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
A bunch of long articles and a fight with Windows Update has caused some issues with the issue, but there’s a lot in here that I’m happy to provide. Starting off with one of the most in-depth Minds We Meet I’ve seen in a while, Josh Flis gives us some unusual and interesting ideas for… Read more »
On Thursday, January 18, the AUSU Council met, with the exception of Councillor Allie Wojtaszek and Councillor Cilhane Ahmed, both of whom had sent their regrets and were unable to attend. Also present this time were the auditors AUSU hires to go over its books. As a note, the post secondary learning act requires that… Read more »
This week, Alberta’s premier, Danielle Smith, came out with some new laws that are going to make life just a little harder for a lot young people out there. If you haven’t heard, she is instituting various restrictions against people under 17 who have decided their sex doesn’t fit their gender. Some of them are… Read more »
We’ve got some fun stuff this week, starting Alek Golijanin’s interactions with the AI on X. As an aside, what do we call tweets now that it’s no longer twitter? One candidate I’ve heard is “X-crements”, which, while likely appropriate, is a little too long to roll off the tongue (and now that I say… Read more »
In the news this week was our federal immigration minister talking about putting a cap on the number of international students that are allowed in some provinces. The reasoning behind this is that there is growing discontent with the housing market and the lack of supply, and the numbers of both temporary workers and international… Read more »
Welcome to the first all new edition of The Voice Magazine for 2024. This week, bringing on the new year seems to be on the minds of the writers, as we have a couple of articles examining various aspects of it. For myself, I’ve started my graduate courses now and honestly, I’m already feeling a… Read more »
It’s that time again, folks. At the beginning of each year, I like to have a look back, with your help, at the articles that made for the Best of the Voice Magazine over the past year. Of course, like previous years, this isn’t just a pick of whatever the top viewed articles are, but… Read more »
Welcome to the final issue of The Voice Magazine for 2023. We’ve got a few articles appropriate for the season this week, as well as a couple of extra articles just to keep you busy over the holiday break, While you’re doing that, I’ll be busily trying to choose from the several hundred articles published… Read more »
Here’s a fun one for you. A few days ago, I received an email from Canada post telling me that there was a shipment on the way from Athabasca University. Right there was some surprise. Apparently, some of the graduate courses still receive actual textbooks. Of course, I didn’t know what it was until it… Read more »
Perhaps you’ve seen the recent video where the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and Penn State, three of the most well known universities in America, were interviewed by Congress and each asked the question “Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate _________ code of conduct or rules regarding bullying and harassment.” In general, the replies… Read more »