At Home: No Place to Go As the holidays near, we’re often reminded to think of those who lack the comfort and security of a home to call their own. But according to a new study, there’s another vulnerable but often-forgotten group: those whose housing conditions are unsafe or unhealthy. As the CBC reports, a… Read more »
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If your course contract ends on December 31, 2010 you’ll want to note Athabasca University’s special holiday procedures for requesting and writing final exams. Because the University will be closed for the holidays at 4:30 pm MST on Thursday, December 23, 2010 (it will reopen 8:30 am MST on Tuesday, January 4, 2011), it has… Read more »
Convocation 2010 AUSU wishes to congratulate this year’s graduates, whether attending Convocation in person or by distance. We wish you the best of luck in your future pursuits. You are an inspiration to all AU students! AUSU Executive Election AUSU has recently held its internal election for the Executive. We wish to congratulate Barbara Rielly… Read more »
Last weekend, an article in an independent newspaper made waves in the academic world. The Chronicle of Higher Education published a personal account written by ?Dante,? a writer who makes a living composing custom university term papers. The catch: all those essays are paid for, and submitted to professors by, other students. The article and… Read more »
Northward ho! This Sunday marks the anniversary of the official opening of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Al-Can Highway). Completed in 1942, the Alaska Highway connects Dawson Creek, B.C. with Delta Junction, Alaska, by way of the Yukon. Although originally it was built as a supply road during World War II, the Alaska… Read more »
Ashram composes hauntingly beautiful musical pieces suggestive of early 20th-century classical music, and performs them with consummate grace and skill. The trio came together in June 1997 with a collaboration between singer Sergio Panarella and pianist Luigi Rubino. The duo later asked violinist Alfredo Notarloberti (Edo) to join them. Recently, Sergio, Luigi, and Edo took… Read more »
The holiday shopping season is heating up, and it looks like books and all things literary are suddenly cool again. Readers are clamouring for a copy of The Sentimentalists, The New York Times is expanding its bestseller lists to include e-books, and NaNoWriMo writers have collectively scribbled over 1.4 billion words so far. But in… Read more »
At Home: Making Crime Pay Every year, millions of dollars? worth of ill-gotten property is seized by the Alberta government. Ranging from small electronics to cars to even real-estate, the property’s then forfeited to the province through its Civil Forfeiture Office. This year, the funds gained from the sale of the forfeited property are being… Read more »
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