If you wrote 50 items on your grocery list but then forgot to bring the list with you, how many items would you remember? What if you had 200 items? Or thousands? Students? study notes sometimes resemble grocery lists?bulleted lists of jotted words and phrases. Students pore over pages of such notes, willing their mind… Read more »

Ha! Caught you. Shouldn’t you be studying? And here you are, reading a magazine. “But wait,” you say, “I am actually enhancing my studies by reading The Voice Magazine. Look at all this valuable information: writing and studying tips, news on AU, and views on music, literature, life.” Okay, you win. You may be procrastinating… Read more »

I’m angry today. If you haven’t heard, and apparently somewhere around 85% of Canadians haven’t, our Conservative Government is attempting to rapidly put through a new Elections law. They’re euphemistically calling the bill the “Fair Elections Act”, but on reading it, there’s very little that’s fair about it. Almost every constitutional or elections expert has… Read more »

For those fond of maple syrup, the simplest way to get it is to buy it. It takes only moments, but may set you back more than what you’d pay for a nice scotch. Some Canadians, however, are fortunate to live in the major maple-syrup producing areas of Ontario and Quebec. Those maple syrup lovers… Read more »

Athabasca University’s Student Union must be doing things right. The AUSU Annual General Meeting was held March 26 by teleconference. In attendance were members of student council, both outgoing and incoming (the changeover to the newly-elected council takes place next week.) In addition to the council members, all student members of AUSU were invited to… Read more »

Have you noticed the new AUSU Voice Facebook page? If not, that’s okay, things are just getting started with it. A few people have, and if you’re one of the ones who’ve already given us a “like”, thanks! I have to admit, I don’t know what doing that actually means, but it sounds nice, right?… Read more »