Like a stumbling, flesh-seeking reanimated corpse, zombie chic has chomped its way into our culture to the point of popular comedies like Fido and Shaun of the Dead making box-office millions. Most people would arguably be able to survive a zombie apocalypse based on knowledge they garnered from a movie or show, but what they… Read more »
STUDENT: Bethany Porter 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. In this week’s profile, we meet AUSU councillor Bethany Porter, an AU student who is also a stay-at-home mom. Bethany, who’s studying English, describes… Read more »
Book: Karen Armstrong, The Bible Publication date: 2007 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, NY ?What is Torah?? asked the Bavli. ?It is: the interpretation of Torah.? Karen Armstrong in The Bible In the 4th century a great rhetorician was sitting in his garden wrestling with the idea of Christianity. His Christian mother had been… Read more »
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Erma Bombeck made a fortune writing about them. Sitcoms spoof them. Barrels of ink have been spilled and miles of film shot bringing them to page and screen. As individuals, we love ?em and sometimes even hate ?em. Sometimes simultaneously. And there’s nothing like a holiday get-together to bring those feelings to the fore. I’m… Read more »
The post-secondary education profile of new Canadians WINNIPEG (CUP) — Immigrants new to Canada are highly educated and prefer ?real-world? disciplines like engineering and business administration. They also differ greatly from native-born Canadians in their approaches to post-secondary education. Data pulled from the 2006 Census revealed that between 2001 and 2006, 700,000 immigrants came to… Read more »
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 »
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It seems that everyone is media savvy these days. Corporations are jumping on the social-networking phenomenon in attempts to leverage the latest trends. The Internet teems with sites featuring amateur music and video producers, and even grade-school kids have at least a passing knowledge of the power of media and advertising. Now, the Vancouver Police… Read more »
It’s a sure sign that both Easter and warm weather are in the air when images of rabbits, eggs, and fluffy chicks start appearing everywhere. In the interest of all things spring-like?including weather, clothing, and moods?this week’s Click took a stroll on the sunny side, and discovered there’s more to these icons than pastel-coloured egg… Read more »