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How To Quit Smoking

Now that you have had a week to consider the reasons to quit smoking that I presented you with in my last article, “Five Good Reasons to Quit Smoking”, you may have decided that you want to quit. The next step in the process is to determine how you are going to stop using a… Read more »

Editorial Pages

THIS WEEK YOU DON’T WANT TO WIN $300? There are just three weeks left to enter for the first Voice writing contest. Responses to the non-fiction category have been weak, which is surprising, since so many of you have opinions on how AU could be better run. C’mon, how hard can it be? Just tell… Read more »

Legislative Committee Call For Volunteers

Classifieds are free for AU students! Contact voice@ausu.org for more information. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS The AUSU Legislative Committee is looking for active members who can help us create and change AUSU policy for the benefit of all our members. We need volunteers who have a good sense of right and wrong, who are… Read more »

Scholarships & Awards

For scholarships available through the Athabasca University Students’ Union, see the AUSU website at www.ausu.org Athabasca University Awards and Scholarship Information The Office of the Registrar would like to advise students of pending deadlines for scholarships and awards: Award Name: Bursary Program for Indigenous Students Website: http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/registry/studawrd.htm#is Value: $varies Program: School of Business programs Basic… Read more »

Ottawa Coffee Group

OTTAWA COFFEE GROUP FOR AU STUDENTS 1:00 pm – Sunday, November 2 The Royal Oak – 318 Bank St. Ottawa Contact: tneuman@ausu.org for more information See you there!

Conference Connections

CUTC 2004 (Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference) January 22 – 24, 2004 Delta Toronto East Hotel The Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference (CUTC) is about technology, innovative ideas, and the people who turn these ideas into reality. The Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference was started in 2000 by a few visionary students from the University of Waterloo, and… Read more »

BILL 43 AMENDMENTS FALL SHORT, Changes give little comfort to students

Edmonton, October 27, 2003 – The spirit of the proposed amendments to Bill 43, the Post-Secondary Learning Act fails to address students’ major concerns with the Bill. “A permanent framework to increase tuition above the 30% cap and above the pace of inflation still appears to be the government’s plan,” stated Shirley Barg, CAUS Chair…. Read more »

Flicks & Folios – Book Review: The Bible Code II

This book, if all points prove true, could easily be the scariest book ever written. Author Michael Drosnin is a hard-core journalist who proclaims he is not religious; therefore the bible should mean nothing to him on a spiritual level, and in fact Drosnin met with Dr. Eli Rips, the Bible Code’s discoverer, as a… Read more »

AUSU This Month

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS The AUSU Legislative Committee is looking for active members who can help us create and change AUSU policy for the benefit of all our members. We need volunteers who have a good sense of right and wrong, who are able to understand policy documents, who can extrapolate well to predict… Read more »