There was wonder in his voice, as Athabasca University’s president, Dr. Dominique Abrioux, expressed his gratitude to the almost 200 friends, family members and distinguished guests who gathered Monday, Nov. 24, to congratulate him on the most recent success of his university. In September of 2003, Abrioux traveled to Versailles France to accept an Honourary… Read more »
VICTORIA (CUP) — Remembering the women who died in the Montreal Massacre is not enough, say women’s advocates in B.C. As the 13th memorial approaches for the women who died on December 6, 1989, advocates say just remembering the victims could be considered hypocritical. “Nobody wants to talk about the real issues of why women… Read more »
A Special General Meeting was held on October 15, 2003, to pass several changes to the proposed new AUSU bylaws, which had been requested by Alberta Corporate Registries. The bylaws were passed contingent on acceptance by Alberta Corporate Registries. Unfortunately, Corporate Registries has returned the bylaws with several more requested adjustments that they did not… Read more »
Maeve Binchy is a new author for me. I’ve been drawn by her lushly-colored covers in my local bookstore, but never looked inside one until now. In one way Quentins is a collection of stories – almost vignettes of people and their lives and how they relate to the restaurant of the same name. This,… Read more »
Post-Secondary Spin The Government of Alberta is pleased to announce that the “Education Indicators in Canada 2003” report put out by Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education Canada had some kind words (http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200311/15535.html) about Alberta’s rankings. Of course, the report (http://www.cesc.ca/pceip/PCEIP2003-D.pdf) was not all positive, but the Learning Ministry would hate for… Read more »
Week of November 26, 2003 Missed your favourite shows? No problem. Primetime update gives you the rundown. Friends This week Thursday happened to fall on US Thanksgiving, so instead of airing a new episode, we saw lots of Thanksgiving specials, as well as episodes from the start of this final season. Next week’s episode is… Read more »
Dear Sandra, I am not an AU student, but I was looking through the website and came upon the Voice and your column and was hoping that you could answer a question for me. I just recently celebrated my fortieth birthday and had somewhat of a mid-life crisis. I do not feel that I have… Read more »
No advice on how to get a date and no advice on how to tap a keg, yet this website actually has something about university (just like it said!) http://www.canadian-universities.net/index.html After searching for websites about university and post secondary in general, I came up with more “party” sites than I could count. Now I like… Read more »
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. Students from “High-risk” institutions will not receive student loans CanWest news (The Edmonton Journal, November… Read more »
My friend Michael arrived for dinner last week carrying a case of imported beer and a digital video camera. “Hey, Bro’ what’s for dinner – lamb burgers? Artichoke hearts in basil vinaigrette?” he asks, setting the camera on a tripod and looking distractedly around the living room. “Uh, no. I made a pizza.” “Perfect, ‘Bro…. Read more »