Several years older, but not much wiser
A bachelor of hard knocks I still vividly remember waking up on moving day of my first year and listening to Ben Fold’s “Still Fighting It” on the drive to Guelph with my things. I remember listening...
View ArticleDissecting Middle of Nowhere 20 years on
Thirteen reasons why I still love Hanson’s debut album Anyone who knows me well knows that I am a massively unapologetic fan of Hanson. This band has followed me all the way from childhood through...
View ArticleAccepting that my identity is undefined
Finding my stride again There was a time in my life when my dream was to play for the national soccer team. I lived and breathed for the sport; training before and after school, practicing by myself in...
View ArticleLearning to write: An ongoing experiment
What is a writer? When I entered my first year at the University of Guelph I was a 17-year-old political science student who had no idea who he was, much less what he wanted to do with his life....
View ArticleCelebrating ourselves as the school year ends
Remembering the banal and everyday on campus With my bank account hemorrhaging and the bags under my eyes large enough to be carry-on luggage, I’m walking out on this four-year-long relationship. I’ll...
View ArticleAccepting that my identity is undefined
Finding my stride again There was a time in my life when my dream was to play for the national soccer team. I lived and breathed for the sport; training before and after school, practicing by myself in...
View ArticleLearning to write: An ongoing experiment
What is a writer? When I entered my first year at the University of Guelph I was a 17-year-old political science student who had no idea who he was, much less what he wanted to do with his life....
View ArticleCelebrating ourselves as the school year ends
Remembering the banal and everyday on campus With my bank account hemorrhaging and the bags under my eyes large enough to be carry-on luggage, I’m walking out on this four-year-long relationship. I’ll...
View ArticleWelcome letter from the Editor-in-Chief
Dear Gryphons, Welcome to a new year at the University of Guelph.We are a nonprofit organization that strives to provide students with experience and knowledge. We accomplish this by having a new staff...
View ArticleThree years down and what do you get?
Another day older and $30,000 in debt I need a Match.com for major life decisions. I want to fill in my information, and then I want the system to spew out options that are going to be right for me....
View ArticlePOWERLIFTING: What it takes to make it
I’m prepping for the Revolution Powerlifting Syndicate meet in Kingston, Ont., on Oct. 7. I need to get a qualifying total at this meet to qualify for the Arnold Classic, which is in Columbus, Ohio...
View ArticleIn praise of owning art
On artists, art dealers, and you I do not know if you own a work of art. If you are a student, with a student’s income and a student’s preoccupations, you have probably never even considered investing...
View ArticleLas Vegas concert massacre
Warning: This article contains graphic content Terror, Image, and Narrative: Reflections on Las Vegas I intended to write something else for this editorial: something less tragic and chilling. But...
View ArticleOctober? #Inktober.
Everyone should make a drawing every single day for a month When October rolls around, I think about ink: ink stains, ink spots, and ink sketches. And, as ink drawings start pouring into my Instagram...
View ArticleLong live the grit
More than just a summer camp I used to dread going on my family’s annual summer camping trips when I was a kid. I’d come to expect a weekend of poorly-maintained public bathrooms, record-breaking...
View ArticleWhy you should stop using a mental illness as a flippant excuse
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View ArticleON cereal: A hungry student shares her love for the thing that’s kept her going
Ask me what my favourite food is and off the top of my head, I’ll likely say something pretty generic, like potatoes or pasta. However, when I really look underneath the surface, into my inner core, my...
View ArticleHow a girl fell in love with the rock show
In honour of the punk rock summer camp that raised a generation Like many other teenagers of the self-proclaimed pop punk persuasion, I remember listening to Blink-182’s Take Off Your Pants and Jacket...
View ArticleThe holidays can hurt
Dealing with grief over the holidays On May 9, 2010, after a long battle with an illness that wasn’t meant to be fatal, my older brother passed away at McMaster Hospital at the age of 18. I find it...
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