Terry Taylor on why “AU Rocks” Does “AU Rock?” You bet! And even more so now, thanks to the efforts of Athabasca University’s musical element. Eight musicians – all AU staff or AU staff affiliates – contributed their own original material to create the music sampler of the year, a 17-track CD that some discerning… Read more »
On-Line Education: It’s Not Just for Grown-Ups Anymore The Government of Newfoundland & Labrador has announced (http://www.gov.nf.ca/releases/2003/edu/1008n01.htm) that it now will provide on-line tutoring for students who are preparing for a supplementary mathematics exam. A tutor will be available to students from 7am to 9:30pm from Tuesday til Thursday until November 12th. This initiative, which… Read more »
Many of you may remember that I’m a student of the Italian language and so I am attracted to projects with the subject of Italy or some Italian in them. Well this film, Under the Tuscan Sun, looked like a hoot so I smiled nicely at the husband and he agreed to use a couple… Read more »
Not sure if zoology or stripping is the job for you? You want http://www.athabascau.ca/html/services/counselling/careers or www.athabascau.ca/alumni/jobs.html These two gems are the latest in my search for informative websites within the dusky passageways of the AU website. As distance education students our schedules are somewhat flexible (yes, I can make out the sound of laughter from… Read more »
The other weekend I did something I have not done in a long time. I spent a Friday evening with my daughter at the neighbourhood pub, hanging out and singing karaoke. Perhaps I was in a bit of an introspective mood that night, but something about the whole thing took me back a lot of… Read more »
Week of October 17, 2003 Missed your favorite shows? No problem. Primetime updated gives you the rundown on what happened on TV this week. Friends Last week, Chandler ruined a little boy’s life, Phoebe didn’t take any of her brother’s triplets, and Ross finally broke down and was honest with Joey. This week:well: Ross admires… Read more »
Dear Sandra, My fiancé wants to have our wedding at a lake resort and have the ceremony at a nearby botanical gardens, with about 75 guests. My parents are pressuring us to have the wedding in my home town, at the church and complete with 500 guests. I am torn between both pleasing my fiancé… Read more »
On October 4th I went shopping for some clothes in which I would more readily fit in with a law school crowd. After decades of wearing work boots and coveralls there is no way that I could jump right into a three-piece suit and feel even moderately comfortable. So, my wife led me to Work… Read more »
In the end, it didn’t take long, after all. Just a few still minutes. Then it was all over. The game was ended and the masquerade exposed. He always knew it would be. Six years was a good run to pretend to be an intellectual. A person with a mind, a passion and an understanding…. Read more »
by Richard Rhodes Vintage Books 335 pp., $22.95 While most people do not dispute Adolf Hitler’s involvement in the Holocaust, historians have yet to discover his signature on any document authorizing “the Final Solution.” It is, therefore, very significant that in Masters of Death: The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust, Richard Rhodes suggests… Read more »