AthaU Facebook Group Low blow. An ENGL 211 student is shocked by a low mark on the first essay. Other students offer their insights and advice for succeeding in this course. Discord Your last minute has evaporated. Discussion in the #general channel is dominated by the glitch that prevent AU course registrations on July 10. … Read more »
The Athabasca University Students Union is celebrating it’s 30th year, with an in person celebration happening at a pub in West Edmonton Mall, as well as some online events that you can find out more about on the AUSU site. It’s been an eventful ride for the group, which initially started off having been granted… Read more »
Celebrate with us July 11-15th as we turn 30! We have a fun-filled week planned, including contest giveaways, a special AUSUnights Virtual Student Social: 90s Retro Edition, and an in-person AUSU Birthday Bash with Student Council at Hudsons on Bourbon St. in West Edmonton Mall! RSVP to the AUSU Birthday Bash! Date: July 16th, 2022… Read more »
I cannot think of a summer function that would be complete without it; even some weddings will serve potato salad. I once catered a wedding where the bride and groom wanted a summer cookout theme, and they included potato salad as one of the dishes. As I mentioned in my Hot German Potato Salad recipe,… Read more »
I worked at a place that had some pretty bizarre practices. The most outstanding was their insistence that workplace hugging and embracing between men and women, however disturbing, was the accepted norm. When I complained the following day, I was escorted to a taxicab and told never to return. So, I refused the taxi and… Read more »
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: A close friend of mine has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. I am not sure what stage it is at, but I think it is advanced since she has had surgery and has to have chemo and radiation. She is only thirty-five and has two little kids. The diagnosis has been traumatic… Read more »
The Calgary Stampede is back in full force, with the parade taking place earlier today, and I completely forgot about it. If you’ve lived in Calgary for more than a couple of years, the Calgary Stampede is a yearly exercise in driving frustration with a side of mediocre (but free) food in the mornings and… Read more »
Wombs and attendant legal issues being in the news, and, being male since birth, I asked my dear wife about the prepartum process. She’d been a progenitor of one human being many decades ago. Her first recollection of another being being inside her happened, suddenly, on Aberdeen Avenue in Toronto. She was walking past an… Read more »
