The last time I used a GPS in-car navigational system, it routed me down a street that was closed off by construction. I didn’t have a map with me?relying on the GPS, of course?and spent so long arguing with the device about which way to go that I almost missed my cousin’s wedding. Fast-forward four… Read more »
During our recent plumbing emergency and all the preparation for a tour group of visitors to my art studio/gallery, a lot of things got neglected. One of the most annoying things to me was the lack of time to read the Edmonton Journal and National Post each day. Even when I have 14 or 16… Read more »
TORONTO (CUP) ? ?Toronto students under attack, what do we do?? yells a megaphone-wielding student to the back of a rally at the University of Toronto. ?Stand up, fight back,? shout dozens of students in response. Students shouted these, and other, chants as they took to the streets on June 3 to demonstrate against what… Read more »
Meet Your New Council The AUSU Council and staff have added and updated their bio pages. If You’re curious about who these nine people are, you can go to our council page to find out more, or meet our Councillors in the AUSU chat room at the times announced on the front page of the… Read more »
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At Home: Judge overturns 12-year-old’s grounding A Quebec judge’s recent ruling has many people shaking their heads and questioning just how far removed from reality the court system has become: the judge ruled in favour of a 12-year-old girl who took her father to court because he grounded her from going on a school trip…. Read more »
This is the first of a three-part Voice series featuring interviews with some of AU’s 2008 graduates. For many graduates, convocation weekend was the first time they had seen the beautiful grounds and buildings of the AU campus, and they attended the ceremonies from places near and far, including Athabasca, Alberta, and Halifax, Nova Scotia…. Read more »
This is the first of a special three-part Voice report on Athabasca University’s 2008 Convocation, which took place June 12, 13, and 14. The Voice offers its warmest congratulations to all this year’s graduates! As visitors approach the Athabasca University campus, one of the first things they see is the long, curving driveway that winds… Read more »
DVD: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Released: 2007 Directed by Tim Burton ?Evil is neither suffering nor sin; it is both at the same time, it is something common to them both. For they are linked together; sin makes us suffer and suffering makes us evil, and this indissoluble complex of suffering… Read more »
