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THE THIRD ANNUAL VOICE WRITING CONTEST IS HERE

THE THIRD ANNUAL VOICE MAGAZINE WRITING CONTEST! $1000 in scholarships to be awarded $500 each in the fiction and non-fiction categories Write for The Voice and win money for your education. The Voice is launching its third annual writing contest, with categories for both fiction and non-fiction. Non-Fiction: In 1500 words or less, write about… Read more »

AUSU This Month

“A Learning Alberta” Recently, the Alberta Government announced a comprehensive review of the Alberta post-secondary education system. Many discussion documents were placed online, and all stakeholders were invited to respond and make suggestions on our how post-secondary system can be improved. The students of the four universities of Alberta have responded through a document drafted… Read more »

Lost & Found – Music as Salvation

I was in a used bookstore the other day, leafing through a yellowing paperback copy of Peter Schaffer’s play Amadeus, about the life of Mozart. My index finger found the beautiful passage in which the embittered and mediocre composer Salieri speaks of the first time he heard the music of his detested rival: It started… Read more »

International News Desk – Buy Nothing Day

Every day we are bombarded with advertisements for everything from breath-mints to house insurance, sneakers to pet medication, all full of colour and at a vibrancy that makes us want to go out and buy the latest weight loss meals even if we look just fine. These items are all products of slick marketing campaigns… Read more »

What Can We Know?

As you might have guessed, the purpose of part one of this series on epistemology and metaphysics is to tickle the brain and revive its natural curiosity. For a proper foray into philosophy, one must think like a child (the most natural of philosophers) and persist in inquiring, never just dismissing ideas. To put the… Read more »

Behind Closed Doors (Words That Mean Dis-ease)

1) Suspicion The police have set a road block up at the end of the street, and they’re going door to door asking questions. I saw the man who just moved into number 38b looking through a gap in his living room curtains. Two nights ago they found human remains in a garbage container on… Read more »

DEMONSTRATIONS IN 160+ CITIES SPOTLIGHT KLEENEX MANUFACTURER’S ROLE IN BOREAL FOREST DESTRUCTION

DEMONSTRATIONS IN 160+ CITIES SPOTLIGHT KLEENEX MANUFACTURER’S ROLE IN BOREAL FOREST DESTRUCTION Groups urge Kimberly-Clark to stop destroying Canada’s Great Northern Forest to make toilet paper and facial tissue As part of an International Day of Action to Save the Boreal Forest, Greenpeace and the Natural Resources Defense Council called on Kimberly-Clark, the world’s largest… Read more »

From My Perspective – Computer Repair

Given the vast amount of time I spend with computers, I’ve been forced to learn a great deal about computer maintenance. Most of what I’ve learned has been accumulated through experience, and sometimes that experience has not been pleasant. I’ve destroyed a couple of keyboards after I took them apart and couldn’t get them back… Read more »