This coming week is election day in the United States. There have already been far right groups in the United States threatening violence if their candidate doesn’t win. Some suggest if that comes to pass, it shows that democracy has failed in the U.S. It was a nice experiment and all, but, as always, we’re… Read more »
Scholarship name: Consolidated Credit Canada Scholarship Program Sponsored by: Consolidated Credit Deadline: December 13, 2024 Potential payout: $500 Eligibility restriction: A Canadian resident who is enrolled or starting post-secondary in the upcoming semester. What’s required: An essay on your greatest financial achievement and how you made it happen. Tips: Be sure to read the previous… Read more »
August 15, 2024 saw AUSU meet shortly before a significant change of leadership. In that meeting, AUSU Council went over and approved the 2024-2025 AUSU Budget, with some notable updates included below. Then, on October 8, 2024, new President Jan Lehmann initiated the AUSU council meeting on Zoom at 3:06 PM Mountain Time. Vice President… Read more »
Seldom told are the greatest hacks. The kind of hacks where nobody gets harmed, and where everyone involved becomes better for them. Such hacks have unfolded in the digital world. If, by some luck, such stories do make the airwaves, they are almost exclusively detailed by Crown prosecutors at trial and to the presiding judge. … Read more »
Last week, my own ever cogent rants against anything that catches my fancy were missing. If you’re reading this now, it means you may have noticed. And if you didn’t notice, you’re probably not reading this one either, so my referencing people like that here seems a bit silly now that I think about it…. Read more »
Recently I had the chance to eat my way through Richmond, Vancouver, and it was one of the best foodie experiences I’ve had to date. Here’s everything I ate on this trip. Tendon Kohaku: this is a chain that is based out of Japan and has locations in six countries. They specialize in tempura that… Read more »
Scholarship name: The Smooth Movers Scholarship Sponsored by: The Smooth Movers Deadline: November 30, 2024 Potential payout: $1000 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be high school, university, or college students in Canada, U.S, Australia, or Europe. What’s required: An email with a 900-word essay expressing your thoughts on what the future of housing will look like,… Read more »
Facebook: New course on sex work and sex workers. A student indicates that a new course is available: Labour Studies 415: Sex Work and Sex Workers. Students respond enthusiastically, suggesting they “can’t wait.” Reddit: Graduate programs have presentation components. A student asks where the graduate program presentation components are held. One student responds that the… Read more »
High school hacker. University dropout. Online skit comedian. International humanitarian. Accredited Journalist. And a helluva lot of other labels that could stick prior to learning that I was selected as the recipient of the Rising Star award. Countless stories that would make for Emmy-winning SNL skits, so here we go. As a high school hacker,… Read more »
I have a friendly desk clerk who I speak to almost every other week. I noticed she wore an olive-green shirt today, so I seized the moment. I asked her to show me her wrist veins, which were greenish blue like mine. So, I told her she was an Autumn color palette due to her… Read more »