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
Welcome to the end of August. For most students, this signals when It’s time to pick the books back up and head back into class. For AU students, of course, we never really stopped. Still, every September, Athabasca University gets a flood of new students, many of whom are trying to pick up one or… Read more »
I had a good piece lined up about e-text books about how students weren’t getting what they were promised and how we should all be pressuring the university to make good on it, based on a question and subsequent response in the AU Landing, but it turns out I was jumping the gun. What I… 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 »
Last week I decided to play an early Santa Claus and hand out some goodies from The Voice Magazine through a contest in our reminder list. A lucky five subscribers were to receive some soon-to-be vintage Voice merchandise to help me clear out our shelves in preparation for a new Voice logo, and, of course,… Read more »
I’m trying something a bit different this week in The Voice Magazine. Our feature article, by Jason Hazel-Rah Sullivan, is a bit more challenging of a read than I typically publish. His look into the relations between humans and animals touches on philosophy, physiology, and our own psychology, but has done so through an unusual… Read more »
I was reading this article from CBC news about how the big discount store Target is trying to demand an extra 2% discount from its suppliers. This is not terribly unexpected. It’s simply the nature of capitalism and economies of scale. Those with more resources can demand more for them from those with less. But… Read more »
If you haven’t already heard or read about it, the RCMP has placed 31 charges against suspended Senator Mike Duffy revolving around his expense claims while he was on the senate, including one charge of accepting a bribe. However, recently, they also announced that Mr. Nigel Wright, the Prime Minister’s chief of staff who gave… Read more »
So ask me how my vacation was. Go ahead. Ask. How was it? Crappy. Literally. I should explain. We have a cat. To be accurate, we have three cats and a dog, but this is about one specific cat of ours. All of our cats are rescues, and this little guy was originally brought in… Read more »
Just a reminder, this issue is going to have to last you two weeks, as I’ve been told that I’m required to take a vacation every once in a while by Alberta Law. Fortunately, for you and me, the week that I’ll be missing contains Canada Day, the Fourth of July, and, if You’re here… Read more »