Dear Barb: I need some advice. I met this girl in a bar and we had a wild night of sex. Three months later she came to me and said she was pregnant. At the time I had some concerns about whether the child was really mine, but she assured me it was. We got… Read more »
Let’s just start off with the good stuff. Our feature article this week is an interview with AU’s newest writer-in-residence, Katherena Vermette. Tania Parker talks to this Governor General award-winning writer about her routine and what she’s going to be doing while serving as AU’s writer-in-residence. The writer-in-residence program is one that, like the Write… Read more »
Author of the bestselling and award-winning Canadian novel, The Break. Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry winner for her book of poetry, North End Love Songs. And now, one of us. Meet Winnipeg’s Katherena Vermette, AU’s 2018-2019 Writer-in-Residence. What is a Writer-in-Residence, you ask? The Writer-in-Residence is an appointed position held by an award-winning Canadian… Read more »
Zotero and Mendeley Citation Management Tools Tues, Feb 19, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm MST Online Hosted by AU Library library.athabascau.ca/orientations.html No pre-registration necessary Student Town Hall Tues, Feb 19, 11:30 am to 2:00 pm MST Peace Hills Trust Building, Room 1222, 10010 – 109 St NW, Edmonton AB In person and Online Hosted by… Read more »
‘Entitlement: Old as the Hills’ etc Nobody wants to be called entitled, even if it’s true. As university students we’re at risk of becoming branded with this pejorative term regardless of our age; protesting our innocence may seem of no avail. After all, only an entitled person would complain that the label was unfair! And… Read more »
Most According to the Canadian Provincial Health Services Authority, February is Heart Month, which makes sense since it contains Valentine’s Day on the 14th. Maintaining a healthy heart, that amazing organ continuously beating in your chest from birth until death, generally unnoticed, is important to your present and future well being. A strong ticker delivers… Read more »
I think it’s fair to say I have few needs and simple tastes. Just kidding. In reality, my needs are embarrassingly abundant, and can be convoluted to the point of byzantine. They’re also hard to tell apart from my “wants.” The way I see it, it’s a tough and shitty old world sometimes, and we… Read more »
Current AU students, entrenched in the seemingly endless struggle toward their degrees, may think I’m crazy. But after finishing my degree at AU last year, I returned to take one more course. I’m not a sucker for punishment. I’m not turning into a career student. I just decided to take one course simply for the… Read more »
Scholarship name: A-1 Auto Transport Scholarship Sponsored by: A-1 Auto Transport Deadline: March 10, 2019 Potential payout: up to $1000 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be full- or part-time students in an accredited or non-accredited institute, truck driving school, or other logistics program, and have a GPA of at least 3.0. What’s required: An email with… Read more »
Many online behavioural blogs claim that how we deal with finances is directly related to our first memory of “money” or what it symbolizes. Digging deep into our money memories helps us gain awareness about how we think and feel about money and about how we handle our finances—whether we perform these actions consciously or… Read more »