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Minds We Meet—Elisa Neven-Pugh

Who are your fellow students?  It can feel like you are all alone in your studies, but across the nation, around the globe, students like you are also pursuing their AU education, and The Voice Magazine wants to bring their stories to you.  If you would like to be featured next, do not hesitate to… Read more »

Council Connection—March 17, 2021 Meeting

At 6:30 pm, AUSU Council gathered with its new executive having just been elected.  The more things change, the more they stay the same, as the saying goes.  In this case, all three executives from last month were re-elected into the same positions, but an extra executive position had been created and a councillor elected. … Read more »

AUSU Update

This space is provided free to AUSU: The Voice does not create or edit this content. Contact services@ausu.org with any questions. IMPORTANT DATES Mar 10: Deadline to register in a course starting Apr 1 Mar 11: AUSUnights Virtual Student Social Mar 15: Apr degree requirements deadline Mar 17: AUSU Public Council Meeting Mar 31: Deadline… Read more »

Homemade is Better—Brisket

I threw my back out last week and had to put my recipe on hold.  This week, to make up for it, I’m smoking a brisket for my Dad’s birthday, which was last week at the time I’m writing this.  I might be a little late to this party, but I feel like brisket has… Read more »

How to Control Our Minds

If we’re happy despite what twists life may throw, then we’ve learned to control our minds.  And days of pure happiness are possible for every one of us, even in the most severe life circumstances. When I was a teen, I spent a short time focused on controlling my mind.  I’d wake up before school… Read more »

Course Exam—COMP 444 (Embedded/Robotic Programming)

If you have a course that you would like to see a Course Exam article written for or you recently took a course that you would like to recommend to other AU students, please feel free to reach out with the course name and number, and any questions or feedback you may have.  We’ll be happy to… Read more »

Dear Barb—Descending to Violence

Dear Barb: Hi!  My husband and I have been together for four years, having dated for almost two years before we moved in together.  Everything was good with no major problems and I never saw a hint of violence in Jason, so I was devastated when he started choking me during an argument.  That was… Read more »

Editorial—Judging Underway

So, as mentioned in the rules for the Voice Writing contest, the entries were gone through and adjusted to standard margin sizes, removing identifying information, removing pictures, and sent off to the judges.  With close to 50 entries total, the judges have their work cut out for them.  But all that formatting work means I… Read more »

Glimpses of Barb Godin—A Book Review

Voice writer Barbara Godin recently published her second book.  Glimpses in Time:  A Collection of Memoirs and More, is a compilation of stories about Godin’s childhood, family, and relationships. In the style of North of Normal by Cea Sunrise Person, and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Glimpses in Time traces Godin’s life as she… Read more »