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Vancouver 2010: Celebration or Resistance?

Posted by The Ontarion On January - 28 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Compiled by Rashaad Bhamjee, Daniel Bitonti & Mike Treadgold, Graphic by Duncan Day-Myron.

 
 
I think that the biggest issue is the appropriation of public money, tax money, to take care of any deficit that the Olympic games may encounter… There’s going to be a lot of public money tax money, federal, provincial, and municipal spent on [...]

The Vegan Challenge

Posted by The Ontarion On January - 28 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Written by Daniel O’Keefe

 
With preparation and planning, can average Joe go vegan for a month? 
Last semester, I wrote an article on veganism.  I went to Mississauga for a day where I spoke to Alice and Gemma Stanton-Hagan, a set of identical twins who had lived the vegan lifestyle for more than a year at the [...]

Perogies not proroguing: the rally arrives

Posted by The Ontarion On January - 28 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Written by Dan Howse
All the seats in the auditorium were taken and the walls were lined with people two and three deep. Representatives from the conservative party were nowhere to be found. Instead, Knox Presbyterian Church was packed with opposition members, academics and most importantly, community members that care.
“We are concerned about the quality of [...]

Hillside’s heroes

Posted by The Ontarion On January - 28 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Written by Dan Howse
Anyone who has been to a music festival can tell you that a lot more people are involved in providing the festival than just the musicians.  While the bands, artists and other performers naturally get the spotlight, the people holding that spotlight in place are just as important.   So are the [...]

U of G community steps up with efforts for earthquake victims

Posted by The Ontarion On January - 28 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Written by Laura Schep
Only a couple of weeks have passed since the Jan. 12 earthquake took its devastating toll on the citizens of Haiti.
But a number of initiatives, both internationally and locally, have begun to surface in the aftermath. All projects appear to have one unified aim: to extend urgent, immediate help to those who [...]

Featured Artist: Shane Krepakevich

Posted by The Ontarion On January - 28 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Written by Miles Stemp
Shane Krepakevich is interested in the body’s relationship with space, being either physical or imagined.  More specifically, he is looking at the movement and understanding of bodies in a system. Krepakevich utilizes principals of design and elements of architecture and minimalism to investigate a personal geography that is also public.  It is [...]

Coming down the mountain

Posted by The Ontarion On January - 28 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Written by Sarah Dunstan

 
After a triumphant reign at the Brock Invitational in St. Catharines, Guelph wrestlers didn’t fare as well as they’d hoped at the Guelph Open this past Saturday in the W.F. Mitchell Athletic Centre.
The Guelph Open is one of Canada’s largest varsity wrestling tournaments, and one of only two tournaments in Canada in [...]

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