Divest hunger strike The McMaster Divest hunger strike, which has garnered national media attention over its eight-day duration, has come to an end, and McMaster University has not made any further pledges to divest from fossil fuel ...

03/21/2023

📢 ATTENTION undergrads! Use your electives towards earning a Certificate or Diploma at ! Fully online courses that you can fit into your schedule - so when you graduate you can stand out in today’s job market with both a degree and a professional certificate or diploma at the same time. Cool, eh?

Learn more: continuing.mcmaster.ca/ElevateYourSkills

03/20/2023

Five McMaster students are striking for divestment and to suspend the Cootes generator project.

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Five McMaster students are striking for divestment and to suspend the Cootes generator project On Monday, McMaster Divest announced that five McMaster students have officially begun hunger striking. The strikers are located in the MUSC atrium, where they have set up signs and posters advocating ...

03/19/2023

After an extremely back and forth game between two of Canada’s most elite volleyball programs, McMaster will be competing for the bronze.

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After an extremely back and forth game between two of Canada’s most elite volleyball programs, McMaster will be competing for the bronze In what seemed like an extremely evenly matched game throughout, the Trinity Western Spartans managed to pull away with a victory against the Marauders in four ....

03/19/2023

Six students affiliated with MacDivest will be hunger striking if the university does not meet their demands by March 20.

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On Mar. 8, McMaster Divest announced in an Instagram post that at least six students will be hunger striking, in order to put pressure on the university to meet their demands.

03/13/2023

This article talks about how the journalism industry needs major improvements in terms of gender equity.

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How the journalism industry has major improvements needed to be made in terms of gender equity Receiving news is one of the most important and beneficial things for our society, without it we would not know what is going on around us, in our community or globally.   However, being the ...

03/12/2023

Marauders sweep the Lancers to become back-to-back OUA champions in front of a sold-out crowd in Burridge.

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Marauders sweep the Lancers to become back-to-back OUA champions in front of a sold-out crowd in Burridge The McMaster Marauders are back on top of Ontario! Following a three-set sweep of the Windsor Lancers on Mar. 11, McMaster has officially won their 11 titles in the last 15 seasons. They man ...

03/10/2023

For the second time in McMaster history, the U Sports MVP award will return to Hamilton.

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For the second time in McMaster history, the U Sports MVP award will return to Hamilton The awards continue coming for McMaster University’s women’s basketball team. Sarah Gates, who was named the provincial most valuable player award winner just one week ago, has now been named the U Sports Mos...

03/09/2023

Sarah Jama, an activist and McMaster graduate, is the NDP candidate for Hamilton Centre seat in the Mar. 16 byelection.

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Sarah Jama, an activist and McMaster graduate, is the NDP candidate for Hamilton Centre seat in the Mar. 16 byelection McMaster University graduate Sarah Jama continues to make waves within the Hamilton political sphere. Most recently, Jama’s extensive activism, community engagement and involvem ....

03/08/2023

Data stolen from third-party ticketing platform AudienceView affects multiple institutions, including McMaster University.

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On Feb. 27, software company and cloud-based ticketing platform AudienceView issued a Notice of Security Incident email concerning a data breach affecting customers who purchased tickets to athletic events in the month of February. Following the announcement, McMaster University announced that o ...