At a long meeting? Maybe you’re bored. Maybe you’re tired. Maybe you’re totally disinterested in the topic?or are you? Actually, you’re probably not disinterested at all. There’s a big difference between being uninterested and being disinterested?so big that it can completely change the meaning of the sentence?and yet it’s one of the most common usage… Read more »
Kathleen McManus is an AU student from southern Ontario. In addition to running her own company, Kathleen is doing a 4-year BA degree, with an English and History double major. The Voice Magazine caught up to Kathleen recently via e-mail, and interviewed her about school, literature, and speaking Elvish. Whereabouts do you live, and where… Read more »
On Wednesday, May 27th, at 5:30pm MST, AUSU Council will be holding its annual AGM. This is important. If you’re a current student, you need to take the time to attend. It’s free, you can access it through your phone, and the matters being discussed at this year’s AGM are important. Barb Lehtiniemi has an… Read more »
This space is provided free to AUSU: The Voice does not create or edit this content. Contact ausu@ausu.org with questions or comments about this page. IMPORTANT DATES – May 27: AUSU Annual General Meeting – June 10: Deadline to register for courses starting July 1 – June 10: AUSU Council Meeting – June 11 ?… Read more »
Have you heard of Sayre’s Law? It’s basically stated as “In any dispute, the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake. That’s why academic politics are so bitter.” Part of the reason for a student newspaper (or magazine, in this case) is to report on those politics. Ideally… Read more »
Athabasca University offers a number of scholarships, and May 15th is the deadline to apply. If you haven’t already, you still have a few hours to get your application in. There are a number of new scholarships this year, and I’ve been told that some (Such as the Albert & Pirkko Karvonen Environment Award) have… Read more »
The Voice Magazine has received documentation indicating that AUSU Council did some unusual things with the Executive and Staff wages in November and December. A source has contacted me, concerned about what AUSU has been doing with these wages, and provided me with the financial packages for October 2014 ? January 2015 which were presented… Read more »
I have seen mentioned a few times on Athabasca University social pages questions about preference to writing longhand versus typing. Typically I think the preference lies in generation: what did you grow up doing? More recently, the question came up regarding paper and online exams. There seems to be some consensus for math exams to… Read more »
I have a strange relationship with the radio. At home, I seldom listen to the radio. I turn it on briefly to listen to the news or a specific program, then turn it back off. I don’t use the radio for background noise; I find it rather irritating. In the car, things are different. The… Read more »
