It’s nice to know that this editorial isn’t about AUSU. This year is the first year that Ontario using it’s Student Choice Initiative. This initiative requires that student union fees be made entirely optional, with a few exceptions for specific programs such as those that fund things related to safety (such as “safe-walk” programs many… Read more »
The United Conservative Party recently released the report from what they are calling a “Blue Ribbon Panel” about Alberta Finances. The report is also being called the MacKinnon report because the head of the panel was Janice MacKinnon. A woman responsible for closing over 52 hospitals during her time in Saskatchewan. If you haven’t heard… Read more »
“Zombie stories are by nature dystopian. Zombies signify failure–of political will and social cohesion, of technology and medicine, of the human body and soul.” – Elly Blue Having been born in the last two weeks of the baby boom, I was finding myself increasingly flummoxed by my adult Gen X brother’s obsession with zombie films… Read more »
An august end to August, I find this issue, to me, really brings the feel of Autumn to it. Even if we’re not quite there, having articles like Jason Sullivan’s exploration of how simple questions can unmask philosophical considerations of the self, or Darjeeling Jones’ look at Haida Gwaii in northern BC and the sense… Read more »
As a student you may not be rich in the conventional sense, but it’s certain you’ve got an opinion on the following question: Do I want to get rich, and, if so, what am I willing to do to get there? The short answer? Don’t sweat it, because you’re already rich. Let me explain. Who… Read more »
We humans have done so much shifting and transforming of the natural landscape: bending the shape of the planet with all of our bright, infernal machines, fueled by our reckless brilliance and boundless greed. We seldom remember that there are some landscapes which, if we move slowly through them with an open mind, an open… Read more »
You may have already heard that David Koch, one of the richest men on the planet, recently died at the age of 79. Mr. Koch was well known for his involvement in politics, providing funding to many organizations that work to discredit the idea of man-made climate change, and that also work to fight against… Read more »
As an AU Student it can be difficult to focus on your studies and work full-time. All my energy was concentrated into this job that was going nowhere and I put my studies on the back burner. In a way my unplanned pregnancy was the push I needed to refocus on what was important, which… Read more »
