Alcohol comes in many tastes, textures and amounts. Some people view alcohol as an art form that should be sipped, tasted and critiqued with little cubes of cheese. Others consume it as a way to escape the stresses we face on a daily basis. No matter how it’s poured, for centuries human civilization has enjoyed the effects an alcoholic beverage affords us - with me being an exception. I’ve never bought into or acquired a taste for drinking. To be honest, I’ve never had my own drink let alone experience the quickly forgotten wonders…

“That was probably the worst you’ll see our team play ever,” was how head coach Andy Nicholson described his team’s effort in their straight set loss to St. Clair on Nov. 5.
“I don’t think we were truly prepared to play this match,” said Nicholson. “There was a lot of tentative play. We looked scared, quite frankly. We looked scared and we haven’t done that all preseason. Could be the jitters of the home opener, but that’s not indicative of our team at all. I’ve never seen us serve as badly as that. We…

Often times a coach’s decision who gets playing time is an easy one. The stars on a team often stand out, leaving the bench players on the, well, bench. This season, the head coach of the men’s varsity volleyball team, Matthew Schnarr has a good problem to have.
“If someone’s off, I know I can look down the bench and put someone in and that’s something we’re not use to having,” said Schnarr.
“It just makes it a little bit easier if someone’s having an off night, which people do, I can look down…

Defence leading to offence allowed the Mountaineers to pull away from the overmatched and undersized St. Clair Saints in Mohawk’s 98-66 home opening win on Nov. 4.
“Basically, we just had to work on rebounding, take of defence, and let the offence take care of itself,” said starting point guard Manny Campbell.
Mohawk played an up tempo game that wore down the Saints, and allowed plenty of easy baskets in the second half. Aminu Bello reaped the benefits of several layups off fast-break passes, mostly by Campbell, that helped him reach a game high…

Starting point guards are usually taught to go into a game with a pass first shoot second mentality. Meant to be the facilitators for their team, point guards are left to curb their desire to score, and rather setup teammates to take care of the points.
The situation for Mohawk is a little different, however. Starting point guard for the Mountaineers, Rachelle Abella, is forced to start each game with a different mindset than most typical point guards.
“I have a role on the team,” said Abella. “I’m a captain so I have to…

A late push at the end of each half wasn’t enough to eliminate Mohawk from the Ontario Colleges’ Athletic Association rugby playoffs. Mohawk was able to hold off Fleming’s late efforts to hang on for a two point win in a thrilling first round game.
“I’m proud of every single guy there,” said Eric Moyer about staying ahead of Fleming long enough to advance to the semi-finals. “It was a great game. I’m super excited about playing for a medal now.”
The Mountaineers jumped ahead of the Knights from Peterborough with a 20-0 lead…

Size was an ongoing theme in a rematch of the Ontario Colleges’ Athletic Association men’s rugby final of the past two seasons. Broken tackles and scrums that jolted toward Mohawk’s half of the field made Humber an overwhelming foe to take down in the Mountaineers regular season finale at Mohawk Sports Park on Oct. 22.
“They had a lot of size on us,” Ben Tamming said. “Hopefully next year we can get some bigger boys out and do some damage.”
Humber used the size of their first two scorers, Garrett Magee and Daniele Patrizzi,…

Students of Mohawk voted their way to the top, making Mohawk the first ever college to win the TD Pump It Up Contest. The prize is a concert estimated to be worth $300,000, with musical acts Mother Mother, B.O.B and Team Canada DJ’s headlining the event.
Steve Kosh, Marketing and Communication Manager for the MSA, says he’s proud of the students for making Mohawk this year’s Pump It Up champion.
“I’m happy we finally won something,” he says. “A little college from good old Hamilton, Ontario actually took down [five universities]…I think the thing…

With the wave of suicides related to bullying in the last year, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) rights groups are doing everything they can to make sure members of their community know they’re not alone. Mohawk College, however, is lacking the support that members of this marginalized group need to feel comfortable.
Marco Felvus, a teacher in the Human Services department at the college, says part of the reason there is no LGBT group is because students intent on organizing one do not stay at the school long enough. They graduate and move…

Eight players have moved on from last year’s women’s varsity basketball team, six of them post players. To have any success this season, head coach Kevin Duffy will have to get big contributions from Cynthia Mosca and Megan Campbell.
“If we can get some easy baskets, than definitely we’re going to take it,” said Duffy.
The backcourt remains virtually the same and starting point guard Rachelle Abella and the other guards will need some time to work as a unit with the new additions.
“It’s just a matter of coming together, our timing on…