In today’s world it would seem as though there are more and more energy projects being launched – managing efficiency so as not to further damage the world around us. The government has taken this idea to the college level by funding energy-related applied research projects across the country.
Mohawk College recently became one of 18 other community colleges to receive government funding for applied research projects. The college will receive $2.2 million over the span of five years as part of the College and Community Innovation (CCI) Program the government has launched. The…

A few simple words can go a long way in today’s society and retired classroom teacher John P. Smith is a prime example. After having a Kenyan runner speak to his class, Smith took it upon himself to make a difference.
“The word picture he painted emotionally upset a couple of my students so much that they mobilized the entire school to walk/run around the perimeter of the school grounds in order to raise funds to help the kids the runner mentioned in his talk,” said Smith.
Prior to his retirement in 2006, Smith…

I’m going to start off by saying I am a little biased when talking about Jamie “Gunner” Smith.
I owe a lot of my media career to his bald, shiny head. He gave me a position as head of the INDI intern crew when I was a little whiney high school girl. That was 6 years ago, and I haven’t looked back.
Strangely, in all the time I’ve known Gunner, he gets nominated for a plethora of Hamilton Music Awards every year, and every year, he walks away empty handed.
This became somewhat of…

To some, 18th century art might mean ancient, lifeless pictures gathering dust in a museum, but for the McMaster University Museum of Art, it is a chance to show the disbelievers that it is a magnificent piece of history that is cherished by many.
The Museum is midway through their current exhibit “Rising to the Occasion: The Long 18th Century” which is comprised of several quite significant works. The collection is highlighted by Thomas Gainsborough’s “Ignatius Sancho,” Jean-Antoine Houdon’s “L’Écroché,” and John Verelst’s “The Four Kings.”
“I thought about going big on the 18th…

The 2011 Hamilton Music Awards were held at Mohawk College’s McIntyre Theatre on Sunday.  The event was Emcee’d by Blackie And The Rodeo Kings guitarist Tom Wilson and stand-up comedian Shelly Marshall.
“This is such a great and important event for our community,” said Wilson.  “It gives everyone a chance to meet everyone else in the scene and play their music for people who may have never heard of them before.  This event is one of the reasons why Hamilton is such a great music city.”
Along with awards, numerous performances were given during…

The old adage is suppose to go ‘third time’s the charm’.  But, in the case of Mohawk College’s and INDI 101′s very own Jamie Smith, it’s more like 10 times.
At the 2011 Hamilton Music Awards, Smith’s radio show ‘Sounds of the Hammer’ won the award for best radio show of 2011.
“I’ve been doing this show for about 10 years now,” says Smith, who often goes by the moniker ‘Gunner’.  “Every year that the show has been around, it’s been nominated, but I never won.  It was always a swap between Ric Taylor…

Head coach of the varsity basketball team, Brian Jonker, admitted on Saturday that he lost sleep over Friday’s tough loss against Algoma University.
Jonker admitted on Saturday that he lost sleep over Friday’s tough loss.
“There’s probably a million things we could have done better then what we drew up,” said Jonker about Mohawk’s last possession.
Alex Reis had the ball in his hand with just over five seconds left in the game with the Mountaineers down by two. Reis drove the lane and lost his handle on the ball, leaving both teams battling…

The women’s varsity basketball team split two games against travelling teams from Sault Ste. Marie over the weekend.
On Friday night, the Mountaineers collapsed after earning a 22-16 halftime lead against Algoma University. The women then went stone cold in the third quarter scoring zero points in the entire 10-minute period. Algoma went on to win the half 30-9 and the game by a final score of 55-31.
Head coach Kevin Duffy called the loss “embarrassing,” especially after showing resiliency in coming from behind in the second quarter. Duffy said it looked like his…

Three games in four nights meant Mohawk’s men’s varsity volleyball team would have to pace themselves and utilize their bench to get through a busy week. Players were rested at times and the substitutions were like a rotating door onto the court—where the men showed up for all but one of their 12 sets played in the week.
The men won the matches they were supposed to, and pushed Nipissing’s number one ranked squad to the limit before losing in five sets.
After the promising result against Nipissing, Mohawk got off to a good…

With the Occupy Toronto movement heating up last week, the Hamilton chapter found it tough to get a turnout for their weekly rally.
A representative of the group said that many of the members of Occupy Hamilton, who rally in Gore Park  every Saturday, were in Toronto for the protests. On Nov. 15, Toronto Police began distributing eviction notices to campers at St. James Park, and many supporters throughout Ontario flocked there to protest the move. This, according to the representative, was the major factor for the small turnout.
However, events elsewhere did not…