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Jason Collett

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

“Here’s hoping. We’re gambling on this one a bit.”
by  Zack MacRae

“So coming out of the gates with a big show in Toronto is kind of a suicide mission, but we seem to roll that way.”

Lately, Jason Collett has been pretty busy. With a brand new album released earlier this week, and an upcoming [...]

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 [...]

Varroa mite is the fiend behind the disappearing bee

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

Written by Tom Beedham
Imagine a world where bees are extinct: a world without stings, culturally abandoned apiphobia and, most importantly, a world entirely void of natural food.
That is the world that Canadian author Douglas Coupland presents readers to in his latest take on the future, Generation A. In his book, contact with even a single [...]

A GUIDE TO WHO’S ON YOUR CSA BALLOT

Posted by The Ontarion On March - 4 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Compiled by Nicole Elsasser
The Central Student Association elections are upon us with voting running from Mar. 8 -12. And whether or not you are personally enthusiastic about student politics, the candidates running for the executive positions in the CSA are among the most involved and passionate members of the University of Guelph student community. The [...]

More environmentally sound pork?

Posted by The Ontarion On March - 4 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

A U of G innovation may soon mean that pigs will produce much less pollution
Written by Aldis Brennan
It has been a long-standing folk tale that pigs are dirty animals and live in their own filth. But of lately people are becoming more familiar with the interpretation that pigs are in fact very clean animals.
The Enviropig, [...]

Sweeping through the semis

Posted by The Ontarion On March - 4 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Written by Justin Dunk
The Guelph Gryphons women’s hockey team is playing their best hockey at the right time of year.
After taking down the University of Toronto Varsity Blues in the OUA quarter-finals, the Gryphons knocked off the second-seeded Queen’s Gaels 5-2 on Saturday afternoon and ran their playoff winning streak to three games.
After defeating the [...]

Saving their best for last

Posted by The Ontarion On February - 25 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Gryphons repeat as OUA figure skating champions
Written by Mike Treadgold, Photos by Rashaad Bhamjee
For the second consecutive year, the Guelph Gryphons figure skating team are the OUA Champions.
The Gryphons team went right down to the wire in their quest to repeat as the province’s best, and after Wednesday’s first day of events, the anxious Gryphons [...]

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