Dear Barb: Hi, my cousin was in a terrible accident on Christmas Eve. The person driving the other vehicle was drunk and ran into my cousin’s car. He had to be cut out of it and received numerous injuries; including having to have his foot amputated because it was so damaged and could not be… Read more »
One of the things that makes bringing together a full magazine each week is an issue of timing. To have the time needed to edit, layout, choose photos when necessary plus all of the other administrative work is that it means it’s difficult for us to bring late-breaking news. But that sometimes means that we… Read more »
Medicine alone won’t clean the trash. I went on an anti-depressant. Right away, my brain felt frozen. Have you ever felt dental freeze in your mouth? If so, imagine that same dental freeze in your brain. After two days, I stopped taking the drug, but the brain freeze stayed. Over the next month, I could… Read more »
AthaU Facebook Group JoAnne shared a post about rewards and self-imposed deadlines; many students weighed in on whether those strategies work for them. Katy bemoans the lack of available time slots at the Calgary exam centre. Melissa seeks a study buddy in Cochrane or Calgary. Other posts include study guide print options, disappearing course videos,… Read more »
Online MBA Info Session Wed, Jan 23, 10:00 to 11:00 am MST Online Hosted by AU Faculty of Business business.athabascau.ca/event-details/online-mba-executives-information-session-2019-2/ Register online at above link Business Undergrad Info Session Wed, Jan 23, 12:00 to 1:00 pm MST Online Hosted by AU Faculty of Business business.athabascau.ca/event-details/business-undergraduate-information-session-10/ Register online at above link Keeping Organized as You Search… Read more »
Consider the many things we or others might say if someone wrote a biography about our essence. The category of appearance, to recall a Grade 2 study we did of the panda, might be reduced to the heading we were taught to use for that report: looks. Now, we know that a look is always… Read more »
Throughout our lives, we are told certain narratives like “strangers can be dangerous,” or “work hard and save your money to get ahead.” Some of these are true, but sometimes the narratives are damaging. We can internalize the things we are told, even as children, and unconsciously carry those forward. As strange as it feels… Read more »
Alexandra David-Neel was an explorer and author who studied Buddhism and other Eastern religions extensively and brought their teachings back to the Western world. In 1924 she was the first Western woman to visit Lhasa. Lhasa is the center of Tibetan Buddhism. One of the highest cities in the world, it has been the religious… Read more »
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