Quick-and-easy nutritional ideas to jump start your day It’s the winter season again and you really don’t want to wake up for that morning class. Oh, the pain of getting out of bed! So you sleep for another five minutes and suddenly those five minutes turn into being late for […]
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Super Bowl Preview
A look at the New England Patriots versus the Seatle Seahawks Two weeks from now, the NFL’s two top ranked teams from the regular season will meet in Arizona. Despite their shared number one ranking, they’ll be arriving under very different circumstances. The Patriots have humiliated their opposition along the […]
Fun Things to Do on a Budget in Guelph
Guelph offers many activities tailored to the needs of starving students Do you want to impress your significant other but don’t know how on a tight student budget? Do you and your roommates need to get out of the house to release some tension and rekindle your relationship? Have you […]
How to Write a Blog Worth Reading
Helpful tips for starting your blog! So you want to write a blog. Perhaps you feel a burning passion to express your views about important topics. Or, perhaps Facebook posts and 140-character-long tweets just aren’t cutting it for you. Whatever your reasons, you’ve made the decision to start chronicling your […]
How High School Doesn’t Prepare You For University
University learning is so much different Does anyone else ever have those moments where you look at your calendar filled with due dates, the stack of textbooks on your desk you were supposed to have had read by last Thursday, the utilities bills you have no idea how to pay, […]
Album of the Week
Death Cab for Cutie, Narrow Stairs (2008) In honour of the announcement of Death Cab’s upcoming album, Kintsugi, I’m recommending my personal favourite of the band’s seven previous albums. Though probably not the most popular or critically acclaimed of their previous work, Narrow Stairs is home to several powerful songs, […]
Best Moments of 2015 World Junior Championship
Recounting some of the top moments of the competition Canada ends medal drought After a two year no-medal drought, and five years without the gold, Canada capped off the 2015 tournament as gold-medal champions on home ice. Having placed fourth in both the 2013 and 2014 World Championships, Canadians were […]
League of Legends: the Sport You Never Heard of
Taking a look at the growing platform of e-sports Let’s flashback to four years ago, we see a younger Matteo with a burning-hot Pizza Pop or ketchup-covered Pogo stick glued to the computer screen, watching screaming announcers declare the winner of the Global Starcraft League, or World Championship Series. A […]
A Glance at the Distinction Between Speaking and Writing
Thinking about the ways in which we understand our experiences It is difficult to chart the ocean of human experience when we commit to confining ourselves to certain time periods, modes of thought, styles of writing, and generally, certain people in order to do so. Consider the ways in which […]
Student Resource Guide
Aboriginal Resource Centre (ARC) The Aboriginal Resource Centre provides a warm and caring environment for all Aboriginal students and the community. Programs and services include: Aboriginal student advising and support, programs to help with the transition to university life, study support and tutoring assistance, bursary and scholarship information, cultural and […]
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The Ontarion publishes independent, student-produced news, opinion, and commentary for University of Guelph students so that they can make informed decisions in their lives. To do this, The Ontarion provides learning opportunities and training in journalism, media production, leadership, board governance, and other aspects of nonprofit news.
The Ontarion is the University of Guelph’s independent student newspaper. It began in 1951 as part of the Ontario Agricultural College and then began to represent the entire University of Guelph once it amalgamated in 1964. The Ontarion incorporated in May 1970 as The Ontarion, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation registered with the province of Ontario.