Born and (mostly) raised in Calgary, Karl has been taking courses on and off at AU since 1999. At one point, he changed his major from Computing Science to Computing Science because the new program requirements fit what he’d already taken better. Since then, he switched to English and graduated (w/Great Distinction he likes to add) proving along the way that it is entirely possible to complete an entire AU course within a three week period. If only he had done this at the beginning of the course instead of in the last extension.
This is not something he advises unless you are desperate, masochistic, or, ideally, both.
He is currently the managing editor of The Voice Magazine, where he tries to put his education to use helping other students as they provide content for The Voice
Every once in a while, more often than I care to admit, I find myself going down a rabbit hole that’s difficult to climb out of. This week, I found a music video called “Hi Ren”, by a singer and rap-artist named, appropriately, Ren. I’m a few months late to this particular party apparently, but… Read more »
Have you ever gotten into one of those cycles where things just don’t seem to be working out. I’m in the middle of one of those now. A couple weeks ago, I took a week away from The Voice Magazine in large part because working on the computer had become painful in my right arm…. Read more »
Editorial Karl Low I attended the 2023 AU research forum on Monday and Tuesday, as did a couple of other Voice Writers and, honestly, if you missed the opportunity, you did miss some interesting sessions. It was amazing to hear the breadth of research that AU faculty are up to. There was everything from… Read more »
A quick reminder that there will be no Voice Magazine next week, but those of you on the brick-and-mortar schedule are likely knee-deep in exams right now, and everybody else is likely trying to plough through their course work so that they won’t have to worry so much once summer hits. Meanwhile, we’ll be back… Read more »
A bit of a breather this week, after the monster issue that was last week’s issue. Still, we have room for a lot of good stuff including the third part of Alek Golijanin’s investigation into recycling numbers, including his own experience with getting the number of a dead man, and the responses he got from… Read more »
This week’s issue is one that I think a lot of the Best of articles are going to end up coming from at the end of the year. It’s that good. To start with, Elisa Neven-Pugh has come back with a brief tale about her tribulations with long COVID and what she gained from it…. Read more »
The Voice Magazine survey is now concluded, and while we haven’t gone through all the answers yet, with over a thousand respondents, we should come away with a good idea of what the general reader thinks might be some ways to improve this magazine. Frankly, I’m both excited and, if I’m honest, a little bit… Read more »
Each time there’s an election for AUSU, the Voice Magazine likes to ask some questions to help Voice readers understand the priorities, goals, and, to some extent, personalities of the candidates. This time is no different, and with voting now open, it’s time for you to be able to see the results. Nine questions were… Read more »
Ten candidates are currently in the running for the two seats available in the AUSU by-election. Voting opens on Thursday, so before you vote, be sure to check in on The Voice Magazine’s website, as we’ll be running our usual quick Q&A with all the candidates so that you can get a better idea of… Read more »
The latest Alberta budget came out not too long ago and if you dig through some of the documents, it becomes apparent, once again, that the primary job of Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides is not actually to support post-secondary education in the province, but rather to do what he can to convert higher education… Read more »