Articles

International Women’s Day

March 8th is International Women’s Day. In Canada it will be marked by events across the country, including: OTTAWA Date of activity: Thursday, March 6, 2003 – Start: 6:00 p.m. End: 10:00 p.m. Title/Type of activity: International Women’s Week Celebration Dinner Organization: Algonquin College – 1385 Woodroffe Avenue, Cafeteria, Building D, Salons A and B… Read more »

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS PLEDGING TO TAKE MEMORIAL TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

CFS National Chair speaks out against tuition hike Published: Fri-28-Feb-2003 By Lindsay Harding, The Muse ST. JOHN’S, NFLD. (CUP) — Three weeks after Memorial University approved a 33 per cent tuition hike for international students, student union leaders say they are solidifying plans to have the decision revisited and overturned. University spokesperson Peter Morris says… Read more »

Buying Your First Home

The transition from renter to homeowner is likely the biggest investment you will ever make. It is frightening to know that you will now be responsible for a home. As a renter, if the basement wall fell in or the furnace went, it was the landlord’s problem not yours. As a renter you just paid… Read more »

From My Perspective – File Sharing and Privacy

I never thought I’d say it, but I’m impressed with my cable company recently. Or perhaps I should say – I’m impressed with one particular element of it – the stand the company is taking towards customer privacy. Normally I’m not that crazy about my cable company. They have a monopoly, meaning they can increase… Read more »

A VOICE INTERVIEW – WITH AUTHOR: H. MEL MALTON

: a continuation of last week’s interview feature. For part 1 see: http://www.ausu.org/voice/articles/articledisplay.php?ART=425 Q. What is your writing process? Do you sit with a paper and pen, hit a typewriter or use a word processor? A. I use a combination of longhand and pc for most of my work. In the planning stages, I draw… Read more »

THE HARRIED STUDENT – THE DISEMBODIED STUDENT BODY

Smack. Smack. Smack. Thousands of hits on thousands of tables. Thousands of AU study guides flip open, computers whir to life, monitors emit, emails ping back and forth. And the spirits of thousands of distant-edders cheer in renewal of their commitment to the vow that they will one day finish TME2. We grit our teeth… Read more »

LIBRARY 101

Continuing the series of Things You Should Know About the Library, librarian Elaine Magusin shares additional Frequently Asked Questions: Q: I have been looking at the library website and noticed something called the Digital Reference Centre. What is it? A: The Digital Reference Centre (DRC) is a list of websites and subscription sources that AU… Read more »

THE 45TH ANNUAL GRAMMYS – A REVIEW

Tonight’s Grammys were unusual in one respect – there was no official host. This made the show seem a bit disjointed, moving from segment to segment rather quickly without a Jimmy Fallon or Rosie O’Donnell providing comic relief to tie it all together. But the Grammys were quite ordinary in every other way. Predictable and… Read more »