This week, we have a couple of clicks that encourage you to use your brain while being entertained. Fort McMoney An interactive documentary experience where your choices “affect what happens to you and the other players.” Part documentary, part game, part educational experience, and part social experiment, Fort McMoney can make you think in ways… Read more »

A survey has been created for all of you who read the Voice regularly. In it, you will find questions about how you use The Voice Magazine, what brings you to it, and what in The Voice Magazine you like and don’t like. One lucky student respondent to the survey will win a Samsung Galaxy… Read more »

At Home: First Nations Education Legislation in Limbo. The Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Bernard Valcourt, has used a lot of words to say precisely nothing. Post Media’s Mark Kennedy reports that the Minister has said the federal government may drop the bill if it can’t get the support of aboriginal leaders, or that they may go… Read more »

A survey has been created for all of you who read the Voice regularly. In it, you will find questions about how you use The Voice Magazine, what brings you to it, and what in The Voice Magazine you like and don’t like. One lucky student respondent to the survey will win a Samsung Galaxy… Read more »

At Home:Tax Credits for Post-Secondary Benefit the Rich. A new research report by the C.D. Howe institute has found that the bulk of the tax credits that are given for post-secondary education are not benefitting the low income students that they are purportedly for. The problem occurs, of course, because the tax-credits are non-refundable. This… Read more »

Google Street View Sightings The Google Street View cars are once again out and updating Google’s map service. Having a car whiz by taking photos of everything around it can lead to some interesting sights, however. This page gives you 28 photos of things that you don’t normally see when driving-including some you’d probably not… Read more »

Meaningful Medals CBC gives us a pictorial look at the medals, and stories behind them, of a number of Canadian servicemen. If you want Remembrance Day to be something beyond abstract concepts, this is a good place to see some of the people that we pause for on November 11th. Poppycraft If you’re the crafty… Read more »

At Home:Veterans Affairs Offices Closing In Corner Brook, NL, a rally was held on Thursday to protest the closing of a Veterans Affairs office. This is one of nine Veteran Affairs offices that are scheduled to close by February, 2014. CBC News reports that about 40 people attended the rally from the small city, mostly… Read more »

At the most recent Council Meeting, AUSU adjusted a number of policies to streamline investment planning. Part of this streamlining involves allowing Council to spend a small amount over-budget on specific line items, so long as the total amount spent remains within the budget. More interesting, however, was information that Council has gained from meetings… Read more »

At Home: Sex-attacks at UBC Campus The Globe and Mail reports on the sex-attacker that is believed to be responsible for six recent sex assaults on the UBC campus. Unfortunately, the size of the campus, some 400-hectares, much of which is forest, is hindering the search for the suspect. Also making things more difficult is… Read more »