Album: Night Songs Composer: Helen Grime Conductors: Jamie Phillips and Sir Mark Elder “Time before and time after. Eructation of unhealthy souls Into the faded air, the torpid Driven on the wind . . . Not here Not here the darkness in this twittering world.” – T.S. Eliot, from Burnt Norton I’ve little patience with… Read more »
This space is provided free to AUSU: The Voice does not create this content. Contact ausu@ausu.org with questions or comments about this page. IMPORTANT DATES ? Oct 31: extension deadline for Nov 30 contract dates. ? Nov 1: AUSU fall awards deadline ? Nov 10: registration deadline for an Dec 1 start date ? Nov… Read more »
My name is Philip Kirkbride. I’m a college graduate from Ontario studying at AU. I always wanted to do an exchange program or study abroad but never found the right time to do so. This is part three 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 to be selected as the next Ted Talk presenter?fully furnished with Study Dude tips on how to make a dazzling presentation. Well, in these articles, as The Study Dude, I’ll try to give you the study tips you need to help make your… Read more »
This fall, because of a convergence of incredible weather and no breakdowns, we were able to finish our harvest in one week. Yeehaw. A lot of the subsequent weather has been cool, wet, and unsettled. Anyone with standing crop or swaths on the ground has been unable to get back out there. So we are… Read more »
Album: Popular Problems Artist: Leonard Cohen “I saw some people starving There was murder, there was rape Their villages were burning They were trying to escape I couldn’t meet their glances I was staring at my shoes It was acid, it was tragic It was almost like the blues” – Leonard Cohen, “Almost Like the… Read more »
Film: Horses of God Director:Nabil Ayouch Writer: Jamal Belmahi, based on the book by Mahi Binebine “I was very interested in violence itself because I believe violence has a source. It has a reason why; it doesn’t come from the sky. I was interested in the genesis of violence.” – Nabil Ayouch “The name that… Read more »
This space is provided free to AUSU: The Voice does not create this content. Contact ausu@ausu.org with questions or comments about this page. IMPORTANT DATES ? Oct 31: extension deadline for Nov 30 contract dates. ? Nov 1: AUSU fall awards deadline ? Nov 10: registration deadline for an Dec 1 start date ? Nov… Read more »
Dear Barb: My boyfriend and I have been together for over a year. When we got together, I was aware that he had a drug problem, but I thought I could help him. Initially Jed assured me he would stop using drugs, which he did. Unfortunately it didn’t last long. He stays clean for a… Read more »
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” Whether or not Carl Sagan actually said those words, there’s no denying the truth of them. So it might seem counterproductive for the Ig Nobel Prize to poke fun at research of any kind, no matter how ridiculous it might seem. Look a little closer, though, and… Read more »