Adverse playing conditions a thing of the past, as rugby field will receive an upgrade Written by Mike Treadgold “It just gives us more flexibility. It’ll enable us to have a surface that we can use in inclement weather and that’s been the major problem for us.” – Tom Kendall, […]
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Campus campaign raises more than $500,000 dollars for United Way
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Filling the field
Shaneista Haye won the women’s high jump event on Saturday, clearing 1.66m in an event that featured only Gryphon athletes. Photo by Rashaad Bhamjee. Count two more athletes that have already qualified for the CIS national championships, just three weeks into the season. It was only a small meet, but […]
A not-so-well thought out plan
Who knew that a single line item amid over 100 others in the public budget discussion could cause such a stir? When city councilors were going over the items to be discussed at their meeting on Monday, Nov. 30, line item CFM-11 – stating, “reset student transit rate structure,” – […]
Sound Check
Wilco: Wilco (The Album) When I was in Chicago this past summer, floating by the pie-shaped Marina Apartments on a tour-boat, it took me back to the surreal cover of Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002). It also helped that Wilco was on my mind as the single “You Never Know” had […]
Foodstuffs roasts chestnuts
While it may seem a little cliché at this point in the year, there are few things as satisfying as embracing an activity that belongs in a Norman Rockwell painting: roasting chestnuts. While for some, the lack of an “open fire”, as the beloved song describes, might diminish the holiday-joy […]
Featured artist: Joshua Cleminson
Joshua Cleminson positions his work somewhere between modernism and consumerism, and photography and sculpture. In his untitled works, he re-creates a larger versions of plastic packaging forms (the ones that toys and pretty much anything small from the dollar store come in) to accentuate the simple and accidental beauty within […]
Universal bus pass: a thing of the past?
Almost as soon as the City of Guelph presented their proposed budget for 2010 in a council meeting on Monday, Nov. 30, students and members of the University of Guelph community began to assemble. The proposed budget includes a line item, CFM-11, stating “reset student transit rate structure,” what some […]
Stories that helped shape the city
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The Invisible Superstars
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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.