The ultimate Christmas action toy? Perhaps not, but a conversation piece to be sure! Published on January 8, 2003 [v11 i02], Chrétien Action Figure might have been the result of a night terror brought on by holiday over-indulgence, or maybe it was simply a Christmas wish for an Canadian leader with a modicum of personality…. Read more »
Originally published February 5, 2003 [v11 i06]. See Debbie Jabbour’s A New Grading System in this issue for a detailed explanation of how the new system affects AU students, and instructions on how to calculate your GPA. This is to advise you of an important change in the undergraduate Grading Policy at Athabasca University. Athabasca… Read more »
Published on September 10, 2003 [v11 i37], Invisible Women targets an uncomfortable contradiction in Canada’s progressive reputation on the treatment of minorities, and violence against women. Falling between the cracks, ineligible for the special services reserved for immigrants, aboriginal women in Canada are frequently the victims of violent and sexual crimes, and yet little attention… Read more »
It’s July, and the lazy, hazy days of summer are still a long way off for staff at the Science Lab at Athabasca University’s main campus. As is the summer routine, about 45 students will descend on the lab during the course of July to complete intensive lab courses in biology, microbiology, chemistry and ecology…. Read more »
Paradise, published on August 27, 2003 [v11 i35], is a biting vignette of a day in the life of the modern bourgeois summer time-share dweller. Know to Voice readers as a poet, Sara published only one short-story in The Voice, and it was selected by a Voice reader for inclusion in this year-end issue. Dusk… Read more »
Julia Nielsen of AU’s Counselling Services Unit [CSU] has created a fantastic resource to help students prepare term papers, available at: http://www.athabascau.ca/html/services/counselling/writing/. The interactive slideshow website takes students step by step through the process of planning, researching, writing, editing and documenting a term paper. Also included are links to sites describing the most popular citation… Read more »
Published on January 15, 2003 [v11 i03], Feminotzi explores the precarious middle ground inhabited by the modern, equality-seeking woman who is uninterested in the politically motivated micro-management of language, society and lifestyle which is advocated by some modern feminists. I’m not a feminist (at least not in the more negative sense that word has taken… Read more »
On March 12, 2003 [v11 i11], Athabasca University was about to decide on a new course extension policy that would require all extensions to be purchased 30 days prior to the course end date. Due to protests by AUSU, AU chose not to implement the new policy at that time, but the option has been… Read more »
Published on February 19, 2003 [v11 i08], Don’t Complain is a call to arms for students who are worried about changes to education funding, but who sit back and hope that things will improve. At the time of the article, the AU tuition hike was merely proposed — now it’s a reality. Did students do… Read more »
Voice readers have followed the Academic progress of Wayne Benedict for several years. On July 30, 2003 [v11 I31], Wayne wrote of his decision to finally become a full time AU student, and of the vehicular sacrifices he was prepared to endure in order to fund his new vocation. At that time, Wayne had no… Read more »