Do exams overwhelm you until your mind turns spacey and your awareness clouds? Do you long for a solution to those stressful nights hammering on the computer, deadlines looming overhead? Do you want to view education as fun and exciting and revel in, not run from, the experience of learning? If you do, then the… Read more »
Film: The Wolfpack Director: Crystal Moselle “Hide away folk family Or else someone’s gonna get ya (someone’s gonna get ya) Someone’s gonna get ya Hide away folk family Better hide away Better hide away . . .” – They Might Be Giants Oscar Angulo is a Peruvian who met his American wife, Susanne, while he… Read more »
On the work front it’s known as the “halo effect.” The better looking you are, the more likely it is that you’ll get the job, get the raise, get the perks. But what about in school? Do good looks correspond to good grades? Not as much as you might think?but that doesn’t mean teachers and… Read more »
“Of all the trade’s that’s going, sure begging is the best For when a man is tired, he can sit down and rest He can beg for his dinner, he has nothing else to do Only cut around the corner with his old rig-a-doo.” – Irish folk song “The Little Beggarman” Every country has them…. Read more »
Album: Ain’t So Young Band: Glamour Assassins Adding fresh energy to the punk/rock genre can be difficult. Most of the time the music sounds like a rehash of The Clash or other 80s punk bands and doesn’t bring anything new to listen to. Yet in the realm of indie pop there is a band?a band… Read more »
The festival I coordinate (Babas and Borshch Ukrainian Festival) is about a month away. This will be the third year and considerably easier on my nerves. When I recall the number of nights in 2013 that I laid staring at the ceiling, and the clock, I know many things have gotten easier. On those nights… Read more »
Dear Barb: I was married previously but my husband of ten years passed away after a brief illness. We had a great marriage and loved each other very much. He believed women should be spoiled and treated special. The problem is that my present husband (of three years) does not share this philosophy and so… Read more »
Film: Red Knot Director: Scott Cohen “But once the realization is accepted that even between the closest people infinite distances exist, a marvelous living, side-by-side, can grow up for them if they succeed in loving the expanse between them, which gives them the possibility of always seeing each other as a whole and before an… Read more »
You’ve finished the draft of your book. Your plot and characterization are solid, the writing’s tight, and the pace stays on track from start to finish. Now You’re ready to go through the whole thing and check that your spelling, grammar, and punctuation are all lined up and that your characters and places stay consistent… Read more »
My name is Philip Kirkbride. I’m a college graduate from Ontario studying at AU. I’ve always wanted to do an exchange program or study abroad but never found the right time to do so. This is the story of how Athabasca University has allowed me to create my own study abroad program. In the last… Read more »