If the materialistic push of the holiday season has you feeling disgusted, it might be time for a new take on gift giving. This week’s links offer some alternative gift choices and practices that you might not have considered. Catalogue Order Sure, you could drop $50 on a gift for someone who already has everything–and… Read more »
If you have undergraduate courses ending December 31, 2012, you’ll want to note the University’s special holiday exam procedures?and order your final examinations as soon as possible. If your course contract date is December 31, you must submit your exam requests before the University closes for the holidays. Athabasca University will be closed from December… Read more »
AU Students urge candidates to improve university funding AU students are concerned about the financial health of Athabasca University and the effect of recent news stories on the reputation of the AUSU membership. A recent CBC report notes that in recent years the university has made a series of reserve draws to cover budget shortfalls,… Read more »
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It’s the busiest time of the year. For retailers, it may be the most profitable time of the year. But for me? I just look at the pile of sale flyers heaped up on my kitchen counter and I cringe. Then I make a trip to the… Read more »
AU Students urge candidates to improve university funding AU students are concerned about the financial health of Athabasca University and the effect of recent news stories on the reputation of the AUSU membership. A recent CBC report notes that in recent years the university has made a series of reserve draws to cover budget shortfalls,… Read more »
Film: She Dreamt That I Died (2011) Director: Matias Mariani Genre: Documentary ?Think! We are prisoners and shall always be. Fortune has given us this adversity, Some wicked planetary dispensation, Some Saturn’s trick or evil constellation Has given us this, and Heaven, though we had sworn The contrary, so stood when we were born. We… Read more »
Ingrid D. Johnson is a Winnipeg-based singer-songwriter with a deeply soulful rhythm-and-blues feel that evokes the girl pop singers of the early ?60s. With her band The Funky Fresh Crew, she released her debut full-length album What About Love? on October 9. A Jamaican who came to Canada with her family at the age of… Read more »
Remember that teacher who always seemed to know when you were passing notes or doodling in your textbook? The one who could spot you chewing gum in the back row even when she had her back turned? Well, That’s nothing compared to the latest academic surveillance tool: e-textbooks that monitor every page you read?and report… Read more »