I’m very happy to announce this week the return of the Course Exam column. This column, designed to give students and prospective students a better understanding of what’s involved with various courses was a mainstay of the Voice Magazine for many years, and several instances of it still regularly rank among the top articles for users each week. You’re probably not familiar with this column as it’s been several years since I had a student willing to take it on, but I’m happy to say that our newest writer has taken it over and done so with style. Having taken the course himself, he’s able to give solid advice not only on what the course really involves, but strategies that can help you when you take it.
Also this week, we’re featuring an interview with a student from a multi-generational family of graduates, who’s now taking his degree along with a full time IT job and four kids. In this week’s Minds We Meet, he not only explains how he manages to keep all this together but tells us what helps him study and gives some advice for new students or those who are coming back to post-secondary after a significant time away.
Finally, we round out our features with an article that looks at cherry-picking as a recreational activity, and gives some tips for how to do it well, as well as why you’d want to in the first place.
Beyond our features, however, we still have some solid articles in place, with Alek Golijanin looking at the interactions of the Toronto Police Service with racialized people, including their own officers. He’s raising concerns about how each part of the Ontario justice system seems to be working to reinforce the other, even when the behavior they’re protecting isn’t what most people would aspire to in Canada.
Meanwhile, as to AUSU, I’ve forwarded them a number of questions about the recent staff changes, and more importantly for you, questions about what they intend to do next and what the new direction they’re seeking to move in is. I was only able to send those a couple of days ago however, as I was trying to seek out more information about what exactly had happened so I could ask informed questions. As you can imagine, losing both a president and their executive director at nearly the same time has not only dropped a ton of work on the remaining executives, but is also stressful for all involved. Which means I imagine it might take them at least a few more days to make sure they’ve got a response they all agree with and that doesn’t tread into any items revealing private information.
So, until then, kick back and click through this week’s issue of the magazine, and hey, if you see anything you like or don’t like, or, even better, you’re thinking there’s something you’d like to see added to the Voice Magazine, why not drop me a comment at karl@voicemagazine.org. Who knows, maybe you could be the one that fills the gap!
Of course, we also have scholarships, thoughtful, inspirational, and educational articles, events, the hot topics, and more! Enjoy the Read!
