This article originally appeared in volume 1939 of The Voice (October 14, 2011). LOL. ROFL. YMMV. If these initialisms have you scurrying for the comfort of your Strunk and White, You’re not alone. It’s popular these days to bemoan the falling standards of written language. Literacy, punctuation, and grammar have slipped into the morass of… Read more »
The Voice Magazine has settled into its new location in Edmonton. While our email (voice@voicemagazine.org and website remain the same, you can direct all written correspondence to our new address: The Voice Magazine 500 Energy Square 10109 ? 106 ST NW Edmonton AB T5J 3L7
At Home: Helping Your Neighbour Among all the bad news out there, here’s one gem that surfaced last week: Canadians care about one another. At least That’s what a recent report seems to indicate. As The Toronto Star reports, ?47 per cent of Canadians over the age of 15? volunteered in 2010. The numbers, provided… Read more »
AU Students urge candidates to improve university funding AU students are concerned about the financial health of Athabasca University and the effect of recent news stories on the reputation of the AUSU membership. A recent CBC report notes that in recent years the university has made a series of reserve draws to cover budget shortfalls,… Read more »
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The Voice Magazine has settled into its new location in Edmonton. While our email (voice@voicemagazine.org and website remain the same, you can direct all written correspondence to our new address: The Voice Magazine 500 Energy Square 10109 ? 106 ST NW Edmonton AB T5J 3L7
Film: Cave of Forgotten Dreams (IFC Films 2011) Director: Werner Herzog Genre: Documentary The Chauvet-Pont-d?Arc Cave Drawings: A Faithful Originality ?Man is a creature who walks in two worlds and traces upon the walls of his cave the wonders and the nightmare experiences of his spiritual pilgrimage.? Morris West Once upon a time, before the… Read more »
Free textbooks! Can you imagine the excitement a sign like that would cause on campus? It might seem like the stuff of fiction, but free textbooks are the latest entry on the open-source landscape?and they’re set to give the traditional market a run for its money. Much in the way the software market once operated,… Read more »
(Read Part I of the minimalist adventure here.) The night of the robbery was the first night of my life as a minimalist. The Wal-Mart was open 24 hours and we had nowhere else to go. Walking the aisles, feeling weightless, I realized the absurdity of all the needless things that people came to buy… Read more »
Acupuncture. It’s becoming increasingly popular, but the visuals can seem confusing or even scary. How can long needles inserted into a patient be healing or helpful? What exactly is acupuncture, and can it really work on ailments like headaches, stress, or fertility? What Is It? Acupuncture is one of the world’s oldest forms of medical… Read more »