VANCOUVER (CUP) — The University of British Columbia’s discussions with a fledgling private student loan company based in Ontario have ended after the administration decided more information on student debt was needed. Formed a year ago, FirstStudentLoan was hoping to act as a third-party source of loans for UBC students, a proposition that had some… Read more »
A Loyal Companion The pain in my heart Must remain in my heart For it if were known How my eyes fill with tears At the mention of your name No one would understand. My days are quieter now Your voice silenced from the world As now it only lives within my heart If others… Read more »
Since the events of 9/11, we in the Western World have finally gotten ourselves in tune with the most basic and vital of human instincts: fear. From the beginning of time, as we cocooned ourselves in our cave dwellings (early precursor of the gated community), and trembled at the prospect of roving sabre toothed tigers,… Read more »
The very idea that Capitalism doesn’t work for some groups of law abiding, liberty-loving humans stirs horror in the minds of some — traditionalists, in particular. Nevertheless, Capitalism, (as a way of life) and its economic objectives simply does not serve the lives or the welfare of large segments of our population. Most of us… Read more »
If you’re currently selecting your September semester courses, why not start your upcoming school year with a new Athabasca course featuring website programming? With the ever-increasing popularity of the internet, or world wide web, you may have always wanted to design your own website, or have wondered how websites are made. Enrolling in Athabasca University’s… Read more »
I have provided a list of terms at the end of the article since they are used many times throughout. ****NOTE**** Whenever working inside your computer, turn it off and unplug all cords from the back. Also, either have an anti-static wrist band or touch the metal portion of the case at all times. The… Read more »
how you began: you are swallowed back into my womb as the pain of childbirth is swallowed back into the innocent anxiety that exists before experience you are reduced to a tiny seahorse but you could be the beginning of any creature: a bird a fish a salamander you are a metaphor for your own… Read more »
Saturday afternoon and I’m at the supermarket to buy some painkillers for my cracked tooth. The security guard looks like Dim from Kubrick’s screen version of A Clockwork Orange. He has his hand at the throat of the elderly homeless man, has him pinned up against the side of the Coke machine. Seconds earlier the… Read more »
I am writing to The Voice to arouse a more adequate response from Athabasca University staff and students to the Ralph Klein essay and especially, the subsequent administrative review. I expected either staff or students to protest immediately but, since the review was concluded, nothing more has been published. This may be because both groups… Read more »
Our city has had a spate of prostitute killings over the past few years, with at least nine young women found dead, their bodies beaten, abused, and abandoned in various locations around the nearby countryside. Many in society tend to consider such women “throw-aways,” and their deaths are not given priority in our thoughts, or… Read more »