I didn’t even know the Olympics had started.

This is unusual for me, as it wasn’t that long ago that we’d stay up late to catch the odd events (like fencing, or wrestling) that never seemed to be able to break into the constant swimming coverage that took up most of the day’s reporting.

Over the last few years, in part driven by more revelations of scandals in the Olympic Committee, and in part driven by the move to split the winter and summer games so there’s an Olympics every two years of some sort, just made it so it wasn’t that big a deal anymore.

I mean, cheers to the Canadian team, I know that a few of our olympic atheletes have taken courses at AU while gearing up for a games, and for most athletes, their Olympics still happens every four years (unless you’re someone like Clara Hughes), which, when you’re trying to achieve your absolute peak performance, four years can be a long time to wait.

But for me, the hooplah and ceremony happens every other year.  I’ve hardly had time to forget the last one when a new set it starting up.  When the games were together, it seemed like more of a big deal, after all, here was something that wouldn’t be happening again for another four years. Now though, they come out more often, and I watch (and care) less.  It’s kind of an interesting commentary on the idea that sometimes having less of something you like makes it even better.

Sometimes.  However, I’ll admit that for many things you like, more is probably better.  Like the Voice Magazine.  This issue is a small one, but I’ve received some interest from a few people over the last few days, and I’m hoping we’ll get some fresh insights and new students writing for us very soon.

In the meantime, however, small doesn’t mean bad, as this week, we’ve got a student interview that’s pretty good in Minds We Meet, plus we have the Council Connection Report from their meeting of June 20, where the group put some additional money into awards to try to help more students out there.  And we also have the latest in the Cities in Six, featuring Cambridge, Ontario.    It may not be much of a tour for those of you who live out east already, but for me, someone who’s only experience east of the Alberta border was a flight change in Toronto, it’s kind of neat to see some of the things that local residents probably just take for granted.

Of course, we also have scholarships, events, inspirational articles, a Fly on the Wall that delves into the idea of a “functional freeze”, a recipe for Korean garlic bread, and blue rare explores what kind of game Death is really playing, because it’s probably not chess.

Enjoy the read!