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 ENGLISH-ONLY PROGRAM… Read more »
On the Rise If you recently started with Athabasca University, sometimes it’s easy to feel like you’re alone in your program. However, Statistics Canada recently issued a report (http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040730/d040730b.htm) showing that you are anything but alone. According to the report, university enrolment was at a record high in 2001/2002, and had its strongest increase in… Read more »
August is Comedy For Dummies month I have to admit I saw this silly film on cable and wasn’t terribly interested in it. The one main problem was that I wasn’t in the demographics they were aiming at which appeared to be 15-25 and a bit slow mentally! Then a half hour in along came… Read more »
Like most women, I have a large collection of cookbooks in my kitchen. I’ve got the requisite Company’s Coming series, the 4-H 2 volume set, the school’s millennium project cookbook, assorted Weight Watchers cookbooks and more. Heck, I’ve got David Poulsen’s “Cowboy’s Country Cookbook”. Autographed. I’ve got leaflets, booklets, photo copies. I’ve got shared recipes… Read more »
Where would we be without food? Here are some sites that take interest in food a bit beyond your average dinnerplate. Soup – http://www.soupsong.com/ Hot soup, cold soup, soup as a meal, soup jokes, soup songs… everything soup! Phoood – http://www.phoood.com/weblog/ A site all about junk food, snack food, beer, and all those other things… Read more »
The day that Doreen’s husband announces that he is leaving her for a nineteen-year-old nursing student happens to be the first day of Summer. Nina is away camping with friends. Beams of sunlight pour down like cream coloured banners onto the living room rug, illuminating the pages of the Sunday paper. She puts on her… Read more »
Dear Barb: Now that summer is here I notice a lot of my friends have been tanning. However because of everything I’ve been hearing about the dangers of the sun I’m a little reluctant to tan, but I don’t like looking so pale. Is the sun really that bad for us? Jennifer in Nova Scotia… Read more »
Sleepwalker he lay curled on a foam mattress at the foot of the bed keeping watch guarding his child’s mind believing his presence made it all okay neither would disappear if he watched over them every night he would curl into a ball under his Garfield blanket comforted by their closeness the night she left… Read more »
Okay, I confess that I’m a Scooby Doo fan. I have, in fact, seen pretty well every episode of the animated children’s series ever made, from Scooby Doo and the Haunted House to Scooby Doo and the Loch Ness Monster. I am anxiously awaiting Scooby Doo and the Headless Dental Hygienist, and was shocked and… Read more »
I have provided a list of terms at the end of the article since they are used many times throughout. ADDING NEW HARD DRIVES In my last article I mentioned that one of the most popular upgrades is a hard drive upgrade. This week I’ll show you how to upgrade your hard drive or add… Read more »