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 »
OTTAWA (CUP) — The New Democrats have dropped a legal challenge over alleged voting irregularities during the June federal election in exceptionally tight ridings near Regina, but say the controversy has reduced voter confidence in Canada. “This is a national issue,” said Don Mitchell, head of the New Democratic Party’s riding association in Palliser, one… Read more »
TORONTO (CUP) — Before releasing a single document, the panel set to review Ontario’s post-secondary education system is already coming under fire from student groups. That’s because one panel member has made comments to a popular news magazine that appear to presuppose the outcome of the review. An unnamed member of the Bob Rae panel… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »