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At Home: Help Will Come to Those Who Give It Pay it forward. Remember karma. Do unto others as you’d have others do to you. No matter how you say it, the principle has been ingrained into our collective consciousness: do good, and good will follow you someday. Someday. But for one Canadian Good Samaritan,… Read more »
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Got something to say? The words themselves aren’t the only things that matter in getting your message across. As Marshall McLuhan’s famous line goes, ?The medium is the message??and if You’re using a medium involving typeface, the font you choose becomes part of that message too. Confused? Click through these links for an idea of… Read more »
Last week we highlighted some of the controversy surrounding Athabasca University’s new coat of arms and crest. What do you think? How well do they represent the university and its students? Tell The Voice, and you could win! Email us today at voice@voicemagazine.org and let us know your opinion. Ten respondents will win free Voice… Read more »
We love to hear from you! Send your questions and comments to voice@voicemagazine.org, and please indicate if we may publish your letter.
At Home: Raising the Dead Halloween may have come and gone, but that doesn’t mean the creepy tales are put aside ?til next October. One recent news story is sure to put shivers down the spine: in a case both strange and sad, a Moncton, N.B., woman has made a request to exhume the body… Read more »
November’s begun, which means that the NaNoWriMo phenomenon is in full swing. Participants in National Novel Writing Month sign on to complete a 15,000-word short novel in just 30 days, and local and online support groups abound for authors attempting to work within the guidelines. But NaNoWriMo isn’t the only place you’ll find writers struggling… Read more »
If vocabulary and word issues have you in a creative rut, consider checking out the online Visual Thesaurus. The innovative site doesn’t simply list synonyms, but instead creates colour-coded word maps with synonyms, antonyms, and slight variations in meaning laid out spatially in an ?intuitive interface.? In conjunction with the visual thesaurus-dictionary, Visual Thesaurus also… Read more »
We love to hear from you! Send your questions and comments to voice@voicemagazine.org, and please indicate if we may publish your letter.
As more and more students reject traditional learning models, a more open-minded approach to educational delivery is becoming popular. In recognition of the need for universal access to educational materials, Open Access Week was born. The event, which provides presentations, activities, and resources, is dedicated to ?promoting Open Access as a new norm in scholarship… Read more »