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Music Review—Africans from Outta Space

Artist: Afronaut Album: Africans from Outta Space Afronaut’s debut album Africans from Outta Space is self-described as an interstellar compound of cosmic folk and tropical rockabilly.  Hailing from Soweto, South Africa, Afronaut are leaders in the area’s So Punk Movement—named for the eruption of new punk bands in the township.  Although the punk subculture has… Read more »

Student Sizzle—AU Social Media

AthaU Facebook Group Well, it depends:  Is ADMN 233 or ENGL 255 better to take?  Opinions are divided, but many suggest it depends on what course of study a student is planning to follow. Discord Students chillin’:  The lounge channel fizzes with comparisons of fave brews and video games for those precious moments of unwinding…. 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 »

Editorial—Rolling Polling

There was some big news today in that the NDP party has pulled ahead of the UCP party in voting intentions, according to major pollster, Angus Reid.  This comes with the standard caveats, that the poll is a limited sample of people and, more damning, comes from their online pollster forums, meaning self-selection bias is… Read more »

Persist Despite Failure

Have you ever told someone about your dream, and they laughed at you, mocked you, but then called you “tenacious” when you reached your goal?  Or did you ever get the opportunity to watch a grad ceremony, cameras continually zeroing in on the graduating student with the crushed spirit? Or did you ever hear wild… Read more »

Dear Barb—Weed Worries

Dear Barb: I have been dating this really cool guy for the last eight months; at least I thought he was cool, now I’m starting to wonder if he has a problem with weed.  When we first met we would smoke together and have a lot of laughs.  It was great for a while, but… Read more »

Editorial—They: Always be Learning

I got a small lesson today about the use of pronouns.  I have no issue with people using pronouns that may match their gender, regardless of their sex, but “they” and “their” are plural pronouns and without explanation it can make the writing difficult to understand.  So when editing, and the pronoun being used is… Read more »