Ringette’s 50th anniversary remembers the sport’s history and features international tournament The University of Guelph ringette team travelled to North Bay, Ontario – the town ringette was invented in – to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ringette and to play in the University Challenge Cup’s (UCC) second tier, where they […]
Sports & Health
The Ontarion’s sports and health articles cover sporting events and health issues relevant to the University of Guelph campus community.
What Rogers Acquisition of NHL Broadcasting Rights Means
The $5.2 billion dollar deal over 12-years means more hockey, more often, on more channels I can remember a time not too long ago when SportsNet, the underappreciated littlest brother to TSN, CBC and locally, TheScore, boasted little more than sporadic Blue Jays games, poker, and 3 a.m. darts competitions […]
Gryphons Men’s and Women’s Basketball Fall to Golden Hawks
On Nov. 30, the women’s and men’s basketball team, 3-7 and 2-8 respectively, ended November on a sour note, with both teams dropping games to division rivals, the Laurier Golden Hawks, who are 9-1 in women’s play and 5-5 in men’s play. On the women’s side of the ball, Katherine […]
NFL and NHL Concussions Serve as “Warning Shot”
The precedent is set, the NHL will likely have to pay, but the question is: How much? Back in August, the National Football League (NFL) settled with roughly 4,500 retired players who launched a lawsuit against the league for having “concealed the long-term dangers of concussions and rushing injured players […]
Chant and Be Happy
The Power of Mantra Meditation Could a word as simple as “ohm” directly influence our bodies, and moreover, impact the instructions we receive from our DNA? Quite surprisingly, in the post-modern world, the answer is “yes.” Doctors today are rapidly uncovering the mind’s ability to significantly affect the body. Perhaps […]
Oil Pulling, More Than a Traditional Remedy
An Ayurvedic approach to holistic health As a holistic approach to health, Ayurveda was developed thousands of years ago, with its origins traceable to India. Based largely on the mind-body connection, Ayurveda is a science of life which views the human body as a self-healing design of infinite intelligence, as […]
Up-and-Down Season Continues for Basketball
Women The Guelph Gryphons women’s basketball team hosted the Ryerson Rams and the Toronto Varsity Blues on Nov. 22 and 23. The Gryphons handily beat the Rams 76-53 on Friday and lost a nail-biter to the Varsity Blues on Saturday, 76-73. The women now sport a 3-5 record this season. […]
Men: Assume the Position
The stigma surrounding males practicing yoga and why it ought to be broken There was a time in sports when athletes would celebrate victory with a beer and a cigarette; interestingly enough, this is also how they mourned losses. Iconic black and white pictures depict a time when the dangers […]
Advanced Stats and the Leafs
Statistical analysis of sports is nothing new. The big-budget movie Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, told the story of the Oakland Athletics – a down on their luck and cash-strapped organization – and their return to relevancy due to a general manager armed with a calculator, a belief […]
If You Can Dodge a Wrench, You Can Dodge Prostate Cancer
Dodgeball tournament raises money for Movember campaign In what has been a month chock-full of different Movember events and campaigns, one of the last to take centre stage was the “Dodge for Balls” dodgeball tournament hosted by a group from HROB*3100, who were tasked with designing a fundraiser for Movember. […]
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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.