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Editorial – Cyber Study?Or Cyber Cheat?

Study group or organized cheating forum? That’s the question facing the engineering faculty appeals committee at Ryerson University after a student there was charged with academic misconduct for running an online study group. As the Toronto Star reported, the first-year student administered a Facebook group that was ostensibly a place where chemistry students ?swapped tips… Read more »

From Where I Sit – Mini Breaks

I’m a little choked another winter has come and (almost) gone without us having had a sun-soaked getaway. We’d been kicking around the idea of returning to a different part of Mexico or perhaps checking out the Dominican Republic, Cuba, or Jamaica. We looked over the Journal?s Saturday travel section, checked online sites, and talked… Read more »

From the Gallery – AUSU AGM 2008

On Saturday, March 8, the lines lit up for the 15th annual AUSU Annual General Meeting! Including council, a total of 22 AUSU members dialled in, and the topics ranged from budget issues to online course evaluations. After the agenda and 2007 AGM minutes were approved, the floor was opened for members to discuss the… Read more »

Around AU – AU Editor Rides to Aid Poverty Relief

In June, AU’s Florene Ypma (a course materials editor at AU Central) will join over 200 other cyclists as they cycle across country to battle poverty. The goal is to raise $1.5 million to help aid the world’s poor. The group’s nine-week tour will begin June 28 in Seattle, Washington, and end in Jersey City,… Read more »

Did You Know? – The Story Behind the Picture

Next time you visit Athabasca University’s home page, check out the ?I Stand Out? banner at the top of the page. The banner features photos of AU students in their home towns. But did you know the banner is interactive? Click on the banner and you’ll enter a mini site. Along with links to courses,… Read more »