Guelph students urge to rise and help Haitian earthquake victims by Laura Schep On Jan.12, 2010, at approximately 4:53pm local time, a catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake began its terrible destruction of Haiti. With its epicenter located very close to Léogâne, approximately 20 kilometers southwest of Port-au-Prince (the nation’s capital), […]
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The Ontarion’s news articles cover current events and issues relevant to the University of Guelph and greater Guelph communities.
Those obese Canadians
Recent study turns out striking results for our generation’s health by Leah Gerber Statistics Canada has published a recent study stating that Canadians are wider, weaker, slower and generally, more unfit in every way than they were in 1981. The question is, why? Is modern food that much worse for the body? […]
Welcome to Andrew’s world
An introduction to me and web culture Andrew T “I think you should care because there are 29, 542 people in Facebook’s University of Guelph network. I think you should care because my friend Scott watched an internet-only broadcast of the Golden Globes Sunday night” Good morning angels, My name is […]
An “emotional rollercoaster” for aspiring Canadian entrepreneurs
U of G hosts the largest Canadian business pitching competition and draws a crowd by Sandra Anger and Jessica Perfect On Saturday, Jan. 16, the University of Guelph hosted the Central Regional Round of the Student Business Pitching Competition for the second year in a row. The event was […]
Politics with Pete
Stephen Harper: politician of the decade If you’re anything like me, you must find Stephen Harper and his government detestable. You shouldn’t feel ashamed to admit it; there are a lot of us out there. Last I checked Mr. Harper was polling higher than he ever has in his federal […]
The terrifying business of being a “grown-up”
Students face the stressful decisions that come along with leaving the U of G and venturing into the big wide world Victoria Michalowsky came to the University of Guelph to get her undergraduate degree in fine arts; she assumed that eventually she would become a teacher. Like many other students […]
Torch takes a fall
Written by Elizabeth McLeod December 28 was supposed to be a day of unity for Guelph, as the Olympic torch relay passed through the city. Torchbearer Cortney Hansen, the successful applicant who earned the duty of carrying the torch, awaited a very proud moment. These hopes went askew, however, […]
The Open Letter – Greenhouse emissions
More than 500 university faculty members from universities all over Canada have signed a letter to the Canadian Government calling for immediate and drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The letter points out that the time frame of reductions is critical, dictated by earth’s physical environment and not by political […]
Eye on the world: A new terror front?
Written by Jamie MacDonald Following the dramatic bomb scare threat on Christmas Day, Yemen has been on every newscaster’s lips, and the country is now set squarely within the cross hairs of the United States as well as Middle Eastern powers. In recent weeks it has quickly become a […]
Open Content: Paperless in 2010?
New Year’s Resolutions? Meh. Let me tell you about my 2009 resolution: to go paperless. Yeah. Right. What was I thinking? The idea was to use as little paper as possible. I thought this was quite progressive of me. I even started a new twitter stream (www.twitter.com/paperless2009) to track my […]
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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.