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Posted on Dec. 3: Students on Patrol makes community connection

When it comes to fighting crime in the community, students have an invested interest. "McMaster is our home throughout the school year and we want to make this place safe for on-campus and off-campus students," says Cathy Hui, co-ordinator of McMaster's Student Walk Home Attendant Team (SWHAT). So when the SWHAT team was approached by Hamilton Police constable Greg Doerr about joining forces, they were all for the idea. "This was something we had already wanted to do," the fourth-year kinesiology student says. Students on Patrol is a new program where Hamilton police and McMaster Security provide SWHAT volunteers with training on how to make McMaster and its surrounding communities a healthier and safer place. Volunteers are educated on how to watch for suspicious activity and how to be aware of their surroundings. This fall, Hamilton Police and McMaster Security trained more than 150 SWHAT volunteers.

Posted on Dec. 3: School of Business to host seminar on steel

A seminar on steel will be hosted by the Michael G. DeGroote School of Business Thursday, Dec. 5. The all-day seminar will go beyond the technological world of steel and how steel competes with other materials, to take in new auto-steel strategies and uses of steel in the housing sector. "We don't usually think in economic terms, we think more in technological terms," said Gord Irons, head of McMaster's steel research centre. "This is the first time we've done something on this basis." The centre, part of the engineering faculty, is hosting the workshops along with the university's office of research and international affairs. About 50 people -- from local industry and economic development circles to provincial officials -- are expected. Click here to read the story in today's Hamilton Spectator. (The Hamilton Spectator, Dec. 3, 2002)

Posted on Dec. 2: McMaster shows its Christmas spirit

McMaster helped kick off the holiday season Saturday. Close to 400 McMaster employees and their families gathered in the CIBC Banquet Hall of the McMaster University Student Centre Nov. 30 for the University's annual children's Christmas party. The celebration, which included a visit from Santa, entertainment, crafts, face-painters, refreshments, draw prizes and gifts, received support from the Office of the President, the McMaster University Student Centre, Hospitality Services, Physical Plant and numerous volunteers. Photo caption: Eight-year-old Marina Van Raay gets into the spirit of Christmas.