If there is anything that must immediately be said about David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows, it’s that the film is deeply evocative in the most terrifying ways. Mitchell, who wrote and directed the film, places the audience in the body of the story’s characters so effectively that one leaves the […]
Arts & Culture
The Ontarion’s arts and culture articles cover the local artistic scene, including news, interviews, and reviews.
Album of the Week: Divers
Artist: Joanna Newsom Album: Divers Joanna Newsom’s fourth studio album titled Divers, explores the depths and intricacies of memory and emotion. With each song delicately interwoven with soulful vocals and poignant plucks of Newsom’s harp, the album is a feast of creativity and uniqueness for any new listener. With songs […]
CFRU Top 10
1—DILLY DALLY* Sore (Buzz) 2—CUPCAKE DUCTAPE** Get Over It EP (Little Room Labs) 3—BEACH HOUSE Depression Cherry (Sub Pop) 4—CITY AND COLOUR* If I Should Go Before You (Dine Alone) 5—OUGHT* Sun Coming Down (Constellation) 6—EVENING HYMNS* Quiet Energies (Outside Music) 7—METRIC* Pagans in […]
Spooktacular campus ghostwalk
Greg Taylor has been running ghost-walks, both on campus and downtown, for over a decade. A history graduate from the University of Ottawa, he swears his stories are true-stories, not told by a friend of a friend of his, but rather told by history itself. For just ten dollars – […]
Trick or Flick: Childhood classics
Halloween calls for nostalgia—it is a time of year where people can dress up as anything they want to be. It is a time that calls for special traditions, pumpkin carving, apple picking, and creepy decorations that bring out the child in all of us. In celebration of this nostalgia-ridden […]
Tune In Guelph: Catching up with The Folk
[Disclaimer: this article contains coarse language.] With the release of their latest album, Every Colour, Present Wonder, The Folk has been touring around Canada and breaking into the indie music scene. The band describes their music as “FuckPop.” “To fuck is to multiply, pleasure, do. Pop is for everyone. This […]
Hideo Kojima resigns from Konami
On Oct. 9, 2015, the creator of the popular Metal Gear Solid series of video games, Hideo Kojima, left the offices of Konami’s Tokyo headquarters for the last time. Kojima has been an employee at Konami since 1986, and has played an integral role in the rise of the video […]
In conversation with: Shyam Selvadurai
Shyam Selvadurai, a creative writing instructor and mentor at the University of Guelph, is also an award-winning novelist. His first novel, Funny Boy, won the WH Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award, as well as the U.S. Lambda Literary Award. Selvadurai has published three more novels since then, including Cinnamon […]
Trick or Flick: Best Halloween episodes
Halloween is quickly approaching, and this week’s Trick or Flick takes a slight detour away from cinema, and features four of my top picks for Halloween-themed television episodes. The Simpsons—“Halloween of Horror” Halloween usually means another segment of The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror,” however, on Oct. 18 The Simpsons aired […]
Silencing the inner critic
Lana Pesch is a Canadian writer and video producer born in a small town in Saskatchewan, who is now living in the thriving, ever-growing city of Toronto. Her debut story collection, Moving Parts, was released this October, becoming her first published novel to date. In an exclusive in-class interview at […]
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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.