Posts By: The Voice

The Voice

The Voice is the collective presence of the writers who submit on behalf of the magazine. All praise to them!

Classified ads

Classifieds are free for AU students! Contact voice@ausu.org for more information. TEACH ENGLISH Overseas: Jobs $$ Guaranteed-Great Pay. TESOL Certified 5 days in-class, on-line or by correspondence. FREE Information Seminar. FREE Infopack: 1-888-270-2941 or globaltesol.com LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS AUSU Legislative Committee needs volunteers with a good sense of right and wrong who are… Read more »

Sounding Off – Your Assignment

A Voice reader has an assignment for you. She’s asked to know why her fellow students chose to study at AU. Send us your comments, in 200 words or less, and we’ll print them in the next Sounding Off column. In our reader’s own words, “let us know who’s out there … and why they… Read more »

The Net Nerd’s Profiles

One’s a little bit country and one’s a little bit rock and roll, but thank God neither are Donny and Marie (I swear those perky child stars will be the death of me). Roughstock – http://www.roughstock.com/ I am a country music dummy. Ask me anything about country music post 1991 and I won’t know “you… Read more »

Dear Sandra

Dear Sandra, Is it true that there are miracle cures out there for improving memory? I can read a chapter in my textbook and not remember what was at the beginning by the time I get to the end! I’m only in my mid-thirties, and I’m already losing my memory! Can’t Even Remember My Name… Read more »

Scholarships & Awards

For scholarships available through the Athabasca University Students’ Union, see the AUSU website at www.ausu.org BRANDON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP Value: $1500 Deadline: March 29, 2004 Administrator: Grant MacEwan College Notes: Awarded to a graduating student of academic distinction who proceeds directly to full-time studies in graduate or professional studies at an approved institution…. Read more »

Students Invited to Join AU in Computer Conference

AU wants to talk to you. From November 28 to December 7, the university will be running an asynchronous computer conference which will take the form of an open meeting between the AU executive and AU students. For the 10 days that the conference is open, students and AU execs will post messages back and… Read more »

Scholarships & Awards

For scholarships available through the Athabasca University Students’ Union, see the AUSU website at www.ausu.org Athabasca University Awards and Scholarship Information The Office of the Registrar would like to advise students of pending deadlines for scholarships and awards: Award Name: Bursary Program for Indigenous Students Website: http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/registry/studawrd.htm#is Value: $varies Program: School of Business programs Basic… Read more »

Editorial Pages

THIS WEEK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE – Student Unions. Debbie Jabbour reveals a disturbing new trend in the selection of student union representatives at the high-school level OLD DOG MIGHT JUST LEARN SOME NEW TRICKS – New writer Bill Phillips shares his thoughts about going back to school, the AU way. HOW THE LAW HAS CHANGED:… Read more »

Conference Connections

CUTC 2004 (Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference) January 22 – 24, 2004 Delta Toronto East Hotel The Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference (CUTC) is about technology, innovative ideas, and the people who turn these ideas into reality. The Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference was started in 2000 by a few visionary students from the University of Waterloo, and… Read more »