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The Cost of Incompetence?

Dear students, I know many of you won’t be reading this, the sun is shining, the beaches are full, and the last thing most of us are thinking about is Athabasca’s Student Union. Yet, for those of us involved in the University community, recent happenings have been hard to miss, both the recent AGM and… Read more »

A Room of One’s Own – Finding Writing Space and Inspiration

If You’re a writer, one of the biggest barriers to finishing a writing project is day-to-day diversions. Many writers find success completing projects only by getting away from home and its inherent distractions and responsibilities. Finding a quiet place to write isn’t difficult. Some writers build a little garden hut, others rent secluded cabins, and… Read more »

Oh Where Art Thou, Globe and Mail

Through the forums on my English 384 Creative non-fiction course site, I learned that the Globe and Mail was accepting submissions. Usually before I consider what I am going to submit I like to look through the magazine, or in this case, paper: What articles are they running? What is the tone? Who are their… Read more »

In Conversation with Faded Paper Figures, Part II

“Yogi hippiography, sell us immortality, PhD without a gig, dirty, broken drill rig, Bible basher black belt, bankers buck a short sell, Kurzweil on a pill-kick, handing down a pink slip, Missionaries at the door, bleeding out at every pore, Democratic fail safe, Money gets you in the game, Money gets you in the game,… Read more »

The Mindful Bard – Wild Tales

Film: Wild Tales Director: Damián Szifron “If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?” – William Shakespeare Are moral lapses forgivable? Of course they are, in a universe wherein love… Read more »

Music Review – Eric and Aaron

EP: To Keep From Losing Our Minds Band: Eric and Aaron There are a few criteria that I judge my favourite music by: originality, balanced harmony between vocals and music (especially if there are more than two singers), dramatic bass, emotionally driven vocals, light but thought provoking lyrics, and feelings of epic awesomeness washing over… Read more »

Meeting the Minds – Dr. Kinshuk

The Associate Dean of AU’s Faculty of Science, Dr. Kinshuk, currently holds an NSERC/iCORE/Xerox/Markin Industrial Research Chair for Adaptivity and Personalization in Informatics, and has more than 300 research publications in referreed journals. With all this going on, The Voice Magazine is very happy that he was able to take the time to be interviewed… Read more »

The Study Dude – Thinking Skills

There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants for you than to know how to insert compelling and complex arguments in your paper. 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… Read more »

Dear Barb – Intimacy Lost

Dear Barb: I really enjoy reading your column every week. I am in my mid-twenties have been with my present boyfriend in a serious relationship for three years. We moved in together last year. The first two years were fantastic, but I’ve noticed that since we moved in together he is not as attentive and… Read more »

The Fit Student – Careers for Bookworms

Do you love to read? Are you a proverbial bookworm, with the bookish reputation and the face of an owl? You don’t need to look like an owl to love books, but you must peer at books regularly, like on buses, during lunch hours, before bed, and in restaurants. I often read while waiting for… Read more »