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Scholarship of the Week!

Scholarship name:  Ken and Janny Hutchinson Scholarship in Architecture Sponsored by:  AU, along with donors Daytona Homes and Ralph Hutchinson Deadline:  September 1, 2020 Potential payout:  $1500 Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be current RAIC Syllabus students or current AU students in either the Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Architecture or the B.Sc. in Architecture, and have a… Read more »

The Creative Spark!—Five Tips for Musical Writing

You don’t have to be Beyoncé to sound musical.  Stephen King sounds musical, and I’d guess he doesn’t sing.  You just need a smoking hot pen.  And a few literary tools.  Fortunately, Rayne Hall has just the toolbox you might be looking for. Tip #1: Too much alliteration sounds like alligators: shocking. According to author… 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 Aug 10: Deadline to register in a course starting Sep 1 Aug 12: AUSU By-election Candidates Announced Aug 15: Sept degree requirements deadline Aug 19: AUSU Public Council Meeting Aug 25: AUSU… Read more »

Homemade is Better—Knife Knowledge

This past week my family and I camped in Dinosaur Provincial Park in southern Alberta.  It was a great trip and was capped off by a two-night stay in Airdrie (a small city just north of Calgary) where my friend Chris, who I’ve known for almost 30 years, lives with his family.  While visiting their… Read more »

Beats from the Basement—Ricky Martin

Album: Ricky Martin (1999) Artist: Ricky Martin Milica Markovic How can I talk about Spanish-language music without mentioning the King of Latin Pop himself? Enrique Martìn Morales (also known as “Ricky Martin”) is one of the artists who introduced me to this festive genre through various party mixes from the late 90s, and the fun… Read more »

The Fly on the Wall—Rewilding the Garden of Our Summer Soul 

Beard era circa 2020 implies new formulations of the phrase: does the carpet match the drapes?  Prescient though this giggled query may be, it connotes timeless equivocations whereby what’s outside (or above) is taken to signify what’s inside (or below).  Sure, we mouth slogans that it’s what’s inside that counts, but superficial aesthetic judgments are… Read more »

Dear Barb—The Prodigal Father

Dear Barb: My parents divorced when I was 10 years old.  My dad moved away with this new girlfriend and seemed to just forget about us.  I loved my dad and really missed him at the time, but eventually I got angry and wondered why he never came back to see me or my brother. … Read more »

AU Graduands—Shara Kirk & Raphael Ugobi

In this new monthly column, The Voice Magazine will be featuring upcoming and recent AU grads, as well as alums.  If you would like us to showcase your journey in an upcoming article, feel free to reach out!  This month, we were able to catch up with two recent grads from Calgary, Shara Kirk and… Read more »