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Three Tips on Editing Videos Quickly for School or Hobbies

I’ve always been interested in video editing as it serves such a wide range of functions in modern life.  We can’t live without our screens, but as technology progresses, I’ve found that people are much more engaged with videos than pictures, and it’s been a fun learning experience throughout the years.  Before COVID-19, I had… Read more »

Music Review—Hollywood Forever

Artist: Havanna Winter Single: Hollywood Forever Sixteen-year-old TikToker Havanna Winter has released her third single titled, “Hollywood Forever,” along with a music video available on YouTube.  The single is available for streaming anywhere you get your music. Havanna Winter was born in Oslo, Norway, but moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of nine. … Read more »

Is it Wise to Be Physically Vain?

Life’s most important goal is to love all others.  Although many may disagree, I believe it’s vital to put all others before self.  So, that’s why I faced an existential crisis when I deleted an article on fitness I wrote yesterday for The Voice Magazine.  What troubled me was that I promoted fitness vanity as… Read more »

Beyond Literary Landscapse—Allegory

From my early beginnings as a young introvert, the public library has always been a bit of a refuge.  Years later, not much has changed, albeit with an additional affinity for endless hours spent scouring second-hand bookstores to add to my ever-growing “to-read” pile. From one bookworm to another, this column will be underscoring and… Read more »

Dear Barb—Role Reversal

Dear Barb: I am a student in my early twenties.  My mother was a single mom.  After my dad moved out mom never remarried, but she had lots of relationships and live-in boyfriends.  I don’t doubt that she loved me, but she was a partier.  Our house was always filled with people, and I felt… Read more »

Scholarship of the Week!

Scholarship name:  The Brandon Langhjelm Memorial Essay Contest 2022 Sponsored by:  Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms Deadline:  October 31, 2022, 11:59 pm MST Potential payout:  $2000 Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be age 15 to 24 as of contest deadline, permanent residents or citizens of Canada, and enrolled as a student (public school, private school, homeschool,… Read more »

Vintage Voice

The tradition of trick-or-treating on Hallowe’en has slowly dwindled in popularity.  Even years ago, Voice writers were expressing concerns about treats at the door. It’s supposed to be scary, right?  Maxie van Roye thinks the door-to-door beggars are getting off too easy and plans to put the spook and scare back into trick-or-treating.  “Instead of… Read more »

Editorial—Spoiled Alert

I was hoping for a more Halloween themed issue this year, but it seems the spooks and monsters of the other side aren’t on most writer’s minds at the moment.  I suppose you can’t really blame them, though.  It’s not like we don’t already have a whole range of reasons to be terrified, from the… Read more »

Student Sizzle—Following What’s Hot!

AthaU Facebook Group Less flex in exams.  A discussion about an exam marked past-due reveals that, as of June, there is now only a five day window on either side of the requested write day with AU to reschedule an exam with ProctorU (or other invigilator.) Discord Windshield-repair capital of Canada.  You never know where… Read more »