It’s no secret that the University of Guelph has been called home by a variety of talented individuals, successes ranging across almost everything. There are four significant notables however, that walked the grounds and wore the Gryphon colours before leaving their mark on the large stage of the sporting […]

  First- and third-year with back-to-back OUA honours Ryan Nieuwesteeg was named Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Special Teams Player of the Week for the week ending Sept. 8, with Nick Parisotto taking home Defensive Player honours the following week. Nieuwesteeg has been a consistent force to be reckoned with since […]

  Women’s rugby veteran named Athlete of the Week   Jenny Dunn scored an incredible 18 points in the Gryphons women’s rugby 48-0 win against the Laurier Golden Hawks on Sept. 13. The Vancouver, British Columbia native had two team tries and an additional four converts for the extra eight points. […]

Drinking on an emotional budget; the balance between mental health and alcohol. For those of us who measure somewhere on the “I’m a little uncomfortable” to “curled up on the bathroom floor” social-anxiety scale, alcohol can help ease the way into the social atmosphere of a kegger or bar. Around […]

New study takes step forward A promising new study called Infant Start, although small, has shown that early intervention can mitigate and prevent the full onset of symptoms associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in infants. Dr. Sally J. Rogers and Dr. Sally Ozonoff, professors of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences […]

Season opener features strength of Guelph Junior B club   The Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL) Guelph Hurricanes showed off their flare for finding the back of the net during the first game of the season, a 9-2 victory over the visiting Cambridge Winter Hawks. It was the first […]

Looking to bypass talking, direct communication was accomplished   An international team of neuroscientists and robotics engineers have been able to achieve simple and direct brain-to-brain communication between human subjects. Published in the journal PLOS ONE, a team comprised of scientists from Axilium Robotics and Starlab Barcelona was able to […]

Football veteran named Athlete of the Week Wide receiver, Alex Charette, converted for three touchdowns (a personal accomplishment not achieved since high school playing days) in the Gryphons 50-18 win against the University of Toronto Varsity Blues on Sept. 6. The homeopener – and Gryphons first win of the season […]

Flashes of brilliance showcased despite back-to-back losses   The Gryphons women’s lacrosse team had a tough challenge ahead of them on Sept. 13, taking on the Brock Badgers and the Laurier Golden Hawks in back-to-back games to open the 2014 season. The first challenge came with the Brock Badgers on […]