Giant Hand is Kirk Ramsay, an impetuous young dude with no musical background who one day decided to start making music anyway. He enjoyed a surprisingly immediate?and positive?response from listening audiences. Recently Kirk made both the cover of Ottawa Magazine and the ?Hottest Bands in Canada? list. See Voice review of his debut album, Coming… Read more »
Student: Tyler Nagel If you thought the computer age had made printing and printing presses obsolete, you’d be wrong. ?It’s anything but old-fashioned,? says Tyler Nagel, a National Expert in offset printing, and, since 2002, a student in AU’s Bachelor of Commerce program. Here, the e-Commerce major explains why ?traditional? printing is key to so… Read more »
This article originally appeared November 6, 2009, in issue 1742. Alex Kajumulo is a Seattle-based recording artist and producer at Babukaju Records. His song ?Maza Africa? was a finalist in the 2007 International Songwriting Competition. His songs and live performances are vibrant and joyful celebrations of love and justice. Kajumulo freely mixes musical genres in… Read more »
STUDENT: Eloise Campbell This profile originally appeared February 13, 2009, in issue 1706. When her boyfriend?now fiancé?took a teaching job in Nunavut, Athabasca University student Eloise Campbell moved from Moncton, New Brunswick, to a remote northern community of 350 on the shores of Hudson Bay. A huge culture shock? Definitely. But according to her, absolutely… Read more »
This article originally appeared October 23, 2009, in issue 1740. Athabasca University’s Master of Arts – Integrated Studies (MAIS) degree offers ?a unique opportunity to engage in a program of study that spans the arts, humanities, and social sciences,? and allows students to design their own learning plan which is ?comprehensive in scope but specific… Read more »
This article originally appeared July 10, 2009, in issue 1727. Education has existed for as long as people have been raised by their elders. The idea of formal schooling goes back thousands of years, yet school as a mandatory part of growing up is a recent phenomenon. For instance, many of us know of or… Read more »
This article originally appeared April 10, 2009, in issue 1714. I know the signs; I’ve seen them before. In the beginning the hints are subtle; there are slight hesitations before agreeing to do as I ask. The hesitations last no longer than the taking of a deep breath, but they seem to last for an… Read more »
This article originally appeared April 24, 2009, in issue 1716. Am I correct in thinking that in 2009 there is nothing common about courtesy? Like most of you, I am a dedicated distance learner transitioning from part-time to full-time studies. To make it happen, I left a full-time corporate career for a part-time café career…. Read more »
This article originally appeared September 17, 2010, in issue 1837. Browse the web, and you’ll find a plethora of study advice. Make a schedule. Set goals?but reasonable ones. Study for short periods. Schedule in break time. But most of all, create a study space. Most ?experts? describe the ideal study space as having certain characteristics…. Read more »
Garage á Trois is a dynamic and highly innovative jazz/rock quartet comprising the amazing Skerik, Mike Dillon, Marco Benevento, and Stanton Moore. Together they create groundbreaking, electrifying, genre-crossing instrumental music. (See the Voice review of their recent release, Power Patriot.) Recently, sax player Skerik took the time to talk with Wanda Waterman St. Louis about… Read more »