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Keeping the faith

Posted by The Ontarion On July - 9 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

How to maintain or connect with religion at Guelph
Duncan Day-Myron
For many students venturing to the University of Guelph for the first time, the question of how to access religion in a new city on such a big campus may be on their minds.
Fortunately, there are many resources available to students with regards to faith and [...]

A look at the Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival 2010

Posted by The Ontarion On June - 17 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Photos by Megan Verhey
Text by Nicole Elsasser
For 12 years, the Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival has been a life force in the city’s arts community representing contemporary dance so faithfully that it draws people from all around. According to Catrina von Radecki, a co-founder and general manager of the festival, the larger goal of the festival [...]

“Real” barbeque: a beginner’s guide to Southern cuisine

Posted by The Ontarion On June - 3 - 2010 1 COMMENT

Duncan Day-Myron and Nicole Elsasser
Photos by Rashaad Bhamjee
Canadians love barbecue. Almost anyone who has grown up in Ontario has probably, at some point in their lives, sat around and ate some meat cooked over a fire. It’s a social experience– perhaps the most informal kind of dinner party out there– and one of the best [...]

The bicycle and its rider

Posted by The Ontarion On May - 20 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

by Nicole Elsasser
It’s difficult to ignore the increasing number of bikes on the road. The bikes themselves and their rider’s alike come in all stripes and no matter the rider’s taste, be it for a road bike, mountain bike, hybrid or a vintage three-speed that appeals to their inner Eurofile, now is the time people [...]

The locavoric university student

Posted by The Ontarion On May - 6 - 2010 1 COMMENT

 
Nicole Elsasser
It’s a Monday evening and the eBar is packed. Every table is occupied, occasionally by separate parties sharing out of necessity, and all eyes are on Sarah Elton. Elton, a Toronto native, is in Guelph promoting her new book Locovore: From Farmers’ Fields to Rooftop Gardens – How Canadians Are Changing the Way We [...]

Newsmakers of the year

Posted by The Ontarion On April - 15 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

The CFS
It all started in the fall, when an undergraduate student wanted to ask his peers a single question. By the spring, the entire undergraduate population was involved, with over 40 per cent of the student population making it clear what they wanted.
The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) is the Ontarion’s newsmaker of the year. [...]

Reading the voices of The Human Library

Posted by The Ontarion On March - 11 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

For the second year in a row, the Human Library took place on the University of Guelph campus, this time on Mar. 4 and 5. The area in front of the Williams Coffee stand was reserved for one-on-one conversations; human books, people who face misconceptions and assumptions about their views and lifestyles, and the readers [...]

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