Will History Repeat this Year? The Grammys never fail to be controversial for hip-hop fans, with numerous questionable wins and notorious snubs over the duration of the awards. Last year’s notable drama was when Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s The Heist beat out Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city for best […]
Arts & Culture
The Ontarion’s arts and culture articles cover the local artistic scene, including news, interviews, and reviews.
Lights at Peter Clark Hall
Electro-pop singer performs at University Centre Electro-rock star Lights shook the University Center last Friday while dropping the pop and embracing the rock. After the show, we had a chance to talk about everything from the gradual change of her sound, to life as a mom and whether or not […]
The Weekly Scene: Birdman (2014)
4 Mezmerizing-technical-directorial-and-acting-successes out of 4 Birdman opens with former Hollywood superstar Riggan Thomson levitating in a room in New York City. He’s in his underwear – a fashion statement we’ll see him repeat later in the film – and he’s grappling with a laundry list of personal and public demons. […]
Book Review: Everything is Perfect When You’re a Liar
Kelly Oxford’s memoir reveals life stories with uncompromising honesty I’m completely enamoured by the truth of people’s lives. While I’m impressed by perfectly crafted fiction, drawn into the well-written worlds of the most practiced authors, I’m completely blown away by people who unabashedly share the awful truths of their lives […]
Countdown to the Oscars
The countdown is on to watch all of this year’s nominated films On Jan. 15, the nominees for the 87th annual Academy Awards were announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills. With the awards show scheduled for Feb. 22, movie-goers now have a month to catch up on […]
Panda Bear
Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper Album Review Experimental indie rocker and Animal Collective member drops new album As the singer and drummer of Animal Collective and the artist behind acclaimed solo albums like Person Pitch and Tomboy, Noah Lennox has consistently positioned himself at the forefront of indie rock’s […]
Album of the Week
Madvillain: Madvillainy When two notoriously reclusive left-field hip-hop mavericks clash, at least on the level of rapper MF DOOM and DJ/producer Madlib, a legend is almost bound to be born – this is certainly the case with 2004’s Madvillainy. A crowning achievement for experimental hip-hop in the mainstream, Madvillainy features […]
2015 Music Festival Preview
Ring in the summer with a road trip and music festival! It’s the New Year, and that means a whole new round of music festivals to look forward to! As 2015 lineups slowly begin creeping their way into our social feeds, many fans are already buying their festival tickets. Bonnaroo […]
An Interview with Lucky Yates
The voice of Archer’s Dr. Krieger opens up about season six Yates plays the crazed and possibly cloned scientist within the spy agency formerly known as ISIS. He is known for his outlandish pet projects and manic sexual ideals. While unconventional, Dr. Krieger is an asset to the spy team […]
FX’s Archer returns to form for 6th season
Espionage ensemble comedy shifts from drug dealing back to spying “The Holdout,” the first episode of Archer’s new season, opens with two characteristically Archer moments. First, we see Sterling Archer “up to his eyeballs in Cobra whiskey and hookers” somewhere in Southeast Asia, instead of helping Lana with their new […]
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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.