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Course Exam—ACCT 245

ACCT 245 (Accounting for Managers of Not-for-Profit Organizations) is a three-credit introductory accounting course teaches the basic financial and managerial accounting concepts and how to read and analyze financial statements.  This course is intended to provide managers and potential managers with an overview of the subject of accounting for not-for-profit organizations.  There are no prerequisites… Read more »

In Conversation—with Ruby Velle

Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics is  an Atlanta-based soul ensemble headed by a Canadian female vocalist.  The band has already made a significant contribution to the soul revival by bringing the full flavour of true soul music, bestowing a new sheen with original tunes and unique delivery.  Their single, “My Dear,” sold over a quarter… Read more »

Dear Barb—Slim Shading

Dear Barb: Hi, I read your column every week and love it! Myself and three other girls grew up together and remain good friends.  We are now in our thirties and we have all had weight issues.  We’ve tried various diets and procedures to lose weight and initially the weight comes off, but eventually it… Read more »

The Fly on the Wall

Let’s go play outside! Dawning summer brings the allure of outdoor study breaks that add an additional element to our matrix of procrastination.  But it doesn’t have to all be guilty romps through sunny avenues.  We can recharge our scholarly batteries at the intellectual level in several ways by stepping, proverbially, outside the bounds of… Read more »

The Creative Spark!—Original Thought

Original thought means everything at universities.  At least, at the graduate level.  At the undergraduate level, many students busy themselves citing stuff already written.  But once they get into graduate studies, they’re expected to make original research—whether done through surveys, interviews, theories and/or methodologies. Recently, I spoke with a world renown psychologist about creativity.  I… Read more »

In Conversation—with Jane in Space

Brooklyn-based Jane in Space is an industrial/electronic band fronted by multi-instrumentalist Jesse Jensen and singer/lyricist Tom Vickers.  Their self-titled debut album was named one of the top nine rock albums of 2016 by the blog Vibes After Music.  Their second album, the EP Gorerunner, planned for release on July 13, may be described as “pre-post-rock,”… Read more »

Music Review—Bree Taylor

Single: “The Feeling” Artist: Bree Taylor Earlier this year, Toronto born Bree Taylor released her single “The Feeling” that will be on her upcoming EP this summer.  Bree’s voice has an amazing cadence that pierces through the electric beats underlining this song.  Sometimes with pop songs, you’ll find the singers voice can be drowned out… Read more »

The Fit Student—Ayurveda

Go from trauma to wisdom to dreams—with Ayurveda Medicine.  As a youth, I toughed out trauma.  I suffered anorexia, obesity, and anorexia again.  I dropped out of high school, shortly after stung with disability.  And then a second disability. But I gained wisdom. On my birthday, my boyfriend asked me to share my wisdom.  So,… Read more »

Course Exam—Comp 348

COMP 348 (Network Programming in Java) is an upper level Computer Science course that is designed to extend students’ knowledge and practice in analysis and design of computer networks by focusing on computer network programming.  To enroll into this course, students will either have to have COMP 268 (Introduction to Computer Programming in Java), COMP… Read more »

Dear Barb—Coached

Dear Barb: My life is a mess! I just graduated AU and I was fortunate to secure a fantastic job making great money.  For the last few years my main focus has been getting through school and I kind of let everything else go.  Now I’ve started my new job, but I’m not sure how… Read more »