The CGI wizards discussed effecting some special effects that would affect each viewer’s affect. Tongue tied in knots? Try spelling it! Effect and affect are commonly confused and misspelled even by grammar gurus. This week’s Toolbox will sort the two words and their various usages and meanings. The Verb Effect Does Not Mean Influence This… Read more »

I’m calling this our relaxation issue because, through complete coincidence, several of the articles I received for publication this week take different looks at the need, benefits, and methods of relaxtion. Our feature article by Barb Lehtiniemi, prompted by National Relaxation Day, examines that idea that we shouldn’t leave relaxation to chance. Does simply being… Read more »

Although there were only two motions on the agenda at this month’s Council Meeting, both motions were of the interesting variety. The first was a motion for the AUSU Awards committee to now be co-chaired by two people, Bonita Arbeau and Christine Villeneuve. Each of them is to receive full pay for the position, as… Read more »

September’s around the corner, which means back to school?and time to start warming up that brain so you can get the academic year off to a great start. Here are a few brain-building tips you might not have thought of. Napping? Walking? Music? Bring it on! Walk to It Going for a walk?or taking some… Read more »

Every AU student has a story, and we want to hear yours! The Voice Magazine will be publishing profiles of AU students from across Canada and around the globe. Being at a distance doesn’t mean we can’t help other students be inspired, and maybe your story is the one that will give somebody else the… Read more »

This space is provided free to AUSU: The Voice does not create this content. Contact ausu@ausu.org with questions or comments about this page. IMPORTANT DATES, AUGUST – August 4: AU & AUSU closed ? Civic Holiday – August 10: registration deadline for a Sept 1 start date – August 13: AUSU Council Meeting – August… Read more »

Film: Is the Man Who is Tall Happy? Director: Michel Gondry “Reality is simple and it’s our task to show that.” – Noam Chomsky in Is the Man Who is Tall Happy? Once upon a time a little donkey was turned into a stone. When some children told the donkey’s parents that the stone was… Read more »

Dear Barb: Let me start out by saying I have two large dogs and I am an animal lover, however I also believe that pets have their place. I have a friend who recently got a puppy. Initially he asked if he could bring the dog to my house to show her to me. I… Read more »

Gillian Sze is a Montreal-based poet who studied creative writing at Concordia University and who has already achieved numerous accolades for two books of poetry, Fish Bones and The Anatomy of Clay (recommended here in the Voice). Recently she took some time to answer Wanda Waterman’s questions about childhood, sensitivity, and feeding the muse. Poetry:… Read more »

Good news for all you hardworking students: today is “National Relaxation Day!” I don’t know who designated August 15 as a day of relaxation, but I’m not going to argue. I found NRD on two websites* so it must be true. Too often we view the act of relaxation as that ideal state we’ll arrive… Read more »