WHAT’S NEW ON PRIMETIME AMAZING RACE – Wednesdays – 9pm on CTV Last week, after two weeks of non-elimination rounds, Kami and Karli hit the road. This week, as usual, Colin and Christie start out ahead of the pack and book the last seats on a flight that will put them twelve hours ahead of… 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 FINE ARTS… Read more »
Health Care From the Feds You probably heard about it already on the news: the Federal Government has agreed to provide 41 billion new dollars over the next ten years for health care (http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news.asp?id=260) across the provinces. In the next six years, 4.5 billion of that will be going into a “Wait Times Reduction” fund… Read more »
In disobedience to the Will of God, the Mischievous Woman plucks an apple from the forbidden tree, polishes it on her bare arm, takes a big bite, hands it to her boyfriend. Suddenly, the garden changes. There are big black beetles in the shrubbery, wicked looking fish in the pond, snakes in the hedgerow. When… Read more »
Dear Barb: I have been dating my boyfriend for one year. We get along great and share many similar interests. I thought everything was going fantastic until last week when I caught him with my girlfriend. I was devastated. However he was much more casual and told me it was nothing and that he really… Read more »
THE SECOND ANNUAL VOICE MAGAZINE WRITING CONTEST! $800 in scholarships to be awarded $400 each in the fiction and non-fiction categories Write for The Voice and win money for your education. The Voice is launching its second annual writing contest, with categories for both fiction, and non-fiction. Non-Fiction: In 2000 words or less, write about… Read more »
In what we hope may or may not become a sort of regular feature, possibly appearing periodically from time to time on a monthly or perhaps annual basis, space permitting, but probably not, we are somewhat pleased to present a new column dubiously titled Stump the Mastermind, written by one Busby LeClair. Mr. LeClair, currently… Read more »
When buying a new computer monitor, a recent point to consider is whether you will buy a standard CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) type, or a newer LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) format. To help you decide, I’ve detailed many of the key points to consider. LCD’s are fairly new and very nice looking but are they… Read more »
Alberta Learning — Calgary: The Alberta government is establishing a new leading-edge veterinary medical school that will put the province at the forefront of research into animal diseases and food supply safety. This unique veterinary school will provide research into the detection, containment and eradication of diseases that can spread from species to species and… Read more »
This month, the AUSU student council was focused on going through the list of committees, evaluating which committees reflect the interests of AUSU, and eliminating dormant or unnecessary ones, since many committees currently overlap their purposes. (As one student council member aptly put it, “if we don’t know what committees are out there, how do… Read more »