More than just a summer camp I used to dread going on my family’s annual summer camping trips when I was a kid. I’d come to expect a weekend of poorly-maintained public bathrooms, record-breaking amounts of mosquito bites, and the worst nights of sleep on a half-deflated air mattress. What I […]
Author: Karen K. Tran
A meditation on eating fake meat
The pros of meat-free alternatives Navigating Thanksgiving weekend can be tricky for vegetarians and vegans. We’re tired of being berated by distant relatives about how we “need to eat more protein!” and explaining why we don’t support the meat industry as the rest of the dinner guests excitedly carve up […]
Zoe Whittall talks The Best Kind of People
The Gryphons Read program ended this week with a visit from the author Author and Guelph-Humber MFA graduate Zoe Whittall visited campus this week to meet with classes and give a public talk at War Memorial Hall. Whittall’s latest novel, The Best Kind of People, was the inaugural selection for […]
A slam dunk for comedian Mark Little at The Making-Box
Mark Little rocks The Making-Box, talks new projects Actor and comedian Mark Little performed a stand-up comedy set to a sold-out crowd at The Making-Box on Friday, Sept. 22. During his set, he joked about Thomas Edison’s influence on Hollywood and how the soundtrack for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast […]
An open letter to rude concert attendees
There are a few unspoken rules of concert etiquette: Don’t be on your phone the entire time. Be respectful of people’s space. Don’t be a jerk. You’d think these statements should just be common sense, but what astounded me while I was at The Strumbellas’ concert last week at Peter […]
Simple Plan hits Guelph on world tour
Fifteen years later — still “Just A Kid” There was no shortage of inappropriate jokes told when Simple Plan took the stage at the Guelph Concert Theatre on Sept. 14. The band danced, high-fived fans, and even dove into the crowd during their action-packed set. Simple Plan is currently touring […]
Exploring the curious corners of campus
Bovey Greenhouses and Garden Among the collection of tropical plants at the Bovey Greenhouses is a living wall of orchids. In the winter, the orchids are usually at their peak bloom. It’s humid inside the greenhouses all year round. This provides comfortable conditions for temperate plants such as the coffee […]
Upper-year Gryphons reveal their favourite study spots
Find out where five experienced U of G students like to study Scenario. It’s midterm season and you’ve got your first big test worth 30 per cent of your final grade coming up in an hour. You desperately scour the floors of McLaughlin Library to find a quiet spot to […]
Celebrate Canada Day with some local tunes
Sometimes, the best music can be found close to home For Canada Day, we’re celebrating all things Canadian, including music.In order to facilitate the promotion of Canadian artists, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) requires every Canadian radio station to broadcast a certain percentage of Canadian content (CanCon) during […]
The Drowsy Chaperone prevails despite cast and crew shake-ups
Guelph Little Theatre presents a musical and a comedy in this play-within-a-play Guelph Little Theatre (GLT) is welcoming audiences to the Man in Chair’s apartment from May 26 to June 10 for their production of The Drowsy Chaperone. The musical-within-a-comedy comes to life as the arcane Man in Chair, portrayed […]
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