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The Study Dude—Double Your Success!

Night owls, listen up!  Wake up with a bang in the wee hours.   But if you can’t stomach a 6 AM rise and shine, no worries.  There are plenty of tips below to double your success. I once was a night owl.  Not anymore. When I worked eleven-hour days, I felt charged.  I’d wake up… Read more »

In Conversation—with Sydney Wright

Sydney Wright is a live sound engineer and singer-songwriter now working in Austin, Texas.  Her songs reach for deep emotions and leave the listener with an abiding sense of joyful hope.  Her debut album, Seiche (watch the enthralling video of her song “You Can Stay” here) is set for release on November 9.  Wright was… Read more »

Scholarship of the Week

Scholarship name:  ServiceScape Scholarship 2018 Sponsored by:  ServiceScape Deadline:  November 30, 2018 Potential payout:  $1000 USD Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be attending or will attend an accredited college, university, or trade school in 2018. What’s required:  An online application form, including a maximum 300-word essay on how writing impacts today’s world. Tips:  Check out the… Read more »

Editorial—Scary Times

Domestic terrorism is nothing new to most nations in the world, but usually we manage to frame it as an “us vs. them” phenomenon. Us, in the civilized, rational society, dealing with them. Them, the crazies who want government to be destroyed, or who want their God to be the only God worshipped, or who… Read more »

Fly on the Wall—Frightful Times on the Fringes of Identity

Ever wake up not feeling yourself? This can be a haunting reality as when a person says you’re not yourself today or that doesn’t seem like something you’d do.  To have our stable wholeness questioned can leave us feeling off kilter or even defensive.  These moments illustrate that our being (our ontology) is more fluid… Read more »

Meeting the Minds—Interviews with AU’s Educators

Doctor Jeff Chang, Ph.D., R.Psych., is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Disciplines at Athabasca University.  He is the Program Director of the Master of Counselling Psychology program at AU.  He joined the AU community in 2007.  Here we explore his life and work with AU. What is your personal and family background?… Read more »

Mini Movie Reviews—Current Horror Flicks

Whether you love it or you avoid it like the plague, horror movies are a bucket list item for many movie-goers this week.  While I don’t always appreciate the jump scares, when enjoyed with the right people, horror movies can a great experience with friends.  What should you know about the current blockbuster movies  the… Read more »

The Fit Student—Dine Like a Champion

Dine like a champion to achieve top performance.  Positive choices, such as healthy-eating, spill over.  Yes, they spill-over into your spunk, your joy, your dignity, your grooming, your self-esteem, and your get-up-and-go.  Positive choices also tame temptations to try toxins. So, chow down like champions by gleaning the following hints.  I bold my tips and… Read more »

Course Exam—MATH 271

MATH 271 (Linear Algebra II) is a three-credit upper level mathematics course that continues the study of linear algebra from MATH 270.  Mathematics 271 is suggested for students in the science programs.  The course covers intermediate topics in linear algebra such as general vector spaces, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, inner product spaces, diagonalization and quadratic forms,… Read more »