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Owning Your Choices

Last week, I wrote an article about fear; whether it was motivating you or holding you back. Sometimes, it is the fear of other’s opinions and perceptions, perceived or otherwise. By this I mean, making a choice because someone has either told you that you should take this road, or you believe that is what… Read more »

Editorial – One-Sided Loss

This is Grue. He was my friend. Thirteen years and two homes ago, he came into our life; a rescue, a kitten. We were told the tale, how he’d been found in the middle of a farmer’s field with no other cats anywhere nearby. Supposition was that he’d been taken by a coyote, or perhaps… Read more »

An Act of Piracy

It was the best movie Monty Python never made. Yellowbeard, released in 1983, was surely the funniest movie ever to stagger across a movie screen. Even though few people seem to have heard of it, let alone watched it, Yellowbeard remains a cult-classic pirate film among aficionados of campy comedy. Starring Graham Chapman, Eric Idle,… Read more »

Read About AU on Reddit

Have you ever Reddit? If you aren’t even sure what that is, don’t worry. It’s one of the largest social media platforms and websites out there, but it gets pushed behind Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in popularity, so is often seen as the biggest online media platform that no one has ever heard of. It… Read more »

Editorial – Return to Form

In case you didn’t notice it, AUSU Council’s Vice-President External, Brandon Simmons, has resigned his executive position due to needing more time for family commitments. He’ll be staying on as a regular member of council for the remainder of the term, and AUSU Council will be holding an internal election to choose one of the… Read more »

Settling Into September

September comes with that inspiring back-to-school essence. Whether you’re beginning your first AU course or in the middle of your fifteenth, September still inspires. It may be the flurry of back-to-school ads, the reappearance of school buses, or just the ingrained habit of many years. Whatever it is, school and September just go together. Although… Read more »

Technology – A Warning

Early in my academic stint I instilled it into myself to back up my files. I always thought I understood the importance of this, and I always saved my work before walking away from the computer. But it wasn’t until late one evening, after I had been working at the kitchen table for hours, the… Read more »

The Doppelgänger Cure

The second panel is an original artwork by Susan Malmstrom. It’s called “Bottom of the Pool” and is part of her Deserted Toyshop series. Missed an issue? Read it from the beginning.