Articles

New Course: Indigenous Studies I (INST 203)

Are you undecided as to which Athabasca U course to register in next? What about studying a bit of history blended with anthropology, with a dash of political science sprinkled overtop? Although this may sound like a culinary arts course, Athabasca University’s newest course, INST 203, doesn’t teach cooking — but it does introduce you… Read more »

NOTICE TO AU STUDENTS – Course Extensions and You

As of September 5, 2005, all course extensions will need to be purchased before the start of the final month in your course contract. This was the decision of Athabasca University’s Academic Council at the September 15, 2004 meeting. Your AUSU representative at the meeting spoke against this change and some concerns were noted by… Read more »

All Folked Up

For the last three years, there has been something I often think about throughout the year, an added highlight to my summers, something that I used to hear from afar, or sometimes from right outside, but never was serious enough about going in. Now that I’ve had a part, the whole thing seems to pass… Read more »

Fiction Feature – Poetry by…

still life with avocadoes dogs at the door of the bungalow drawn by the heat of conversation the untouched bowl of avocadoes sitting on the kitchen table whiskey-fuelled and reincarnated two lovers naked in their history after years and too many conquests after too many wars waged with themselves they return to the scene of… Read more »

Making it Work

Falling in love is as easy as tumbling through an unmarked manhole cover, but living together is hard. As everybody who has ever had one knows, making a long term cohabitational relationship work is a pretty tricky business. Now that I’m mid-way through my fourth marriage, I feel that I’m entitled to pass on some… Read more »

Making Your PC Work For You – eBay

WHAT IS IT? If you haven’t heard of it, you’re really living under a rock. EBay is the world’s largest on-line auction. It may even be the world’s largest auction. It is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange as EBAY. Over 24 billion dollars were generated by this site last year and you can buy… Read more »

Fiction Feature – Poetry by…

Village Hello, there. You don’t know me. That is, you know my name, I think, And can, at times, Connect it to a face. I have made efforts to extend to you Regard you have not thought to grant to me, But I have failed. I’ve tried to think of all of you as real… Read more »

From My Perspective – The Olympics

I’m not much into sports, nor do I normally watch major sporting events. I’m aware of the Olympics, but they do not normally draw me. For some reason this year, I’ve found myself watching a lot of the events in Greece. Perhaps it was the opening ceremonies that drew me in. They were an impressive… Read more »