oldest student service at mcmaster university, in publication since 1929. since 1968, the mcmaster engineering society has published the plumbline, the main satire magazine of mcmaster university. the campus radio station cfmu-fm (93.3 fm) is canada's second-oldest campus radio station, and has been broadcasting since 1978. macinsiders, a once-popular online student-run forum and information network, had been operating from 2007 to 2019 and had over 18,000 registered members. the university is also home to the mcmaster improv team, a drop-in club dedicated to practicing and performing improvisational comedy. the mcmaster artificial intelligence society, or mac ai, was founded in december 2017 and has grown to be one of the largest undergraduate ai organizations in canada – around 2-3% of the mcmaster student population is a general member of the club. forum for mcmaster students union presidential candidates in 2008. the university hosts a number of honour societies, including the mcmaster honour society and a chapter of the golden key international honour society. the university is home to two semi-professional acting companies, mcmaster musical theatre and the mcmaster thespian company. the mcmaster engineering musical is an annual musical production written, directed, and cast by engineers. the production often features unique interpretations of popular songs or musicals. the university and the student unions do not recognize any fraternity or sororities; with existing fraternities and sororities chapters based at mcmaster operating as non-accredited off-campus organizations. athletics athletics at mcmaster is managed by the university's student affairs, under their athletics and recreation department. the university's varsity teams compete in the ontario university athletics conference of u sports (formerly called canadian interuniversity sport). the university's team sports programs include baseball, basketball, football, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, swimming, volleyball, ringette, and water polo. the first major sport game played at mcmaster was in 1889, when a group of alumni from toronto baptist college and woodstock college played an exhibition game against one another, sparking an early intercity rivalry between mcmaster students. in 1897 the university placed all physical activity and sports under the jurisdiction of a central executive committee. the varsity teams have been known as the mcmaster marauders since 1948, through a contest run by the student newspaper, the silhouette, to name the university's men's basketball team. in 2016–2017 academic year, mcmaster had over 1,100 student-athletes in either varsity or club teams. the mcmaster marauders football team at ron joyce stadium the marauders have won 11 national championships and 139 provincial champions since 1961. the men's water polo team has won the ontario university athletics championship 25 times, making it the marauders' most successful team at the provincial level. the men's wrestling team has been the marauders' most successful team at the national level, winning the canadian interuniversity sport championship four times. mcmaster university has graduated 34 olympic athletes, eight olympic coaches, two olympic administrators and two olympic officials. as is mandatory for all members of u sports, mcmaster university does not provide full-ride athletic scholarships. the university's sports facilities are in the northeast corner of the main campus. the university has a number of sports facilities, including the david braley athletic centre and the ron joyce stadium. ron joyce stadium includes a full-sized canadian football field and fifa-sized soccer pitch. the stadium features permanent seating for 6,000 and temporary seating for an additional 6,000 on the other side of the field when needed. ron joyce stadium is not only used by the university's football and soccer varsity teams it is also used as the training camp for the hamilton tiger-cats of the canadian football league and as the home stadium for the hamilton nationals of major league lacrosse. intramural sport leagues and tournaments have a high level of participation at mcmaster. opportunities are offered at multiple skill levels and across a variety of sports to service a range of interest and ability. sports offered include traditional sports like volleyball, basketball, soccer and cricket, as well as less traditional events like dodgeball, inner tube water polo, and extreme potato sack racing. insignias and other representations mcmaster uses a number of symbols to represent the institution, with the university's office of public relations managing the university's visual identity. the university's present visual identity, and logo was approved by the university senate in 1997. other symbols utilized by the university includes a flag, unveiled on 29 september 2015, as well as a ceremonial mace. the university mace was bequeathed in 1950 from the graduating class of 1900. used in ceremonies such as convocation, the mace symbolizes the authority of the university senate to confer degrees. the university also uses several tag lines as a part of its overall branding effort. as of 2007, the branding tag line used by the university is "learning without borders," although the previous tag line, "inspire, innovation, and discovery," is still used to a limited extent. the faculty of engineering's fireball symbol adorned on the floor at john hodgins engineering building. in addition to the visual representations of the institution, the university's individual departments, faculties, and schools also employ symbols to visually represent them. one such example is the faculty of engineering's fireball emblem, adopted by the faculty in 1960. the fireball was adopted from the coat of arms of the defunct hamilton college. motto and songs the university's motto, chosen from colossians 1:17, is τα παντα εν χριστωι συνεστηκεν. the motto, adopted in 1888, is greek for "in christ all things consist". the mcmaster motto is unusual in that it employs greek instead of latin or english. the use of latin reflects the origin of universities in mediaeval institutions in which latin was more prominent than greek. mcmaster's founders desired to go back beyond the middle ages to the earliest days of the christian faith, and therefore used the greek form. notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement and convocation, and athletic games are "the alma mater song" (1935), with words by mrs. a.a. burridge and music by hugh brearly; "shout for mcmaster! (the mcmaster march)", with words by claire senior burke et al., and music by arthur burridge; and "my mac" (1982), with words and music by fred moyes. specifically, "shout for mcmaster!" is recognized as the university's fight song. coat of arms signage at the michael degroote centre for learning and discovery featuring the university's arms. after the university moved to hamilton in 1930, the university petitioned lord lyon king of arms in edinburgh for a coat of arms. the request was granted on behalf of the crown on 20 october 1930. in 1997, the board of governors introduced a simplified shield design, which recognized the tradition of mcmaster's heraldry while improving the quality of print and electronic reproduction. the university's arms and badge was registered with the canadian heraldic authority on 15 october 2006. the coat of arms consists of a shield, a crest, and a motto, together with a helmet. the shield contains an eagle, symbolic of the heavenly vision, with a cross on its breast to indicate christianity as the inspiration for the university's vision. the chief of the shield bears an open book, a common symbol of learning. a golden maple leaf is situated on each side of the book, signifying the university's charter was granted by the province of ontario. the helmet, above the shield, has the open visor and forward-facing style typically used by universities. the mantling surrounding the shield and helmet represents the cloak worn over a knight's armour as protection from the sun. the crest, above the helmet, is a stag and oak tree, which serves as a tribute to the canadian senator, william mcmaster, who also used a stag and oak on his insignias. the motto is above the crest, as is common in scottish heraldry. coat of arms of mcmaster university notesgranted 15 october 2006 creston a mount vert before an oak tree a stag courant proper. escutcheonargent an eagle displayed gules beaked membered and charged on the breast with a latin cross flory or on a chief azure an open book proper bound gules clasped or between two maple leaves or. mottoτα παντα εν χριστωι συνεστηκεν (in christ all things consist) notable alumni and faculty tihomir orešković, 11th prime minister of croatia tommy douglas, 7th premier of saskatchewan and first leader of the ndp bertram brockhouse, nobel laureate in physics, for his work with neutron scattering donna strickland, nobel laureate in physics for her work with laser physics myron scholes, nobel laureate in economics for his work with the black–scholes model harold innis, contributed to the staples thesis and toronto school of communication theory stephen elop, president and chief executive officer of the nokia corporation cyrus s. eaton, founder of republic steel and chairman of c&o railway in 2016, mcmaster university had over 184,000 alumni residing in over 139 countries. throughout mcmaster's history, faculty, alumni, and former students have played prominent roles in many fields, accumulating a number of awards including nobel prizes, rhodes scholarships, the gates cambridge scholarship, and the lasker award. nobel prize winners include alumnus myron scholes, awarded the nobel memorial prize in economic sciences in 1997 for his work with the black–scholes model. two individuals from mcmaster were also award the nobel prize in physics, faculty member bertram brockhouse in 1994 for his work in neutron scattering; and alumna donna strickland in 2018 for her work on laser physics. alumnus james orbinski accepted the nobel peace prize in 1992 on behalf of doctors without borders as the organization's president. the university's office of alumni advancement and the mcmaster alumni association are housed at alumni house. prominent alumni in the field of science include douglas l. coleman, who discovered leptin; richard bader, noted for his work on the atoms in molecules theory; harold e. johns, who pioneered the use of cobalt-60 in the treatment of cancer, karl clark, who pioneered the separation method to extract bitumen from the oil sands; peter r. jennings, computer programmer and developer of microchess; and simon sunatori, an engineer and inventor. notable faculty members include chemist ronald gillespie, who helped shape vsepr theory, as well as david sackett and gordon guyatt, whose research team was credited for establishing the methodologies used in evidence-based medicine. notable alumni and faculty members in the field of social sciences include harold innis, who helped shape communication theory and the staples thesis, and sociologist henry giroux, one of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy. two medical researchers, and members of mcmaster had travelled in space; faculty member dafydd williams, and alumna roberta bondar, the first canadian woman in space. many former students have gained prominence for serving in government. croatian prime minister, tihomir orešković was an alumnus of the university. lincoln alexander, the former lieutenant governor of ontario, as well as the first visible-minority lieutenant governor in canada was another alumnus of the university. canadian premiers that have graduated from the university include the former premier of ontario, dalton mcguinty, and the former premier of saskatchewan, tommy douglas. many graduates have also served in the house of commons of canada, including, tony valeri, the government house leader; and lawrence pennell, the solicitor general of canada. roy kellock, a justice of the supreme court of canada was a graduate from the university. charles aubrey eaton, a member of the united states house of representatives, and signor of the united nations charter on behalf of the united states, was an alumnus of the university. a number of prominent business leaders have also studied at mcmaster. examples include david braley, owner of the toronto argonauts and bc lions of the canadian football league; stephen elop, former president and ceo of nokia; cyrus s. eaton, founder of republic steel and chairman of chesapeake and ohio railway; paul d. house, current executive chairman of tim hortons; lynton wilson, chairman of bell canada, cae inc., and nortel; michael lee-chin, current chairman, ceo of aic limited; kathy bardswick, president and ceo of the co-operators, joy ford austin, former executive director of humanities dc, and rob burgess, former chairman and ceo of macromedia. a number of mcmaster alumni have also had successful sports careers, including syl apps of the toronto maple leafs; and nhl coach roger neilson. the university has had 34 of its graduates compete in the olympic games, including olympic medalists