Research team to capitalize on benefits of genetic engineering Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an often-fatal genetic disease that targets the digestive system and the lungs. Constant lung infection causes individuals diagnosed with CF to lose parts of their lungs, often resulting in the fatal damage of the lungs, leading to […]
Author: Sameer Chhabra
The Weekly Scene: Whiplash (2014)
4 perfect-scores out of 4 At the core of writer-director Damien Chazelle’s story about a student and his perfection-obsessed mentor is deception. Every scene, every line, every moment oozes with innuendo, doublespeak, and misdirection. This is a movie founded on the simple principle that the easiest way to maintain an […]
Science Avenue: USB Type-C
A symmetrical look at an asymmetrical future What is USB Type-C? Universal Serial Bus (USB) has been an industry standard for data transport and inter-device connectivity since 1996, when the first USB drives and ports were introduced for consumer and developer use. The interfaces were sleek and simple, and gave […]
Dsquared2unveils Controversial Line
Toronto-based fashion lable draw controversy with “Dsquaw” Canadian fashion designers Dean and Dan Caten have recently come under fire for a clothing line they unveiled at Milan Fashion Week on Monday, March, 2. The brothers – the creators of the Dsquared2 fashion line – unveiled a line of clothing seemingly […]
Co-op Student Awards Winners Announced
Winners awarded for co-op work achievement For students looking to gain critical life experience while working on completing their degrees, the University of Guelph’s co-op program offers a host of opportunities. The co-op program affords students the opportunity to work in a field of their choice, with employers ranging from […]
The Weekly Scene: Conan the Barbarian (2011)
1.5 Cinematically-incoherent-fever-dreams out of 4 There’s something wrong with a movie if a story about a violent, revenge-obsessed barbarian is boring. Of all the possible permutations of all the possible combinations of stories that can result from a character’s single-minded quest for retribution, that Conan the Barbarian is dull casts […]
Science Avenue: Sleep
A dream-like state obscured by nightmarish mechanical uncertainty What is Sleep? Science hinges on the simple truth that every straight answer only activates a myriad of deep, complex, nigh-incomprehensible questions. Sleep is one of those paradigms – one of those baffling natural processes – that makes sense as far as […]
Ask the Tech-Pert
FCC passes ruling on Net Neutrality Landmark case favours popular choice of liberating the internet With the colour of a single oversaturated image of a dress occupying internet airspace, it’s easy to miss the fact that the FCC ruled on one of the most important issues in American history. On […]
Black Hole 12 Billion Times the Mass of Sun
Scientists discover supermassive black hole dating back to the beginning of time At the centre of most spiral and elliptical galaxies is a complicated astronomical phenomenon: a Supermassive Black Hole (SMBH). In comparison to regular black holes, SMBHs are enormous in size, often hundreds of thousands to billions of times […]
The Weekly Scene: The Interview (2014)
1.5 Dark-over-simplifications out of 4 Had the North Korean Ministry of Culture viewed Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s The Interview before launching an all out P.R. war, I’m sure they would not have attempted to hinder the film’s release. There are very few films – outside the realm of propaganda […]
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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.