The Ontarion

Women of Distinction Awards 2012

Photos by Vanessa Tignanelli — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:47:43 +0000

17th Annual Women of Distinction Awards

Photos by Vanessa Tignanelli — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:56:00 +0000

In honour of the 30 women nominated for their roles of excellence, a ceremonial dragon dance was performed during the awards ceremony.

To Quebec, with love

The Ontarion — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:52:53 +0000

English-speaking Canada is beginning to announce its solidarity with the quarter million students protesting against the Charest government and spread word of the cause itself. As the University of Guelph’s independent student newspaper, The Ontarion is obliged to weigh in on the issue. The issue of accessible post-secondary education is always ripe for debate. There [...]

AdWatch: Wendy’s “Poutition” is more than a little cheesy

Tom Beedham — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:48:03 +0000

If the word “Poutition” has entered your vocabulary, you probably know by now that Wendy’s recently started serving poutine. Introduced alongside the restaurant’s announcement of its newest dish, the cheesy portmanteau is wrapped up as a call for Canadians to “Help make poutine our national dish.” More realistically, it probably doesn’t signify much more than [...]

Album Review: The Men

Nick McFarland — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:46:45 +0000

Open Your Heart 4.8/5 The Men simply have no regard for genre barriers. While many bands find themselves confined to a singular sound with slight experimentation amongst various albums, the Men do everything by their own rules and impart a refreshing bombardment of sound and creativity in tightly bound packages. Last year’s release of [...]

Guelph runners to compete in Olympic marathon

Tom Beedham — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:44:20 +0000

Local running club members to compete at London’s Olympic games this summer Canada is generally pretty weak when it comes to the Summer Olympics’ athletics category. A specific event of no recent conquest is the Olympic marathon. It has been 12 years since the country has even sent athletes to compete in the event. This [...]

Going retro

Lauren Watson — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:42:21 +0000

Teams employing outdated elements in their images want to be recognized for successes of old These days the big trend in the sports world is retro-stylized jerseys that bring back old and classic sports organizations’ logos. Teams such as the Toronto Blue Jays, Vancouver Canucks and many more are coming out with retro-inspired jerseys that [...]

Artifacts of the Everyday: Northern memories

Seamus Ogden — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:33:34 +0000

Our time is coming. Breathe deeply this Spring and Summer. Taste the intoxicating danger of beauty. She will ask for a sacrifice: perhaps a sunburn, a multitude of bug bites, or a bee sting. “Come up, thou red thing. Come up, and be called a moon. The mosquitoes are biting tonight Like memories. Memories, northern [...]

Pop Machine: Hulk smash!

Tom Beedham — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:30:20 +0000

Despite a record setting $200.3 million opening weekend at the box office, not all were entirely impressed with director Joss Whedon’s The Avengers. In particular, critics didn’t find opening scenes involving Bruce Banner (a.k.a. Hulk) exceptionally smashing. In the film, Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) is taking refuge in the slums of Kolkata, the capital of [...]

More than Kids & Explosions

Tom Beedham — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:29:21 +0000

Josh Raskin on Girl Talk, sampling, and multitasking In the time leading up to the March 2007 premier of I Met the Walrus, director Josh Raskin spent a lot of time listening to a half-hour-long interview John Lennon once did with a 14-year-old Canadian named Jerry Levitan in 1969. Tasked with turning the half-hour of [...]