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The Creative Spark—Fitness Makes you Creative

Fitness might not make you Michelangelo, but it makes you more creative than Jim Carrey’s graffiti porn.  Sheesh!  The guy needs a lifetime pass to Curves. In high school, I took art.  Once, a guest instructor taught me and my two friends pottery.  We acted up, laughing as our clay slapped onto the floor from… Read more »

Course Exam—COMP 361

COMP 361 (Systems Analysis and Design) is a three-credit upper-level Computer Science course that has students solving business problems by analyzing the requirements of information systems and designing such systems applying analysis and design techniques.  The practical component of COMP 361 is object oriented and use-case driven, requiring students to go through the steps of… Read more »

Dear Barb—The Too Full Plate

Dear Barb: I am really stressed out and in need of some advice.  I’m a single mom with two boys plus I work full time and take courses at AU.  My mother was just diagnosed with stage four cancer; I am so filled with anxiety that I just don’t know what to do.  I can’t… Read more »

AU-Thentic Events

MBA in Hockey Management Info Session Tues, April 24, 10:00 to 11:00 am MDT Online Hosted by AU Faculty of Business business.athabascau.ca/event-details/executive-mba-business-hockey-info-session-5pm-mst-online-4/ Register online at above link The Use and Abuse of Paraphrases and Quotations in Academic Writing Mon, April 30, 2:00 to 3:00 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Faculty of Graduate Studies fgs.athabascau.ca/news/presentations/… Read more »

Student Sizzle

AthaU FaceBook Group Amanda shares her celebratory feelings about finishing the last exam for her BHR/LR program; way to go, Amanda!  Avital seeks recommendations for PSYC courses.  Chanelle wonders what happens if she withdraws from a course while on OSAP; one responder suggests there’s a one-time grace for a withdrawal. Other posts include the BGS… Read more »

The Fit Student—When Loved Ones Die

You’re preparing for a test and you get a phone call.  Your loved one has died.  Now what?  Well, you could mourn at the funeral.  The funeral ends, but the heartache lasts.  I find a better solution is to listen to the Long Island psychic, Theresa Caputo. The psychic says do rituals to heal your… Read more »

Editorial—April Cruels

April hasn’t been a good month this year.  First we had the accident in Humboldt, SK that lit up the news media across the nation, and just recently, the van attack that took place in Toronto, ON.  Both very different tragedies, one of negligence, the other, far too deliberate in nature. What they have in… Read more »

Not with a Bang, but a Whimper

No trumpets sounded when I submitted the very last assignment for the very last course of my AU degree program.  Silence again when the final marks were posted for the course and my AU transcript preview dropped its last “In Progress” notation. Finishing the requirements for my degree should fill me with elation.  So why… Read more »

Wickedly Good Times

Sometimes, there is nothing like saying you are done with something—or someone.  Sometimes, it feels good to quit.  Sometimes, the only way to feel better is to indulge in something decadent.  And, sometimes, the only way to get your good vibes back is to do something you probably shouldn’t. I don’t recommend robbing a bank,… Read more »