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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 June 9: AU Live Chat Event Jun 10: Deadline to register in a course starting Jul 1 Jun 15: Jul degree requirements deadline Jun 17: AUSU Public Council Meeting Jun 30: Deadline… Read more »

Fly on the Wall—Convocation as Praxis

Fear is a fickle thing to which the famous 4 F’s of the brain’s hypothalamus do scanty justice.  Besides fight, food, fucking, and flight, limbic fear also propels us over mountainous humps we’d have hitherto imagined as insurmountable.  So it was with trepidation that I took the stage along with my graduating cohort at the… Read more »

Student Sizzle—AU Social Media

AthaU Facebook Group Miranda seeks advice on testing her laptop with ProctorU; many helpful suggestions in the thread.  Michelle posts a link to the AU Students app, which leads to a number of students raising issues they’ve encountered using the app.  New student Lauren has questions about course structure and whether there is a study… Read more »

Escapism Through Literature

English majors and voracious readers alike are well versed in literature’s many benefits.  From escaping unbearable realities to uncovering startling truths to confronting our deepest fears, literature connects readers with the world by revealing insight into the common human experience.  Through themes of time and place, literature reminds us that, despite our uniqueness, our individual… Read more »

Dear Barb—Lost Children

Dear Barb: Hi, I have heard that losing a child is one of the worst traumas in life.  I don’t have children, but I have had a few relatives and friends who have lost children and they were never the same after the loss.  One was a friend who had a miscarriage, one couple lost… Read more »

Scholarship of the Week

Scholarship name:  Lift Parts Express Scholarship Sponsored by:  Lift Parts Express Deadline:  June 30, 2020 Potential payout:  $500 Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be Canadian or U.S. residents, be between the ages of 16 and 21, be attending school in the fall of 2020, and have a GPA of 3.0 or greater. What’s required:  An online… Read more »

Editorial—Steps Need to Be Taken

My apologies to everyone for the lateness of this.  It’s entirely my own fault, but I’ve been entirely drawn in by the reports of the violence and riots, and the causes of them, down in Minnesota and Kentucky for the past couple of days.  I’ve been having difficulty wrapping my head around the events.  Not… Read more »