In our speed-obsessed society, there’s no end of gadgets to help people hurry things up. It started (in the memories of most garden variety Homo sapiens sapiens) with the vacuum cleaner, the dishwasher, and the electric can opener. Inventors moved ahead at warp speed, and now we can send images of things that are going… Read more »
Changes to Council Executive The AUSU “cabinet” does the shuffle AUSU councillors are elected for two-year terms and, traditionally, the three executives also serve for two years. In early 2005, however, council began to discuss the possibility of holding a mid-term executive election for the following reasons: ? Executive positions are very demanding and require… Read more »
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock or have just awakened from a coma, It’s a safe bet you’ve heard about The Secret. Or read the bestseller. Or watched the DVD. Or all of the above. Having some of the contributors on the Oprah show to plug the book ensured its bestselling future. Critics have… Read more »
Mandy Gardner, the Voice’s melodious music reviewer, is away this week. She’ll have more great reviews for you soon, so in the meantime relax and enjoy this short musical interlude. Release Date: November 2006 Label: Lions Gate Running Time: 103 minutes Rating: 8 Strictly speaking, this film featuring interviews with Leonard Cohen isn’t a music… Read more »
I know I’m not the only one who practically salivates when this warm weather starts to roll around. It’s finally time for those winter dreams to spring to life. Poring over seed catalogues, following the river’s winding path on the topo map, researching the best time to strike out on that section of the trail… Read more »
Are you interested in Communication Studies and Mass Media? Athabasca University’s Communications Studies program has expanded to include a new communications course, Introduction to Mass Media (CMNS 201), to its list of ever-growing course offerings. According to course professor Dr. Evelyn Ellerman, CMNS 201 is the ?first of two introductory courses for our proposed Bachelor… Read more »
The universe is a varied and wonderous place. It takes all kinds to build it and fill it. In honour of that, here are a few ways to build and fill your universe, and peeks into how others fill theirs. Gumwrapper Chain http://www.gumwrapper.com/ At 50,905 feet, it’s the gum wrapper to beat! Avant Garde Project… Read more »
Loan forgiveness, fellowships available to B.C. Public Service employees Nexus (Camosun College) VICTORIA (CUP) — The B.C. government has pledged to set aside $1.75 million annually to encourage skilled youth to consider careers in the public service. By 2015, more than 45 per cent of the current managing staff and 35 per cent of employees… Read more »
We love to hear from you! Send your questions and comments to voice@ausu.org, and please indicate if we may publish your letter. To AU Students The deadline to apply to graduate is May 12, 2007. The application to graduate can be found here http://www.athabascau.ca/registrar/forms/pdf/grad-application.pdf along with a lot of other helpful information about Convocation. As… Read more »