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
Continuing through our look at the new Council, our feature article this week has us talking to Christine Hudder from Ontario who first got involved with students’ association back in her traditional college in North Bay. Now she’s looking to develop student engagement specifically looking toward some interesting contests and prizes. And speaking of contests… Read more »
Hi Karl. I totally get what you were trying to go with in the picture (especially now that I have read your explanation), however it is an off-putting picture. It didn’t stop me from reading the articles, but my mind went to “ew that’s gross!” and yes, the puppy appears cute, if you could see… Read more »
This week, our feature article is an interview of new AUSU Councillor Darcie Fleming. Find out more about this second year AU undergraduate student and how she relates Faust and Vermont. (Hint: It’s not the way that I would.) Also this week, we have the full report of the latest Council meeting including the final… Read more »
Scholarship name: 4‑H First Generation Scholarship Sponsored by: 4-H Canada and The Coca-Cola Foundation Deadline: May 31, 2018 Potential payout: $1000 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be Canadian residents, be 4-H members, be starting or returning to post-secondary education in September 2018, have a GPA of at least 3.0 or equivalent, and demonstrate financial need. Additionally,… Read more »
New Council, new rules. The meeting started at 6:30pm, an hour later than it used to start, on a Thursday, not a Tuesday. Twelve councillors were present, while councillor Julian Teterenko was absent with regrets. A roll call helped to put names to some of the voices that would be heard throughout the meeting. After… Read more »
Yesterday was the first full public meeting of the new 2018-2020 AUSU Council. A bunch of new Council members means that I suddenly know a bunch of people who can be badgered into giving interviews, and you’ll find the first of those showing up in this week’s issue. Some of them have been previously interviewed… Read more »
This week, I received a letter from a reader who was upset by the most recent issue cover. Some of you may not even realize that we have a magazine cover. If you choose the Past Issues Link fron any story you can see all of them, or you can click the “Download this issue”… Read more »
April hasn’t been a good month this year. First we had the accident in Humboldt, SK that lit up the news media across the nation, and just recently, the van attack that took place in Toronto, ON. Both very different tragedies, one of negligence, the other, far too deliberate in nature. What they have in… Read more »
When I first took up the role of editor here at The Voice Magazine, one of the things I wanted to do was increase the amount of student related (as opposed to merely student written) content. To that end, I did a number of general interest interviews with tutors at AU and started the Meeting… Read more »
At 5:30pm the last meeting of the 2016-2018 AUSU Council convened. With the new Council being sworn in and the previous council there to have their final meeting, the teleconference was packed. Still, the meeting ran smoothly, with the Councillors elect all mostly maintaining their silence until they were called upon to take office. But,… Read more »