The February AUSU meeting proceeded smoothly but packed in a lot of information. The meeting was attended by all councillors except Julian Teterenko who had an excused absence due to vacation. The first order of business was a review of current action items. The only item on this month’s agenda was to relate to council… Read more »
Ah, human nature, you ungrateful thing—forever longing for what you don’t have, perpetually failing to enjoy what you do. Too many of us live our lives like contrary children, not wanting to go to bed when we have to, not wanting to get out of bed when we need to. This point has been brought… Read more »
The past few months, in the prairies and eastern Canada, it seems like Mother Nature is binge-watching Frozen and trying to imitate Elsa. I know it doesn’t seem like it right now, but spring is just around the corner, and will, hopefully, bring warmer days. There are those who say they prefer the winter season… Read more »
March for millions of students means one thing: spring break! The countdown begins as soon as the calendar switches but, for we at AU, our academic campaign grinds on with contract dates looming ever larger over our personal existential horizon. Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar might have experienced similar strain when a soothsayer addressed him thus: “Soothsayer:… Read more »
I saw a video clip of a fellow bedridden from chronic fatigue syndrome. Surrounding him perched all kinds of medical drugs and an IV. But I think medical drugs mostly mask symptoms, not cure causes. And I fear those drugs worsened that fellow’s illness. Bedridden, he was on the path to death. And I noticed… Read more »
Do you want a smarter, younger brain? Well, “you can build your brain just like body builders build their bodies” (Haze, location 169 of 1700, 10%). My Papa is no body builder, but he has a sharp brain at age eighty. He moves, looks, and thinks more youthfully than most fifty-year-olds. His doctor calls him… Read more »
HIST 336 (History of Canadian Labour) is a six-credit course that is designed to provide you with an extensive and detailed investigation of Canadian labour and working-class history. It consists of eight units, which cover the periods from 1763 to 2000. This course has no prerequisites, though LBST 200 (Introduction to Labour Studies) or LBST… Read more »
Dear Barb: Hi, I am a single mother of a ten-year-old daughter. My daughter often has friends over for dinner and sleepovers and movie nights. I have always taught my girl to have good manners when at home and at other people’s homes. The problem I have is with my daughter’s friends. The girls are… Read more »
Have you woken up with a new ache, pain, or symptom? If so, block threats and welcome healers. As for new pains, do you get headaches? Well, I’ve been slapped with brain pains. Stabbing pains that move from one side of my head to the other. Before this, I’ve rarely had headaches. Once when a… Read more »
Mutual Indifference; Dividing Difference from Diffidence ‘It Takes One to Know One: When Generational Differences Just Don’t Add Up’ Last week it became clear, with a little help from a script delivered by Sidney Poitier, that entitlement was alive and well a half century ago. Rebellious flower power and peaceful hippiedom combined palpable rage against… Read more »