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In Conversation With . . . Gescha, Part I

Gescha is a young Canadian hip hop artist who has shared the stage with Tech9, Classified, and Sweatshop Union, among others. His single ?Love Pirates? made #8 on the Canadian singles sales charts the week it debuted. After years of struggling with a self-destructive lifestyle, Gescha now mentors youth in an attempt to prevent others… Read more »

International News Desk – At Home: Job Failure

At Home: Job Failure There’s nothing more humiliating than attempting a crime, bungling it, and getting caught. For one wannabe criminal, his incompetence will earn him jail time?and has made him a laughingstock to criminals and law-abiding citizens alike. As The Calgary Sun reports, Darrell Snyder botched three robberies in 13 minutes and is now… Read more »

Write Stuff – Freedom to Read

A lot of freedoms will arrive in the next few weeks. Freedom from scraping ice off our windshields. Freedom to bask in the spring sunshine and read. And an event called Freedom to Read Week, which might just be the most important one of all?because our literary freedoms aren’t as secure as we might think…. Read more »

From Where I Sit – Back to Real Life

After a two-week vacation in Palm Spring, re-entry into my real life hasn’t been easy. Though Alberta has had a very mild winter, there was still a 25-degree drop in temperature between the time we boarded the WestJet flight and when we landed just three hours later. There was mail to sift through, plants to… Read more »

AUSU Update – February 2012

ELECTIONS ARE HERE! Want to get involved with your fellow AU students? Gain valuable experience while still serving others? Then AUSU Council might be the place for you! AUSU holds elections every two years to fill nine positions on Council. These nine councillors later select from among themselves an executive group of three (President, VP… Read more »

Did You Know? – Project Gutenberg Canada

You’re probably aware of Project Gutenberg, an online resource which provides free access to literary works that have passed into the public domain. But did you know that there’s a Canadian equivalent, Project Gutenberg Canada? The mission of Project Gutenberg Canada is to make freely available Canadian-specific content that is in the public domain. In… Read more »

The Mindful Bard – Page One: Inside the New York Times

Film: Page One: Inside the New York Times (Magnolia Films 2011) Director: Andrew Rossi Screenwriters: Kate Novack, Andrew Rossi ?We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.? Jimmy Carter When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth and Were Suddenly Forced to Compete with Bloggers for Food Print media is expensive to put together…. Read more »