The social club atmosphere of the 1950s lead to Ontarion editors in the 1960s to 'stir up controversy' with articles about communism and boarding houses that advertised "whites preferred."
One issue in fall 1970 was confiscated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the printing plant because it contained a bulletin with the FLQ manifesto which was illegal under the War Measures Act.
In the 1980s to present day, editors have varied the focus from news and intellectual discussion to letters and opinion pieces in an effort to hear all voices on campus.
Undergraduate students need no experience to join and getting involved is only a matter of contacting a member of the newspaper's staff.
They meet once per month to manage the behind the scenes work that keeps the Ontarion going: human resources, policy, public relations and finances.