Dining alone is a character building exercise — particularly for a woman. Not so much at Wendy’s, where I absolutely adore the Mandarin Chicken Salad, or at the Kingsway Garden Mall food court, where the hustle and bustle and noise level can drive you batty. I mean some classy joint. Like the Pradera Café and… 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 five teams, and there’s still five more non-elimination points in the race. Last week Kami and Karli were given their break and this week, the religious model couple who took… Read more »
Praying for School Funding? Alberta Learning has decided to inject about twenty million dollars (http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200408/16964CC2C7F2D-C66F-4A9E-A511A3CE887F08FC.html) into the educational system. Unfortunately, this money will go into only two school regions around St. Paul. The reason for the funding is to upgrade and expand the current facilities there in order to provide the Francophone, Protestant, and Catholic… Read more »
Way past midnight on a moonless highway half way through Saskatchewan, headed back from a funeral, and the radio is playing a ballad by Journey or Air Supply. Probably the reason why some genius invented push buttons for car radios. Further down the dial a solemn CBC host interviews a man who has written a… Read more »
Dear Barb: I am a 24-year-old student in my last year of university and have been dating the same woman for the past four years. We get along great and enjoy each other’s company. I know she wants to get married and start a family, but I don’t feel 100% sure that she is the… Read more »
still life with avocadoes dogs at the door of the bungalow drawn by the heat of conversation the untouched bowl of avocadoes sitting on the kitchen table whiskey-fuelled and reincarnated two lovers naked in their history after years and too many conquests after too many wars waged with themselves they return to the scene of… Read more »
For the last three years, there has been something I often think about throughout the year, an added highlight to my summers, something that I used to hear from afar, or sometimes from right outside, but never was serious enough about going in. Now that I’ve had a part, the whole thing seems to pass… Read more »
Alberta’s four universities have embarked on an unusual collaborative venture, brought about by our province’s new debt-free status. Debt-free, you say? Yes – for those who are non-Albertans, our premier (none other than Ralph Klein), has announced that, due to aggressive budget cuts over the past few years and higher than anticipated oil revenues, Alberta… Read more »
We love to hear from you! Send your questions and comments to voice@ausu.org, and please indicate if we may publish your letter in the Voice. Thank You, AUSU This letter has been a long time coming, but student life can be so busy! I am a student at Athabasca University and so is my husband…. Read more »
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