During our recent cruise there was no shortage of programming to keep passengers engaged, active, entertained, or learning. One of the things we attended was the much-lauded presentation by the ship’s shopping ambassador. Indeed, such a person and position exists. Here was our thought process. We were going to be spending at most a few… Read more »
Sarah was born in 1975 and had an unusual childhood, as her father’s job required the family to move at least once a year. He made good money, and Sarah had all the opportunities that come with the chance to travel and see new places. But she wasn’t happy with the lack of stability. She… 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 know the strategies the top academics use for making arguments and claims so that everything you write about–even personal experience– is logically sound. Well, in these articles, as The Study Dude, I’ll try to give you the study tips you need to… Read more »
When we imagine scientists tinkering with DNA, we like to think of them creating cool stuff. Things like cloned dinosaurs or alien-human hybrids. But what if they decide to recreate the deadly Spanish flu virus, which killed an estimated 50 million people in the pandemic of 1918? That’s what a group of researchers has done,… Read more »
Dear Barb: I am dating a guy who is ten years older than me. I am twenty-one and he is thirty-one. We get along great and have a lot of things in common. At first, I was a little hesitant to see him because of the age difference, but I liked him so much that… Read more »
“I read a lot of Russian literature years back?Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and stuff like that. Then I read lots of Buddhist and Zen stuff. Then I got into politics, economics … also the psychedelic stuff. Movies, other music, weird life events?it all goes into the melting pot. Depending on where you dip the ladle you get… Read more »
Album: Portrait Artists: Angèle Dubeau and La Pietà Composer: Ludovico Einaudi “The greatest compliment is knowing that some people have written a poem or painted a painting while listening to my music. Or that they have simply smiled at another day. I think that music can enter deep inside your soul. You are more defenceless… Read more »
Artist: The Seasons Album: Pulp As winter draws to a close and the warm sunshine begins to seep through the snow and rain laden clouds, we find ourselves venturing outside more often to welcome the coming change of the season. And what makes that experience even more uplifting is fun and quirky music gently rolling… Read more »
Dear Barb: About a year ago my dad met someone at work and left my mom and me. Around that time my mom began drinking. I didn’t think much about it, as she was going through a hard time, but her drinking has gotten worse. The minute she gets home from work she starts drinking… Read more »