Dear Barb; I am attending my first year at university and living on my own for the first time. My problem is my mother. She is making me feel guilty because I moved out to attend university. I am an only child and my father died many years ago. My mother suffers from depression and… Read more »
Are you in Need of Financial Assistance? AUSU Can Help You AUSU has many financial assistance, emergency and computer bursaries available to help students in need. Every year AUSU will give away 10 financial assistance bursaries, $6000 in emergency bursaries and $4800 in computer bursaries. Visit our website at http://www.ausu.org/services/scholarships.php to find out if you… Read more »
Kudos to Spain! A new law in Spain requires men sentenced for abusing their wives to wear an electronic bracelet which alerts both the man’s wife and the police as soon as he comes within five hundred meters. http://www.rponline.de/public/article/nachrichten/journal/gesellschaft/ausland/66602 New Feminist Mag for Teens The first publication of Howling Harpies is scheduled for March 8,… Read more »
This column focuses on a wide range of issues affecting post-secondary students. Students are encouraged to submit suggestions and educational topics they are concerned about, or personal experiences with courses or university situations they feel other students should know about. If suggest a topic or a course alert for taking notes, contact djabbour@ausu.org CHARGING FOR… Read more »
“See that guy over there asking for money? Here’s the thing: I give money to that guy, even so much as one single dollar, and I’m a marked man. I’m a marked man he sees me again on the street. Go to the butcher’s, ‘Gimme a dollar’. ‘Hey, gimme a dollar’ when I walk to… Read more »
It may sound too good to be true “? the chance to turn an academic project into a monetary prize, national recognition and maybe even a job. The catch? Your project must have something to do with energy efficiency. Undergraduate post-secondary students in all disciplines and trades are eligible to enter the Energy Ambassadors student… Read more »
The Perseus Project – http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ The Perseus Project, a non-profit enterprise located at Tufts University, is “an evolving digital library of resources for the study of the humanities.” Originally intended as a resource for the study of ancient Greek culture, The Perseus Project has now expanded to cover a wide selection of humanities related material…. Read more »
Recently, the Voice and AUSU have provided students with the link to the Alberta WiseUp website, and referred readers to their page featuring the campaigns of Alberta’s election hopefuls. However, the WiseUp site neglects to include any information on the Alberta Green Party, which is also running in this election with George Read at the… Read more »
I have a friend who teaches high school math. Every year on the first day of school he asks his students in each grade to pack away their pocket calculators and try to work out a mental problem. He tells them to imagine that they are in a rowboat on a lake, and they are… Read more »
CALGARY – Students at the University of Calgary want to know if help is on the way for Alberta’s ailing post-secondary education system. “The Alberta government is failing our university and college system, and we don’t understand why the richest province in Canada continues to starve our post-secondary education system” says University of Calgary Students’… Read more »