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 »
Album: Covered Artists: The Robert Glasper Trio (pianist Robert Glasper, bassist Vicente Archer, and drummer Damion Reid) “I missed the piano. I didn’t want to go back to trio and just play a bunch of standards or original jazz compositions, because then I would lose the big fan base I just built from mainstream R&B…. Read more »
There’s a moment, in Chapter 11 of Jack Kerouac’s classic On the Road, where he’s riding the Greyhound across America and sits next to a fetching country girl. He engages her in a conversation, which amounts to an interrogatory attempt to suss out her meaning of life. As he ogles her tanned breasts she describes… Read more »
Dear Barb: My boyfriend and I are in our early twenties and we had our first child three months ago. She was not planned, but we are ecstatic she is here. We had been dating only six months when I got pregnant and I can’t believe how much our lives have changed since our daughter… 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 »
There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants for you than to discern when an argument or point-of-view sucks. Well, in these articles, as The Study Dude, I’ll try to give you the study tips you need to help make your learning easier. I’ll also give you straight and honest opinions and personal anecdotes?even… Read more »
Sometimes a whole bunch of obligations conspire to test one’s time management skills, priorities, and sanity. Here’s a peek at what’s going on in our lives. As Alberta wilts through a prolonged heat wave we are planning to get air conditioning installed. We’ve talked about it for years but did nothing. Until now. Even so,… Read more »
Studying can be hard on your health. Besides the pressure to get good grades, there are stiff necks from poring over textbooks and bleary eyes from cramming for exams. Still, those are nothing compared to the perils of not studying. According to new research, a lack of education might be just as deadly as smoking…. Read more »
Album: Run Koko Band: Hey Anna It’s finally summer. The sun is bright and hot, the gentle lake breeze washes over you like a refreshing wave, and every morning you feel like you’re in a tiny paradise. At least that is how my summer spent camping at a lake feels. What makes my paradise even… Read more »
Writing is personal. Sometimes it’s personal in content, like a journal or memoir?and sometimes there are personal aspects, like a character who goes through a painful experience similar to your own. Then there’s the catharsis that can come from getting your frustration out onto paper (or screen!), and the vindication you feel when you turn… Read more »