Four years may seem like a long time, but it goes by super fast! See how many items you can check off from this list. Is there anything we are missing? Leave us a comment!
- Read The Ontarion
- Contribute to The Ontarion
- Get a Bob’s Dogs hot dog or veggie dog
- Listen to CFRU 93.3 FM
- Go to a Gryphons game
- Attend a Curtain Call Productions show
- Participate in Trick or Eat on Halloween
- See a band perform on campus
- Go to trivia night at the Brass Taps or Grad Lounge
- Paint the Cannon
- Dress up the Begging Bear
- Go to Homecoming
- Attend a Quidditch match or join the team
- Join an intramural team
- Join or start a club
- See an indie movie at the Bookshelf
- Play the arcade games at Pablo’s
- Take a fitness class at the new Athletics Centre
- Explore the Arboretum
- Shop at the Farmer’s Market
- Go skating at Market Square in the winter
- Get yourself some U of G swag
- Look through the telescope on the top floor of MacNaughton
- Go to a Guelph Storm game
- Go on a pub crawl downtown
- Climb Starkey Hill
- Successfully escape from one of Guelph’s escape rooms
- Plan a date at one of the board game cafes
- Visit the cats and want to adopt them all at My Kitty Cafe
- Visit the Donkey Sanctuary
- Explore the Elora Gorge
- Visit the Guelph Civic Museum and the John McCrae House
- Admire the architecture of the Basilica of Our Lady
- Go to a Making-Box show
- Get ice cream at The Boathouse
- Take a class that is irrelevant to your major
- Have an existential crisis about life after graduation
- Spend a summer having a staycation in Guelph
- Use the 3D printer at the Guelph Public Library
- Complete an assignment only using books, no internet
- Make use of your student discounts while you have them
- Go to Hillside Festival or Hillside Inside
- Go to one of Guelph’s other Fab 5 Festivals
- Try one of the food trucks on campus
- Attend or participate in a poetry slam
- Support a local band and buy their album
- Go bowling at Woodlawn Bowl during Cosmic Bowl nights
- Take a bus ride from one end of the city to the other—just for fun
- Try the new Gryphon blend coffee at Planet Bean
- Have a drink with one of your professors
- Have a snowball fight on Johnston Green
- Watch every movie starring Neve Campbell
- Send some snail mail to a friend or family member in another city
- Become a regular at a local establishment
- Make friends with a squirrel on campus
- Make some pottery at Play with Clay
- See a movie the old fashioned way at the Mustang Drive in
- Go camping at Guelph Lake
- Take obligatory picture with the Gryphon statue
- Try a locally brewed beer
- Take a ghost tour of the city
- Use Reading Week to actually read
- Create and build-up your LinkedIn profile
- Misplace your student card
- Replace your student card only to find your old one a day later
- Attend a CSA board meeting
- Take a nap on campus
- Start a small business or a blog
- Visit the Art Gallery of Guelph and Zavitz
- Call home—just because
- Check out a Royal City Roller Girls match
- Learn and master a party trick
- Attend Aggie pub
- Clean your room
- Go to College Royal
- Try the Guelph Fog latte at Atmosphere
- Go thrift shopping at one of Guelph’s many consignment stores
- Master the art of course selection
- Donate to the Guelph Student FoodBank
- Volunteer your time into something you’re passionate about
- Become addicted to Killer Cupcakes
- Get lost on campus at least once
- Stand up for what you believe in
- Spend a day at Riverside Park
- Step foot in every building on campus
- Try some honey from the Honey Bee Research Centre
- Complain about the hills and bumpy roads in Guelph
- Find a hidden study spot
- Ace a test or assignment
- Fail a test or assignment
- Pet a future guide dog on campus (ask first!)
- Participate in O-Week activities
- Binge an entire show on Netflix out of procrastination
- Get yourself a souvenir that you couldn’t get from anywhere else
- Take a walk in someone else’s shoes (literally or metaphorically)
- Wear sweatpants to class
- Be first in line at the Bullring
- Have a meal at Creelman Hall
- Fall in love with Guelph
- Live the dream
- Be proud to be a Gryphon