Written by Greg Beneteau This Monday marked the first official day of the proroguing of Parliament. It was the day the House of Commons, Senate and its various committees and sub-committees were supposed to get back to work after the winter break, had Prime Minister Stephen Harper not intervened. […]
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The Ontarion’s news articles cover current events and issues relevant to the University of Guelph and greater Guelph communities.
Heumannly Possible: Everyday ethics, and happiness
Written by James Heumann What is everyday ethics? How can active listening improve your quality of life? These are two questions that this article will address. But first, let me introduce this column and myself. My name is James Heumann, an upper-year philosophy undergrad with a minor in international […]
Atheism vs. Agnosticism
A simplified debate of some not-so-simple beliefs Written by Victoria Nowell Atheist, theist, deist, pantheist, secularist, non-religious, pastafarian… it seems the list of Godly perspectives has begun to grow in a way comparable to that of Sean Combs’ name changes (Daddy, Diddy, Doodle, who knows anymore?). But if you […]
Your web idenity
Written by Andrew T “Your e-mail address is probably your most common and basic form of web identity. It is possible for you to not be on Facebook, not have a blog, and not post videos of yourself playing covers of popular songs with your ukulele on Youtube (it’s […]
Cuts for Cancer at Guelph sees great showing
Written by Nicole Elsasser When Bethany Lerman was fifteen-years old she had a second relapse of child leukemia. The human hair wig that she received was the one thing that gave her a sense of normalcy during a time when nothing seemed to be as it should be. Now […]
Open Content: Privacy = Freedom
Written by Michael Ridley Dr. Ann Cavoukian, the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, is very impressive. She is passionate, articulate, engaging, and very challenging. Challenging because her primary message, privacy = freedom, is compelling and yet also very difficult math. At a recent meeting of CIOs like me from […]
Monopolizing Guelph
Written by Dan O’Keefe It might be the only place around where parking is still free. Present estimates suggest that over 750 million people have rolled the dice on the classic board game Monopoly, purchased property, and spent time in jail, even if they were just visiting. Many of […]
News Briefs
Compiled by Scott Dobbin Arctic hunter floats drift on Ice floe A rescue team made its way to a stranded Inuk hunter on an ice floe on Sunday Jan. 24. David Idlout, 39, a hunter in Resolute, Nunavut, was returning home from checking ice conditions on Friday when the […]
Haiti: before and after
Old lessons must be learned by Gagan Dhaliwal The images coming from Haiti are nothing short of horrific: children with lacerations, bystandards trapped under rubble, makeshift hospitals flooded, and bodies scattered throughout the streets. Yet, as we mourn for the Haitian people and offer whatever aid we can, it […]
Loose Cannon: Vultures always drawn to death and disaster
by Greg Beneteau The pictures and stories emerging from earthquake-ravaged Haiti are at times difficult to stomach. In Port-au-Prince and surrounding cities, most of the infrastructure, what little there was, has been completely destroyed. There are untold numbers of people trapped under collapsed buildings and no heavy equipment to […]
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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.