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From Where I Sit – Billboards, Bumper Stickers, and More

I love reading. I’ll read anything, anytime, anywhere. Well, except Harlequins. Can’t take all that talk about heaving breasts, hard loins and happy endings. I read bumper stickers and cereal boxes. I read vanity licence plates and billboards. I read those yellow, portable, rental signs with do-it-yourself lettering. I read newspapers — dailies and weeklies…. Read more »

Naomi Klein’s Latest Takes No Excuses

BURNABY, B.C. (CUP) — The Take is author and activist Naomi Klein’s latest effort to raise Canadian awareness about the consequences of globalisation. The documentary offers viewers a glimpse into the lives of Argentinean workers displaced by the spectacular turn-of-the-millennium economic collapse of their country. In 2001, as businesses went bankrupt and half the population… Read more »

UPEI Students Move to Leave CFS

TORONTO (CUP) — Calling the national lobby group’s efforts “woefully inadequate,” the University of Prince Edward Island student union has moved to sever its ties with the Canadian Federation of Students, joining its counterpart at York University. The UPEI student council voted in April to leave the CFS, following the presentation of a 35-page report… Read more »

NEW COLUMN Lost & Found – Ghost in the Mirror

I’m looking for the face I had Before the world was made — W.B. Yeats Sometimes, standing before the bathroom mirror, I find myself confronting the wraith. Like a swamp creature, he rises up to meet me as if from the depths of a great dark pool. In a gesture of friendship or demonstration of… Read more »

Taking Notes: Eye on Education – Student Fakes Research, Gains Access to Hospital Backrooms

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 STUDENT FAKES… Read more »

FLAMES: Retraction? I Think Not!!

When the time ran out on the Stanley Cup Final last night, the whole city of Calgary went totally quiet. No one here expected to lose. Everyone’s spirit and hopes were up in the clouds. Even I, a person who despises hockey to begin with, was waiting to see the lights flash as the puck… Read more »

Editorial Pages

Are you ready to graduate? AU convocation 2004 takes place this year over the June 11th to 12th weekend. The undergraduate ceremony is on Friday June 11th, and the graduate ceremony is on Saturday, June 12th. You may be eligible to convocate this June if you have finished all of your degree requirements. Students who… Read more »

Classified ads

Classifieds are free for AU students! Contact voice@ausu.org for more information. CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY AND REIKI. Tired of sore shoulders, back or neck? History of injury or overwork causing chronic pain? Stop treating the short term… treat long-term with Craniosacral Therapy and Reiki. Laura Seymour–level 4 graduate of Upledger Institute and teaching assistant. Calgary, (403) 262-5589… Read more »

AU COMPUTING SERVICES HELP DESK – SUMMER HOURS

The Computing Services (CS) Help Desk’s summer hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m daily, from July 5 through August 27. The CS Help Desk can be contacted by using the online trouble reporting form at http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/compserv/helpdesk/students/helpdesk_students.html(with the form link in the upper left), emailing helpdesk@athabascau.ca or phoning 1-800-788-9041, ext 6405. Make sure you… Read more »