Articles

The Vital Brain

Maintaining a clear brain for studying and learning is vital to getting the most out of your education.  So, when brain fog and lethargy become an all too familiar experience, it may be time to examine your diet.  Study the food you’ve been eating and begin to clear the fog with healthier foods and supplements… Read more »

Conscious Spending

Buying new furniture can be an exciting or frustrating experience.  For us, lately, it has been frustrating.  It started with the purchase of a new appliance, a stove.  We spent time making sure we were picking the one we wanted as we had waited years to upgrade and we didn’t want to have to do… Read more »

Editorial—The Shell Game

This week, our feature article is an interview of new AUSU Councillor Darcie Fleming.  Find out more about this second year AU undergraduate student and how she relates Faust and Vermont.  (Hint: It’s not the way that I would.) Also this week, we have the full report of the latest Council meeting including the final… Read more »

Clearing the Clutter—Making Space for Creativity

By the time my AU studies wrapped up in April, my office space was a disaster zone.  An explosion of textbooks covered every available surface, mingling with a backlog of books and magazines languishing in to-be-read piles.  Writing projects, research materials, and photography equipment added to the chaos, along with the inevitable piles of filing,… Read more »

A Valued Life

Living life in harmony with a value system creates a strong foundation for a meaningful life.  Fostering your own personal values gives you a guideline you can refer to in all situations.  Think of your values as priorities—a code of ethics to live by.  Values can drive behaviour and provide structure and purpose in conducting… Read more »

Inbox Chaos

There was a time when I didn’t organize my email inbox.  Email came in, got read, and piled up right there.  Nothing (almost) was deleted, nothing was filed into other folders, nothing was flagged.  If I wanted to find something I just did a search. However, while my personal email remains a state of chaos,… Read more »

Editorial—Coming Up!

Yesterday was the first full public meeting of the new 2018-2020 AUSU Council.  A bunch of new Council members means that I suddenly know a bunch of people who can be badgered into giving interviews, and you’ll find the first of those showing up in this week’s issue.  Some of them have been previously interviewed… Read more »

The Tie That Binds

Mother’s Day falls on May 13th this year.  It is a day to celebrate all that your mother, or mother figure, has done for you, and, if nothing else, honor her for bringing you into the world.  Mothers come in all shapes and sizes, but we all believe our mothers are special and unique.  All… Read more »

The Full AU Experience

I’ve been working in a sporting good store for nearly four years.  It’s not that my job is bad, necessarily.  I do really enjoy the people I work with, but we make crap money.  At a certain point I think we’ve all asked ourselves if the fun we have at work is worth eating thirty-cent… Read more »