Mohawk point guard Manny Campbell picked up a pair of honours at the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Championship awards ceremony at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Toronto- Markham Thursday (Feb. 28). The Burlington native was named a First Team West Division All-Star and a Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) All-Canadian. Campbell was among the OCAA’s top five players in steals with 57 and assists with 69. He averaged 13.7 points per game while contributing 76 rebounds and three blocks.

6’6 Forward Andrew Cicuttini of Dundas was also selected as a First Team All-Star. Cicuttini averaged…

The Mohawk Mountaineers fell just short of another upset, losing a dramatic five set decision to the Nipissing Lakers of North Bay at the OCAA Men’s Volleyball Championship gold medal match at Sheridan College in Oakville Saturday (Feb. 23). The Mountaineers, who knocked off Redeemer and Algonquin en route to an appearance in the final match, went home with the silver medal, bowing 16-25, 25-20, 21-25, 25-22, 7-15.
Fifth-year player Mo Sulaiman again led Mohawk with 12 kills and two stuff blocks. Phil Youngblut had six kills and six blocks. Marcin Jedrzejewski contributed seven…

The Mohawk Mountaineers stunned the top-seeded team in the province, sweeping the Algonquin Thunder of Ottawa 3-0, to earn a berth in the gold medal match of the OCAA Men’s Volleyball Championship at Sheridan College in Oakville Friday (Feb. 22).
Mohawk will face the Nipissing University Lakers of North Bay in the final Saturday at 5:00 pm. The Lakers beat the reigning national champion Humber Hawks, also 3-0, in their semi final.
Player of the match Mo Sulaiman recorded 13 kills to lead the Mohawk Mountaineers to a straight sets victory over the top…

For the second Family Day in a row, thousands trekked into the heart of Dundas Valley Conservation Area for Braden’s Hot Chocolate Festival.
The event was set up around an old train station off the Rail Trail, which had been converted into a trail centre. Food trucks parked along one side and hot chocolate was served just outside the centre itself.
Mingling amidst the crowd, unassuming and easy-to-miss, was 10-year-old Braden Marshall, the brainchild behind the entire event.
“One day, my dad and I were just sitting around and I said I wanted to…

The Mohawk Mountaineers have earned a semi-final berth in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) men’s volleyball championship at Sheridan College in Oakville.
The Mountaineers turned in an impressive performance as they downed their Hamilton Mountain rivals, the Redeemer Royals 26-24, 22-25, 25-22, 25-15 in their quarter-final, Thursday night (Feb. 21). Mohawk, which finished sixth in the West Region with a 9-9 record and slipped into the championship by defeating George Brown in a playoff, defeated the 14-4 Royals for the third time in three tries this season.
Eric Danecke collected eight kills and…

Financial responsibility is a cornerstone of responsible governance at any level. After the recent scandal at McMaster University regarding the misallocation of student funds, Mohawk College is assuring students their money is accounted for.
Mohawk Student’s Association President Andy Hall says there is a strict policy in place where every monetary decision is reviewed.
“All of our financial statements are audited every year by an outside third-party company…anything that we do in terms of a financial decision has to go through the MSA executive committee which is comprised of myself, the VP of Finance,…

A potential new women’s centre opening in Hamilton could be a new safe haven not only for women, but the trans community as well.
McMaster University may soon join 18 other Universities across Canada in attempting to launch a Women and Trans Centre on Campus. The centre would be a safe place for women, transgendered and transsexual students and Hamiltonians.
“A lot of research has been done in terms of sexual assault and violence against women - how one copes and deals with that and the services that one can go and use. We…

Redeemer University celebrated black history month by hosting the SHOUT In the House gospel celebration.
The audience enjoyed the song stylings of artist Christopher Samuels and monologues by Samantha Whitney.
The coordinator of the event, Doriel Moulton, describes the event as a gospel music explosion.
“You’ll hear spoken words, there will be some monologues of Rosa Parks, Mahalia Jackson and also all kinds of black gospel music”
Moulton says SHOUT In the House proceeds are being put toward an important cause.
“One of the main reasons to host the event was to raise funds…

Cellphones have become an integrated part of almost everybody’s life and consequently so has the phone bill. Canadians have some of the most expensive cellphone plans in the world.
That is why the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), a regulatory body of the Canadian government, asked for public input to help draft the new wireless code. This will serve as code of conduct: a set of rules that cell phone providers will have to adhere to within Canadian borders. Here is a look at some of the changes you can expect thanks to…

The closure of Mohawk’s Brantford campus means a lot of changes, and it’s more than just a new Recreation Centre.
Along with the closure, Mohawk is moving students in the Police Foundations and Health & Wellness programs to the Fennell campus. With approximately 1000 more students attending classes at Fennell next September, there will be new pressures put on the campus’ food services.
“We’re adding a deli counter in the F-Wing beside the F-Wing Tim Horton’s, and we’ll also be adding a separate food unit in the residence to handle the mandatory meal plan students…