Born and (mostly) raised in Calgary, Karl has been taking courses on and off at AU since 1999. At one point, he changed his major from Computing Science to Computing Science because the new program requirements fit what he’d already taken better. Since then, he switched to English and graduated (w/Great Distinction he likes to add) proving along the way that it is entirely possible to complete an entire AU course within a three week period. If only he had done this at the beginning of the course instead of in the last extension.
This is not something he advises unless you are desperate, masochistic, or, ideally, both.
He is currently the managing editor of The Voice Magazine, where he tries to put his education to use helping other students as they provide content for The Voice
I’m angry today. If you haven’t heard, and apparently somewhere around 85% of Canadians haven’t, our Conservative Government is attempting to rapidly put through a new Elections law. They’re euphemistically calling the bill the “Fair Elections Act”, but on reading it, there’s very little that’s fair about it. Almost every constitutional or elections expert has… Read more »
Dr. Janine Keown-Gerrard has been a tutor and academic expert working at Athabasca University for 8 years now. Her courses include PSYC 304, PSYC 356, MATH 215, ORGB 300, and COMM 243. She tutors and advises approximately 150 students. Dr. Keown-Gerrard was recently interviewed by The Voice Magazine, and here is the gist of what… Read more »
Last week, AUSU Council had its annual AGM. Unlike the previous AGM, this one was fairly routine, with no changes to either the Bylaws or the Elections Policy discussed or made. This left the session as primarily a presentation of what major projects Council accomplished over the past year (specifically the health plan referendum, the… Read more »
Have you noticed the new AUSU Voice Facebook page? If not, that’s okay, things are just getting started with it. A few people have, and if you’re one of the ones who’ve already given us a “like”, thanks! I have to admit, I don’t know what doing that actually means, but it sounds nice, right?… Read more »
Are you subscribed to The Voice Magazine‘s mailing list? If so, you may be wondering why you haven’t received an email lately. Part of the ongoing upgrades to The Voice Magazine‘s website has moved us to a new email server, but unfortunately, the new one has its own problems, and some of you may have… Read more »
I’m a bit excited today. Not because of anything you’re going to see in this issue, although with S.D Livingston’s article on human generators, Hazel Anaka’s celebration of March, and Barbara Lehtiniemi’s exploration of something called PhotoReading, I suppose I should be. After all, where else would you find a look at how we soon… Read more »
On March 6th, Alberta released its 2013-2014 budget. In it, they were pleased to announce an operating surplus of 2.6 billion dollars. They are also taking on debt for capital expenditures to the tune of 5.1 billion dollars. A lot of people seem to have trouble reconciling those two facts. I don’t. If I get… Read more »
Well, it’s over. The election is done, the referendum is done, and life returns back to as normal as it gets for the student union. You can find the results of both of these on the AUSU front page, or you can just skip down to the “Did You Know?” piece in this week’s The… Read more »
On Feburary 19th, Council met for the last time before the results of the election would be announced. All Councillors were present except for Wendy Barnard, who, due to personal family issues, decided she needed to leave both Council and remove herself from the election. Council thanked her for her hard work, and regretfully accepted… Read more »
The AUSU Election is in full swing, and with it comes a Council Connection from the February 19th meeting, and Barbara Lehtiniemi’s article looking at how the election has affected her, even though she’s not a candidate herself. If you haven’t already voted, you’ve got until 8:30 on Saturday, MST to do so. The campaign… Read more »