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Opportunity Knox In 2016, Greg Knox was hired as the interim head coach for the McMaster Men’s Football team. On Oct. 22, Knox was reportedly fired as a result of an independent investigation that began after an incident at a game against Wilfred Laurier University in late September. This incident involved allegations of harassment and threats of physical violence made against a sideline game official. Read more on page 24.

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News Ontario court sexual assault ruling and McMaster The ruling in support of the extreme intoxication defence has implications on campus

The decision appears to increase the barriers for survivors willing to access the justice system.

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Daniella Mikanovsky Contributor Maanvi Dhillon Contributor

CW: This article mentions sexual assault During the summer, an Ontario Superior Court Justice ruled in support of an accused person’s right to use extreme intoxication as a defence in sexual assault cases. The rule has implications on campus as McMaster University continues to make progress in providing adequate support for victims, training for staff and responses to sexual assault cases.

Justice Spies’ ruling was not the first of its kind. According to The Globe and Mail, the Supreme Court ruled in 1994 that extreme drunkenness could be a defence to sexual assault, and several judges have agreed since, despite a federal law that attempted to counter the ruling and prevent the use of the defence. Nevertheless, the recent decision has evoked condemnation as many fear it could undo years of work in advancing the rights of sexual assault victims.

Meaghan Ross, the univer-

In addition, it can worsen the psychological and emotional effects of assault by perpetuating victim-blaming myths. sity’s sexual violence response coordinator, explains that the decision adds to the barriers for survivors who are willing to access the justice system.

In addition, it can worsen the psychological and emotional effects of assault by perpetuating victim-blaming myths.

“Many survivors internalize widespread victim-blaming myths, such as the false belief that a survivor is responsible for the sexual assault perpetrated against them,” she said. “This can create lots of confusion and shame and can have the effect of discouraging survivors from disclosing the sexual assault, along with many other barriers

to disclosing they encounter.”

Ross also notes that while the legal technicalities of the ruling are important, public discussion will also have a long-standing impact.

According to the Sexual Assault Centre (Hamilton), only one in three Canadians understand what sexual consent means. With public attention paid to this ruling, more and more people will hear about it and potentially develop misunderstandings about their responsibility for their actions while intoxicated.

From her experience working at McMaster, Ross says she commonly gets asked questions about the relationship between alcohol and consent.

“Another concern sexual violence advocates share is whether the ruling may adequately consider individuals who intentionally use alcohol to facilitate sexual assault, as well as what message may be sent to individuals who make irresponsible and harmful behaviour choices when alcohol is

involved,” she said.

Many of the barriers to justice for sexual assault victims are higher for marginalized communities, including racialized women, LGBTQ+ women, Indigenous women and women with disabilities.

Currently, it is unclear whether the federal or provincial government will try to contest the ruling. However, the decision will likely remain for some time. “[It is important to] understand the complexity of sexual assault impacts on a diversity of survivors, especially those from most socially marginalized communities who experience sexual violence at disproportionately

higher rates,” said Ross.

Currently, it is unclear whether the federal or provincial government will try to contest the ruling. However, the decision will likely remain for some time.

Ross emphasizes the power that students have to participate in relevant conversations and voice their concerns. In particular, she commends the work that various student groups are doing to advocate for better sexual assault and violence policies on campus as the university strives to develop a “survivor-centred approach” to handling these instances.

She also encourages students to get involved in activism off campus, including protests against the repeal of provincial sex education, student organizations like OurTurn and Silence is Violence and campaigns by student advocacy groups like Ontario University Student Alliance and the Canadian Federation of Students. @theSilhouette

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Ward 1 votes yes to pro-LRT candidates Maureen Wilson and Fred Eisenberger came out on top for Ward 1 councillor and mayor Wilson emphasizes the need for more accountaibility, unity, environmental sustainability and inclusivity .

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Wilson emphasizes the need for more accountability, unity, environmental sustainability and inclusivity.

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Ryan Tse News Reporter

In the Oct. 22 Hamilton municipal election, Ward 1 was wide-open with 13 candidates looking to be councillors for the first time, while the mayoral race was largely a contest between pro-light rail transit Fred Eisenberger and anti-LRTVito Sgro.

Maureen Wilson captured 42 per cent of the of the almost 9,000 votes cast. Jason Allen, Carol Lazich and Sophie Geffros followed with 17, 12 and 10 per cent, respectively.

Sharon Anderson, Ela Eroglu and Sharon Cole came last in the results.

Despite Sgro’s momentum, Eisenberger actually finished with a higher percentage of votes than he did in 2014, when he won with just 39 per cent of votes.

Wilson has been involved at various levels in the Hamilton municipal government and local groups. She had also served as chief of staff to the Hamilton mayor from 2000 to 2002.

Wilson’s main campaign focuses were safer streets, affordable housing and improved transit. She is also a staunch supporter of the LRT project.

Specific steps Wilson has proposed to take in order to address housing issues include promoting purpose-built student housing and calling for the government to waive development charges on affordable units. She also believes that the government needs to invest more in public transit.

In a statement released following the election, Wilson said that accountability and unity are key for Hamilton to continue moving forward.

“It is time for Hamilton to move forward with a progressive urban agenda,” Wilson said.

“A failure to do so will mean that Hamilton risks falling further behind on issues directly related to economic prosperity, environmental sustainability, inclusivity and our efforts to

make sure Hamilton the best place to raise a child and age successfully.”

An inspiring part of the Ward 1 race was the presence of two relatively young candidates: Sophie Geffros and Harrison White.

“We are losing the confidence and attention of our youngest residents,” Wilson said. “Sophie Geffros and Harrison White ran outstanding campaigns and it is the city’s best interest to ensure that they and other like them stay involved and are encouraged to participate.”

In the mayoral race, Fred Eisenberger was re-elected for a second term as mayor with a

Wilson’s main campaign focuses were safer streets, affordable housing and improved transit. She is also a staunch supporter of the LRT project.

54 per cent majority, defeating main challenger, Vito Sgro.

Sgro gathered 38 per cent of the votes. No other challenger finished with more than 2 per cent of the 139,000 ballots cast.

Despite Sgro’s momentum, Eisenberger actually finished with a higher percentage of votes than he did in 2014, when he won with just 39 per cent of votes.

Eisenberger’s campaign was largely focused on sustaining progress in Hamilton. His priorities are economic development, affordable housing and infrastructure renewal.

During his term, Eisenberger started a 10-year anti-poverty plan to increase affordable housing. Homelessness dropped 25 per cent from 2016 to 2017 on Eisenberger’s watch, according to a city survey. Nevertheless, many of the problems associated with gentrification, such as poverty and income polarization, have continued intensively.

Nevertheless, as the campaign wore on and the field narrowed to Eisenberger and Sgro, the LRT project became the one defining issue.

“For those that wanted to

create a referendum, they actually got one,” Eisenberger said.

“And the referendum is pretty clear. It’s 70,000 plus majority of people saying we want to move forward on LRT. I think city councillors need to listen to that.”

While he faces a city council that remains divided on the LRT project, Eisenberger is confident that councillors can work together.

“I’ve always worked together with council. Always have and always will,” said Eisenberger. “We will continue to do the great and important work the city of Hamilton needs to get done.”

Important times lie ahead as LRT and affordable housing projects promise to reshape our growing city.

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The latest with McMaster’s global engagement strategy The university is seeking to redefine and improve its international presence

While McMaster has been enhancing its approach to global engagement in recent years, significant developments are still underway.

KYLE WEST / PHOTO EDITOR Elliot Fung Contributor

In L.R. Wilson Hall on Oct. 26, McMaster staff and students listened to presenters such as Peter Mascher, vice-provost (International Affairs), and Sean Van Koughnett, associate vice-president (Students and Learning) and dean of students, speak about the status of the “McMaster Model for Global Engagement” implemented in 2017.

The model’s key focus is global engagement with ethical principles and the enhancement of McMaster’s presence on the international stage. One of the problems identified in the strategy document was the absence of a centralized location where people can get information about McMaster’s global engagement strategy. One of the university’s goals is to create a hub-like structure to bring together various aspects of global engagement.

As such, on Oct. 26, McMaster launched MacGlobal, an online hub for information about activities, support, services, opportunities, news and

One of the problems identified in the strategy document was the absence of a centralized location where people can get information about McMaster’s global engagement strategy. events relating to McMaster’s global engagement. Debates on the possibility of a physical location for a global hub are being held as the logistics are being worked out.

The number of first-year international undergraduate students is growing every year.

Van Koughnett reports that the number of international undergrad students will almost double in the next few years. As a result, McMaster is looking at introducing more support for international students.

This year, McMaster is already looking at an array of new programs for international students. The Ignite pre-Welcome Week program, a new English as second language support service, and smaller initiatives such as an airport welcome, help to support incoming international students as they make their transition to McMaster.

Concerning international recruitment, increasing attention is being placed on increasing quality and diversity of applicants. To achieve diversity, student recruitment is targeting specific countries such as China, India, United Arab Emirates, the United States and Turkey.

Another aim is to increase the number of international career opportunities for students and reduce financial barriers.

McMaster’s involvement in university networks such as U21 and 20 United Nations University and partnerships with universities abroad will help to support collaborative programs such as joint PhDs and dual master’s degrees.

In addition, collaboration between universities gives way to opportunities such as

McMaster’s partnership with a university in Rome to provide students access to the resources of a world-class institution for classical studies. In return, students from Rome will have access to McMaster’s resources.

Scholarships such as the McCall MacBain International Fellowship are being introduced to reduce financial barriers with

In addition, collaboration between universities gives way to opportunities such as McMaster’s partnership with a university in Rome to provide students access to the resources of a world-class institution for classical studies.

respect to student mobility. The fellowship provides 10 McMaster students with $23,500 towards academic and work experience abroad.

Despite these shiny initiatives, McMaster currently offers no scholarships that only international students can apply for. This may act as a deterrent for international students who are dependent on foreign government funding, such as the students from Saudi Arabia who were forced to leave McMaster amid a diplomatic dispute in September.

For now, it seems that the university’s model is still in the process of developing the framework and structures needed to enable McMaster’s global engagement. However, more lasting changes are on their way as the university introduces more student mobility funding, new support for international students and the launch of MacGlobal.

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WHAT LIES IN STORE FOR PIER 8?

The relationship between humans and the harbour has defined generations of Hamilton’s history. Now, alongside Hamilton’s wave of modernization comes a brand new type of development aimed at making the waterfront a destination in and of itself

Hannah Walters-Vida Features Reporter

HISTORY OF THE HARBOUR In the 1800s, the Hamilton Harbour was an engine for economic and urban growth. The proximity to fresh water made the area ideal for industry.

The harbour was a popular swimming place for many Hamiltonians, especially working-class families in the North End. However, pollution resulting from industrial development, sewage and garbage resulted in heavy contamination.

Even after the factories closed, the waterfront land remained closed off to the public due to high levels of pollution.

Citizen-led movements

beginning in the 1960s lobbied to clean up the harbour, reduce pollution and make the shore publicly accessible.

In 1992, a Remedial Action Plan was introduced to restore the health of the bay. The RAP has guided numerous restoration projects over the past 30 years, leading to the gradual improvement of water quality and wildlife health.

The environmental cleanup opened up possibilities for further development. In 2013, the city of Hamilton gained control of the Pier 7 and 8 lands and began implementing long-awaited development plans.

PLANNED DEVELOPMENT The Waterfront develop-

ment is a multi-level project to redevelop the West Harbour area bounded by Hamilton Harbour, York Boulevard, Cannon Street and Wellington Street North.

The city of Hamilton website states, “This $140 million redevelopment project will transform the West Harbour into a vibrant, mixed-use, transit supportive and pedestrian-friendly community that is the jewel on Hamilton’s waterfront.”

One pillar of the development plan is a transformation of Pier 8. The 5.24-hectare site currently houses the Discovery Centre, skating rink and Williams Café.

The redevelopment plan will transform the area into

a mixed-use commercial, residential and institutional neighbourhood at the edge of the waterfront.

According to Bruce Kuwabara, founding partner of KPMB Architects, “we are […] creating the kind of dense, compact, diverse, and walkable neighbourhood that is the future of urban living.”

The design for Pier 8 aims to reflect Hamilton’s unique identity as a city. Having grown up in the North End, it is important to Kuwabara that the design is representative of Hamilton.

For example, the brick and steel design of the buildings aims to celebrate Hamilton’s industrial roots.

Additionally, buildings will

not exceed eight stories tall.

According to Kuwabara, this is because low rise housing is characteristic of the North End and allows neighbours to cultivate a sense of community.

PUBLIC SPACE According to Chris Phillips, senior advisor of the West Harbour redevelopment project, a main goal of the redevelopment is to improve public access to the Waterfront.

“The stage we’re at right now is to implement the plan to enhance public spaces that are already there and to create new public spaces,” he stated.

For decades, citizen advocacy groups have been campaigning to improve public

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access to the waterfront.

Forty per cent of the Pier 8 land will be open to the public.

Public amenities in the design include two parks, a beach area, and a cultural plaza. There will also be 1.6 km of additional walkable space added to the waterfront.

According to Chris McLaughlin, executive director of Bay Area Restoration Council, improving public access to the waterfront will have positive benefits for people’s mental and social well-being. Additionally, if people are able to enjoy the waterfront for themselves, they will have more of an interest in protecting it.

“People care about things that they experience,” he stated.

“By developing a sense of place

you create that critical relationship between people and the Bay.” WHO IS DEVELOPMENT FOR? The development plan includes 1292 new residential units, five per cent of which will be affordable. Affordable housing units administered by Habitat for Humanity will be dispersed throughout every block.

However, according to Mike Wood, chair of Hamilton Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, the affordable housing offered in the new developments is not enough to meet the demand in the city.

Wood stated that the Water-

front development would better meet Hamilton’s needs if 10 to 20 per cent of the units were affordable. Currently, the waiting list for affordable housing in Hamilton is almost 7000, and it continues to grow.

“We’ve talked to many residents that are needing affordable housing,” said Wood. “A lot of these residents are also in an unhealthy and unsafe conditions while they’re waiting […] We have individuals and families that are living in tents.”

There are also questions about what development will mean for people currently living in the nearby North End neighbourhoods.

North End residents have raised concerns about aspects of the development that may

harm quality of life and alter the neighbourhood’s character.

Issues raised include amplified noise, increased density and grain dust pollution.

One major concern about the Pier 8 developments is the impact that increased traffic and parking will have on the residential neighbourhoods near the waterfront.

In a written statement submitted as part of a public hearing in May 2017, lawyer and North End resident Herman Turkstra highlighted that, as developments bring more people to the waterfront, traffic through the North End will increase.

Turkstra points out that high levels of traffic in residential areas can seriously impact accessibility and quality of life.

“The North End has been seen for decades by city hall and much of the broader community as a corridor from the gore to the shore,” wrote Turkstra. “We see it as a place where people live, and more importantly, a major civic asset.”

For the past hundred years, the waterfront and surrounding areas have been the subject of city planning, community activism, and economic development.

As this wave of development redefines yet again the relationship between people and the bay, the same questions remain central: who benefits from urban development? And at what cost? @theSilhouette

PRESIDENT’S PAGE

IKRAM FARAH President president@msu.mcmaster.ca 905.525.9140 x23885

On each Tuesday in November, (6, 13, 20, and 27, respectively) McMaster Hospitality Services has offered to lower the sticker price of food items by 13%, equivalent to HST. The discount will apply to food sold from any of the vendors inside La Piazza in the McMaster University Student Centre (MUSC). Seeing as Tax Free Tuesdays is a platform objective of mine, I am excited to see this idea come to life. As I communicated during my presidential campaign, the MSU and University need to collectively find more ways to address food costs on campus. Tax Free Tuesdays is one initiative that aims to address the reality of food insecurity.

The MSU offers immediate food support to students through our Food Collective Centre and its many programs, including the food pantry located in Bridges, as well as the anonymous food support system, Lockers of Love.

In addition, through our business units such as The Grind, Union Market and TwelveEighty, the MSU ensures that our operations offer the lowest available

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price points, offering students the best value on campus for quality and affordable food options. I am very proud of the work we do on this front. That said, I will continue advocating to regulate and lower food costs at University-run food locations.

During the student consultation process throughout my presidential campaign, the cost of food weighed heavily on the minds of students as they offered perspective on the variety of ways I could improve the student experience. From hearing about the perspectives of students, as well as experiencing the issue of high food costs first-hand, I acknowledge that campus food is expensive. Year after year, students have heard presidential candidates say that they are going to “lower all food prices on campus.” While ideal, it is not all that realistic. I have a strong customer service background and have worked in the food industry in the past. From these experiences, I was able to recognize Tax Free Tuesdays as a feasible opportunity to move us towards a lower overall cost of campus food choices.

“Tax Free Tuesdays is one initiative that aims to address the reality of food insecurity.”

For many students, buying food on campus is their only option. In communicating this fact to my colleagues in Hospitality Services, I stressed the need that students need a break. Thus, Tax Free Tuesdays will provide some financial relief. As a student, I was only able to afford university through financial aid. I am open about the fact that I come from a low-income background, which is one of the reasons why I am

The President’s Page is a space sponsored and used by the McMaster Students Union (MSU) Board of Directors (BoD) to communicate with the student body. It functions to highlight the Board’s projects, goals, and agenda for the year, as well as the general happenings of the MSU.

personally invested in this project and know the importance of affordable food options on campus.

In one sense, Tax Free Tuesdays is a creative solution which begins to address concerns related to the growing inaccessibility of both campus food and more broadly, to post-secondary edu-

cation. I want to take this opportunity to thank Hospitality Services and the Director, Chris Roberts for working with me on this issue. I value the strides we have made thus far on this front and I hope it becomes the first in a series of continued and deeper conversations about food prices at McMaster.

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Editorial The value of contributing Why your future self will thank you for getting your work published Emily O’Rourke Editor-in-Chief

Early on in my undergrad, one of my favourite professors told me that the best thing that you could do for your future self is to have published works under your belt.

Sure, he was talking to a class of communication studies undergraduates and sure, having any kind of writing experience in the communications industry is a major asset. However, I believe that this holds true to just about everyone.

As a student with a million things on the go, the last thing that anyone is able to think about is spending time writing a piece to be published. I get that.

When you’re juggling between assignments, midterms and paid work, you’re spread entirely too thin. There are barely enough hours in a day to do the work that you’re responsible for.

There are many other reasons that you can use for not making the jump. It can be daunting to share a story that you’re passionate about with your peers, let alone sharing it with such a large audience. It can also be intimidating to join a new network of people who are already established.

There are so more many reasons to put yourself out there, however.

Getting work published not only links you to an organization, but it also builds your network, broadens your reach and enables you to connect with a pretty significant range of people. Once you have a piece in your name, you have an edge on other candidates for jobs, volunteer opportunities and have a stronger pool of individuals to network with.

If that scares you, don’t sweat it. When I first started writing for a publication, I

would be so nervous to send my piece out for editing with the thought that any criticism would mean that I’m not a good writer. When my piece would be published, I would turn my phone off so that I wouldn’t be able to see any bit of critique.

Over time, I learned that criticism is crucial to becoming a better writer and since then, I’ve been able to leverage myself with my experiences contributing to different publications to become a better-rounded individual.

One of the easiest ways to get your name out there is to contribute to your campus media organization. If you have a story to share, a piece you want to investigate further or even something you want to bring attention to on or around campus, connect with us. The Silhouette is always looking for volunteers. @emily_oro

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HUMANS

Catherine Goce Photo Reporter

What inspired you to apply to med school?

I am part of the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves as a medic and I really liked the scope of practice as a medic because it's similar to a paramedic. I thought that being able to expand that scope of practice would be really good.

As a medic our role is to train as medics and also to support the community and the entire battalion, helping out with the different units, and providing medical coverage. That's essentially our role which is similar to a paramedic.

“[...] with medicine you can definitely effect positive change in at least a few people's lives and so I liked that definitive nature,” Jamie Vinken Michael G. Degroote School of Medicine

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Graduating in a Humanities program, why did you decide to change your career path?

I really like doing everything.

That's why I initially started with a bachelor of Knowledge Integration because it's sort of like the McMaster Art-Sci program where you get to do a little bit of everything. As I finished that, I was super interested in political science so I did my masters there. I worked for a year at a chemical manufacturing company and I worked as a design thinker for a bit, but I realized that medicine is really what makes me excited and I can research that without end and still be excited about it. So I wanted to do that and I wanted to be able to positively help at least a few people.

Working with policy, you can maybe effect positive change for a number of people, but with medicine you can definitely effect positive change in at least a few people's lives and so I liked that definitive nature.

What is the biggest difference since you’ve changed areas of study?

The biggest difference between an undergrad and med school, especially at McMaster, is that it’s all very self-directed. It’s

problem-based learning, so you have a case study you’re working on for a couple days. You go out, study it and have access to all sorts of textbooks and journals, but there’s no assignment readings and there’s not a specific amount of information you need to know. You need to learn how to learn and you need to generally understand how the body works. It’s really overwhelming and scary but super exciting as well. The change from humanities to science is wild.

Have you always had a passion for medicine?

I definitely always had a passion for first aid. Any time something's going on I love being first on the scene and helping out. One time a lady got hit by a car on my way to work and I pulled over and I ended up calling 911, and holding her hand.

There wasn't much I could do to help her because it seemed like she broke her ankle, but it was

“It always makes me really sad when I hear that people hate their program. You're training to then hate the things that you're going to do for the rest of your life,” Jamie Vinken Michael G. Degroote School of Medicine

just nice being able to help out a little bit. I didn't always think that I'd be a doctor, only because I know that it's so competitive to get into school.

“If you're not excited about what you're doing everyday then why are you doing it?”

Jamie Vinken Michael G. Degroote School of Medicine What would you tell others who want to change their career path but are scared to do so?

Just do it. We're only alive for so long and failure is definitely an option if you switch, but failure is definitely an option even if you stay where you are. If you're not excited about what you're doing every day then why are you doing it? In my opinion it's much better to try something that you are really excited about, but bad at and maybe it doesn't work out but then it might open up another door into something else that you're also really excited about. Do

things that you want to do, even just taking classes. If you're taking classes that you don't like, take the classes that you do like because that will lead you into a career path that you're interested in.

It always makes me really sad when I hear that people hate their program. You're training to then hate the things that you're going to do for the rest of your life. You can take the leap or you can stay doing whatever you're doing. Even just slowly transition into doing it. Being part of the reserves was just a part time job so it was it was fun to be able to transition sort of slowly.

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swag! (Drop-in Event) 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

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TwelvEighty (and your money) from fraud (Information Session) 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Events Calendar

Just Beat It! Coffee House Monday, November 5, 2018 Where: Bridges Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm Hosted by the McMaster Cancer Society Join the McMaster Cancer Society for a night of entertainment, coffee, and treats!

More information posted on our Facebook page: McMaster Cancer Society

OPIRG's Fair Trade Fest

local artisans (such as Bee My Honey, Cottage Botanicals organic/herbal teas, KIBO Natural Body Products and many more).

Also, join us for our ChocoSol Fair Trade Cafe from 12:30 pm until 1:30 pm in MUSC 230. Exploring the spiritual, ecological and geo-political story of chocolate with Michael Sacco of ChocoSol Traders. Free. Taste testing encouraged.

For more info: opirg@mcmaster.ca; ext. 27289; MUSC 229

Wednesday November 7, 2018

Trivia Night

Where: MUSC Atrium Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Featuring Fair Trade vendors (such as Moya Fair Trade and Organic Shea Butter and Soaps, Ten Thousand Villages, Artesano Canada Enamelware and many more) and

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Opinion McMaster Daily News is not news Portraying the university’s public relations site as a news outlet is misleading to students Sasha Dhesi Managing Editor

Like most post-secondary institutions, McMaster University has a communications and public affairs office which releases press statements and other similar material in order to inform their students and faculty of the affairs of the institution. While there is nothing inherently wrong with such a set-up, why is this office’s main website called McMaster Daily News?

McMaster Daily News presents itself as a news outlet.

Their site publishes articles, press releases and letters from the McMaster administration – all of which bolster McMaster’s reputation. These posts are then circulated on social media and, for all intents and purposes, appear identical to news stories.

This is of utmost concern.

Masquerading a public relations site as a news outlet rather than being upfront about its purpose allows the university to spin a narrative in their favour.

It is no secret that people largely get their news from social media, particularly through skimming headlines and summaries, with the expectation that news outlets are conscientiously addressing that constraint. However, if someone were to read McMaster Daily News for their insights about the McMaster community, they would receive a biased picture.

Take, for instance, a recent post Daily News made about Maclean’s university rankings. The article headline and description on Twitter implied that McMaster had achieved the fourth overall rank in Canada for top university. In reality, this ranking only pertained to the top medical and doctoral schools in the country.

While still an impressive statistic, the Maclean’s guide to universities is largely geared towards high school students selecting a school for their un-

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dergraduate career, making this headline and tweet very misleading. While it is technically true that McMaster did rank fourth in the country, ignoring which exact category allows room for error to the benefit of McMaster’s reputation.

It is, of course, to be expected that large businesses, including universities, have public relations offices to protect and increase their reputation. The issue is that branding such an office as an outlet for news without following basic journalist ethics allows the university to create news in their own image.

There is also the issue of accessing posts altogether. Daily News picks and chooses what is promoted on their main site.

For example, there is no clear link to the press release McMaster published following the arrest of a man linked with three break-ins in Westdale, a series of incidents which heightened student fear. It seems that any time there is an important press release that addresses issues such as student safety, Daily News makes it near impossible to find.

The worst part about this is that it absolutely works. I worked as the News Editor for the Silhouette for two years and during that time, I had to explain to readers and contributors alike that what they read on the Daily News site is PR spin.

Students trust Daily News to deliver accurate information about the goings-on of the university,

The issue is that branding such an office as an outlet for news without following basic journalist ethics allows the university to create news in their own image. but that was clearly never their goal.

It is remarkable that a university which prides itself for holding courses such as “Conspiracy Theories, Fake

News and Critical Investigations” would so blatantly use social media to twist students’ understanding of their own school. To those reading this, remember that so long as the university is a business, it has a vested interest in maintaining its reputation and taking your money, so as you would with any other business, take every word you read from Daily News with a grain of salt.

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Call for student funds accountability The McMaster Students Union budget submission form has good intentions but fails to meaningfully address the misuse of student funds and lack of financial accessibility initiatives Lilian Obeng Contributor

On Oct. 1, 2018 the McMaster Students Union released its annual University Budget Submission. The point of the document is to demonstrate that students pay attention to the university’s spending, and by extension, priorities. As per the university’s budget for the 20182019 academic year, our student contributions via our tuition fees account for approximately 47 per cent of the McMaster University’s available funds.

The stated purpose of the submission document is to provide university administration an outline on how to reallocate existing funds to support student interests.

Highlighted in the document are recommendations to increase funding for the MSU Emergency First Response Team and the Equity and Inclusion Office, hire an additional counsellor, release exam schedules earlier, provide more open educational resources, discontinue the outdated Pebblepad feature and request more environmen-

tally sustainable practices at the university level. Also guiding the direction of the document were the budgets and purported spending of similar institutions across Ontario.

The spirit and purpose of the submission is sound, but what is frustrating is the lack of teeth contained within the document. It fails to address how the university actively spends money to the detriment of student

As per the university’s budget for the 2018-2019 academic year, our student contributions via our tuition fees account for approximately 47 per cent of the McMaster University’s available funds.

life both on and off campus.

The best and most visible example of this is the exclusion of Security Services’ hiring of Hamilton’s ACTION squad to patrol student areas. McMaster spends student-provided funds to increase the policing of students. This not only presents a threat to marginalized students given the ACTION squad’s history of racial profiling, it means that students are being used as a quick cash grab by the city for minor, undisruptive bylaw offences.

Combined with the massive, ineffective and at times violent enforcement projects that take place during special occasions like Homecoming and St. Patrick’s Day, a considerable amount of money is not being disclosed to students by the university, and thus is excluded from the MSU’s advocacy efforts.

The submission is also decidedly limited in its recommendations to the university regarding financial accessibility.

As with the MSU’s educational campaign, financial accessibility is only addressed through OERs

and lowered textbook costs.

By all means, learning materials are increasingly expensive and certainly a place to look when attempting to reduce costs, but efforts should not stop there. To exclude topics such as tuition, and more concretely, scholarships and bursaries, is to fail to meaningfully address the sources of the financial burden placed on students.

Another area of concern are the institutions the submission document cites as inspiration like the University of Toronto. It must be stated that the university is a business, and some universities take that identity to the extreme detriment of students. Schools like University of Toronto are intent on privatization and intend to make that

It fails to address how the university actively spends money to the detriment of student life.

happen soon.

McMaster is a publicly funded school and will be for the foreseeable future; we as students should be wary of the unintended outcomes of ignoring the broader political context we inhabit, and inadvertently advocating for changes that harm future students.

The practice of developing documentation such as the university budget submission should continue. It provides professional development opportunities to students working within the MSU, allows students to participate in the creation of policy and demonstrates our organizing capacity and legitimacy to university stakeholders. We should take special care, however, to ensure that students are being properly communicated with, and that our advocacy is meaningful and concrete.

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A break or a meltdown?

Why fall Reading Week should drop the “reading” Katarina Brkic Contributor

The beginning of an academic term is a stressful time. After the first week spent reading over the syllabus, students are thrown into a state of panic with projects, tests and studying. The abundance of work students receive can drastically affect their mental health. It is a relief then when Reading Week arrives with its promise of a relaxing week of light work and rest. But this promise is often short-lived.

Since fall Reading Week coincides with the Thanksgiving weekend, it should allow students to enjoy valuable time with family and friends and be a period of de-stress. However, since the break is during the middle of the term, students’ stress can actually increase. The week quickly becomes a time for students to complete even more work to meet deadlines that fall during or directly after the break.

McMaster University implemented the fall Reading Week in October 2015 to help ensure the mental health of their students would recover after the stressful, fast-paced scene of university. With the ever-increasing amount of stress students endure at the beginning of the term, McMaster recognizes the necessity of a break for students to focus on

other significant elements in their life. Although students, for the most part, are willingly attending university or other post-secondary institutions, it is important to understand their lives do not solely revolve around academics.

The overwhelming pressure on students to achieve high grades to increase their chances of entering post-undergraduate studies translates into an extreme amount of pressure placed on their minds. On top of competing with one another for certain achievements, students also are expected to balance extracurricular activities, potentially hold a job, and maintain a social connection with family and friends.

If students complete their assignments before reading week, then the following week should really be just that: a break. It should mean that students should not have to worry about submitting assignments online or having to cram ten lectures into their head for a midterm the Monday following the break. There is no point in issuing a Reading Week if students return even more stressed.

Professors should be mandated to have their assignments deadlines or midterms fall the week prior to or following a week after the break. This would then allow students to use their fall breaks the way they

were intended by improving their mental health and overall well-being.

Having a fall Reading Week implemented within the school year has proven to be beneficial—but if this break consists solely of completing more academic work, it should be scrapped. Ultimately, the “break” just becomes another week of school.

Having a fall Reading Week implemented within the school year has proven to be beneficial—but if this break consists solely of completing more academic work, it should be scrapped.

Ultimately, the “break” just becomes another week of school. @theSilhouette

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Students need to listen up Why students should be required to take sign language classes take sign language classes Karen Li Contributor

Ten-year-old Karen had an ambition: to learn American Sign Language.

The idea of communicating with my face and hands fascinated me. I borrowed a book from the library and watched videos online, but eventually, I abandoned my goal.

On Oct. 18, 2018, I attended the ASL workshop held by the McMaster Hearing Society.

David Wiesblatt, a deaf instructor at McMaster University, and his interpreter gave an instructive presentation on audism with some basic ASL vocabularies and phrases.

The two voices soon merged together; one silent, one bright and projecting. Eight years after my first attempt to learn ASL, I was once again mesmerized by the language.

Together, through movements of face and fingers, they told a story that words could not quite replace.

For me, ASL was just a

We all have a responsibility to help make our school as accessible as possible and this can start with supporting our deaf students on campus. hobby, something that I could take or drop at my leisure. Until I attended the workshop, I was not aware that the term audism referred to the oppression and discrimination of Deaf people and that this definition was only included in some dictionaries.

I was not aware of the terminological differences between deaf and Deaf. I was not even aware that there were deaf students studying at this university.

At the workshop, Tim Nolan, director of McMaster’s Student Accessibility Services, emphasized his strive to “bridge

the gap” between Deaf and nonDeaf communities. Learning ASL not only provides a potential means of communication but also transcends culture and raises awareness of the issue of audism. It is the first step to erasing the stigma that exists in all levels of government and society.

ASL can also improve cognitive functioning. When we use a language, we do not simply “turn off ” other languages. Knowing multiple languages therefore strengthens the control mechanisms in our brain that regulate and maintain the balance between two or more languages. As a three-dimensional system, ASL can also improve visualization skills and spatial recognition.

Many groups at McMaster offer free ASL lessons and workshops. The McMaster Hearing Society holds multiple workshops throughout the year. The McMaster Sign Language Club meets once a week to learn basic signs. Online classes are also excellent and convenient resources

Until I attended the workshop, I was not aware that the term audism referred to the oppression and discrimination of Deaf people and that this definition was only included in some dictionaries. but may lack the physical interaction and motivational factor that aid the learning process.

If possible, however, one should always take classes taught by deaf instructors to learn from the native-speakers and to support deaf workers. The Canadian Hearing Society offers ASL lessons in locations throughout Canada, including Hamilton.

One can even take LINGUIST 2LS3 at McMaster, which is an introduction to ASL. Beyond learning ASL, there are so many other ways to support the deaf community on campus. For example, students can enroll in the notetaker program with SAS or ensure that front row seats in lecture halls are vacant for those who need it.

With the multitude of opportunities available, students really have no excuse. We all have a responsibility to help make our school as accessible as possible and this can start with supporting our deaf students on campus.

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Arts & Culture Doodling the Steel City Hamont Doodles depicts the beauty of Hamilton throughout Inktober

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Rya Buckley A&C Reporter

It all started with an illustration of Mulberry Coffeehouse at the end of July. From there, the Instagram account Hamont Doodles has accumulated 1720 followers, from local businesses to Hamilton residents.

The account depicts iconic Hamilton spots, such as Westdale Theatre and Bayview Park.

Dotted between the streets and businesses everyone knows are illustrations of pretty Hamilton houses, mostly commissions from one of the account’s hundreds of followers.

Sara Sandham is behind Hamont Doodles, the Instagram account showing off Hamilton’s good side. Although she’s been drawing since she was young, art was never something she seriously considered as a career.

It was only during this past summer that she was inspired to pick it up.

“[M]y brother had been in the hospital for a couple months and I just needed something to do… [H]e had this amazing corner room with the craziest view of the entire city. So while he was there I… started drawing and then he was basically the one who [said to] put them online,” Sandham recalled.

By putting up her pieces online, Sandham has formulated a supportive community.

She’s been able to meet people who love her work and have personal connections to the spots that she’s depicted.

Sandham didn’t grow up in Hamilton. Her mother moved to the city when she was in university and by spending summers in Hamilton, she grew to love the city and its unique character. Now the city has grown to inspire her art. “[A] lot of my colours and subject matter just come from photos I take when I’m out and about. So if I’m out around

golden hour and I see a nice sunset, I’ll take a photo of the sunset and then use those colors from that photo later in another piece,” Sandham explained.

Sandham draws digitally, using her photos of Hamilton as reference images. She starts with an outline, moves on to perspective and then works on the colours.

During the month of October, Sandham challenged herself to depart from reference images by participating in Inktober.

The drawing challenge encourages artists all over the world to ink daily, using a series of 31 prompts.

She’s fallen a bit behind, but Sandham asked her followers at the start to be patient. It’s been a busy month for her. In addition to Inktober and her commissions, she is balancing two jobs. On top of that, Sandham challenged herself further by choosing to make all of her drawings Hamilton related in

theme.

Sandham has been creative in how she’s done this. She started with a bottle of Ticat Tears for the prompt poisonous, drew a chicken crossing the Pride Sidewalk for the prompt chicken and drew buildings on James Street for the prompt precious.

The colours are one of the features that makes Sandham’s doodles so visually appealing.

While she’s found Hamilton to be several shades of brown, those aren’t the only colours that can be seen in her illustrations.

She changes up the colours, tinting browns with orange and turning greys into teal.

Sandham leaves drawing her favourite part, the sky, for last. Taking inspiration from Hamilton’s stunning sunsets, she incorporates pleasing purples and warm yellows into her skies.

Most interesting is the way she formulates the sky in a series of geometric shapes.

Her followers await the

colourful illustrations she will concoct in the future as Hamont Doodles continues to grow.

“Honestly I think it’s happened so fast that I feel like I haven’t really given a huge amount of thought to the future.

I mean at some point I’d love to have my art in the Art Gallery of Hamilton–that would be a pretty cool accomplishment, but honestly I just want to make my art more accessible to people,” said Sandham.

Her following would love that as well. The beauty of Sandham’s doodles is the love and joy with which she depicts Hamilton. Everyone wants to own the snippets of the city that she creates.

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In the Kitchen WITH SARA WISEMAN

Fulfill fall food cravings with this recipe for POTATO AND CARROT LATKES Whether you’re a seasoned cook or simply craving for an opportunity to learn to make something new, nothing beats a warm home cooked meal.

This recipe for potato and carrot latkes served with a simple apple sauce was created to complement student life. The ingredients to make these golden and crispy potato pancakes are budget-friendly and many can be found in the McMaster Students Union Food Collective Centre’s monthly Good Food Box. The recipe calls for about half an hour of your time over a mixing bowl and frying pan, making it a fair bargain for a wholesome dish to enjoy over a sit-down meal or on the go.

ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR’S, RAZAN SAMARA, TAKE ON THIS RECIPE.

THE CHEF: SARA WISEMAN Wiseman is the creative mind behind Dundurn Market’s prepared meals and helped evolve Green Bar into a full vegan restaurant. The local Hamiltonian has been cooking up hearty meals for 20 years and has a passion for healthy eating, sustainable food practices and recipe creation. Wiseman is currently packing her bags for a trip to Bali, Indonesia where she will be studying raw, vegan cuisine and chocolate.

LATKES DIRECTIONS

LATKE INGREDIENTS:

⬜ 2 lb potatoes, scrubbed clean  2 carrots, scrubbed clean and peeled  1 bunch green onions, finely sliced  1 large egg, lightly beaten  ¼ cup unbleached flour  1 teaspoon salt  ½ teaspoon black pepper  Vegetable oil for cooking

APPLE SAUCE INGREDIENTS:

 4 apples, washed and peeled  ¼ cup water  ¼ cup sugar (or less) denotes a vegetarian recipe

1. Grate the potatoes and carrots using a hand grater or a food processor using the largest holes to get thick strands. Place the grated vegetables together with the sliced green onion into a large bowl. Allow the mixture to stand for a few minutes. Scoop out handfuls of the mixture and squeeze over a small bowl to remove excess moisture. Transfer to another bowl and repeat with the remaining veggies.

2. Add the egg, flour, salt and pepper to the veggie mixture. Drain the liquid from the small bowl; you will find a layer of potato starch on the bottom. Add this starch to the veggies as well. Stir everything together.

3. Heat a large frying pan (preferably cast iron) over medium heat. Cover the bottom of the pan with ¼ cm oil. Pack a ¼ cup measuring cup with the veggie mixture and form this into a small cake in your hand; place in the hot oil. Repeat until the pan is full, leaving space around each latke for even cooking. Cook several minutes until golden brown on one side. Flip and cook until done on the second side. Remove from pan and drain on paper towels. Repeat until all the veggie mixture is cooked.

SIMPLE APPLE SAUCE DIRECTIONS

1. Roughly dice the apples. Place in a small pot along with the water and sugar.

Cook on medium heat with the lid on for 25 to 30 minutes, until the apples are very soft. Remove from heat and blend with a potato masher, food processor or immersion blender.

2. Serve the latkes with the freshly made apple sauce and sour cream or Greek yogurt. Garnish with more sliced green onions or fresh thyme leaves.

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With great art comes great responsibility Hamilton Artists Inc. hosts dinner and conversation over gentrification Razan Samara A&C Editor

A long table draped with cloth and vases filled with fresh flowers may have transformed Hamilton Artists Inc.’s gallery space into a typical dining room, but the scattered blank cards and copies of the Hamilton Tenants Solidarity Network newsletter foreshadowed much more than a meal will be shared.

The room was quiet as a few artists and community members stirred around the table. Little Theo sat on the ground preoccupied with a puzzle, seemingly unaware of the projection of multidisciplinary artist Lisa Lipton’s experiential feature film, The Impossible Blue Rose, behind him.

As special guests from the Stoney Creek Towers trickled into the room, small talk turned into big conversations around the topics of displacement in Hamilton, tenant rights, the East Hamilton rent strike and the city’s development plans.

The voices culminated to discussions around gentrification in the city, a perfect fit in terms of time and place, as traffic reached its peak along James Street North outside of the gallery. By now the artists, community members and tenants were serving themselves tabbouleh, falafel and shawarma with rice.

Abedar Kamgari, the programming director at Hamilton Artists Inc., welcomed everyone and led introductions. She asked the guests to look around and identify whose present and whose absent and perhaps needs to be brought to the table.

Kamgari highlighted the importance of hosting the Shared Conversations: Community Dinner event at an artist-run centre and the responsibility Hamilton Artists Inc. has to the community. The dinner is part of a series of synchronized events happening at the same time across artists-run centres around the country.

The conversation seamlessly transitioned to the economic injustices happening in Hamilton that are being driven by gentrification.

Guests spoke about their experiences at the Stoney Creek Towers and across the city, from unaffordable rent hikes, lack of heating during the winter, several month waits on repairs and alarming rates of bug and pest infestations, new and legacy tenants are being impacted by the sidelining of Hamiltonians’ home rights in favour of gentrification.

The guests were also humble in their approach, some identifying their privilege and roles in gentrification. One couple moved to Hamilton after their rented Toronto home was bought out by a tech millionaire. Another recalled the story of her neighbour who moved to the Stoney Creek Towers out of fear of being homeless.

A professor of English and writing studies at Western University felt priced out of Toronto and instead made Hamilton her new home in an effort to be in an environment that shares her values around workers’ rights and art in the urban fabric. The guests shared a consistent pattern of recognizing the complex relationship of being negatively

impacted by gentrification and contributing to it.

The multi-layered conversation also focused on deciphering the roles of artists and art spaces in gentrification in Hamilton. The guests spoke about finding a balance between utilizing artists’ practice to revitalize the downtown core and ensuring that art remains accessible and affordable.

While this may paint artists as drivers of gentrification, a key part of the issue is the appropriation and misuse of art spaces by community members, developers and the city. For example, gallery spaces along James Street North have acquired an elitist persona, often used as a selling points by realtors.

One guest remarked that many artists and art spaces are unknowingly the foot soldiers of gentrification. Groups are utilizing art to invest and further their own profit without permission from the artists.

Sales representatives and the city of Hamilton market James Street North as a cultural hub for investors, boasting the short walk to the GO station and accessibility to the Greater Toronto Area, but efforts towards providing artists with resources, funding programming and investing in affordable housing are being called into question.

At this point in the conversation, everyone’s plates are cleared. The guests thoughtfully calculated how much they could eat, leaving no remnants behind. Coffee and tea pots are passed around the table as talks of solutions take over.

Artists can learn from the striking tenants of Stoney Creek Towers and seek out advice from their experiences working towards the goal of justice by challenging, lobbying and putting pressure on the community to change for the better. Motivation to overcome the negative effects of gentrification can be fostered by looking at the exemplary successes of dedicated individuals.

While there is no one simple solution towards overcoming the intersecting issues contributing to gentrification, artists and the community still have a responsibility to address them.

Artists have to work with their

neighbours, listen to their perspectives and continue having these conversations.

The Impossible Blue Rose continued to play in the background till the end of the dinner, a consistent reminder that art will always be there, but how it’s used to change the city’s landscapes and the experiences of its people is in the hands of the community.

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SNAPS FOR MOON MILK Sister Moon Collective hosts monthly nights of poetry readings

C/O RAZAN SAMARA / A&C EDITOR

Drew Simpson Contributor

For the past 18 months, the Moon Milk series has set the scene for poetry readings in Hamilton. Featured poets, open-mic readers and attentive audiences have filled intimate spaces with rhythm and clever alliterations.

With a quick Google search, you’ll discover that the Moon Milk name is also claimed by a drink influenced by Ayuverdic traditions and consists of warm milk and spices meant to help relieve stress before sleep.

There’s an interesting connection between a soothing nightly drink and a monthly poetry event. Upon meeting Moon Milk’s co-organizer, S. K. Hughes, the significance of the name was made more prevalent.

“We came up with Moon Milk as an extension of [our] Sister Moon Collective. We thought about poetry as the milk that comes from the moon.

What the moon produces can be thought of as poetry, or art or other forms of beauty,” explained Hughes.

Through the Moon Milk series, poets and audiences alike can find relief in poetry. It’s both an outlet and a sense of community.

The Sister Moon Collective, which consists of Hughes and Lauren Goodman, focuses on building community through the arts while aiming to carve out safer spaces and accessible events.

The Sister Moon Collective, which consists of Hughes and Lauren Goodman, focuses on building community through the arts, while aiming to carve

out safer spaces and accessible events. Moon Milk has become the Collective’s main monthly event since its inception two years ago to fulfill the need for consistent poetry events in Hamilton.

“I think that community is often built on shared interests…

Having a poetry-focused event has brought in some new faces and some new people who have started to attend every month. I think that’s been a community building event. We can share our enjoyment of poetry and our appreciation or the space and for connecting over the love of this art form,” explained Hughes.

Moon Milk first started at Casino Art Space. Similar to the Hamilton Audio Visual Node , the current space for the series, Casino was a shared studio and event space ran by 16 Hamilton-based artists. The series shifted to HAVN after Casino closed due to shifting priorities.

While poetry may seem to reside outside of HAVN’s mandate, the Moon Milk series was welcomed with open arms. The poetry nights fit in well within the artist-run gallery space’s oth-

Moon Milk also strives to create a safe and inclusive space that fosters creativity. er events, such as HAVN Select, which are weekly open gallery hours dedicated to showcasing their exhibits as well as tapes, zines and tees made by HAVN members and local artists.

Nights at Moon Milk start off with a featured reader, typically from Hamilton or Toronto, followed by an open mic. The routine was adopted from the Sophisticated Boom Boom events in Toronto that Hughes frequented while living there.

“There are lots of folks that come out regularly to the open mic…That’s [one] way we find out about people that we can have as featured readers. I’m also still quite involved in the poetry scene in Toronto…and sometimes I’ll reach out to poets I know in Hamilton [asking for’ recommendations that would

be a good fit for our event,” explained Hughes.

Following the Sister Moon Collective’s focus on accessibility, Moon Milk is a pay what you can event and all monetary contributions go to the featured reader.

Moon Milk also strives to create a safe and inclusive space that fosters creativity. There are no themes to their events and everyone is welcome. People are invited to read completed works or poems in progress. They can even read other poets’ work as long as the appropriate credit is given.

Every Moon Milk is made special by the people who passionately read and intently listen. The series is fostering a community in Hamilton built around poetry, the milk from the moon.

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The event will include a session with the AfriCAN delegates that attended the African Youth and Governance Conference in Accra, Ghana; MSU President Ikram Farah and MSA Vice President (Internal) Brayden Spjuth will also provide opening remarks. Visit the Student Success Speakers and facilitators: Centre’s site for more information about this year’s speakers.

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They also welcome feedback on ■ Joselyn Heaton, Coordinator, Part-Time Manager at the MSU how to continue to improve this work. The Leadership Summit Women and Gender Equity welcomes First Nations, Metis Network ■ Tracey Kadish, Associate Dean at and Inuit peoples, racialized persons, persons with (dis)Abilities, Mohawk College ■ Ja’miil Millar, Research and Poli- LGBTQ2SIA persons and allies.

Brought to you by the Mccy Analyst at Mohawk Students’ Association (MSA) Master Student Success Centre, ■ Shruti Ramesh, JD Candidate at McMaster Alumni Association, Mohawk College, YWCA HamilOsgoode Hall Law School ton, and Workforce Planning ■ Dr. Stephanie Ross, Associate Professor at McMaster University Hamilton, the Leadership

Summit for Women will take place at Hamilton Public Library (Central Branch) on Thursday, November 8, 2018 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Sponsored by: Register to attend at: bit.ly/2018lsw.

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Sports Consistency is key Women’s basketball head coach Theresa Burns details what has led to the program’s success, and what is in store for the upcoming season

Third-year guard Julia Hanaka takes the ball up the court as coach Burns looks on.

KYLE WEST / PHOTO EDITOR Graham West Contributor

Theresa Burns is the model of excellence when it comes to coaching at the university level.

She has been the coach of the McMaster women’s basketball team for 25 years, boasting a resume of 321 wins and 161 losses, an astonishing win-loss record. She has led the team to the playoffs 17 times. This year, the team kicked off their season with back-to-back wins against the University of Waterloo Warriors and the University of Windsor Lancers.

Coach Burns attributes multiple factors to their history of winning, with consistency and stability of coaching being a big factor. Most of their coaches have been on staff for more than five years, with the exception of Danielle Boiago, former Marauder player-turned coach, so there is still a lot of experience in the McMaster system.

The consistency in coaching is a large contributor to the team’s success as it establishes a good chemistry, making it easier to establish a great culture of winning, which gets passed on to the new players by the coaches and senior players.

A high level of professionalism is key to this culture, with coach Burns stressing establishing a good work ethic, taking responsibility and accountability for what you do. Even though a lot of work goes into establishing such a winning culture, it is also a lot of fun. Respect is a big theme for everyone within the program, making sure you approach everything you do from the culture of respect, whether it be towards each other on the team, officials or simply towards the game of basketball.

“I know you hear coaches at the professional level of the sport talking about ‘he or she is a great pro’ and when they say that, they mean they tick all the

boxes,” said coach Burns. “They don’t shortcut, they take care of business, they’re very accountable. They’re very responsible, and that’s what we try to push our players to be.”

Coach Burns also says that expertise and experience is something integral to her impact on the team’s wins, having honed over the years what does and does not work. This informs the daily habits that have to be set in place, along with watching how your team responds to certain things and how the league responds. These are all things that help form the team’s winning culture.

Coach Burns says the basketball team is more than just a team and is like another form of family, they all have a very close bond. She also says her role on the team is larger than just the technical aspects such as drawing up plays.

“In a coaching role, you wear a lot of hats,” said coach

Burns. “You’re the technical director of what’s happening, but you’re also the general manager that looks after a million and one other administrative things that make the program run.

You are the recruiting coordinator, you are a mentor for the athletes and the other coaches and you’re a support service for them. My door’s always open to my athletes if they need anything.”

“My door’s always open to my athletes if they need anything.”

Theresa Burns Head coach Women’s basketball team Over the years, coach Burns says that the biggest change in basketball is the talents of players. The game used to be far more traditional and

one dimensional, with forwards playing in the post, point guards handling the ball, shooting guards scoring and so on. The venerated coach highlighted that now, players are becoming multifaceted and can do it all.

This increase of multi-talented players is something that has certainly translated to university basketball.

Having won their division the past two seasons in a row, the women’s basketball team has been one of the most successful sports teams at McMaster in recent memory. Under the guidance of their head coach, and a strong roster taking the court, the team will continue to be a team to keep a close eye on in the upcoming season. @theSilhouette

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Off to a winning start Fifth-year David McCulloch looks back on the men’s basketball team’s last season and describes the Marauders’ hopes and strategies for the upcoming year

The men’s basketball team opened up their season with back-to-back strong wins at Burridge Gym. KYLE WEST / PHOTO EDITOR Adriana Skaljin Contributor

As an upper-year veteran of the McMaster men’s basketball team, David McCulloch has experienced the ups and downs of the team for the past five years.

He is now in his final year at McMaster, completing a degree in kinesiology, and in his final season with the team.

McCulloch, who plays guard, describes the team dynamic as one strengthened by talented players and a high level of sportsmanship.

“Our team has a lot of good guys, and a lot of them are young,” said McCulloch. “We have nine first-year rookies, and they all got really tight, which helps us veterans, seeing as only five to six people were on the team last year.”

He describes the rookies as eager to learn and as humble coming onto the team.

“There are no big egos from these new players, making them open to work hard,” said McCulloch.

This level-headed mindset

is crucial to the team dynamic, as it allows for the veterans and rookies to mesh well as a team, and to fit into the culture that head coach Patrick Tatham wants.

“It’s good for us, as the rookies are going to get a lot of minutes, averaging at 25 to 30 minutes,” said McCulloch. “So as long as they keep their heads focused and in check, then we are all going to play well together.”

Despite this influx of new players, the team dynamic has stayed strong, as a result of the teammates’ bond and ability to get along well, leading to one of the most cohesive teams McCulloch has seen in his tenure with the program.

Going into the new season, the men’s basketball team’s coaching staff has worked to implement ways to better both team and individual skills. Each practice, the players get 10 to 15 minutes of individual developmental training.

“The players have been continuing to get better individually since September, even August really,” McCulloch said. “With

better individual development comes a better team.”

McCulloch describes the practices as ones of teaching and getting familiar with the way that Tatham envisions them to play.

“Since the team is young, it takes a bit of time to get adjusted to the way [coach Tatham] wants us to play,” McCulloch said. “But, everyone is adjusting very well and I think that the way he wants us to play, being super hard, is fit with the guys that we have. I think this is going to help us a lot throughout the year.”

On a more personal level, McCulloch aims to maintain his Ontario University Athletics AllStar status from last year, and to keep his stats up, hopefully allowing him to play professionally, either at home or abroad.

Last year, the team had an interesting run, winning only one game before their winter break, and then winning eight out of their last nine games to end their regular season. When asked to reflect on this unusual streak, McCulloch said with

confidence that they will use that second half as motivation for the upcoming season.

“I think that we had a bad start to last season, and then finished playing the way we were supposed to,” said McCulloch.

“Even this early into this current season, I am already feeling that we are playing the way we are supposed to.”

“Even this early into this current season, I am already feeling that we are playing the way we are supposed to.”

David McCulloch Men’s basketball team The dichotomous outcomes of last season sparked the bringing in of new talent, higher goals, and the strong belief that winning should be inevitable.

On Oct. 24, the Marauders

played the home-opener against the University of Waterloo, winning 93-75. McCulloch himself put up 17 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.

“This was our best game of the year, and we experienced a lot of good first-year [player] moments,” said McCulloch.

“The team effort was huge, and our harder playing showed results.”

The men’s basketball team pulled off another victory on Oct. 27, winning 95-67 over the University of Windsor, adding to their strong winning start to the season.

It is clear that these tactics of playing hard, strategic training and the goal of being consistent, will continue to show throughout this season.

Hopefully, the Marauders can continue this winning streak throughout McCulloch’s final year wearing a maroon number 21 jersey.

@theSilhouette

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Where do we go from here?

The McMaster men’s football team loses in the first round of the playoffs following the firing of head coach Greg Knox Jessica Carmichael Sports Reporter

The 2018 McMaster University men’s football season has come to an early end, losing to Carleton University in the first round of the playoffs. This is the earliest that the Marauders have been knocked out of the Ontario University Athletics playoffs

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since 2015.

The game was off to a slow start for the Marauders, who were as much as 25 points behind in the first half, but they managed to score 20 points by the late third and fourth quarter. Unfortunately, their efforts were not enough, and the Ravens had outscored them 30-25 by the final whistle.

The Marauders faced a

number of different trials this season: quarterback uncertainty, a young team and an overworked defence; but they still managed to secure a playoff spot. So, the firing of head coach Greg Knox by McMaster on Oct. 22 was the last thing the team expected heading into the quarterfinal game.

According to the statement released by the university, the

firing was a result of an independent investigation that began after an incident at a game against Wilfrid Laurier University in late September, which involved allegations of harassment and threats of physical violence made against a sideline game official.

Following the incident, Knox had been suspended by the OUA for one game, then put

on administrative leave by the school for three games until he was fired on Monday.

“It’s really hard to go play an away game against a really talented and confident team [under these conditions],” said a player on the team who asked to remain anonymous out of fear of being reprimanded.

“Coach Knox was one of the guys that recruited me in my last year of high school.

Majority of the guys on that team came here because of Coach Knox,” said the player.

“So, though our interim coaches are really good at their jobs, at the end of the day it’s about loyalty. So guys just didn’t have that fire.”

In 2011, 2012 and 2014, Knox was the defensive coordinator and helped lead the Marauders to the Vanier Cup each year. After then-head coach Stefan Ptaszek left to join the Hamilton Tiger-Cats before the 2016 season, Knox was brought in as head coach.

“Knox has always been good poking the holes in other team’s offense,” said the player.

“In 2014 McMaster football

The Marauders faced a number of different trials this season: quarterback uncertainty, a young team and an overworked defence; but they still managed to secure a playoff spot. So, the firing of head coach Greg Knox

by McMaster on Oct. 22 was the last thing the team expected heading into the quarterfinal game.

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had no business going to the national championship, but because of Coach Knox’s defensive mindset, our defence scored more than our offence which is so hard to do.”

McMaster’s defence has always been strong thanks to his leadership, so to see it fall apart is not easy for anyone. Although, with every action comes a consequence. As stated in the press release, McMaster University is “committed to fostering a respectful and inclusive community in which all members of the university work, study, and live free of harassment”.

The margin between the penalties from the league and the school is something that puzzles many, but due to the

university being bound by privacy guidelines, no additional details on the specifics of the report or the incident will be released.

“Though we don’t have the full details of what happened, letting go of a coach before a playoff game doesn’t result in anything good for anyone,” said the player. “Also, being told one thing while another is happening makes us feel disrespected as players.”

The ambiguity of the school’s decision made it hard for the players to come to an understanding of why they made the decision that they did.

Though the university acknowledged that coaching changes can be a challenge, especially

going into a playoff game, and that they will provide support to team members, players cannot help but still feel alone in this.

Though through it all, it is important to recognize that the firing of coach Knox is not the definite reason the Marauders did not leave Ottawa one step closer to the Yates Cup. It would be unfair to discredit the Ravens’ talent and ability to score touchdowns, which is something Marauders struggled with all season, with and without Knox. But, to see the McMaster program burn up into flames in the future as a result of this would be truly disappointing for everyone involved.

“You never want to be the school that teams will see on

their schedule and count as a win,” said the player. “We have a very complicated system that is hard [for other schools] to prepare for, so I hope whoever is coming in can help us maintain that reputation.”

As of now, the results of the search for the new head coach still remains to be seen. In the meantime, the Marauders will head into the offseason and try to regroup what is left of their team.

@JaayCarmichael

The margin between the penalties from the league and the school is something that puzzles many, but due to the university being bound by privacy guidelines, no additional details […] hwill be released.

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DOWN 1- Tortilla chip dip; 2- Perpendicular to the keel; 3- Summits of buildings; 4- Green Gables girl; 5- Must; 6- Rhythm; 7- Cream-filled cookie; 8- ___ best friend; 9- Needle case; 10- Semitic language; 11- The citadel of Athens; 12- U.S. trading place; 13- Health haven; 21- Chow down; 22- Habituate; 26- Crow call;

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61- “The Time Machine” people; 62- Prince William’s school; 63- “Goodnight” girl; 64- Deep unconscious state; 65- Actor Beatty and others; 66- Photographer Adams;

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Local students don’t dress up for Halloween, still scary It’s midterm season, folks

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Forget Halloween, the spookiest time of year is midterm season.

This year in particular, several students opted out of familiar traditions of dressing up as the scariest thing they could think of. Instead, they just went out in public, which actually ended up being the scariest thing for everyone around them.

Several individuals around McMaster Unibersity on Wednesday reportedly saw what they called zombies walking around campus and the surrounding area.

A typical report included something that looked like a person, with extremely dark circles around their bloodshot eyes, a slow pace and a hunched back.

“This is the most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen,” said Westdale resident Rin Mayber, who is also

vehemently against students living in Westdale. “These… creatures… they look like they haven’t slept in weeks. They’re really taking away from the beauty of the Westdale neighbourhood.”

True that, Rin. Most of these students HAVEN’T slept in weeks but they’re still taking in their recycling bins, thank you very much.

According to third-year linguistics student, Frank E. Stein, the scariest thing about this epidemic is the number of assignments piling up before exam season.

“I have five midterms, four essays, three labs, two group projects and one hour of volunteering to complete by Friday,” said Stein. “I can’t be bothered to sleep or shower until this is over.”

Sources say that this terrifying epidemic seems to be hitting fourth-year students harder than others. Fourth-year life sciences

student, Mum Mified, says that the Authorities are telling local terror seems to be spreading. residents to stay indoors until the “I was on the 51 on my way holidays. Be safe out there. to campus and a baby was sitting near the front,” said Mified. “When I noticed the baby looking at me, I smiled and waved, the usual. The baby then started crying uncontrollably. Do I look that bad?”

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