Dear Barb: I was out with some friends recently and we were confronted by a homeless man asking for money. My first reaction was to search for some change in my purse but my friend’s husband had a totally different reaction. He told the man, rather aggressively, “Go get a job and work like the… Read more »
People are creatures of habit. We like our predictable routines and the ebb and flow of our days to go from waking up, going to school, putting on our work face, and coming home to unwind. Routine is useful for a lot of things, like studying, getting to work on time, and organizing a productive… Read more »
Mired in coursework on a bleak February day I recall a common refrain from classrooms of my childhood. A student would plaintively announce, “I’m stuck!” Often it was during math class and usually the problem seemed utterly insoluble. As adult students these same struggles and doldrums can occur; in mid-winter it’s easy for even the… Read more »
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Scholarship name: AEBC/T-Base Scholarship Program Sponsored by: Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians Deadline: March 30, 2018, 11:59 pm PDT Potential payout: $1000 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be blind, deafblind, or partially sighted (as defined in the applicant qualifications section), Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada, attending or planning to attend in the 2018-2019… Read more »
Business Undergraduate Info Session Mon, March 5, 12:00 to 1:00 pm MST Online Hosted by AU Faculty of Business business.athabascau.ca/event-details/business-undergraduate-information-session-2/ Register online at above link AU Open House & Info Session Wed, March 7, 10:00 to 11:00 am MST Online Hosted by Athabasca University www.athabascau.ca/discover/open-house/ Register online at above link second session: Wednesday, March 7,… Read more »
Once again, the bohemian community extends a helping hand to students struggling to survive on a shoestring. And really, who can better provide you with sound money management advice than those chronically low on funds? And who better to teach you about grooming than vain artists, always striving to appear interesting and appealing, developing their… Read more »
Stanley Ann Dunham was born on November 29, 1942, in Wichita, Kansas, and died November 7, 1995, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dunham was a highly educated woman, who received a BA. MA. and PhD. She was an anthropologist, whose main interest was in women’s roles in the cottage industries in Indonesia as well as blacksmithing in… Read more »
Have you voted in AUSU’s council election yet? Polls opened on Wednesday and you’ve got until Tuesday to vote. There are 15 candidates vying for 13 council seats. The successful 13 in this election are the folks who will be representing AU undergrad students’ interests for the next two years. A strong, committed group around… Read more »
There is a new social media app that is out and threatening to take over. Vero boasts that it is Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter all in one. I heard about this app through a couple creator pages that I follow on Instagram, their reasoning for making the switch was that Instagram algorithms are making it… Read more »