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 part thirteen in the story of how Athabasca University has allowed me to create my own study abroad program…. Read more »

There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants for you than for you to write for The Voice, write in a journal every morning and night, write creative stories, write blogs, write a dissertation, etcetera, etcetera?basically, for you to become the ultimate writer you possibly can be by writing every and any chance you… Read more »

As students, we acquire a breadth of knowledge and even expertise in our respective fields. Additionally, we might engage in captivating hobbies that keep us in a state of flow for considerable hours. For instance, a communications major may develop expertise in the art of public speaking, while an English major may hone the ability… Read more »

About a year ago our son suggested we buy an income property as an investment. The return would be better than GICs or stocks he argued. Greg and his wife, Carrie, had been successfully renting out two half duplexes for about ten or eleven years. So began an adventure. He arranged for some viewings in… Read more »

(Read Part I of this article series here.) “?Where are the people?? resumed the little prince at last. ?It’s a little lonely in the desert . . .?” – Antoine de Saint Exupéry, The Little Prince When you consider that the Mides oasis here in southern Tunisia, at the edge of the Sahara Desert, was… Read more »

Sweating the (very) small stuff? If you’re stumped over how to punctuate abbreviations, you’re not alone. This is one area where usage has changed over time; couple that with the different practices followed by Canadian, US, and UK English, and you’ve got a recipe for confusion. Periods? Spaces? And what about initials in names? In… Read more »

Dear Barb: I got married three years ago and I am so unhappy! I had been single for a while and all my friends were getting married, so I met this guy and we hit it off and had lots of fun. He asked me to marry him, so I thought why not. We are… Read more »

For centuries, magicians have amused us by making things disappear. we’re fascinated by it. One moment something’s here, the next minute It’s not. We know, of course, that It’s a trick. But what if it weren’t? What if science could create things out of thin air, then simply make them vanish when we’re done? The… Read more »

Artist: Ghosts of Eden Singles: ?Prizefighter? and ?Happy? It’s no secret that I am a huge rock fan. I love the rock of the early 2000s: Nickleback, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Third Eye Blind, 3 Doors Down, and Pearl Jam. When I turned on my stereo to listen to Ghosts of Eden’s latest singles, I had… Read more »

Mehmet Polat is a Turkish master of the oud (the Arabic lute), a musician noted for having developed new techniques in his playing and for mixing different musical traditions (Turkish, Arabic, Azerbaijan, Persian, Indian, Flamenco, and Jazz, to name a few) in his compositions. Along with the Mehmet Polat Trio (with Sinan Arat playing ney… Read more »