Surprising companion to the famous Stonehenge revealed   All archaeological endeavours, while unique and individual, can be counted on to be surprising. A four-year mapping project in the approximately 7.25 square kilometer vicinity of the famed Stonehenge has unveiled seventeen other similar Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments, the most surprising […]

  Tensions rise in anticipation of upcoming independence vote The vote for Scottish independence, highly anticipated for Thursday, Sept. 18, has eyebrows raised across the UK, as polls suggest a very close call and the possibility of Scotland’s independence suddenly looks very real. As of Sept. 12, polls showed the […]

Former Auschwitz guard charged with accessory to murder 93-year-old Oskar Groening, from Hannover, Germany, was charged with 300,000 counts of accessory to murder on Monday, Sept. 15. Groening is accused of helping to operate the Auschwitz death camp in occupied Poland in 1944. “He helped the Nazi regime benefit economically, […]

  Canadian students to see 13 per cent rise over four years It is a phenomenon not unfamiliar to university students: a tuition hike. A report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives predicts that by the 2017-18 school year, tuition fees will increase by over 13 per cent. Ontario […]

Guelph police discover $80,000 narcotic stash 239.76 grams of heroin, 21.96 grams of crack cocaine, a loaded handgun, two arrests and over $3,000 in cold hard cash: While for many, this description may sound like the plot of a riveting Miami Vice episode, it is in actuality a real-life event […]

  Netflix among sources facing new regulation The government of Ontario is hoping to push Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) standards on the new-media streaming services, requiring services like Netflix to pay for the development of Canadian content.   At a CRTC TV Policy Review Public Hearing on Monday, […]

The most important innovation in coffee since the PSL Stop the presses. Stop what you’re doing. Stop the terrible TV show you’ve been binge watching. This is important. You can make a Butterbeer latte. I can’t believe we’ve spent so long waxing poetic our love for all that is pumpkin […]

The importance of person-to-person communication in a world of screens On a given day, a person will check their emails, messages, banking information, arrival time for a bus or shirt purchased online, quick facts… and that is just from their pocket. This ever-present force is so small and unassuming that […]

The importance of knowing how to cook It recently struck me that not everyone knows how to cook, including a large number of students who are now living on their own. My younger brother is in his second year of university, and I had the pleasure of spending this past […]

Dear Students: At the University of Guelph, you have a home, a workplace, a challenge, an adventure, and an arena for growth. That arena can become a maze. There will likely be moments when you would benefit from an unbiased, caring and resourceful advisor. In my upcoming columns, I will […]