Fans of Mohawk’s varsity basketball teams packed the gym on Tuesday to watch the men’s team put the final stamp on a historic victory.
Prior to the Mountaineers’ game against the Niagara College Knights, players from Mohawk’s 2011-2012 CCAA (Canadian Collegiate Athletics Association) championship team received their rings commemorating last year’s victory.
Along with the rings, three banners were unveiled. One for their Ontario championship, one for the national championship, and a special Mohawk College banner complete with the names of the players and coaching staff.
Men’s coach Brian Jonker said finally being able…

Stigma, Opportunity, Complexity, and Compassion.
Four panelists spoke these four words at the beginning of the special town hall event, Mental Health 101: Youth and the Hidden Crisis in Our Community. Heather Hiscox of CBC Hamilton hosted the event at Mohawk College last week.
The words illustrated what came to mind for each panelist when they heard the words “youth and mental illness.”
Dr. Sheila Harms, a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at McMaster Children’s Hospital, chose the word opportunity, describing how the topic of mental illness can be approached optimistically with a sense of…

At the end of the Winter 2012 semester—literally, the day after exams ended—Sam Cook, coordinator of the Radio Broadcasting program, and Ruby Szpeflicki now a second-year radio student, went to work on a new outlet for students to get their voices heard.
Ignite Radio (.ca) is Mohawk College’s latest media venture—an internet radio station dedicated to getting new media students out of their shells and on the air.
“With things moving forward we had to ask ourselves where is radio headed? And it’s headed online,” Cook said.
“The reason we did it in the…

The Toronto After Dark Film Festival is home to many film genres, most of them related in some way to Horror. One new film that mixes genres very well goes by the name of Resolution. Without giving too much of the plot away, Resolution is about one friend trying to save another from drug addiction by chaining him in a cabin in the woods. Throw in an element of found footage, a heaping plate of comedy and some unique methods to instil fear and you have a five-star film. The movie succeeds despite a lack of spectacular…

At your first look at the “Metro” screen on Windows 8 you might be a little scared. It’s kind of odd seeing tablet tiles on a desktop PC. But with a quick click on the “Desktop” tile, or pushing the mouse to the left corner you find yourself in familiar territory on a Windows 7 screen. The settings Windows users are used to are easily accessible by moving the mouse to the far right of screen. The Start Menu had a good run but it appears Microsoft has retired it.
You can uninstall or…

The National Hockey League (NHL) won’t be having an 82 game schedule this year and the rest of the season is still at risk. This decision, due to the recent lockout, has both players and staff concerned.
The American Hockey League (AHL) isn’t as concerned, as the 2012 AHL regular season just kicked off last week, and the Hamilton Bulldogs sold out their season opener against the Toronto Marlies.
Bulldogs president Stephen Ostaszewicz says they are looking forward to the season, and the impact of the NHL lockout has been minimal, but positive.
“We…

It’s been a tough season so far for the Hamilton Red Wings. Nearing the midway point of the season, the Wings sit in last place in the Ontario Junior Hockey League with just three wins in 18 games.
With big expectations to start the season, questions abound as to what is actually wrong with this team.
Spencer MacCormack was acquired early in the season in a trade for holdout Sammy Banga. After a few games with the Red Wings, he too asked for a trade. He says the exact problem is difficult to pin…

Dear Ivor Wynne Stadium,
It’s almost poetic that it rained for your last game, symbolic of the tears that some Hamiltonians must have shed.
Ever since the Pan Am Games announcement, we all knew this day would come.
Now that it has, it’s a bittersweet feeling.
Let’s be honest, you’re not the prettiest girl at the CFL stadium dance, but that’s part of what makes you so unique.
At one point, your north stands were considered too ugly to be put on TV.
Instead of cushioned seats, you have wooden benches.
You live in…

With school well on its way and the weather slowly creeping into winter, there is a chance students may be getting lazier. Most of us (not all) claim that we have too much work to hit the gym, go for a run, or get involved in an intramural sport.
According to the Toronto Public Health website, fifty-four percent of youth are not active enough. The lack of physical activity can stump the ability to achieve a healthy weight and to decrease stress.
As Thomas Jefferson once said “a strong body makes a strong mind”.…

Hamilton Police are trying to deliver a message on the dangers of distracted driving. The police are on a nine-month distracted driving campaign determined to keep drivers’ attention on the road, and not on their phones.
Constable Wes Wilson of the Hamilton police says drivers think the police don’t see their phones if they hold them down low.
“Having your phone in your hand is enough to get a ticket,” he said. “We hear all sorts of excuses, people using speaker phone, it was an emergency text message.”
Last Tuesday Limeridge mall had an…