“We worked so hard that we couldn’t lose, even though we weren’t supposed to win,” Jeff Volpe, a player on the winning team, said years later. “We had a feeling of destiny, the feeling that you were part of something bigger than yourself. That, in essence, is what a team is all about.”

The Gryphons beat four-time Vanier Cup winner Western Mustangs to win the Yates Cup, becoming champs of Ontario. Then, on Nov. 24, U of G rallied to defeat the Mount Allison Mounties 22-13 at Toronto’s Varsity Stadium, in front of a crowd of 19,842.

Gryphon receiver Parri Ceci, who went on to a professional career in the CFL, was the game’s MVP. He made two receptions in the game, both for touchdowns. One was carried 89 yards, the longest in Vanier Cup history to that point.

ON CAMPUS

• Burt Matthews became U of G’s fourth president. He earned his undergraduate degree at OAC. A soil chemist, he spent 20 years here, beginning as an OAC lecturer.
• New head football coach John Musselman replaced Tom Dimitroff, who returned to the Ottawa Rough Riders of the CFL. Musselman would coach the Gryphons to a Vanier Cup victory.
• Macdonald Stewart Art Centre got the go-ahead to begin landscaping work on the expansion of the Donald Forster Sculpture Park.

OFF CAMPUS

• The Soviet Union boycotted the Summer Olympics Games in Los Angeles, in retaliation for the United States led boycott of the 1980 games held in Moscow.
• The space shuttle Discovery had its maiden flight, which lasted from Aug. 30 to Sept. 5.
• An agreement was reached to return Hong Kong to China.
• Canadian film director James Cameron gained international fame with the release of his critically acclaimed The Terminator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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The complex is among campus buildings highlighted in “Brutalism at Guelph: Concrete in a new light,” an ongoing exhibit in the McLaughlin Library about U of G’s late-sixties building boom that reshaped the campus.

The exhibit highlights the beton brut (“raw concrete”) style of South Residence, Lambton Hall, the library, and the MacKinnon and MacNaughton buildings.

The display was assembled from library archival materials by art history and landscape architecture students in an experiential learning course.

The students chose this photo taken from inside the newly built South Residence to illustrate the exhibit.

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Over the years, the coffee shop changed with the times, including sporting a psychedelic vibe in the mid-1970s. The shop closed in 1998.

We believe this shot to be from about 1975. Are we correct? Do you spot yourself or anyone you know? Send a note to porticomagazine@uoguelph.ca and let us know!

ON CAMPUS

• The University Centre officially opens in June and is dubbed the “campus hub.”
• Donald Forster becomes the University of Guelph’s third president.
• The Umbria sculpture is installed in front of the University Centre. The trio of cast fibreglass and concrete sculptural forms by Walter Redinger now stands in the U of G Arboretum.
• U of G scientists announce freezing techniques to store cow embryos.

OFF CAMPUS

• The Vietnam War ends in April 1975 with the fall of Saigon.
• The British Conservative Party chooses its first woman leader, Margaret Thatcher.
• The IRA attacks the United Kingdom.
• NASA launches the first joint United States/Soviet Union space flight.
• Betamax videotapes and VHS tapes are introduced by Sony and Matsushita/JVC, respectively.
• One of the very first blockbuster films, Jaws, is released in the summer.

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ON CAMPUS

• The women’s basketball team wins its first provincial championship title in 25 years.
• Veterinarians Without Borders (VWB) is established at the Ontario Veterinary College, becoming the first VWB group in North America.
• The new University of Guelph-Humber building receives a 2005 Award of Excellence for innovation in architecture from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
• U of G launches a coffee-table book featuring campus photos and reflective quotes, with a foreword by astronaut and graduate Roberta Bondar.+

OFF CAMPUS

• Hurricane Katrina, one of the five deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history, hits the Gulf coast, causing destruction from Florida to Texas.
• Three PayPal employees create video-sharing website YouTube.
• George W. Bush begins his second term as president of the United States.
• Charles, Prince of Wales, marries Camilla Parker Bowles.

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We think this photo was taken around 1980 but the exact year is unknown — can you provide a date? Or can you identify any of the people? Send us a note and let us know!

ON CAMPUS

• The College of Physical Science (now the College of Physical and Engineering Science) celebrates its 10th anniversary.
• The Macdonald Stewart Community Art Centre (now the Art Gallery of Guelph) opens with an exhibition featuring pieces from U of G’s Canadian art collection.
• Singer Gordon Lightfoot entertains at Homecoming.
• The first day of FM broadcasting occurs for U of G’s new radio station CFRU-FM.

OFF CAMPUS

• Millions of viewers tune in to the TV soap opera Dallas to learn who shot lead character J.R. Ewing.
• Six Iranian-held U.S. hostages escape with help from Canadians.
• John Lennon is shot and killed by a crazed fan.
• The Pac-Man video game is released.

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ON CAMPUS

• Students vote for the redevelopment of athletic facilities on campus, including a double rink, 25-metre pool, a bubble for tennis courts and new squash and racquetball courts.
• The University Centre marks its 10-year anniversary.
• Microcomputers are available for purchase at discount prices to staff, faculty and students, including Radio Shack’s “Tandy 1000” for $1,499 and “IBM AT Enhanced” for $8,318. Printers are available for $460.
• Author Margaret Atwood receives an honorary degree.

OFF CAMPUS

• The first Internet domain name is registered.
• The wreck of RMS Titanic is found off the coast of Newfoundland.
• The first cellphone call is made in Canada between Toronto mayor Art Eggleton and Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau.
• Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, hits movie screens and is the highest-grossing film of the year.

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ON CAMPUS

• The women’s basketball team captured its first provincial title in 25 years by defeating the defending champions, the Ottawa Gee-Gees.
• Phase 2 construction of the Summerlee Science Complex is underway.
• Students set a national record by donating $22,000 from their meal plans to buy food for local charities through the Meal Exchange program.
• The Macdonald Stewart Art Centre (now the Art Gallery of Guelph) celebrates its 25th anniversary.

OFF CAMPUS

• Condoleezza Rice is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, becoming the first African American woman to hold the post.
• Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane around the world solo without any stops or refueling.
• Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act, making Canada the fourth country to sanction same-sex marriage.
• Hurricane Katrina strikes the Gulf Coast causing more than $100 billion in damage.

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The tradition was carried into the 1980s, and was revived in 2014 in celebration of the University of Guelph’s 50th anniversary. A large tent on Johnston Green hosted a reception and dinner for 800 guests, with other entertainment venues held at locations in and around the University Centre. Partygoers returned to the green for a champagne buffet and midnight fireworks.

ON CAMPUS

• The Gryphon statue is unveiled at the entrance to campus.
• U of G hosts 10 cheese-making experts from across Canada for the inaugural Canadian Cheese Awards.
• Senate approves a study break day for the Tuesday following Thanksgiving Monday.
• The Centre for Business and Student Enterprise (CBaSE) opens the Hub, a program for Guelph student and graduate entrepreneurs.

OFF CAMPUS

• The Sochi Winter Olympic Games is the first held in Russia since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.
• Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 goes missing, resulting in the largest and most expensive search in aviation history.
• Canada and other countries mark the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War.
• Jay Leno ends his stint on The Tonight Show.

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