AUSU Elections 2008 – New Council Elected On March 13 2008, Rehan Qureshi, AUSU’s Chief Returning Officer for 2008, announced the results of our election. Your new council, who will take office by April 14, 2008, are: Karl Low Lonita Fraser Zil-E-Huma Lodhi Barb Rielly Sarah Kertcher Bethany Porter Sean Driscoll Emily Dukeshire Heather Fraser… Read more »
With winter finally over and spring weather on the way, everyone’s thoughts turn, naturally, to the great outdoors. Whether gardening, jogging, hiking, or soaking up the sun is your thing, It’s time to get outside and rediscover what was under all that snow?from top to bottom. The Cloud Appreciation Society Look up. Look way up…. Read more »
Release date: April 1, 2008 Label: Fat Wreck Chords Tracks: 14 Rating: 8 No Use for a Name is one of the core bands on the Fat Wreck Chords label, and with the release of The Feel Good Record of the Year (no doubt a somewhat tongue-in-cheek title, as is the personality of the record… Read more »
Fashion lovers are abandoning their own designers and local businesses are paying the price MONTREAL (CUP) — It broke our hearts. The last customer trying on the final outfit. The last ?ooh la la.? The final ?ping? of the cash register. And we closed the door behind her. It was the end of Zoola &… Read more »
Now, I’m not normally one to follow video games avidly; I do not own any consoles, hand-held or otherwise, and the only one I ever have had was my dad’s old ColecoVision from when he was a kid. I’m shocked by the way that people can become so utterly engrossed in fantasy worlds like SecondLife,… Read more »
Let’s get this straight: this is not a pro-seal hunt piece. Nor is it anti-sealing. Instead, It’s a question. A question that I don’t have the answer to, but one that, amid the rhetoric and heated emotions swirling (as they do every year) like a snowstorm around the Canadian seal hunt, needs to be asked…. Read more »
STUDENT: Barb Rielly The Athabasca University Students’ Union has just elected its new council! The next series of profiles will highlight the new and returning councillors of the AUSU Student Council. This week, we meet returning AUSU councillor Barb Rielly, hailing from central Ontario, near Lake Ontario. Barb, whose children are grown, explains why she… Read more »
It’s here! The Hair Brain Scheme 2008 fundraiser for Alzheimer research takes place Saturday, April 5. Come out and support AU’s own Bonnie Nahornick as she shaves her head (for the fourth time!) in aid of two good causes: the event will raise funds for the Alzheimer Society, and Bonnie’s hair will be donated to… Read more »
At Home: Canada’s immigration stats changing Statistics Canada says that the ethnicity of Canada is changing. Groups that make up what are considered Canada’s visible minorities are now larger than ever before. The statistical agency tells us that a full 16 per cent of the Canadian population comprises those minorities. This translates into over five… Read more »
As tuition soars in their home province, more Nova Scotia students are flocking to Newfoundland ST. JOHN’S (CUP) — Newfoundland may have a problem with the out-migration of skilled workers to Alberta, but it also boasts a steady influx of energetic young Nova Scotians in the form of students seeking cheap tuition fees. In the… Read more »