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 MBAs A… Read more »
Focus on Vin Diesel This film starts out like a lot of cop films. The lead character is a tough guy cop, Sean Vetter, played by Vin Diesel. He’s dealing with the scum of society, but is different in that he doesn’t hang around cops and he started out on the wrong side of the… Read more »
Have you listened to your body lately? No, I mean really listened. I find the older I get, the more interesting, albeit disconcerting, a process this is. Most of us are living in over-drive. Anaesthetized by food, drink, work. Overlooking the body’s early warning system. Oblivious to the whispered hints. Maybe not even getting the… Read more »
WHAT’S NEW ON PRIMETIME AMAZING RACE – Wednesdays – 9pm on CTV I’m very mad about the way this show is progressing. We’re down to four teams, and there’s still another non-elimination point in the race. Last week Brandon and Nicole were excused from not being able to shave their precious religious heads. This week,… Read more »
Failure Earns More At least, if you’re an Olympic level athlete, it does. After a very disappointing Olympic showing this year (which I attribute mostly to the Canadian Olympic Committee for a ridiculous policy of only allowing people that are supposedly the 12th best in the world or better to go), the federal government has… Read more »
It’s the last week of school vacation, and we’re spending it on Mayne, the smallest of the Gulf Islands. We’re camped on a low bluff overlooking the waters of Active Pass. We’ve been here for about a week, and have fallen into gloriously lazy daily rhythm. In the morning we make thick black coffee and… Read more »
Dear Barb: Sometimes when I go to my family doctor I feel rushed, especially if my reason for being there is not really serious. Because of the shortage of doctors I’m concerned that maybe I’m taking up time that someone with a more serious condition may need. A friend of mine has been seeing a… Read more »
TORONTO (CUP) — Before releasing a single document, the panel set to review Ontario’s post-secondary education system is already coming under fire from student groups. That’s because one panel member has made comments to a popular news magazine that appear to presuppose the outcome of the review. An unnamed member of the Bob Rae panel… Read more »
OTTAWA (CUP) — The New Democrats have dropped a legal challenge over alleged voting irregularities during the June federal election in exceptionally tight ridings near Regina, but say the controversy has reduced voter confidence in Canada. “This is a national issue,” said Don Mitchell, head of the New Democratic Party’s riding association in Palliser, one… Read more »
Are you undecided as to which Athabasca U course to register in next? What about studying a bit of history blended with anthropology, with a dash of political science sprinkled overtop? Although this may sound like a culinary arts course, Athabasca University’s newest course, INST 203, doesn’t teach cooking — but it does introduce you… Read more »