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Dear Barb – Stripping the Argument

Dear Barb: My boyfriend and I have been dating for three months. We get along pretty well and have a lot of fun together. Recently he’s been talking about going to watch strippers. He even wants me to go with him to see them! To be honest I never really thought much about strippers, It’s… Read more »

In Conversation with PISS-OFF!

“PISS-OFF! wants to wet your pants and blow your mind. They combine powers to create noisy, jumping, dancing, screaming, bouncing, rap, punk, electronic, hardcore music. PISS-OFF! is the anti-band. They rock rap shows and turn avante-garde dance performances into dirty raves.” – from the band’s website PISS-OFF! is the Brooklyn-based electro-hip-hop duo consisting of Anika… Read more »

Music Review – Yes We Mystic

Band: Yes We Mystic Album: Forgiver Rules are made to be broken. At least, that seems to be the motto of Winnipeg’s orchestral rock group, Yes We Mystic,’ while composing their latest album Forgiver. Full of genre-busting and rule-breaking musical compositions and melodies, the tunes on Forgiver are unique, imaginative, and beautifully odd. Formed in… Read more »

The Writer’s Toolbox – An Aside, Part II

Last week we began our mini-series on parentheses and when, where, and how to use them. This week we’ll go a little deeper, focusing on the way they interact with other sentence elements?particularly where capitalization and punctuation are concerned. Capitalization The general rule is to avoid capitalization if the parenthetical is located midsentence, even if… Read more »

Summer: Half Empty or Half Full?

The end of July marks roughly summer’s half-way point. I often dread the act of flipping the calendar over to August because it forces me to acknowledge the beginning of the end of summer. As long as the calendar reads “July”, summer seems to stretch far into the hazy horizon. In August, though, summer seems… Read more »

The Fit Student – Goal-Getting

Goal-setting plants seeds for goal-getting. Any student benefits from goal-setting, including the ones chasing the loftiest goals, such as medical degrees. Recently, my hour a night of goal-setting led to many opportunities and many dreams: I landed extra work. And I aimed to teach at a college, start my entrepreneurial activities, get a doctorate degree… Read more »

Student Sizzle! – AU Social Media

AthaU Facebook Group Miranda seeks feedback from students regarding grouped study courses at Lethbridge College. Marcy is impressed with her tutor’s overnight turnaround on assignment marking. Other posts include AU’s budget, contacting tutors, and courses PHIL 252, PSYC 402, and WGST 421. Twitter @AthabascaU tweets: “What are the most notorious Online Education myths? http://goo.gl/y6X35t …”… Read more »

The Study Dude – Best Kept as Close Friends

There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants for you than to say all the right verbs. Well, in these articles, as The Study Dude, I’ll try to give you the study tips you need to help make your learning easier. I’ll also give you straight and honest opinions and personal anecdotes?even the embarrassing… Read more »

The AU Budget – Beyond the Numbers

The recent AU budget and the news that AU may be headed toward financial insolvency in the next two years was met with great concern by observers and supporters of the university. But predictions of the demise of AU are not new, and this new revelation was just one in a list of news stories… Read more »