Missed your favourite shows? No problem. Primetime update gives you the rundown. Friends Friends: “The one Where the Stripper Cries,” (Thursday, February 05, 2004, 7:45pm) Before we watched a few weeks of reruns, Monica and Chandler bought a house outside of the city and broke the news to the rest of the crew, who weren’t… Read more »

Talking from the Throne The Throne Speech (http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/sft-ddt.asp) was read last week, and Prime-Minister Paul Martin also gave the traditional Prime Minister’s Response to the Speech (http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/sft-ddt.asp?id=2). I’ll be clear here, I’m not a big Paul Martin supporter. I have not seen a lot from the man that really differentiates him from the very standard… Read more »

This column focuses on a wide range of issues affecting post-secondary students. Students are encouraged to submit suggestions and educational topics they are concerned about, or personal experiences with courses or university situations they feel other students should know about. If suggest a topic or a course alert for Taking Notes, contact djabbour@ausu.org Perception of… Read more »

Take a solid cast, add a solid script”?drop in stark visuals and shake well. This is the formula for Wolfen“?a creepy 1981 film that opens with a jogging former police detective (Albert Finney), who eats crappola food, “because it settles my stomach.” Finney’s boss phones after a wealthy developer and his wife are both torn… Read more »

Dear Heather, I am a 30-year-old woman and have recently begun dating a wonderful man. The problem is that I am infected with genital herpes (a lovely parting gift from a previous boyfriend). My infection is well-controlled but of course I need to tell this new man that I am infected. This is my first… Read more »

Here are more responses to the questions: Which commercials anger you the most? and Which AU course is the toughest? Dear Tamra, I’m happy that you posed this question. The difficult courses for me have been the ones where exciting and fascinating topics are deflated into bottomless pits of excruciating boredom. Take ANTH 310 –… Read more »

As I await the imminent birth of my first grandchild, I find myself wondering whether it will be a boy or a girl. My daughter chose not to find out in advance at her ultrasound, preferring to wait. I’m not sure if I have a preference, although since I’ve only ever had daughters, I confess… Read more »

I usually constrain my hunting and hiking activities to areas of wilderness with which I am very familiar. However, on a few occasions I’ve allowed my arm to be twisted by an appropriate hunting partner who convinced me to strike out into places unknown to either of us. One of the earliest of these ventures… Read more »

The title of one of Athabasca University’s recently released courses has always intrigued me: “Audience Effects Research” (CMNS 410). Of what would such a course consist? What Centre offers it? It seemed to me that the best way to explore the above questions and determine the content of CMNS 410 was to write a course… Read more »

As I get older, there are certain illusions that are being gradually stripped away from me. I have lately come to realize, for instance, that I will likely never be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on the strength of a heavy write-in vote from my friends. Furthermore, I am now willing to admit to myself… Read more »