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Dear Barb—On Occasion

Dear Barb: Well, another Valentine’s Day and nothing from my sweetie.  We have been together five years and get along great.  If I ever do get married, Jay will be the one for me.  The only thing is he is not sentimental and doesn’t honor any special occasions.  I am not sure why he is… Read more »

Music Review—Variants of Vibe

Artist: Mickey Leigh’s Mutated Music Album: Variants of Vibe NYC musician, author, and producer Mickey Leigh has released his debut solo album under the name Mikey Leigh’s Mutated Music.  The LP, Variants of Vibe, is now streaming everywhere. If you’re not familiar with the name Mickey Leigh, you may recognize his brothers, Tommy and Joey… Read more »

Editorial—We Need You

If you’re not aware, many of the regular writers you read here at The Voice Magazine are actually graduates of AU. No longer active undergraduate students themselves, they still try to keep in touch with the student body and write articles they hope will be appealing or helpful to students like you. But for this… Read more »

AU-Thentic Events

Faculty of Business Undergrad Program Orientation for New Students Wed, Feb 23, 12:00 to 1:00 pm MST Online Hosted by AU Faculty of Business news.athabascau.ca/events/faculty-of-business-undergraduate-program-orientation-for-new-students-20220223/ RSVP through above link AUSU Speaker Series:  Husoni Raymond Wed, Feb 23, 5:00 to 6:00 pm MST Online via Zoom Hosted by AUSU www.ausu.org/event/ausu-speaker-series-husoni-raymond/ RSVP through above link Webinar:  Learn… Read more »

Student Sizzle—AU Social Media

AthaU Facebook Group Seeking extensions.  A funded student wonders if/how they can get course extensions; an AU insider provides concrete info, and a caution about an extension’s effect on back-to-back semesters. Discord Good time to clean up the office, anyway.  In the #general channel, students swap stories and tips about using ProctorU for exams; most… Read more »

How to Condition Yourself for Extreme Success

Whether you’re gunning for a Ph.D, aiming to go from couch potato to extreme sports, wanting to become a CEO, or desiring to perform in front of thousands of rabid fans, you need to condition yourself. Mastery at extreme sports, just as for anything extreme, takes conditioning.  You need to build muscles, learn how to… Read more »

Three Tips on Dealing with Difficult Family Members

They say you can choose your friends, but not your family.  While family members are often seen as the most supportive, reliable people in your life, that may not always be so.  Sometimes not all family members have the same perspective, the same personality, or even have your best interest at heart. Having watched a… Read more »

AUSU Update!

This update is provided to The Voice by AUSU. Contact services@ausu.org with questions. Self-nominate now in the 2022 Student Council General Election! Students will vote March 10-14 to fill 12 available seats on Student Council and, for voters who self-identify as Indigenous, up to 13 available seats on the Indigenous Student Circle at AUSU, one of… Read more »

Fly on the Wall—Convoys and Herstory

Tom Petty once sang that “love is a long, long, road” (Petty, online).  The same is true of herstory, and particularly the herstory of dissent and protest.  In Martin Luther’s time, German peasants took literally the Protestant call for worldly authority to bow to scripture and the supremacy of personal relations with the other-worldly.  It… Read more »