Much anticipated music festival boasts great line-up and atmosphere
Nick Mann
This summer’s Hillside festival will be taking place on July 22-23 on the Island at Guelph Lake.  This year’s festival is going to be another popular event with almost 5000 people per day expected to be at the weekend event. The Hillside Festival started on Guelph [...]

Hoops coaching shakeup could hinder Gryphons rebuilding process
Mike Treadgold
I’ll admit it. When news broke on Friday that long-time Gryphon women’s basketball head coach Angela Orton was stepping down, the announcement took me by surprise.
Sure, the young Gryphons were coming off of a season that saw them finish in the OUA West basement, with a record [...]

A trial study shows a possible solution for those with food allergies
Laura Schep
 “When I grocery shop, I always read the labels of anything I haven’t tried or haven’t had in a while, and I avoid eating things that don’t have labels and usually have to stay away from dessert food.” –University of Guelph student Kathleen [...]

Megan Verhey
It all begins with tapping your toe to that catchy tune. This turns into a constant interruption of your daily activities because you are too busy humming along. Finally, you find yourself feverishly searching the internet for that song that you just can’t seem to shake. Whether you like it or not, you are [...]

Nicholas Mann
The latest installment of the Guelph Poetry Slam, a spoken-word poetry competition, took place at the ebar on Saturday night. Each competitor is given a shot, or two, at convincing the judges their spoken-word poetry is the best of the night. Much of the energy at a SLAM is generated by the interactive poet-audience [...]

A cycling trip aims to show the feasibility of the sustainable lifestyle
Nicole Elsasser
University of Guelph alumni Kristi Mahy is going to bike to Costa Rica. Leaving from Guelph in July with three companions, Mahy has given herself a year for the trip, the main purpose of which is to visit a diversity of sustainable communities [...]

 
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 [...]