The mere mention of Charles Darwin brings to mind fishy bumper stickers (imploring us all to evolve), bespectacled chimpanzees on t-shirts (proclaiming our 98% DNA match with monkeys) and flustered debates about human nature (where everyone goes home a little bit hurt and disgruntled). Happily, there’s more to the man’s work than a series of… Read more »
For AU students craving homemade Italian meals with minimal effort required, look no further. One easy way of preparing Italian meals is with canned soup assortments. While the idea may warrant some raised eyebrows, I can vouch that not only does this cut the amount of effort, but also guarantees some quality meals you can… Read more »
HERM 312 / HIST 316 (Heritage Research) is a three-credit heritage resources management course that is based on the premise that the principles of historical thinking and analysis are fundamental to heritage practice. The course focuses on the practice, skills, and understandings of applied historical research. HERM 312 introduces multiple types of sources of evidence… Read more »
Dear Barb: I look forward to reading your column as often as I can. Recently my younger brother was diagnosed with a mental illness. We always knew there was something different about him, but we hoped he would outgrow it. He seems to have gotten worse over the years, very unstable; some days he seems… Read more »
Elementary school class photos are as ubiquitous as report cards and leave a lot to be desired when answering that timeless question: how is school going? From kindergarten on through graduation, these wallet-sized mementos tell only a fragment of the story of our schooling. For instance, many hijinks are left out of the picture. Nowhere… Read more »
Imagine you weigh over 180 pounds as a five-foot four-inch femme. And earlier that day, you’ve been featured live on local news. And now, you’re about to watch, for the first time, the replay. As the camera opens to the sight of you, you coil back in horror. You look fatter than Momma June before… Read more »
I’m typing this at 6:20 in the morning, sitting in my backyard beside a small bonfire, wearing pyjamas, a toque, fingerless gloves, and a lumberjack shirt from the grunge era. My dog is lying beside me on her ratty Mexican blanket. In the east, there’s a faint flash of lightning in the sky, but, for… Read more »
For AU students planning on long-haul flights across the globe, airplane food can be either a blessing or a curse. For most of my student peers, it turns out to be the latter. Hence, when I began planning for this post, I felt like the sole advocate for airplane cuisine. While airplane food can vary… Read more »
Not sure where to go with your career? Why not get AU accreditation and then study to become a pilot? A degree in management and teaching seems compatible with piloting as do degrees in French, politics—or nursing. After all, what deathly ill soul doesn’t cry out for a doctor onboard a flight? But what do… Read more »
CLST 201 (Cultural Studies and Everyday Life) is a three-credit junior-level, three-credit social science course that will provide students with an introduction to cultural studies by exploring, reflecting on, and evaluating how, daily, we are immersed in culture. This course has no prerequisites. Cultural Studies and Everyday Life is made up of six units with… Read more »