Life is busy enough without adding disorganized chaos to the daily struggle. Tap into these useful tips to stay on top of university life and make your week a bit breezier in the process. A stack of notebooks and papers that all look the same makes searching for specific subjects take much longer. Colour code… Read more »
If you haven’t already filled out the Voice Reader Survey for 2018 and put your entry in to win a shiny new tablet computer, suitable for taking your AU course on the go, then this is probably your last chance. The survey is closing on Sunday, July 29. If you haven’t filled it out over… Read more »
The drive to succeed can be overwhelming. It can push us to take on more and more until we feel we are being pulled in too many directions. Each “thing” can potentially be helping us get to where we want to be. But when is enough, enough? When is it time to step back and… Read more »
Getting from home to class, from class to band practice, and from band practice to your dishwashing job are all necessary to your survival and, to some extent, to your overall happiness. But being short on funds as well as ecologically conscious necessitates a whole new attitude toward travel—to a mindset that values environment and… Read more »
“I failed” can be the hardest statement to admit to ourselves; never mind to say out loud. But maybe failure isn’t a bad thing. There is a cliché saying about if we never fail we’ve never tried. And this statement is true: if we never try something new we can never fail at that task…. Read more »
The Voice Reader Survey for 2018 will be closing soon, and, so far, response has been lackluster, to say the least. Of course, it’s the middle of summer so that’s not that unexpected, but it was noted that my preferred time for the survey, mid-September to early October, was also about the time when AUSU… Read more »
Energy conservation is a hot topic these days. With a surging global population, rapid inflation, and the consequences of pollution and global warming, now is the time to change how Canadians use electricity in the home. While we need electricity for day to day living, creating habits to save on electricity is our responsibility for… Read more »
A surprisingly good issue this week. We start it off with our feature interview being a Meeting the Minds article interviewing Jim Sellers, the Project Manager for the Athabasca River Basin Institute. Yes, I know. The job title isn’t really one that makes you think, “This is going to be great interview for AU students!”… Read more »
The idea of being busy is pushed as being good, being productive, being, well, busy. But, being busy isn’t always being busy doing something. Sometimes being busy means busy exploring or busy being. I think it is almost dangerous the way that society romanticizes being (work) busy. While, granted, there are a few instances of… Read more »
